PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Antonio (ranked 4428 p4p, 4387 weight class) and Bayo Van Wyk (ranked 543 p4p, 539 weight class). William Antonio has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Antonio
vs
Van Wyk

179 cm
19
171
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
180
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Antonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Bayo Van Wyk!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

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

Van Wyk darts in and clinches Antonio up against the cage.
Van Wyk jumps guard but Antonio stands there with Van Wyk around his waist. Van Wyk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Van Wyk is trying to pull guard but Antonio has him pressed against the cage.
Van Wyk fails to pull guard.
William Antonio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bayo Van Wyk.
Antonio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antonio tries to work over Van Wyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Wyk has Antonio pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Antonio manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Van Wyk goes for a takedown attempt but Antonio pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Antonio misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Antonio.
Antonio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Antonio misses with a wild body shot.
Van Wyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antonio throws a hook to the side of Van Wyk's head but Van Wyk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Van Wyk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Wyk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Wyk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Antonio to keep the fight standing.
Antonio misses with a body punch.

Van Wyk pulls guard effortlessly.
Antonio stays in close to Van Wyk's body and controls the position.

Van Wyk has his feet on Antonio's thighs here. He's pushed Antonio off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Antonio screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bayo Van Wyk!
William Antonio was interviewed post fight and said 'I apologize to nobody.'.