PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Wolfman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley comes to the cage accompanied by Ride Of The Valkyries. Dan Bradley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bradley
vs
Wolfman

185 cm
27
178 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Cage Wars Nutrition
Cage Wars Nutrition

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Wolfman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Wolfman as Bradley shoots in.
Wolfman stuns Bradley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wolfman misses with a two punch combination.
Bradley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wolfman throws the left hand but Bradley avoids the punch easily.
Wolfman tries to bum rush Bradley with a series of wild strikes but Bradley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bradley looks to throw the jab but Wolfman is out of range.

Bradley has closed the distance and engaged Wolfman in a clinch.
Bradley tries to pull guard but Wolfman won't allow it.
Bradley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bradley slips a jab and a cross from Wolfman.
Wolfman throws a right hand that Bradley ducks under and follows up with a left that Bradley also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bradley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bradley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bradley throwing strikes but missing.
Wolfman trying to control the position.
Wolfman keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.
Bradley won't allow Wolfman to get back to his feet.
Bradley thows a big elbow that misses.
Bradley won't allow Wolfman to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wolfman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bradley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bradley avoids the body shot from Wolfman.
Bradley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wolfman as he jumps to the side.
Bradley tries to clinch but Wolfman moves out of range.
Bradley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wolfman is fending him off so far but Bradley persists. Nope, Wolfman circles away and we're back to standing.
Wolfman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfman cracks Bradley with an open hand slap.
Wolfman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bradley.
Bradley misses with an uppercut. Wolfman saw that one coming.
Bradley tries to move into range but Wolfman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wolfman throws an overhand right that lands on Bradley's shoulder, as Bradley tries to avoid the shot.
Wolfman throws a combination that misses
and Bradley counters with a leg kick.
A combination from Wolfman does no damage.
Bradley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wolfman misses with a hook to the body
and Bradley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wolfman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bradley counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolfman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bradley trying to control but Wolfman is working from the bottom.
Wolfman is looking to stand up but Bradley isn't so interested in that idea.
Bradley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wolfman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bradley.
Bradley tries to free his leg and advance position but Wolfman is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bradley with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wolfman is on top in guard.
Bradley wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wolfman looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradley is just out of range.
Dan Bradley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Wolfman does no damage.
Wolfman misses with a shot to the body
and Bradley counters with a right hand to the body.
Wolfman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolfman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bradley doesn't manage to clinch there - Wolfman circles away.
Wolfman defending well as Bradley loads up on a big left hand.
Wolfman misses with a double jab
and Wolfman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wolfman throws the left hand but Bradley avoids the punch easily.
Robert Wolfman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Wolfman misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfman throws a shot from downtown. Bradley moves away and avoids it.
Bradley moves away from the strike by Wolfman.
Wolfman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wolfman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bradley circles away quickly and effectively.
Wolfman throws a combination that misses
and Bradley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wolfman's knee momentarily.
Wolfman is breathing heavily.
Bradley ducks under a wild hook from Wolfman.
Wolfman tries to move into range but Bradley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Bradley closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bradley lands in his opponent's guard.
Bradley stops Wolfman from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bradley gets to his feet. Wolfman looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nice uppercut lands for Bradley. That snapped Wolfman's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolfman dodges the punch combination from Bradley.
Wolfman throws a hook but Bradley blocks it.
Wolfman throws a hook to the side of Bradley's head but Bradley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wolfman throws a combination that misses
and Bradley counters with a low kick, right behind Wolfman 's knee.

Bradley bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bradley lands an elbow.
Bradley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bradley scoring with punches from side control.
Bradley passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Wolfman!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bradley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bradley tries to control but Wolfman wriggling away.
Wolfman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bradley working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bradley throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bradley raining down shots from the mount!

Bradley looking for a guillotine from mount but Wolfman is having none of it.
Bradley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolfman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bradley misses with a head shot.
Bradley throws some wild stikes that Wolfman manages to avoid easily.
Dan Bradley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wolfman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bradley throws some wild stikes that Wolfman manages to avoid easily.
A nice elbow there by Bradley.
Bradley looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bradley trying to control but Wolfman is having none of it.
Bradley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Bradley dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Wolfman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bradley.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wolfman. Bradley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wolfman misses with a body shot
and Bradley counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Bradley gets the takedown into side control.
Bradley scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wolfman wants to get back to his feet.
Bradley lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wolfman down.
Bradley is looking to take a break and control but Wolfman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Bradley is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wolfman is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wolfman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bradley.
Wolfman is not content to let Bradley control the position.
Wolfman is trying to improve his position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wolfman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bradley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

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.
Bradley lands with a straight right. Wolfman didn't see that one coming.
Bradley misses with a series of wild punches.
Bradley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wolfman's waist but Wolfman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bradley off to one side.
Bradley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Bradley closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wolfman did well to prevent Bradley getting side control.
Bradley prevents Wolfman from improving his position.
Wolfman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bradley working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Wolfman's thigh. Wolfman counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfman wants to stand up but Bradley is controlling him.
Bradley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wolfman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bradley's guard.

Bradley has his foot on Wolfman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wolfman works his way back into a safe position though.
Wolfman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bradley is proving hard to escape from.
Bradley is trying to keep Wolfman in close.

Wolfman gets to his feet. Bradley looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wolfman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bradley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolfman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bradley counters with an outside leg kick.
Wolfman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bradley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bradley throws a head kick but Wolfman moves out of range.
Robert Wolfman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wolfman looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradley is just out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Wolfman.

Bradley closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wolfman did well to prevent Bradley getting side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dan Bradley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bradley lands a nice short elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Bradley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bradley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Bradley!