PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wilmer Theodore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Wiet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiet has chosen Mia - Paper Planes as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Theodore
vs
Wiet

183 cm
20
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
21
135 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilmer Theodore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Wiet!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theodore lands the left hand.
Theodore throws a head kick that misses.
Theodore swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiet.
Theodore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Theodore looks to land a right hand but Wiet moved out of range.
Theodore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Theodore throws a head kick but Wiet moves out of range.

Wiet clinches up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Theodore tries to break free but Wiet pushes him back against the cage.
Theodore struggles to land a body shot inside as Wiet controls his hands.
Wiet avoiding damage as Theodore throws knees to the body.
Wiet managing to block the knees to the body from Theodore.
Wiet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Theodore in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wiet lands a good knee to the midsection. Theodore won't want to take too many of those.
Wiet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Theodore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Theodore is looking to break free of the clinch but Wiet has double underhooks.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.
Theodore tries a head kick but it misses.

Wiet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wiet avoids the elbow strike from Theodore, against the cage.
Theodore really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Theodore is looking to break free of the clinch but Wiet has double underhooks.
Wiet landing knees to the head.
Wiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Theodore.
Theodore tries to throw a body punch but Wiet avoids it by throwing Theodore back against the cage.
Theodore tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiet avoids the damage to the body.
Wiet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Theodore in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Wiet on the inside.
Wiet has Theodore pressed against the cage, preventing Theodore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Wiet looks gassed!
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiet misses with a knee to the head.

Theodore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wiet tries to clinch up.
Wiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Theodore circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Theodore misses with a few strikes there.
Theodore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wiet manages to avoid it.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Theodore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Theodore lands a jab to the head.
Theodore keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiet takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Theodore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Theodore circles away.

Wiet clinches up with Theodore and pushes him back against the cage.
Theodore misses with a knee strike.
Wiet prevents Theodore from breaking the clinch.
Theodore landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiet lands a knee to the head.
Theodore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wiet has Theodore pressed against the cage, preventing Theodore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Theodore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Theodore throws a looping overhand right but Wiet ducks down to avoid it.
Theodore clinches but Wiet breaks the clinch

and Wiet holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Theodore creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wiet scores with a nice hook to the head.
Theodore looking to stall.
Theodore misses with a knee to the head.
Wiet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Theodore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Wiet.
Theodore trying to stall but Wiet improves his position.
Theodore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiet.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodore.
Theodore throws a head kick that misses

and Wiet counters by moving into the clinch.
Wiet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wiet dodges an elbow strike from Theodore.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wiet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wiet wants to clinch up but Theodore keeps it at a distance.
Theodore connects with a nice looking jab.
Wiet is looking to clinch but Theodore is avoiding it.
Theodore throws a head kick but Wiet moves out of range.
Wiet wants to clinch up but Theodore keeps it at a distance.

Wiet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Wiet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wiet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Theodore.

Wiet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Theodore is trying to break free.
Wiet lands a body punch.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Wiet looking to throw knees to the head but Theodore is blocking nicely.
Theodore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiet.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Theodore blocks it with crossed arms.
Theodore lands an elbow inside that Wiet shrugs off.
Theodore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wiet backwards.
Theodore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Theodore blocks it.
Theodore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Theodore blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiet looking to throw knees to the head but Theodore is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theodore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Theodore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wiet is trying to break the clinch but Theodore has him pressed against the cage.
Theodore has had enough of the clinch but Wiet keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Theodore.
Theodore lands an elbow just above Wiet 's eye.
Wiet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Theodore in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Theodore tries to break the clinch but Wiet is controlling the position.
Wiet looking to throw knees to the head but Theodore is blocking nicely.
Wiet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiet prevents a body shot from Theodore.
Theodore with a knee to the head.
Theodore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Theodore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Theodore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Theodore's face.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Theodore's face.
Wiet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wiet misses with a knee strike.
Theodore trying to stall but Wiet improves his position.
Theodore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Theodore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wiet scores with a nice hook to the head.
Theodore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Wiet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Wiet dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wiet moves out of range of the strikes.
Theodore swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiet.
Theodore misses with a straight right.
Theodore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Theodore swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Wiet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Theodore, pushing him back against the cage.
Theodore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but Theodore blocks with his arms.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Wiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Theodore breaks from the clinch.

Theodore has taken the fight to the clinch.

Theodore breaks from the clinch.

Theodore moves into range and clinches up with Wiet.
Wiet lands a nice uppercut.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Wiet tries a body shot but Theodore blocks it.
Wiet avoiding damage as Theodore throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Theodore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Theodore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiet avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodore trying to land knees to the body.

Theodore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Theodore tries a head kick but it misses.
Theodore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wiet.

Wiet has taken the fight to the clinch.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Theodore trying to stall but Wiet improves his position.
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Wiet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Theodore's efforts to push away.
Theodore trying to land knees to the body.
Theodore tries to stall but Wiet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Theodore is trying to force a seperation but Wiet has the dominant position.
Theodore wants to break free but Wiet has control.
Theodore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Theodore blocks a body shot from Wiet.
Wiet has Theodore pressed against the cage, preventing Theodore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Theodore looking to throw knees to the head but Wiet is blocking nicely.
Wiet working Theodore over with knees to the body.

