PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arsene Wenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ste Passmoor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Passmoor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. If I had a hammer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Wenger
vs
Passmoor

177 cm
28
164 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

181 cm
27
166 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Arsene Wenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ste Passmoor!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Passmoor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wenger thows a body shot but no joy.
Passmoor wants to clinch up but Wenger keeps it at a distance.
Wenger circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Wenger misses.
Wenger shoots for a double leg takedown but Passmoor sprawls well. He's pushed Wenger's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Passmoor is looking to clinch.
Passmoor tries to close the distance and clinch but Wenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Passmoor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Passmoor cracks the inside of Wenger's front leg.
Passmoor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wenger makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Passmoor wants to clinch.
Wenger keeps the fight on the outside.
Wenger ducks under a wild hook from Passmoor.
Ste Passmoor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wenger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wenger looks to land a combination but Passmoor avoids it well.
Wenger connects with a body shot.
Ste Passmoor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Passmoor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wenger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Passmoor tries to clinch but Wenger moves away
and Wenger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Passmoor throws a right and a left that Wenger avoids nicely.
Wenger shoots for a double leg takedown but Passmoor sprawls well. He's pushed Wenger's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Passmoor tries to close the distance and clinch but Wenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Passmoor tries to clinch
and Wenger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Passmoor tries to clinch
letting Wenger counter with a right hand.
Wenger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passmoor manages to avoid it.
Wenger misses with a looping left.
Wenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Passmoor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor closes the distance looking to clinch

and Wenger counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Passmoor's guard now.
Passmoor is adopting a defensive guard.
Wenger throwing strikes but missing.
Wenger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Passmoor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Passmoor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wenger throwing strikes from guard but Passmoor blocks nicely.
Passmoor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wenger is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wenger stops Passmoor from standing up.
Wenger 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.
Passmoor keeping full guard, as Wenger tries to pass.
Wenger is working hard here to advance position.
Wenger being controlled here momentarily.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wenger trying to control the position from guard on top but Passmoor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wenger throws an overhand right that lands on Passmoor's shoulder, as Passmoor tries to avoid the shot.

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.
Passmoor wants to clinch up but Wenger keeps it at a distance.
Passmoor wants to clinch

and Wenger decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Passmoor's guard.
Passmoor wants to stand and escape but Wenger is having none of it.
Wenger is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wenger wants to control from the top but Passmoor keeps moving.
Wenger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Passmoor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Passmoor looking for a sweep. Not yet Passmoor, not yet.
Passmoor seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Passmoor avoids the body shot from Wenger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arsene Wenger dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Passmoor darts in trying to clinch
and Wenger counters with a nice uppercut.
Wenger blocks a jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Passmoor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wenger throws a shot to the body.
Wenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wenger swings for the body but Passmoor moves out of range.
Passmoor tries to clinch up
and Wenger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Passmoor with a nice cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Passmoor blocks the leg kick.
Passmoor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wenger swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passmoor wants to clinch

and Wenger counters with a shoot takedown. Passmoor fights it but they end up in guard.
Passmoor trying to control the position.

Passmoor uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Passmoor moves in looking to clinch but Wenger pushes him off.
Wenger swings for the body but Passmoor moves out of range.
Passmoor 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.
Passmoor fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Wenger misses.
Wenger throws a body punch but Passmoor moves out of range.
Passmoor tries to clinch up

and Wenger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wenger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor keeping full guard, as Wenger tries to pass.
Wenger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wenger stays in close to Passmoor's body and controls the position.
Passmoor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Passmoor is looking to stand up but Wenger isn't so interested in that idea.
Wenger trying to control the position from guard on top but Passmoor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wenger lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wenger throws a low kick, looking for Passmoor's leg but Passmoor calmly moves out of range.
Wenger misses with a body punch
and Passmoor counters with a thumping low kick.
Wenger throws a lazy right hand but Passmoor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wenger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Passmoor moves away.
Passmoor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Passmoor looks to throw the jab but Wenger is out of range.
Passmoor moves to clinch but Wenger breaks away

and Wenger decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Passmoor's guard.
Wenger passes into half guard.
Arsene Wenger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Passmoor is trying to stand.
Passmoor is trying to maintain the position but Wenger is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wenger works his way into full mount!
Passmoor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wenger looking to finish Passmoor with some ground and pound. This is bad for Passmoor!
Wenger with the ground and pound from mount.
Wenger landing punches.
Wenger landing strikes from the mount and Passmoor is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Passmoor tries to hold on but Wenger pushes him away.
Wenger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wenger misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arsene Wenger dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jab, jab by Wenger - just one landing.
Wenger is looking to wear down Passmoor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wenger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Passmoor throws a front kick aimed at Wenger's knee but Wenger avoids it well.
Wenger misses the shot to the body.
Passmoor tries to clinch but Wenger moves out of range.
Passmoor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wenger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Passmoor tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Wenger counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Passmoor!
Wenger thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wenger avoids the attempt from Passmoor to control.
Passmoor flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wenger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wenger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Passmoor is looking to escape.
Wenger looking to ground and pound but Passmoor is blocking nicely.
Passmoor taking shots to the head.
Wenger throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wenger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Passmoor taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor is trying desperately to improve position.
Wenger looking to control but Passmoor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Passmoor is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Wenger looking to land elbow strikes but Passmoor uses the position to regain half guard.
Wenger is thwarting Passmoor's attempts to control the position.
Wenger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Passmoor manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jab, jab by Wenger - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wenger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wenger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wenger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wenger looks to land a right hand but Passmoor moved out of range.
Passmoor slips a jab from Wenger.
Passmoor darts in trying to clinch

and Wenger counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Passmoor's guard now.
Wenger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wenger trying to control the position from guard on top but Passmoor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arsene Wenger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wenger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Passmoor looking for a sweep. Not yet Passmoor, not yet.
Passmoor can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wenger controls the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Arsene Wenger wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wenger misses with a takedown attempt - Passmoor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wenger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ste Passmoor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wenger fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Passmoor is out of range.
Wenger misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arsene Wenger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wenger, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arsene Wenger!