PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daxton Wood (ranked 23574 p4p, 6597 weight class) and Jack Holmes (ranked 620 p4p, 589 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wood
vs
Holmes

188 cm
27
280
1 - 3 - 0

191 cm
28
239
8 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daxton Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Holmes.
Holmes throws a leg kick that is checked

and Wood decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Holmes's guard.
Wood is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Holmes is looking to stand up but Wood isn't so interested in that idea.
Wood is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wood is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holmes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holmes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wood has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Wood throwing strikes from guard but Holmes blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood content to stall in guard here.
Holmes wants to stand and escape but Wood is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holmes wants to stand up but Wood is controlling him.
Wood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holmes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wood is working hard here to advance position.
Wood scoring with some ground and pound.
Holmes wants to stand but Wood is controlling the position.

Holmes has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Wood has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Wood working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Wood.

Holmes breaks the clinch.
Holmes throws a leg kick that is checked

and Wood counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holmes keeps working.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Wood tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Wood slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holmes is trying to get back to his feet.
Wood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holmes keeps working.
Holmes pushes Wood away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wood gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Holmes seems a little lost for a moment, as Wood dominates the positioning.
The strikes coming from Wood are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Wood controlling from side mount.
Wood lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wood misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Holmes on the ground.

Wood looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wood throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wood just content to control the position.
Holmes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Wood in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Holmes is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wood asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Holmes down.
Holmes wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood trying to control the action but Holmes is working from the bottom.
Wood looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Holmes is avoiding damage well.
Wood tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wood prevents Holmes from escaping the position.
Holmes stops Wood from passing to mount.
Wood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holmes keeps working.
Wood tries to score with some ground and pound. Holmes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Holmes is trying to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Holmes's face as Wood controls the position.
Wood is looking to take a break and control but Holmes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holmes is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daxton Wood dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Holmes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wood takes a kick to the side of the head.
Holmes lands a nice shot that snaps Wood's head back.
Holmes looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
Wood half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Wood closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Holmes did well to prevent Wood getting side control.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wood is keen to just control but Holmes is a slippery customer.
Holmes is trying to stand up here but Wood is controlling him well.
Holmes is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wood sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood prevents Holmes from standing back up.
Wood controlling the pace.
Wood has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Nice strikes from Wood there.
Wood seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holmes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wood trying to pass the guard but Holmes defending well.
Holmes pushes Wood off looking to stand but Wood dives back in and keeps control.
Wood is controlling the pace.
Wood throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wood prevents Holmes from standing back up.
Wood with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Holmes tries to kick Wood off but Wood keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wood sitting and controlling from the half guard.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Wood.
Holmes looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Holmes misses the shot to the body.
Wood tries to counter with a takedown but Holmes is quick to defend against it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Holmes.
Wood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Holmes to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood walks forward, straight into a front kick from Holmes.
Holmes cracks a nice hook into Wood's ribs.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Holmes.
Wood feinted with a counter takedown.
Wood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Holmes.
Wood appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Wood closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wood wants to control but Holmes is keeping him busy.
Wood thows a huge punch but Holmes dodges it nicely.
Holmes is not content to let Wood control the position.
Wood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wood looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wood working Holmes over with strikes.
Wood is trying to control the action in half guard but Holmes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood moves into full mount! Holmes won't be happy about that!
Wood won't let Holmes get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Wood thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes really wants to buck Wood off and get back to his feet.
Wood thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wood won't let Holmes get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Wood punching from mount but Holmes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Holmes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wood wants to control the pace but Holmes is squirming around nicely.
Wood thowing shots but they're missing.
You get the feeling that Holmes really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daxton Wood dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Wood ducks under a wild hook from Holmes.
Holmes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Holmes thows a leg kick but Wood checks it

and Wood counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Holmes!

Holmes bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Jack Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood avoids the body shot from Holmes.
Holmes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holmes can do to turn this around?
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood looks to land a body kick but Holmes moved away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Holmes misses with a wild body shot.
Holmes misses with a few strikes there.
Holmes misses with a body shot

and Wood counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wood is looking to advance position but Holmes won't allow it.
Wood works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes is squirming around, avoiding Wood's attempts to control the action.
Holmes wants to get back to his feet.
Wood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wood throws some wild stikes that Holmes manages to avoid easily.
Holmes wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wood controlling from mount.
Wood punching from mount but Holmes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Holmes really wants to buck Wood off and get back to his feet.
Wood controlling the position easily from mount.
Wood trying to control but Holmes is having none of it.
Holmes is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Wood takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Holmes's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Wood lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Holmes is trying to stand up.
Holmes is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Holmes is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wood is landing with some decent strikes but Holmes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Holmes is squirming around, avoiding Wood's attempts to control the action.
Holmes is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Holmes blocking the ground and pound.
Holmes is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wood raining down shots from the mount!
Wood breaks from Holmes's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Holmes is rocked!
Wood content just to control the position here.
Holmes is still in real trouble! Can Wood finish him?
Holmes blocking the ground and pound.
Holmes trying desperately to get to his feet.
Holmes seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood looking to finish with strikes here!
Wood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Holmes squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Wood throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Holmes trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wood controlling from mount.
Holmes is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Wood landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes wants to get back to his feet.
Jack Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wood controlling from the full mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daxton Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Daxton Wood!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Daxton Wood!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Daxton Wood!

Daxton Wood wins by unanimous decision!