PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Tomlinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wally Wechsel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wechsel has chosen Faith No More - The Morning After as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Tomlinson
vs
Wechsel

190 cm
27
193 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

184 cm
27
201 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Prestige Nutrition (160! $99)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adrian Tomlinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wally Wechsel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wechsel thumps Tomlinson with a low kick.
Tomlinson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wechsel tries a head kick but it misses.
Tomlinson misses with the combination.
Wechsel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wechsel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tomlinson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tomlinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wechsel.
Tomlinson throws a hook but Wechsel blocks it.
Wechsel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tomlinson misses with a right hand
and Wechsel counters with an outside leg kick.
Wechsel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tomlinson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wechsel avoids the body shot from Tomlinson.
Wechsel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wechsel cracks Tomlinson with a good jab.
Wechsel thuds his shin into the meat of Tomlinson's side.
Wechsel swings widly with a right hand
enabling Tomlinson to counter with a crisp jab.
Tomlinson misses with a left hand
and Wechsel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tomlinson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wechsel misses with a head kick.
Wechsel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tomlinson.
A shot to the liver by Wechsel. Beautiful body shot.

Wechsel gets a clinch.
Tomlinson blocks an elbow strike.
Tomlinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tomlinson is trying to push Wechsel away but Wechsel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wechsel lands an elbow inside that Tomlinson shrugs off.
Tomlinson avoiding damage as Wechsel throws knees to the body.
Wechsel lands an elbow just above Tomlinson 's eye.
Tomlinson is trying to break free.
Wechsel connects with a knee to the head.

Wechsel breaks the clinch.
Wechsel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tomlinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wechsel moves away.
A head kick misses from Wechsel.
Wechsel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wechsel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wechsel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wechsel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tomlinson.
Wechsel slips a jab from Tomlinson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel is looking to clinch.
Tomlinson misses with a body shot.
Tomlinson lands with a good body shot.
Wechsel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tomlinson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Wechsel moves into the clinch.
Tomlinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tomlinson wants to break free but Wechsel has control.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wechsel won't allow it.
Wechsel keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch but Wechsel keeps him there for the moment.
Wechsel has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tomlinson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Wechsel lands an elbow just above Tomlinson 's eye.

It looks like Adrian Tomlinson has been cut.
Wechsel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tomlinson is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wechsel throws an elbow but misses.
Wechsel scores a nice knee to the body.
Wechsel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wechsel lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Wechsel.

Wechsel breaks from the clinch.
Tomlinson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tomlinson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wechsel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tomlinson to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Tomlinson tries to keep at a distance but Wechsel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wechsel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tomlinson's efforts to push away.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Wechsel pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wechsel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tomlinson's brow.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Wechsel pushes him back against the cage.
Wechsel keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wechsel lands an elbow inside that Tomlinson shrugs off.
Wechsel lands a damaging elbow.
Tomlinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wechsel has double underhooks.
Tomlinson wants to break free but Wechsel has control.
A shot in the inside from Wechsel.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Wechsel has the dominant position.
Wechsel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomlinson backwards.
Tomlinson is trying to break free.
Wechsel lands an elbow that stopped Tomlinson in his tracks for a moment.
Wechsel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wechsel missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Wechsel.
Wechsel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomlinson.
Wechsel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wechsel lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlinson's defenses.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Wechsel has him pressed against the cage.
Tomlinson avoids a wild elbow strike from Wechsel.
Wechsel prevents Tomlinson from breaking the clinch.
Wechsel has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Wechsel is controlling him.
Wechsel misses with an elbow strike.

Wechsel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wechsel tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomlinson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wechsel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tomlinson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tomlinson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wechsel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tomlinson looks to land a right hand but Wechsel moved out of range.
Wechsel slips a jab from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wechsel can pounce on him.
Tomlinson needs to keep his hands up - Wechsel had a free shot at his head there.
Wechsel misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wechsel tries to clinch there but Tomlinson circles away.
Tomlinson avoids the head kick by Wechsel.
Wechsel ducks under a wild hook from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wally Wechsel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrian Tomlinson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wechsel scores with a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Tomlinson there.

