PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Wildkat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slacks Houligan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wildkat kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 12 Stones - We Are One. Tommy Wildkat had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Wildkat
vs
Houligan

182 cm
18
159 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 4 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Wildkat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Slacks Houligan!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houligan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wildkat.
Houligan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wildkat tries to close the distance and clinch but Houligan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Houligan scores with a takedown into Wildkat's guard.
Houligan throws and elbow that misses. Wildkat uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Houligan's guard. Nice move by Wildkat!
Wildkat looking to sit in guard and control but Houligan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Houligan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Houligan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wildkat's head.
Houligan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wildkat is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Houligan scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houligan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wildkat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wildkat wants to sweep but no luck.
Houligan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Houligan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Houligan working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wildkat keeping full guard, as Houligan tries to pass.
Wildkat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Houligan on the ground.
Houligan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Houligan pushing down on Wildkat's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wildkat is looking for a sweep. Houligan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Houligan drops an elbow to the side of Wildkat's head.
Wildkat has hold of Houligan's hands but Houligan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Houligan looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wildkat wants to get back to full guard.
Houligan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wildkat defending well though.
Wildkat is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Houligan jumps into side control!
Houligan cracks Wildkat with a big right hand but Wildkat just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Wildkat's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Houligan lands some shots froms side control.
Wildkat looking for a sweep but Houligan has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Houligan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Houligan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wildkat hang on?
Houligan lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wildkat really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Houligan is landing with some decent strikes but Wildkat is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Houligan landing strikes from the mount and Wildkat is in trouble!
Wildkat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Houligan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Houligan with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Wildkat that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Houligan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wildkat tries to hold on but Houligan postures up.
Wildkat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wildkat is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Houligan landing punches.
Wildkat is in a horrible position here. Houligan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Houligan raining down shots from the mount!
Wildkat taking shots to the head.
Houligan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wildkat is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wildkat is desperately trying to improve his position but Houligan has a good base and remains in mount.
Wildkat tries to lock up and control but Houligan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wildkat is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slacks Houligan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Houligan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Houligan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Houligan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Houligan landing strikes from the mount and Wildkat is in trouble!
Wildkat is bucking up trying to escape but Houligan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wildkat is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Houligan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Houligan prevents Wildkat from getting the reversal.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Houligan scoring with strikes but Wildkat is staying in there.
Houligan dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Wildkat that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Houligan landing shots from mount.
Wildkat is wriggling around trying to escape.
Houligan working the ground and pound effectively.
Houligan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Houligan looking to finish Wildkat with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wildkat!
Houligan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wildkat can't escape the position.
Houligan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Houligan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two 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.
BOOM! Houligan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Houligan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Houligan landing strikes from the mount and Wildkat is in trouble!
Houligan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wildkat is trying to stand up.
Houligan punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Houligan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Houligan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Houligan lands with some strikes.
Houligan working the ground and pound effectively.
Wildkat is desperately trying to improve his position but Houligan has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houligan with shots to the head and body - Wildkat looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Houligan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Houligan breaks from Wildkat's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Houligan is landing with some decent strikes but Wildkat is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wildkat is in a horrible position here. Houligan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wildkat bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Houligan wants to sweep but no luck.
Houligan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Slacks Houligan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Houligan prevents Wildkat from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wildkat tries to hold on but Houligan pushes him away.
Houligan lands a big shot there that rocks Wildkat but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Houligan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Houligan unloading with bombs!
Wildkat is in all sorts of trouble here.
Houligan landing punches.
Houligan lands a heavy elbow.
Wildkat is wriggling around trying to escape.
Houligan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wildkat can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Houligan working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slacks Houligan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Houligan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wildkat did well to prevent Houligan getting side control.

Wildkat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Houligan working over Wildkat with some ground and pound. Wildkat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Houligan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Houligan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Houligan winds up and cracks Wildkat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Houligan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houligan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Houligan stops Wildkat from getting back to his feet.
Wildkat wants to control but Houligan is keeping busy.
Houligan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Houligan working Wildkat over with strikes.
Houligan works his way into side control.
Wildkat on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Houligan lands a nice forearm strike.
Wildkat manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two 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.
Wildkat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Houligan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Houligan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wildkat looks like he's trying to stand up.
Houligan is thwarting Wildkat's attempts to control the position.
Wildkat throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Houligan connects with a nice short shot to Wildkat's temple.
Houligan lands strikes from half guard.
Wildkat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Houligan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houligan with the ground and pound from mount.
Houligan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wildkat really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wildkat tries to lock up and control but Houligan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Houligan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Houligan prevents Wildkat from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Houligan.
Houligan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Houligan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Houligan landing strikes from the mount and Wildkat is in trouble!
Houligan working the ground and pound effectively.
Wildkat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wildkat taking shots to the head.
Houligan dominating with strikes here.
Wildkat is trying to escape the mount.
Wildkat tries to hold on but Houligan postures up.
Tommy Wildkat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Slacks Houligan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Houligan 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slacks Houligan!