PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between darren Mcminty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Wade has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mcminty
vs
Wade

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, darren Mcminty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Wade!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcminty tries to clinch but Wade moves out of range.

Mcminty forces Wade back against the cage and clinches.
Wade fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mcminty misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wade.
Wade avoiding damage as Mcminty throws knees to the body.
Wade tries to pull guard but Mcminty won't allow it.
Mcminty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wade is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade fails to pull the fight into his guard.
darren Mcminty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Wade.
Wade jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mcminty walks away with a smile on his face. Wade gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade shoots in looking for a takedown. Mcminty tries to sprawl out of it but Wade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mcminty manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Mcminty instigates a clinch.
Wade fails to pull guard.
Wade tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mcminty just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mcminty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wade is defending well for now.
Mcminty missing with knees to the body.
Wade tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mcminty smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mcminty tries to clinch but Wade is having none of it.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch but Wade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wade swats away the attempt to clinch by Mcminty.

Mcminty forces Wade back against the cage and clinches.
Wade jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mcminty walks away with a smile on his face. Wade gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mcminty fails with an attempt to clinch.

Wade shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mcminty is trying to defend but Wade finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wade trying to mount his opponent but Mcminty defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wade is trying to work for a kimura but Mcminty is defending well.
Mcminty is refusing to be controlled, as Wade sits in half guard.

Wade looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Wade is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mcminty doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wade.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Wade is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Wade looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that darren Mcminty will probably get the nod.
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 fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wade swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mcminty tries to clinch but Wade moves out of range.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wade swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wade paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Mcminty clinches up with Wade and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade jumps guard but Mcminty stands there with Wade around his waist. Wade gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mcminty trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mcminty missing with knees to the body.
Mcminty tries to land knees in the clinch but Wade avoids the damage to the body.
Wade tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mcminty smiles and moves away.
darren Mcminty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Wade.
Mcminty stuffs the takedown attempt from Wade. Wade gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wade fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mcminty is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Mcminty moves into the clinch successfully.
Wade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mcminty tries to land knees in the clinch but Wade avoids the damage to the body.
Mcminty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wade avoids it.
Wade jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mcminty walks away with a smile on his face. Wade gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mcminty closes the distance and pushes Wade back into the cage.
Mcminty trying to land knees to the body.
Wade tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mcminty smiles and moves away.
Wade circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch but Wade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mcminty tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wade swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcminty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Mcminty has managed to clinch.
Wade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mcminty tries to land knees in the clinch but Wade avoids the damage to the body.
Wade blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wade tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mcminty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wade is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

darren Mcminty dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mcminty defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wade.

Wade looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mcminty!

Wade looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wade trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mcminty is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mcminty is squirming around, avoiding Wade's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mcminty defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcminty trying desperately to get to his feet.
Mcminty on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mcminty tries to get out of the position.

Wade looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Wade looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Wade has control of Mcminty's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mcminty regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wade tries to control but Mcminty wriggling away.

Wade is working for a guillotine from mount but Mcminty frees his head quite easily.

Wade working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wade looking to secure an arm triangle but Mcminty defends it well.

Wade wants to finish this one by submission but Mcminty is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Wade.
Wade won't let Mcminty get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Luke Wade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Wade is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mcminty has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Wade looking for a guillotine from mount but Mcminty is having none of it.
Mcminty wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Wade comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mcminty has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... darren Mcminty!