PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy Wesley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley has chosen Eminem - Go to Sleep as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Powell
vs
Wesley

185 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
223 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Timmy Wesley!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Powell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wesley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Powell tries to clinch up.
Wesley fails to land with a series of punches.
Powell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wesley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wesley swats away the attempt to clinch by Powell.
Wesley closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wesley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Powell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wesley digs a good hook to Powell's body.
Powell tries to clinch there but Wesley circles away.
Wesley lands a right hook to the body.
Powell is breathing heavily.
Powell tries to clinch but Wesley moves out of range.
Wesley dips to his left and cracks Powell with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wesley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Powell gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wesley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wesley postures up and lands a big shot to Powell's brow.
Powell can't keep his opponent in guard - Wesley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Powell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wesley is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wesley landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wesley tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wesley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Powell hang on?
Wesley dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wesley working for a guillotine from mount but Powell is in no mood to give up.
Wesley looking to finish Powell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Powell!
Wesley with good strikes from the mount here!
Wesley landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wesley landing shots from mount.

Powell is rocked!
Wesley with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wesley controlling his opponent.
Powell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wesley on the ground.
Wesley is landing with some decent strikes but Powell is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell taking shots to the head.
Wesley dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wesley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Powell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wesley controlling the pace for now.
Powell seems to have got his legs back now.
Powell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wesley controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy Wesley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wesley lands an overhand right.
Powell is looking to clinch.
Powell tries to clinch but Wesley is having none of it.
Powell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Powell misses with a takedown attempt

and Wesley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Powell won't be happy with that.
Wesley in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wesley cracks Powell with a big elbow.
Powell is letting Wesley control him for a moment.
Wesley working the head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wesley advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesley lands a big elbow.
Wesley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Wesley.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Wesley! Powell is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Timmy Wesley!