PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Woody Guthrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Welsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guthrie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Power For Power, The Swans. Chris Welsh is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Guthrie
vs
Welsh

179 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

181 cm
24
170 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Woody Guthrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Welsh !
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welsh tries to clinch but Guthrie moves out of range.
Welsh avoids the body shot from Guthrie.
Guthrie tries to clinch up but Welsh circles away and keeps his distance.
Welsh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Guthrie can pounce on him.
Guthrie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Welsh on the side of the head.
Guthrie throws a sloppy head kick and Welsh moves out of range easily.
Guthrie thuds his shin into the meat of Welsh 's side.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Welsh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guthrie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guthrie moves in looking to clinch but Welsh pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Guthrie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow.
Guthrie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guthrie pushes off an throws an elbow but Welsh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Guthrie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Welsh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guthrie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guthrie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guthrie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Guthrie lands a hook that snaps the head of Welsh backwards.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow.
Guthrie pushes Welsh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guthrie looking to throw knees to the head but Welsh is blocking nicely.
Welsh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guthrie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Welsh looks gassed!
Welsh is trying to break the clinch but Guthrie has him pressed against the cage.
Guthrie misses with the head strike.
Guthrie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Guthrie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guthrie. Welsh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chris Welsh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guthrie swings for the body but Welsh moves out of range.
Woody Guthrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guthrie throws out a powerful jab.
Nice cross by Guthrie.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Welsh .
Guthrie scores with a kick to the midsection.

Guthrie clinches up with Welsh and pushes him back against the cage.
Guthrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Guthrie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Guthrie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Guthrie pulls Welsh into guard.
Guthrie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Guthrie lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guthrie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Welsh is in a horrible position here. Guthrie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Welsh is bucking up trying to escape but Guthrie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Guthrie avoids the attempt from Welsh to control.
Welsh is in a horrible position here. Guthrie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Guthrie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Welsh hang on?
Guthrie tries to control but Welsh wriggling away.

Guthrie is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Welsh is surviving well by controlling Guthrie's body position as best he can.

Guthrie is working for a guillotine from mount but Welsh frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guthrie working for a guillotine from mount but Welsh is in no mood to give up.

Guthrie goes for an armbar but Welsh turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Welsh .
Welsh controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Guthrie keeping moving, preventing Welsh from controlling successfully.

Guthrie looking for a guillotine here but Welsh defends easily.
Guthrie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guthrie controls Welsh momentarily but Welsh frees himself.
Guthrie wants to sweep but no luck.
Welsh must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Guthrie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Welsh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Guthrie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Woody Guthrie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Guthrie takes a swing at Welsh 's ribcage but misses.
Welsh throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Guthrie's head.

It looks like Woody Guthrie has been cut.
Welsh misses with a double jab.
Woody Guthrie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Guthrie moves into the clinch.
Welsh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guthrie has him pressed against the cage.
Guthrie lands an elbow inside that Welsh shrugs off.
Welsh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guthrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Welsh blocks an elbow strike.
Guthrie struggles to land a body shot inside as Welsh controls his hands.
Guthrie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guthrie misses with a body punch.
Guthrie digs a right hand underneath Welsh 's ribcage. Welsh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Guthrie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right handed body shot lands from Guthrie.
Welsh managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guthrie presses Welsh against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guthrie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Welsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Guthrie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Welsh takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie lands an elbow just above Welsh 's eye.
Welsh avoiding damage as Guthrie throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guthrie.
Guthrie looking to throw knees to the head but Welsh is blocking nicely.
Guthrie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Welsh is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Welsh .
Welsh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Guthrie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guthrie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Welsh managing to block the knees to the body from Guthrie.
Guthrie tries to throw a body punch but Welsh avoids it by throwing Guthrie back against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guthrie. Welsh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Welsh throws a leg kick but Guthrie checks it.
Guthrie tries to clinch but Welsh is having none of it.
Welsh throws a right and a left that Guthrie avoids nicely.

Guthrie scores a takedown into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welsh is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Guthrie is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Welsh has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Guthrie with good strikes from the mount here!
Welsh is trying to stand.
Guthrie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Welsh in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Guthrie is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Welsh is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Woody Guthrie!