PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maynard Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wells comes to the cage accompanied by Put On-Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West. George Wells could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Maynard Keenan's chin.

Wells
vs
Keenan

179 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Tri Light Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maynard Keenan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wells doesn't manage to clinch there - Keenan circles away.
Keenan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wells tries to clinch up but Keenan circles away and keeps his distance.
Keenan fails with a takedown attempt.
Keenan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Wells breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Keenan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wells is looking to clinch.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keenan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Keenan tries to keep at a distance but Wells has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keenan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Wells manages to break the clinch.

Keenan has closed the distance and engaged Wells in a clinch.

Wells escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells keeps the fight on the outside.
Wells circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Wells gets a clinch.
Wells working hard to break the clinch.
Keenan tries to work over Wells's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keenan pushes Wells back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keenan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Keenan can't find room to land a body shot as Wells controls the action.
Nice body punch from Keenan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
Wells tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.
Wells wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keenan has him pressed against the cage.
Wells has had enough of the clinch but Keenan keeps him there for the moment.
Keenan misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Keenan.
Keenan lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Keenan.
Keenan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wellss head.
Wells wants to get back to striking at distance but Keenan won't allow it.
Keenan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wells or not.
Wells is breathing heavily.

Wells breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wells circles away from the clinch attempt.

Keenan darts in and clinches Wells up against the cage.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Keenan drives through and clinches with Wells against the cage.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wells keeps the fight on the outside.
Wells fails with an attempt to clinch.

Keenan moves into the clinch.
Wells prevents a body shot from Keenan.
Keenan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wells wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Keenan tries to keep at a distance but Wells has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keenan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keenan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keenan tries to work over Wells's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keenan misses with a hook to the ribs.

Wells breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
George Wells is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Keenan moves in looking to clinch but Wells pushes him off.
Keenan moves in looking to clinch but Wells pushes him off.
Keenan closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Keenan has managed to clinch.
Wells is trying to break free.
A right hand to the body from Keenan.
A short body shot lands from Keenan as the two fighters clinch.
Keenan scores with a hook to the body.
Wells working hard to break the clinch.
Keenan lands a body shot.
Keenan pushes Wells back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Keenan.
Wells looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wells prevents a body shot from Keenan.
A short body shot lands from Keenan as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Keenan as the two fighters clinch.
Keenan digs a right hand into Wells's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wells's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Keenan.
Keenan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Keenan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Keenan digs a right hand into Wells's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wells's gas tank.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Keenan.
Keenan pushes Wells back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wells wants to break free but Keenan has control.
Keenan misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan lands a shot to the body.
Wells tries to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling the position.
Good body shot from Keenan.
Keenan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keenan digs a right hand underneath Wells's ribcage. Wells let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Keenan.
Keenan tries to work over Wells's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keenan digs a right hand underneath Wells's ribcage. Wells let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Keenan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Keenan is leaning against Wells and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Keenan lands a body shot.
Keenan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wells or not.
Keenan lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Keenan.
Keenan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wells backwards.
Wells tries to circle away but Keenan has him pinned against the cage.
Keenan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keenan lands a shot to the body.
Keenan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wells wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keenan lands a nice shot to the body.
Keenan presses Wells against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Keenan.
A left hand lands to the body for Keenan.
Wells takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Keenan - that landed with a thud.
Keenan digs a right hand underneath Wells's ribcage. Wells let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Keenan - that landed with a thud.
Keenan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wells blocks a body shot from Keenan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wells tries to break free but Keenan pushes him back against the cage.
Wells working hard to break the clinch.
Keenan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wells.
Keenan is leaning against Wells and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Keenan stalling.
A short right from Keenan.
Keenan lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Keenan.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Keenan.
Keenan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
Keenan digs a right hand into Wells's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wells's gas tank.
Wells wants to get back to striking at distance but Keenan won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for Keenan.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
Keenan is working Wells over against the cage.
Keenan works on Wells's body with a couple of short punches.
Keenan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keenan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wells tries to clinch up.
Wells is looking to clinch.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keenan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Wells clinches up with Keenan and pushes him back against the cage.

Wells breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maynard Keenan dominated that round.
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.

Wells tries to clinch there but Keenan circles away.

Wells has closed the distance and engaged Keenan in a clinch.

Wells escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan swats away the attempt to clinch by Wells.

Wells clinches up with Keenan and pushes him back against the cage.
Keenan tries a body shot but Wells blocks it.

Wells breaks from the clinch.

Keenan moves into range and clinches up with Wells.

Wells manages to break the clinch.

Keenan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Keenan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wells prevents a body shot from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a short punch on the inside.

Wells escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Keenan instigates a clinch.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wells moves in looking to clinch but Keenan pushes him off.
Wells tries to clinch but Keenan moves out of range.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keenan tries to clinch up.
Wells wants to clinch.
Wells tries to clinch but Keenan is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Keenan tries to clinch up but Wells circles away and keeps his distance.
Wells wants to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch up but Wells circles away and keeps his distance.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keenan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wells is looking to clinch but Keenan is avoiding it.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells wants to clinch up but Keenan keeps it at a distance.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan tries to clinch there but Wells circles away.
Keenan tries to clinch up.