Wiet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Theodore throws a head kick but Wiet moves out of range.
Theodore pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Wiet clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiet.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Theodore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Theodore tries to break free but Wiet pushes him back against the cage.

Wiet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Theodore tries a low kick but Wiet avoids it.
Theodore scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Wiet moves into the clinch successfully.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Theodore blocks it with crossed arms.
Theodore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wiet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Theodore's efforts to push away.
Wiet dodges an elbow strike from Theodore.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Theodore lands an elbow that stopped Wiet in his tracks for a moment.

Wiet breaks from the clinch.

Wiet rushes Theodore and presses him up against the cage.
Theodore wants to break free but Wiet has control.
Wiet throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodore is trying to break free.
Theodore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiet's elbow.
Theodore has a couple of punches blocked by Wiet.
Theodore misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Theodore wants to get back to striking at distance but Wiet won't allow it.
Wiet landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Theodore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiet avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Wiet.
Wiet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Theodore backwards.
Knees to the body from Wiet.
Wiet lands a knee to the head.
Theodore has had enough of the clinch but Wiet keeps him there for the moment.
Theodore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Theodore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Theodore wants to break free but Wiet has control.
Wiet has Theodore pressed against the cage, preventing Theodore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Theodore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wiet in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Theodore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Theodore takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mike Wiet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four 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.
Theodore is looking to score with low kicks.
Wiet tries to clinch up.
Theodore looks to land a combination but Wiet avoids it well.

Wiet moves into range and clinches up with Theodore.

Theodore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Theodore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Theodore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiet tries to clinch but Theodore moves away
and Wiet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Theodore pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Wiet moves into the clinch.
Wiet landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Wiet manages to break the clinch.
Wiet tries to clinch up but Theodore circles away and keeps his distance.
Wiet tries to clinch up.
Wiet tries to clinch but Theodore moves out of range.
Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch but Theodore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wiet misses with a head kick.
Theodore misses with a hook.
Theodore misses with a double jab

and Wiet holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Wiet 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wiet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Theodore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Theodore throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wiet.
Wiet doesn't manage to clinch there - Theodore circles away.
Theodore is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Theodore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Theodore.
Theodore misses with a hook. Wiet ducked under it nicely.
Theodore throws a head kick that misses.
Mike Wiet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Theodore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiet throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wiet ducks under a wild hook from Theodore.
Wiet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wiet wants to clinch up but Theodore keeps it at a distance.
Wiet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Theodore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiet moves in looking to clinch but Theodore pushes him off.
Wiet throws a head kick but Theodore moves out of range.

Wiet gets a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Theodore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Theodore missing with knees to the body.
Mike Wiet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Theodore's face.
Wiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but Theodore blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiet misses with a knee to the head.
Theodore tries to break free but Wiet pushes him back against the cage.
Wiet looking to throw knees to the head but Theodore is blocking nicely.
Theodore misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Theodore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Theodore.

Wiet darts in and clinches Theodore up against the cage.
Wiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Theodore can't break the clinch.
Theodore tries to break the clinch but Wiet is controlling the position.
Theodore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiet.
Wiet tries a knee to the head but Theodore blocks it.
Theodore swings wildly with an uppercut but Wiet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiet scores a nice knee to the body.
Theodore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiet landing knees to the head.
Theodore throws an elbow that misses.
Wiet with a knee to the head.
Wiet avoids a wild elbow strike from Theodore.
Theodore misses with some punches.
Wiet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Theodore's face.
Theodore wants to break free but Wiet has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Theodore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiet dodges an elbow strike from Theodore.
Theodore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiet's elbow.
Wiet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Theodore blocks it with crossed arms.
Theodore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiet avoiding damage as Theodore throws knees to the body.
Wiet scores with a knee to the head.
Theodore looking to slow down the pace here.
Theodore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Theodore is trying to break free.
Theodore is trying to maintain a safe position but Wiet gets an underhook and turns Theodore into the cage.

Wiet breaks from the clinch.
Theodore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Theodore throws a leg kick that misses.
Wiet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wiet tries to clinch up but Theodore circles away and keeps his distance.
Wiet slips under a jab from Theodore.
Theodore throws a half hearted mid kick.
Theodore clobbers Wiet with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wiet lands a head kick!
A leg kick checked by Wiet.
Mike Wiet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wiet gets a clinch.
Theodore is trying to force a seperation but Wiet has the dominant position.
Wiet lands a nice knee to the body.
Theodore is trying to break the clinch but Wiet is controlling him.
Theodore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Wiet.
Wiet has Theodore pressed against the cage, preventing Theodore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiet lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wiet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Wiet scores a nice knee to the body.
Wiet lands a nice uppercut.
Theodore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Theodore tries to break free but Wiet pushes him back against the cage.
Theodore is trying to break free.
Theodore is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wiet prevents Theodore from breaking the clinch.
Wiet landing knees to the head.
Wiet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wiet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Theodore lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wilmer Theodore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short uppercut from Wiet.
Theodore tries to throw a body punch but Wiet avoids it by throwing Theodore back against the cage.
Wiet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Theodore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wiet managing to block the knees to the body from Theodore.
Theodore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wiet has him pressed against the cage.

Wiet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Theodore throws a lazy head kick

and Wiet counters by clinching up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wiet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Theodore is rocked!
Wiet connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Theodore is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
clinched against the cage, Wiet lands a big elbow that drops Theodore! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Theodore is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Wiet!