PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Wick (ranked 5872 p4p, 5937 weight class) and Jake Guinness (ranked 520 p4p, 523 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wick
vs
Guinness

160 cm
24
165
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
163
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Wick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Guinness!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guinness instigates a clinch.
Wick swings wildly with an uppercut but Guinness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wick wants to stall.
Guinness is trying to force a seperation but Wick has the dominant position.
Wick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guinness is working for takedown but Wick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guinness lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guinness misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guinness creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guinness wants to take the fight to the mat but Wick manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wick really is a fat lump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guinness tries for a takedown but Wick manages to get underhooks.
John Wick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Guinness.
Wick wants to stall.
Guinness jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wick walks away with a smile on his face. Guinness gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness blocks the body kick.

Wick clinches.
Wick throws a head punch that misses.
Wick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guinness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wick stalling in the clinch but Guinness improves position.
Guinness tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Guinness gets control of Wick's arms and successfully pulls guard. Guinness will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guinness is looking to stand up but Wick isn't so interested in that idea.
Wick trying to stand up but can't free himself from Guinness's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guinness is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Guinness wants to stand up but Wick is controlling him.
Guinness is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Guinness throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guinness keeps the fight on the outside.

Guinness has Wick up against the cage in a clinch.

Guinness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Guinness moves into the clinch successfully.
Guinness drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wick gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Guinness is trying to break free.
Guinness keeps control of Wick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Guinness fails to pull guard.
Wick controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guinness breaks the clinch.
Guinness throws a sloppy head kick and Wick moves out of range easily.

Guinness gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Guinness tries to score a body lock takedown but Wick shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Guinness breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wick gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Guinness counters with a three punch combo that has Wick backing up. Wick nods at Guinness to acknowledge the strikes.
Wick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Guinness drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wick defends it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Guinness shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Guinness was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guinness taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Guinness dominated that round.
That's time! Wick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Guinness changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wick looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wick parries the strikes from Guinness easily there. Guinness is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wick to escape.

Guinness decides to stand back up. Guinness steps back and let's Wick get back to his feet.
Wick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guinness.

Guinness clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guinness tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wick just stands there and leans against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wick is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wick can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Guinness is trying to break the clinch but Wick is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guinness tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Guinness avoiding damage as Wick throws knees to the body.
Wick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guinness has Wick pressed against the cage.
Guinness working hard to break the clinch.
Guinness throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wick trying to land knees to the body.
Wick tries to break the clinch but Guinness is controlling the position.

Guinness successfully pulls guard.
Guinness lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guinness showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Guinness's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Guinness lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Guinness engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guinness in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Guinness sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wick wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wick wants to clinch up but Guinness keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Guinness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Wick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Guinness scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Guinness trying to control the pace.
Jake Guinness has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wick looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wick has hold of Guinness's hands but Guinness slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Guinness trying to control the pace.
Guinness slips a nice elbow through Wick's hands, connecting with Wick's forehead.
Guinness performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Guinness stands up out of the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Wick gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Guinness to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Guinness's corner is telling him to maintain position.
John Wick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guinness scoring with some ground and pound.
Guinness slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Wick is working an open guard so Guinness takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guinness rushes Wick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Guinness jumps guard but Wick stands there with Guinness around his waist. Guinness gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wick trying to land knees to the body.
Wick working hard to break the clinch.
Guinness wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Guinness fails to land.

Wick manages to break the clinch.

Guinness moves into the clinch.

Guinness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Guinness manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wick on his heels. He'll look to pass Wick's guard now, I'm sure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guinness is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Guinness is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wick keeping full guard, as Guinness tries to pass.
Guinness slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Guinness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Guinness has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Guinness!
Jake Guinness decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.