Keenan darts in and clinches Wells up against the cage.
Maynard Keenan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Wells escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wells tries to clinch up.
Keenan wants to clinch up but Wells keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keenan moves in looking to clinch but Wells pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells is having none of it.

Wells drives through and clinches with Keenan against the cage.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keenan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wells on the side of the head.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan fails with an attempt to clinch.

Keenan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Wells breaks from the clinch.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wells swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wells swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wells tries to clinch up but Keenan circles away and keeps his distance.
Wells is looking to clinch but Keenan is avoiding it.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells moves out of range.
Keenan moves in looking to clinch but Wells pushes him off.
Wells leaves Keenan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wells tries to clinch there but Keenan circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wells instigates a clinch.
Keenan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wells looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Wells breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keenan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keenan moves in looking to clinch but Wells pushes him off.
Keenan swats away the attempt to clinch by Wells.
Keenan tries to clinch there but Wells circles away.
Keenan is looking to clinch.
Keenan is looking to clinch but Wells is avoiding it.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Keenan looks for a takedown but Wells sprawls well.
Keenan is breathing heavily.
Wells tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keenan is looking to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch up but Wells circles away and keeps his distance.

Wells has Keenan up against the cage in a clinch.
Wells prevents a body shot from Keenan.
Keenan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Wells breaks the clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells moves out of range.
Keenan swats away the attempt to clinch by Wells.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells is looking to clinch but Keenan is avoiding it.
Wells is looking to clinch but Keenan is avoiding it.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells moves out of range.
Wells is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wells looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells wants to clinch.
Wells is looking to clinch.

Wells has taken the fight to the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Keenan.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan wants to clinch up but Wells keeps it at a distance.
Wells moves in looking to clinch but Keenan pushes him off.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Wells tries to clinch up.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keenan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wells tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that George Wells will probably get the nod.
That's time! Wells's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wells tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keenan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keenan scores with a jab to the head.
Keenan is looking to clinch.
Wells is looking to clinch but Keenan is avoiding it.

Keenan has taken the fight to the clinch.

Wells breaks from the clinch.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wells wants to clinch up but Keenan keeps it at a distance.
Keenan is looking to clinch.
Wells tries to clinch but Keenan is having none of it.
Keenan wants to clinch.

Wells has closed the distance and engaged Keenan in a clinch.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wells wants to clinch.

Wells closes the distance and pushes Keenan back into the cage.
Keenan digs a right hand underneath Wells's ribcage. Wells let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wells moves in looking to clinch but Keenan pushes him off.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Keenan is looking to clinch but Wells is avoiding it.
No luck for Keenan with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells is looking to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch up.
Wells gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wells tries to clinch but Keenan is having none of it.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wells tries to clinch up.
Keenan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Wells has Keenan up against the cage in a clinch.
Keenan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Wells manages to break the clinch.

Wells tries to keep at a distance but Keenan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wells swats away the attempt to clinch by Keenan.
Keenan is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Keenan moves into the clinch.
Keenan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wells's elbow.
Wells is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keenan.
Keenan lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wells tries to break free but Keenan pushes him back against the cage.
Wells blocks a body shot from Keenan.
Keenan cracks Wells with a nice body shot.
Keenan tries a body shot but Wells blocks it.
Keenan tries to throw a body punch but Wells avoids it by throwing Keenan back against the cage.
Keenan misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keenan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keenan tries a body shot but Wells blocks it.
Keenan prevents Wells from breaking the clinch.
Wells wants to break free but Keenan has control.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wells moves in looking to clinch but Keenan pushes him off.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wells keeps the fight on the outside.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan cracks Wells with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Keenan shoots in for a takedown but Wells shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keenan fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan is looking to clinch but Wells is avoiding it.
Wells is looking to clinch.
Wells circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, jab by Keenan - just one landing.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Keenan closes the distance and pushes Wells back into the cage.
Keenan tries to work over Wells's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Wells breaks the clinch.

Wells moves into the clinch.

Wells's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keenan doesn't manage to clinch there - Wells circles away.
Keenan fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keenan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Keenan tries for a takedown but Wells sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
George Wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maynard Keenan.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells is having none of it.

Wells clinches up with Keenan and pushes him back against the cage.
Wells blocks a body shot from Keenan.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells moves out of range.
Wells swats away the attempt to clinch by Keenan.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.

Wells moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keenan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keenan tries to clinch up.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Keenan is looking to clinch but Wells is avoiding it.
Keenan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keenan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Wells moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Keenan as the two fighters clinch.
Keenan lands a body shot in the clinch.

Wells breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wells gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wells tries to break free but Keenan pushes him back against the cage.

Wells pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells is having none of it.
Wells wants to clinch.
Keenan tries to clinch but Wells moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maynard Keenan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Keenan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maynard Keenan!