PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leon Quinones (ranked 5795 p4p, 369 weight class) and Ben Smith (ranked 2437 p4p, 215 weight class). Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bleached - Hard to Kill. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Quinones
vs
Smith

170 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Paradigm - $60
The Glue Factory

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon Quinones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Smith!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A left and a right from Smith both land. Nice combination.
Quinones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Smith sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Quinones shoots in looking for a takedown but Smith manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Quinones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Quinones is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Quinones is rocked!
Quinones get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Quinones stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the ropes but Smith runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Smith!
Ben Smith was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.