PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pas Squini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Wendell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wendell has chosen as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Squini
vs
Wendell

190 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
223 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pas Squini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clint Wendell!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wendell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wendell has a takedown stuffed.
Wendell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Squini was well out of range. Poor timing from Wendell.
Wendell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squini paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wendell is looking to clinch but Squini is avoiding it.
Wendell throws a series of strikes that have Squini backpedaling.

It looks like Pas Squini has been cut.
Squini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squini paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wendell tries to clinch up but Squini circles away and keeps his distance.
Clint Wendell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Squini.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Wendell or perhaps it was just good defense by Squini which made him look bad.
Wendell doesn't manage to clinch there - Squini circles away.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squini shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Squini lands a really nice looking cross but Wendell seems unphased.
Squini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wendell tries to clinch but Squini moves out of range.
Wendell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Squini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wendell misses with a combination
letting Squini counter with a right hand.
Wendell is looking to clinch but Squini is avoiding it.
Squini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Squini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wendell moves in looking to clinch but Squini pushes him off.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squini paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wendell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Squini keeps the fight on the outside.
Wendell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Squini throws out a loose jab but Wendell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wendell is looking to clinch.
Wendell wants to clinch up but Squini keeps it at a distance.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Squini paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Wendell closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Squini did well to prevent Wendell getting side control.
Wendell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wendell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Squini defending well though.
Wendell passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Squini!
Wendell punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wendell jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Squini manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wendell misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Squini pushes Wendell away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wendell gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wendell in side control, throwing shots but Squini defends.
Squini is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wendell asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wendell tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Wendell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pas Squini's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Wendell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Squini throws the left hand but Wendell avoids the punch easily.
Wendell is looking to clinch but Squini is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Squini misses.
Wendell tries to clinch but Squini is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Squini.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch but Squini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wendell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wendell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Squini.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squini misses with a double jab

and Wendell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wendell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wendell is in close to Squini's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Squini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Squini on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Squini tries to get out of the position.
Wendell stands and throws Squini's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wendell throws a strike aimed at the side of Squini's head but Squini avoids it well.
Wendell throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Wendell wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Squini, who protects the arm well.
Squini is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wendell moves into full mount!
Squini takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wendell punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wendell is going olschool here, as he tries to force Squini to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Squini shrugs it off.
Wendell is breathing heavily.
Wendell throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wendell landing strikes from the mount and Squini is in trouble!
Squini tries to buck Wendell off but he can't manage it.
Wendell raining down shots from the mount!
Wendell postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Squini looks a forlorn figure.
Wendell punching from mount but Squini doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wendell throwing strikes here but Squini is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
A nice elbow there by Wendell.
Squini wants to get back to his feet.
Wendell lands a nice shot to the head.
Clint Wendell has got the better of the ground game so far.

Wendell working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wendell looking to finish Squini with some ground and pound. This is bad for Squini!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Wendell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pas Squini's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wendell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Squini.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wendell wants to clinch.
Wendell is looking to clinch.
Wendell tries to clinch there but Squini circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wendell shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wendell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wendell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Squini wants to get back to his feet.
Wendell wants to take a breather but Squini is having none of it.
Squini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wendell.
Squini has hold of Wendell's hands but Wendell slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wendell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Squini wants to get back to his feet.
Squini knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wendell on the ground.
Wendell working Squini over with strikes.
Wendell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wendell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squini wants to get back to his feet.
Wendell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wendell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Squini defending well though.
Squini keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Wendell is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Squini defends it well.
Squini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wendell.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wendell tries to clinch up but Squini circles away and keeps his distance.
Pas Squini is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wendell tries to close the distance and clinch but Squini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pas Squini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wendell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Squini misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wendell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wendell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wendell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wendell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wendell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Squini fails to land with a series of punches.
Squini circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Squini misses.
Clint Wendell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wendell, right into the meat.
Wendell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Squini takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Squini misses with a double jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Squini keeps the fight on the outside.
Pas Squini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wendell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Squini.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Wendell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wendell 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Wendell!