PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wilford Brimely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Herd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilford Brimely has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brimely
vs
Herd

165 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
154 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wilford Brimely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Drew Herd!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Herd.
A head kick misses from Herd.
Brimely tests Herd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brimely lands a right hook to the body.
Brimely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brimely missing with a left hand there. Herd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brimely connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Herd blocks a low kick nicely.
Brimely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Herd looks to land a right hand but Brimely moved out of range.
Herd slips under a jab from Brimely.
Herd throws a head kick but Brimely moves out of range.
Herd gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brimely.
Herd looks to land a combination but Brimely avoids it well.
Herd misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herd on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Herd throws a looping overhand right but Brimely ducks down to avoid it.
Brimely lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Herd scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Brimely.
Herd throws a one two combo.
Herd lands a really nice looking cross but Brimely seems unphased.
Brimely lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Brimely is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Herd.
Brimely lands a slapping body shot.
Drew Herd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Herd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brimely is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herd.
Herd misses with a few strikes there.
Brimely throws out a leg kick but Herd moves out of range and Brimely only half commits.
Brimely lands a jab to the head.
Wilford Brimely is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Herd is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brimely throws out a loose jab but Herd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brimely keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Herd misses.
Brimely misses with a hook.
Herd misses with a head kick.
Herd slips under a jab.
Brimely swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Brimely.
Herd slips under a jab.
Brimely ducks under a wild hook from Herd.
Brimely lands a jab.
Herd throws a sloppy head kick and Brimely moves out of range easily.
Herd wants to clinch.
Brimely lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brimely keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Herd.
Brimely waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Herd.
Brimely ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brimely connects with a right hand. Herd shakes it off.
Herd defending well as Brimely loads up on a big left hand.
Herd tries to clinch there but Brimely circles away.
Brimely tries to clinch there but Herd circles away.
Herd ducks under a wild hook from Brimely.
Brimely is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brimely takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brimely lands an overhand right.
Brimely moves into range and connects with a jab.
Herd takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice uppercut lands for Herd. That snapped Brimely's head back.
Herd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brimely connects with a nice looking jab.
Brimely takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brimely throws a half hearted mid kick.
Herd checks the leg kick.
Brimely tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brimely throws a half hearted mid kick.
A left and a right from Herd both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Brimely finds it's way through Herd's defenses.
Herd with a jab.
Herd throws a head kick that Brimely semi-blocks.
Herd defending well as Brimely loads up on a big left hand.
Herd has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Herd misses the shot to the body.
Herd misses with a low kick.
Brimely thows a body shot but no joy.
Brimely getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brimely throws a low kick but it's checked well by Herd.
Nice uppercut lands for Brimely. That snapped Herd's head back.
Herd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Herd has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Herd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brimely.
Brimely scores with a hook.
Herd uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brimely.
Herd throws a jab but it's blocked by Brimely.
Herd throws a hook but Brimely avoids it easily.
Herd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brimely moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Herd throws a right hand that Brimely ducks under and follows up with a left that Brimely also avoids with ease.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brimely.
Herd shoots in but Brimely avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Herd looks gassed!
Brimely slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brimely looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brimely throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brimely bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brimely cracks Herd with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brimely swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Herd.
Brimely misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Brimely.
Brimely cracks a nice hook into Herd's ribs.
Herd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brimely.
Brimely digs a good hook to Herd's body.
Brimely is looking to land body kicks.
Herd takes one on the button.
Brimely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brimely misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by Brimely.
Brimely stuns Herd with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Herd throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brimely looks to land a right hand but Herd moved out of range.
Brimely scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Herd swinging wildly here.
Herd moves out of range of the body kick from Brimely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Herd dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brimely is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Herd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brimely fails with an attempt to clinch.
Herd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brimely dodges the punch combination from Herd.
Herd takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Herd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brimely connects with a good right hand that stumbles Herd. Herd circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Herd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Herd misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Brimely misses.
Brimely lands a body shot.
Brimely looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brimely throws a jab when Herd was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A nice combination there by Herd.
Herd throws a jab but it's blocked by Brimely.
Herd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brimely ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brimely scores with a jab to the body.
Brimely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brimely connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brimely thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brimely connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brimely cracks Herd with an open hand slap.
Brimely lands an overhand right.
Herd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brimely lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Brimely. That snapped Herd's head back.
Herd takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Herd tries to clinch but Brimely is having none of it.
Herd tries to clinch there but Brimely circles away.
A head kick misses from Brimely.
Brimely cracks a nice hook into Herd's ribs.
Herd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Herd is breathing heavily.
Brimely gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brimely connects with a good right hand that stumbles Herd. Herd circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brimely scores with a shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brimely, as that shot connected.
Brimely scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Herd dodges the punch combination from Brimely.
Herd needs to keep his hands up - Brimely had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herd lands a two punch combo.
Brimely sizes up Herd with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drew Herd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Herd lands with a kick to the temple. Brimely shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brimely throws a looping overhand right but Herd ducks down to avoid it.
Herd walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brimely slips a jab from Herd.
Herd closes the distance but Brimely moves to the side

and Brimely moves into the clinch.
Brimely has had enough of the clinch but Herd keeps him there for the moment.
Herd takes a shot to the head.
Brimely digs a right hand underneath Herd's ribcage. Herd let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Herd tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brimely smiles and moves away.