It looks like Wally Wechsel has been cut.
Tomlinson blocks the body kick.
Wechsel wants to clinch up but Tomlinson keeps it at a distance.
Wechsel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wechsel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tomlinson thuds his right hand into Wechsel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wally Wechsel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tomlinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tomlinson swings for the body but Wechsel moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Wechsel.

Wechsel moves into the clinch successfully.
Wechsel lands an elbow inside.
Wechsel scores with a knee to the head.
Tomlinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tomlinson avoids the elbow strike from Wechsel, against the cage.
Wechsel misses with an elbow over the top.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch but Wechsel keeps him there for the moment.
Tomlinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Wechsel breaks the clinch.
Tomlinson avoids the head kick by Wechsel.
Wechsel lands with a kick to the temple. Tomlinson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wechsel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomlinson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wechsel throws a sloppy head kick and Tomlinson moves out of range easily.
Wechsel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wechsel.
Tomlinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tomlinson misses with an uppercut. Wechsel saw that one coming.
Wechsel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tomlinson throws out a loose jab but Wechsel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomlinson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wechsel has time to react.
Tomlinson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tomlinson misses with a combination
and Wechsel counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tomlinson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tomlinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wechsel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Wechsel.
Wally Wechsel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wechsel throws a head kick but Tomlinson moves out of range.
Tomlinson misses with a looping right.
A shot to the body from Tomlinson misses

and Wechsel moves into the clinch.
Wechsel lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wechsel prevents Tomlinson from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wechsel has Tomlinson pressed against the cage, preventing Tomlinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tomlinson tries to break the clinch but Wechsel is controlling the position.
Wechsel throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wechsel.
Tomlinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wechsel won't allow it.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Wechsel has the dominant position.

Wechsel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wechsel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wechsel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wechsel.
Wechsel is looking to clinch but Tomlinson is avoiding it.
Wechsel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Tomlinson misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson throws a poor cross that misses
and Wechsel counters with a good, hard body kick but Tomlinson shrugs it off.

Wechsel has Tomlinson up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Wechsel is controlling him.
Wechsel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wechsel lands a nice elbow.
Wechsel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch but Wechsel keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tomlinson breaks the clinch.
Tomlinson swings for the body but Wechsel moves out of range.

Wechsel instigates a clinch.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Wechsel has him pressed against the cage.
Wechsel lands an elbow inside.

Wechsel manages to break the clinch.
Wechsel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wechsel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tomlinson's head.
Tomlinson misses with an uppercut. Wechsel saw that one coming.
Wechsel misses with a head kick.
Tomlinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wechsel tries a head kick but it misses.
Tomlinson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tomlinson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson misses with a hook. Wechsel ducked under it nicely.
Tomlinson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wechsel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tomlinson's knee momentarily.
Wechsel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wechsel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wechsel lands with a kick to the temple. Tomlinson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Tomlinson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tomlinson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tomlinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Wechsel.
Tomlinson takes one to the side of the head.
Wechsel ducks under a wild hook from Tomlinson.
Wechsel connects with a high kick.
Tomlinson misses with a left hand
letting Wechsel counter with a right hand.
Tomlinson throws a hook but Wechsel avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wechsel. That's going to slow Tomlinson down.

Wechsel gets a clinch.
Tomlinson working hard to break the clinch.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Wechsel has the dominant position.
Tomlinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tomlinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wechsel keeps control of Tomlinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wechsel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomlinson is trying to break free.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Wechsel pushes him back against the cage.
Wechsel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tomlinson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wechsel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomlinson's defenses.
Tomlinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wechsel lands an elbow that stopped Tomlinson in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wally Wechsel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Wechsel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tomlinson misses with a series of wild punches.
Tomlinson misses with an uppercut. Wechsel saw that one coming.

Wechsel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wechsel prevents Tomlinson from breaking the clinch.
Tomlinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wechsel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Tomlinson is rocked!
Wechsel lands a good knee to the midsection. Tomlinson won't want to take too many of those.

Wechsel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wechsel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wechsel lands a high kick!
Oh Tomlinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Wechsel moves into the clinch.

Wechsel manages to break the clinch.
Wechsel drops Tomlinson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Tomlinson! Wechsel dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wally Wechsel!