PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tok Steelworm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacobi Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Steelworm
vs
Wilson

188 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tok Steelworm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacobi Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steelworm just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Steelworm.
Wilson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steelworm lands a nice hook to Wilson's body. Wilson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wilson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steelworm moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Steelworm throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Steelworm circles away.
Wilson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steelworm circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steelworm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steelworm misses with a few strikes there.
Steelworm moves out of range as Wilson throws a body kick.
Tok Steelworm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steelworm throws a nice looking combination but Wilson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steelworm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wilson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wilson tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steelworm throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Wilson wants to clinch up but Steelworm keeps it at a distance.
Steelworm is looking to wear down Wilson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Steelworm misses with a body shot.
Steelworm takes a swing at Wilson's ribcage but misses.
Steelworm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steelworm stuffs the takedown attempt from Wilson. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wilson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Steelworm napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Wilson stands up and beckons Steelworm to his feet.
Steelworm stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Steelworm wants it to stay on the feet.
Wilson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Steelworm.
Steelworm scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wilson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wilson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Steelworm avoids it really well and circles away.
Tok Steelworm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacobi Wilson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Steelworm circles away.
Steelworm scores with a hook to the body. Wilson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice combination there by Steelworm.
Wilson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Steelworm sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wilson somewhat.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Steelworm circles away.
Steelworm swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson avoids the body shot from Steelworm.
Steelworm scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Steelworm swinging wildly here.
Steelworm lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson misses with a double jab
and Steelworm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steelworm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Steelworm scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steelworm. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steelworm misses the shot to the body.
Steelworm scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Steelworm lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Some wild striking there from Steelworm.
Steelworm lands with a shot to the body.
Steelworm lands an overhand right.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Steelworm paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steelworm takes a swing at Wilson's ribcage but misses.
Steelworm lands with a nice body punch.
Steelworm just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steelworm to score with a decent uppercut.
Wilson wants to clinch
and Steelworm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steelworm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steelworm lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Steelworm. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steelworm. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steelworm looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Steelworm lands with a nice combination. Wilson backs away looking to recover.
Wilson darts in trying to clinch
letting Steelworm counter with a right hand.
Steelworm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wilson takes a jab right on the kisser.

Wilson closes the distance and pushes Steelworm back into the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Steelworm checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wilson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tok Steelworm dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wilson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wilson lands in his opponent's guard.
Steelworm avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wilson wants to stand but Steelworm has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Wilson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wilson looks to clinch
and Steelworm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wilson digs a good body shot into Steelworm's ribs.
Wilson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tok Steelworm is winning the standup battle so far.
Steelworm wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson shoots in and drives through. Steelworm sprawls well.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Steelworm closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Steelworm!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Steelworm scores with a shot to the body.
Steelworm throws a right and a left that Wilson avoids nicely.
Tok Steelworm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steelworm throws a right hand that Wilson ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilson also avoids with ease.
Tok Steelworm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wilson avoids the body shot from Steelworm.
Steelworm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilson.
Steelworm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilson moves away.
Steelworm lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Steelworm is working the combinations to good effect here.
Steelworm lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Steelworm cracks a nice hook into Wilson's ribs.

Wilson closes the distance and pushes Steelworm back into the ropes.
Steelworm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steelworm taking a breather.
Steelworm prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Wilson.

Wilson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson moves in looking to clinch but Steelworm pushes him off.
Wilson tries to clinch
letting Steelworm counter with a right hand.

Wilson shoots in and bounces Steelworm off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.

Wilson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Steelworm lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A shot to the body from Steelworm misses

and Wilson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Steelworm won't be happy with that.

Wilson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Steelworm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steelworm fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wilson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steelworm lands a two punch combo.
Wilson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Steelworm defends it nicely.
Tok Steelworm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacobi Wilson.
Steelworm with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Steelworm stuns Wilson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steelworm throws a nice looking combination but Wilson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steelworm takes a swing at Wilson's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wilson closes the distance and clinches.
Wilson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Steelworm avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Steelworm - that landed with a thud.
Steelworm is trying to maintain a safe position but Wilson gets an underhook and turns Steelworm into the ropes.

Wilson breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steelworm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steelworm digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.
Steelworm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilson.
Steelworm avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilson tries to clinch up but Steelworm circles away and keeps his distance.
Steelworm throws a body punch but Wilson moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steelworm stuffs the takedown.
Wilson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steelworm lands a slapping body shot.
Steelworm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacobi Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Steelworm throws a right and a left that Wilson avoids nicely.
Steelworm thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the liver by Steelworm. Beautiful body shot.
Steelworm throws a one two combo.
Steelworm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steelworm circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steelworm.
Steelworm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steelworm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steelworm misses the shot to the body.

Wilson forces Steelworm back against the ropes and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steelworm leaves Wilson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd cheers as Steelworm lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wilson doesn't seem phased though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steelworm avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steelworm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steelworm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilson.
Steelworm just misses with a punch to the body.
Steelworm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steelworm. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steelworm blocks a leg kick.
Steelworm looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Steelworm lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steelworm.
Wilson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Steelworm sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tok Steelworm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacobi Wilson.
Wilson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good leg kick by Wilson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steelworm throws a nice looking combination but Wilson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wilson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steelworm.

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.
Steelworm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilson moves away.
Wilson is looking to clinch.
Steelworm swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Steelworm throws a combination that misses
and Wilson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Wilson moves into the clinch.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Steelworm. No joy for Wilson on that attempt.
Steelworm keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A shot to the liver by Steelworm. Beautiful body shot.
Steelworm digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.
Steelworm wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Steelworm lands a right hook to the body.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt - Steelworm sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Steelworm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steelworm changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steelworm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wilson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steelworm stuns Wilson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steelworm misses with a body shot.
Steelworm lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wilson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wilson.
Steelworm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steelworm looks to land a combination but Wilson avoids it well.
Steelworm stuffs the takedown.
Steelworm scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Steelworm misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steelworm falls off balance throwing a combination

and Wilson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Steelworm!
Steelworm knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wilson on the ground.
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Steelworm is looking to improve his position but Wilson isn't that keen on the idea.
Steelworm wants to hold on but Wilson pushes him away.
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tok Steelworm.
I think Steelworm 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!