PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cooper Wyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mack's entrance music is DMX (Ruff Ryders Anthem). A fine choice. Wyman has chosen Scream Aim Fire as his entrance music. Cooper Wyman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mack
vs
Wyman

178 cm
22
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Attliction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cooper Wyman!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wyman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Mack moves into the clinch.

Mack jumps into guard, dragging Wyman to the mat.
Mack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wyman trying to control the position from guard on top but Mack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wyman wants to stand but Mack has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Wyman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wyman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wyman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wyman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mack. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wyman misses with a takedown attempt - Mack sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Mack shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wyman tries to lock up and control but Mack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mack punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mack working Wyman over with strikes here.
Mack with the ground and pound from mount.
Mack lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wyman tries to lock up and control but Mack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The referee warns Wyman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wyman is bucking up trying to escape but Mack cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wyman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mack lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wyman hang on?
Mack dominating with strikes here.
Mack lands with some strikes.
Mack in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wyman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wyman looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wyman trying to control but Mack is working from the bottom.
Mack wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wyman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mack is working away from the top position though.
Wyman has a hand on Mack's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Mack takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Mack raining down shots from the mount!
Mack lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wyman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mack landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wyman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mack scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wyman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mack with a couple of short strikes.
Wyman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyman tries to lock up and control but Mack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wyman is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Mack is staying active.
Wyman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mack sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wyman defending well though.
Wyman gets back to full guard.
Mack preventing the sweep.
Wyman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mack's guard.
Wyman would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mack tries to get out of the position.
Wyman trying to control but Mack is working from the bottom.
Mack wants to hit a switch here but Wyman passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mack there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack is desperately trying to improve his position but Wyman has a good base and remains in mount.
Mack is working hard here to advance position.
Wyman wants to get back to his feet but Mack is holding on tight.
Wyman landing shots from mount.
Wyman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mack is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wyman controlling his opponent.
Mack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Wyman looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Mack dominated that 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.

Wyman tries a head kick but it misses.
Wyman defending well as Mack loads up on a big left hand.

Mack feints and as Wyman raises his hands in defense, Mack changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mack being controlled here momentarily.
Mack content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mack 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.
Mack passes into half guard.
Mack tries to pass to full mount but Wyman defends it.
Wyman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wyman.

Wyman looking for a guillotine here but Mack defends easily.
Mack makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack advances to half guard.
Wyman trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Wyman is in a horrible position here. Mack smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wyman gets back to half guard.
Wyman trying to control from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mack connects with a nice short shot to Wyman's temple.
Wyman trying to control here.
Wyman keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Wyman manages to get to full guard.
Wyman controls Mack momentarily but Mack frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wyman is trying to keep Mack in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mack's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mack won't allow Wyman to sweep him here.

Wyman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mack gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wyman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mack.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wyman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Mack counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Wyman!
Wyman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mack cracks Wyman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Mack connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wyman is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wyman wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mack.
Mack avoids the attempt from Wyman to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wyman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wyman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mack is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wyman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Wyman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mack looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mack landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyman is looking to improve his position but Mack isn't that keen on the idea.
Mack dominating with strikes here.
Wyman wants to hold on but Mack pushes him away.
Mack lands a big shot there that rocks Wyman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wyman wants to hold on but Mack pushes him away.
BOOM! Mack connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mack with good strikes from the mount here!
Wyman tries to reverse the position but Mack maintains control.
Mack is landing with some decent strikes but Wyman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Wyman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wyman is looking to improve his position but Mack isn't that keen on the idea.
Mack is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wyman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack with the ground and pound from mount.
Wyman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mack lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mack working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Mack dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mack scores with a jab to the body.
Wyman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mack counters with a takedown into side control.
Wyman manages to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Mack.
Mack winds up and cracks Wyman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mack lands strikes from half guard.
Mack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mack is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wyman tries to lock up and control but Mack gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wyman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wyman trying to control here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mack not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyman wants to get back to his feet.
Wyman is looking to improve his position.
Mack scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mack slips a nice elbow through Wyman's hands, connecting with Wyman's forehead.
Mack lands with a punch from half guard.
Mack working over Wyman with some ground and pound. Wyman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mack looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wyman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mack lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wyman wants to get back to full guard.
Mack is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wyman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mack scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mack is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mack is pressing down on Wyman's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wyman is holding on for now.
Wyman tries to get to full guard but Mack has control of the leg.
Wyman trying to control from the bottom.
Wyman moves into full guard.
Wyman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Mack won't allow Wyman to sweep him here.
Wyman has his hands on Mack's head, controlling the position.
Wyman working a defensive guard here.
Mack pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wyman is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mack.
Mack preventing the sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Wyman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wyman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mack.
Wyman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mack counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mack works over Wyman with some ground and pound from guard.
Wyman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mack is one step ahead there.
Wyman wants to control but Mack passes easily into half guard.
Cooper Wyman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wyman trying to control but Mack postures up.
Wyman tries to kick Mack off but Mack keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Wyman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wyman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mack!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mack is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wyman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Wyman looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wyman is trying to control here but Mack has managed to regain half guard.
Mack is refusing to be controlled, as Wyman sits in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wyman wants to pass the guard but Mack is keeping the position.
Wyman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Mack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mack 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Mack!