PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Haller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enae Volare Mezzo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Haller
vs
Wood

190 cm
20
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
194 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Haller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Wood!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haller doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood slips a jab and a cross from Haller.
Haller missing with a left hand there. Wood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haller misses with a series of wild punches.
Haller throws a right hand that Wood ducks under and follows up with a left that Wood also avoids with ease.
Haller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haller as he jumps to the side.
Haller shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wood but Wood pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Wood shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Haller's head.
Wood prevents Haller from standing back up.

Haller kicks Wood off and gets back to his feet.
Haller swinging wilding here.
Haller misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brad Haller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Wood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood fails with the takedown.

Wood pushes Haller up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Haller avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wood tries for a takedown. No joy.

Haller manages to break the clinch.
Haller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brad Haller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood tries to bum rush Haller with a series of wild strikes but Haller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood shoots in and drives through. Haller sprawls well.
Wood looks gassed!
Haller misses with a double jab

and Wood counters by moving into the clinch.
Haller wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Haller stops a takedown attempt from Wood.
Wood keeps control of Haller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wood has Haller pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Haller manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Haller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haller as he jumps to the side.
Good shot there by Haller.
Haller tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Haller circles away.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Haller misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Haller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Wood looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Haller!
Wood thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Haller can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Haller is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Wood scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haller?
Oh Haller is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wood landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood lands a big elbow.
Wood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wood dominating with strikes here.
Wood in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wood looking to finish Haller with some ground and pound. This is bad for Haller!
Wood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Haller holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wood tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wood throwing strikes here but Haller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haller wants to get back to his feet.
Wood dominating with strikes here.
Wood looking to finish Haller with some ground and pound. This is bad for Haller!
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Haller hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wood postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Haller looks a forlorn figure.
Wood loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Haller scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Wood land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Wood stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Wood!