PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kane Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chris buck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade comes to the cage accompanied by System of a down - This cocaine make me feel like I'm on this song. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Wade
vs
buck

186 cm
18
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kane Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, chris buck!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wade showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from buck.
buck misses with a double jab.
buck looks to land a combination but Wade avoids it well.

Wade has buck up against the cage in a clinch.

Wade has clasped his hands together around buck's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Wade working the body and head with strikes.
buck wants to control but Wade postures up.

Wade is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, buck has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wade lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear buck down.
buck holding on.
Wade tries to move into full mount but can't pass buck's legs.
Wade landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ground and pound from Wade seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused buck some visible discomfort.
Wade landing a few strikes.
Wade works to advance to full mount. buck defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Wade dominating with strikes here.
buck is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wade looking to finish buck with some ground and pound. This is bad for buck!
A nice elbow there by Wade.
The referee warns buck that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wade lands with some vicious ground and pound - can buck hang on?
Wade lands with some strikes.
buck is looking to improve his position but Wade isn't that keen on the idea.
buck really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wade. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
buck taking shots to the head.
buck is desperately trying to improve his position but Wade has a good base and remains in mount.
Wade fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wade punching from mount but buck doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wade dominating with strikes here.
buck trying desperately to get to his feet.
buck looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade scores with a couple of good head shots there.
buck is trying to escape the mount.
Wade controlling from the full mount.
Wade with good strikes from the mount here!

Wade looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wade trying to control but he's not successful this time.
buck really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
buck is trying to stand.

buck somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
buck misses with a body kick.
buck stuffs the takedown attempt from Wade. Wade gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wade clinches up against the cage.
buck gets underhooks to prevent Wade's takedown attempt.
buck gets underhooks to prevent Wade's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kane Wade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wade drops to a knee looking for a takedown but buck gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wade keeps control of buck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wade goes for a takedown in the clinch but buck prevents it.

Wade gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Wade is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wade wants to lay and pray for a moment but buck keeps working.
Wade thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed buck's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if buck can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wade lands strikes from half guard.
Wade thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wade scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade uses his free foot to push down on buck's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for buck.
buck in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
buck keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wade connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wade connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wade 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.
Wade lands with some strikes.

Wade working for a submission but buck is keeping him at bay.
buck is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Wade in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wade lands a nice shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wade has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of buck's face.
Wade in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wade lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Wade.
Wade dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kane Wade dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wade changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. buck tries to avoid it but Wade manages to keep hold of a leg and drag buck to the ground. buck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
buck scores with a nice strike.
Wade on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wade will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
buck throws a leg kick that misses.
Wade shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kane Wade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
buck throws an overhand right that lands on Wade's shoulder, as Wade tries to avoid the shot.
buck cracks Wade with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wade fails with the takedown.

buck has Wade up against the cage in a clinch.
buck is looking to break free of the clinch but Wade has double underhooks.
Wade keeps control of buck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wade has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. buck avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Wade.
buck is breathing heavily.
Wade has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. buck is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade tries for a takedown but buck manages to get underhooks.
Wade goes for a takedown in the clinch but buck prevents it.

Wade is trying to trip buck. He has hold of a leg but buck is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wade persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Wade is pushing down on buck's leg trying to pass to half guard. buck is fighting to maintain full guard but Wade has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wade working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wade stops buck from getting back to his feet.
Wade passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for buck!
Wade in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wade cracks buck with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wade landing strikes, looking to finish!
buck is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Wade lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wade scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wade connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Wade is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. buck can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
buck takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade lands a big elbow.
buck is working to get back to half guard.
Wade landing shots from mount.
Wade landing punches.
Wade looking to control but buck is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
buck avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wade.
Wade lands a big shot there that rocks buck but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wade dominating with strikes here.
buck is in a horrible position here. Wade smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wade landing strikes from the mount and buck is in trouble!
Wade landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish buck?
Wade can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as buck is looking to escape.
Wade lands a big elbow.
buck trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wade working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wade landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wade has isolated one of buck's arms. buck looking to fight him off but Wade twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kane Wade!