PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Wilson (ranked 1192 p4p, 1082 weight class) and Tevita Maui (ranked 149 p4p, 136 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wilson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Painkiller. Maui has chosen Turn Down For What as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The Wilson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wilson
vs
Maui

195 cm
27
230
13 - 4 - 0

200 cm
27
270
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Northern Zombie
Shadow Realm Apparel

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, The Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tevita Maui!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maui throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Wilson tumbling to the canvas!

Wilson is rocked!

It looks like The Wilson has been cut.
Maui throws an elbow that misses. Wilson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Maui's guard. Nice move by Wilson!

Oh Wilson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson stands and throws Maui's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Maui sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wilson seems to have got his legs back now.
Maui avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wilson.
You can see the frustration on Maui's face as Wilson controls the position.
Wilson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Maui is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wilson 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.

Wilson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Maui has escaped the position, nice work there.
Maui really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wilson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sloppy strikes there by Wilson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maui is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wilson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wilson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Maui dodges the ground and pound from Wilson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to score with some ground and pound. Maui controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maui can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wilson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Maui looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wilson is working Maui over with some ground and pound from side control.

It looks like Tevita Maui has been cut.
Maui pushes Wilson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wilson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Check out the look on Wilson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wilson cracks Maui with a big elbow.
Wilson is putting a hurting on Maui here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wilson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Maui managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wilson.
Wilson scoring with punches from side control.
Wilson looks up at the clock and then as Maui takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wilson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That has opened up Tevita Maui's cut even more.
Maui looks winded!
Wilson is working Maui over with some ground and pound from side control.
Maui managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wilson.
Wilson misses with the ground and pound.
Maui takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Tevita Maui's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tevita Maui's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). The Wilson!
The Wilson opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
In defeat, Tevita Maui stepped up to the mic, saying 'Great fight.'.