Brimely clinches with his opponent.
Brimely stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Herd fails to land.
Brimely lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Brimely scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Brimely.
Brimely lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brimely keeps control of Herd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brimely lands a hook that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
Brimely lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brimely.
Brimely is pressed up against the cage. Herd has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brimely down to the mat. Brimely avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Brimely - just one landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Brimely. That snapped Herd's head back.
Jab by Brimely.
Brimely fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brimely goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brimely throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Herd stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brimely paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Brimely there.
Brimely dodges the punch combination from Herd.
Brimely fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herd looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Herd takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brimely throws a low kick but it's checked well by Herd.
Nice body punch from Brimely.
Drew Herd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Brimely misses its intended target.
Brimely bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Herd's head.
Brimely lands with a straight right. Herd didn't see that one coming.
Herd walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brimely scores with a punch to the head.
Herd checks a leg kick.
Brimely moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brimely lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brimely cracks Herd with an open hand slap.
Herd misses with a double jab.
Brimely misses with a looping left.
Brimely throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Herd throws a shot from downtown. Brimely moves away and avoids it.
Herd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brimely moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brimely takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Herd walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Herd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brimely.
Brimely throws a leg kick but Herd moved away.
Brimely pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Herd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brimely catches Herd with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brimely scores with a sloppy right hand. Herd should have avoided that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brimely.
Nice shot by Brimely.

Brimely rushes Herd and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brimely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brimely creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Brimely.
Brimely lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
Brimely throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Herds head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brimely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wilford Brimely dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

A clash of legs there as Herd blocks the low kick.
Brimely stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Herd is looking to clinch.
A lazy left from Brimely finds it's target.
Brimely connects with a jab.
Brimely misses with a looping left.
Brimely throws a jab but it's blocked by Herd.
Brimely connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Herd's hands.
Herd works the jab nicely.
Herd has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Herd there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brimely cracks Herd with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Herd lands a nice hook to Brimely's body. Brimely takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Herd.
Brimely throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brimely misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brimely moves out of range as Herd strikes.
Jab by Brimely.
A jab from Brimely does it's job there.
Brimely throws a push kick but Herd slaps the foot to one side.
Herd tries for a takedown but Brimely sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Herd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brimely lands a nice shot that snaps Herd's head back.
Herd takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brimely with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herd slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Herd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brimely scores with a shot to the body.
Herd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Herd defending well as Brimely loads up on a big left hand.
Herd takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brimely throws a leg kick but Herd sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Herd tries to bum rush Brimely with a series of wild strikes but Brimely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Herd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brimely misses with a looping right.
Brimely thuds his right hand into Herd's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brimely lands a nice shot to the body.

Brimely gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brimely lands a right hand that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
Brimely swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Herd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brimely scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herd tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brimely smiles and moves away.
Jab, jab by Brimely - just one landing.
Herd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herd cracks Brimely with an open hand slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herd with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brimely to score with a decent uppercut.
Herd loads up on a big right hand but Brimely slips the punch.
Brimely throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brimely lands a lovely overhand right.
Brimely connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brimely lands a lovely overhand right.
Brimely scores with the left hand. Herd knows he should have avoided that one.
Herd throws a jab when Brimely was well out of range.
Herd ducks under a wild hook from Brimely.
Brimely misses with a body kick.
Herd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brimely showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Herd.
Brimely throws a low kick but it's checked well by Herd.
Jab, jab by Brimely - just one landing.
Herd takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big right from Herd misses.
Nice shot lands for Brimely.
Brimely just misses with a punch to the body.
Herd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brimely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Herd takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brimely lands with an uppercut that bounces Herd off the cage and back into rage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brimely moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Herd ducks under a wild hook from Brimely.
Herd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by Brimely - just one landing.
Brimely moves out of range of the strikes.
Brimely lands a body shot.
Herd tries to move into range but Brimely moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Brimely gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brimely working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Herd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brimely working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Brimely.
Brimely misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Brimely - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brimely.
Brimely misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brimely lands a right hand that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
Brimely gets through Herd's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brimely misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herd is trying to force a seperation but Brimely has the dominant position.
Herd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Herd keeps control of Brimely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brimely is looking to break free of the clinch but Herd has double underhooks.
Herd is trying to break the clinch but Brimely has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Brimely fails to land.
Brimely keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herd's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brimely lands a left hand that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
Brimely lands with a short shot to the head.
Brimely softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brimely scores with a shoulder strike.
Brimely lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Brimely.
Herd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brimely presses Herd against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brimely has had enough of the clinch but Herd keeps him there for the moment.
Brimely lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brimely lands a nice uppercut.
Brimely lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brimely working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brimely lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brimely.
Brimely lands a shoulder strike.
Brimely lands a right hand that snaps the head of Herd backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brimely.
Brimely lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brimely lands a right hand.
Herd blocking some punches.
Brimely working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Herd keeps control of Brimely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brimely scores with a shoulder strike.
Brimely pushes Herd back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brimely pushes Herd back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brimely scores with a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wilford Brimely showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brimely 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilford Brimely!