PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paula Abdul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarrod Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Abdul
vs
Wyatt

177 cm
27
183 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

187 cm
23
193 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paula Abdul!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarrod Wyatt!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdul takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wyatt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abdul scores with a sloppy right hand. Wyatt should have avoided that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wyatt.
Abdul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Abdul.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wyatt. That's going to slow Abdul down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdul. Wyatt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Wyatt.
Wyatt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abdul jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wyatt lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyatt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wyatt slips a jab from Abdul.
Abdul jabs Wyatt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Paula Abdul is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul throws a jab when Wyatt was well out of range.
Wyatt dodges the punch combination from Abdul.
Abdul on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wyatt feints and then cracks Abdul's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abdul down.
Wyatt looks to land a body kick but Abdul moved away.
Wyatt misses with a low kick as Abdul jumps back.
Wyatt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wyatt scores with a body shot.
Wyatt bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyatt cracks the inside of Abdul's front leg.
Abdul is breathing heavily.
Abdul just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wyatt moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wyatt ducks under a wild hook from Abdul.
Wyatt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdul.
Wyatt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wyatt shoots for a double leg takedown but Abdul sprawls well. He's pushed Wyatt's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Wyatt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Abdul looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wyatt in side control, throwing shots but Abdul defends.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
You can see the frustration on Abdul's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wyatt cracks Abdul with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The referee asks Wyatt politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wyatt prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdul takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wyatt just content to control the position.
Wyatt's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Abdul gets back to half guard.
Wyatt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Abdul defending well though.
Wyatt is pressing down on Abdul's thigh, looking to free his foot. Abdul is holding on for now.
Well, if Wyatt is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul is trying to get back to full guard.
Wyatt is controlling the pace.
Abdul is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jarrod Wyatt has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Abdul just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Abdul ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jarrod Wyatt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wyatt misses with a hook.
Wyatt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Abdul is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Abdul checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Abdul rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wyatt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Abdul misses with a two punch combination.
Wyatt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abdul.
Wyatt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abdul is looking to wear down Wyatt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wyatt lands with a nice body kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Abdul slips a jab and a cross from Wyatt.
Wyatt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wyatt looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Abdul.
Abdul on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wyatt slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdul. Wyatt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wyatt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wyatt misses with a low kick.
Wyatt throws a head kick but Abdul moves out of range.
Wyatt lands a glancing blow to the side of Abdul's head.
Abdul throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wyatt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wyatt misses with a two punch combination.
Wyatt lands a leg kick that knocks Abdul off balance momentarily.
Wyatt throws a nice looking combination but Abdul bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdul feints a jab promting Wyatt to slip. Abdul then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wyatt slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdul looks to score with a jab to the body but Wyatt is just out of range.
Wyatt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wyatt works the jab nicely.
Wyatt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdul moves away.
Wyatt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wyatt throws a push kick but Abdul slaps the foot to one side.
Wyatt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wyatt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wyatt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abdul.
Abdul slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wyatt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdul.
Abdul lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wyatt circles away quickly and effectively.
Abdul is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wyatt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wyatt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abdul.
Wyatt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wyatt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wyatt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wyatt lands a jab.
Wyatt throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wyatt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Abdul misses with a lunging right hand
and Wyatt counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abdul wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wyatt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Abdul blocks the body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wyatt. That's going to slow Abdul down.
Wyatt throws a lazy uppercut
and Abdul connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wyatt throws out a leg kick but Abdul moves out of range and Wyatt only half commits.
Wyatt cracks a nice hook into Abdul's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Wyatt.
Abdul blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrod Wyatt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wyatt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abdul.
Wyatt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abdul moves out of range as Wyatt throws a body kick.
Jarrod Wyatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wyatt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Abdul blocks a head kick by Wyatt.
Wyatt tries a head kick but it misses.
Abdul takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Abdul looks to score with a jab to the body but Wyatt is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Abdul blocks the leg kick.
Wyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wyatt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wyatt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick from Wyatt lands but Abdul takes it in his stride.
Wyatt misses with a low kick.
Wyatt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wyatt.
Wyatt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wyatt misses with a body shot.
Abdul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
Abdul misses with the combination.
Abdul scores with a shot to the body.

Wyatt gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt misses with some punches.
Wyatt can't find room to land a body shot as Abdul controls the action.
Wyatt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wyatt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wyatt dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wyatt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt struggles to land a body shot inside as Abdul controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt working Abdul over with knees to the body.
Abdul managing to block the knees to the body from Wyatt.
A body shot lands from Wyatt.
Wyatt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Wyatt.
Wyatt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Abdul up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wyatt.
Wyatt dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wyatt trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wyatt throws a punch but it's blocked by Abdul.
Wyatt has Abdul pressed against the cage, preventing Abdul from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wyatt missing with knees to the body.
Wyatt lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abdul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wyatt tries to throw a body punch but Abdul avoids it by throwing Wyatt back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt effectively controlling the action here.
Abdul has Wyatt pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrod Wyatt really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wyatt feints and then cracks Abdul's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abdul down.
Wyatt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abdul. That did some damage!
Abdul ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wyatt moves away.
Abdul lands with a right hand.
Wyatt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wyatt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wyatt lands a slapping body shot.
Abdul keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wyatt.
Abdul displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wyatt.
Wyatt shoots in for a takedown but Abdul shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt lands with an overhand left.
Jab, jab by Wyatt - just one landing.
Abdul misses with a left hand

and Wyatt counters with a shoot takedown. Abdul fights it but they end up in guard.
Abdul keeping moving, preventing Wyatt from controlling successfully.
Abdul is trying to keep Wyatt in close.
Abdul bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wyatt's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abdul is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abdul passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Abdul wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wyatt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wyatt is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Abdul asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Abdul looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Abdul is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wyatt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdul trying to control the action but Wyatt is working from the bottom.
Wyatt is looking to reverse the position.
Abdul is looking to take a break and control but Wyatt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wyatt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Abdul off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Abdul tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Abdul is squirming around, avoiding Wyatt's attempts to control the action.
Abdul tries to hold on but Wyatt postures up.
Wyatt lands a nice shot to the head.
Jarrod Wyatt has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wyatt controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrod Wyatt dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick from Wyatt misses.
Abdul uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wyatt has time to react.
Abdul scores with a body shot.
Wyatt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Abdul lands the left hand.
Abdul throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Wyatt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wyatt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abdul moves out of range of the body kick from Wyatt.
Abdul scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wyatt doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul digs a good hook to Wyatt's body.
Wyatt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wyatt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Abdul. Abdul circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Abdul circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Abdul counter with a right hand.
Wyatt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyatt cracks Abdul with an open hand slap.
Abdul misses with a two punch combination.

Wyatt scores with a takedown into Abdul's guard.
Wyatt sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Abdul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abdul controls Wyatt momentarily but Wyatt frees himself.
Wyatt slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jarrod Wyatt was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Abdul throws a series of punches but Wyatt avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wyatt.
Wyatt misses with a low kick as Abdul jumps back.
Wyatt tried to score with a low kick but Abdul checks it.
Wyatt misses with a wild body shot.
Wyatt misses with a head kick.
Wyatt throws a jab but it's blocked by Abdul.
Wyatt slips a jab from Abdul.
Abdul thows a body shot but no joy.
Abdul avoids the head kick by Wyatt.
Abdul blocks the body kick.
Wyatt jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wyatt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abdul on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abdul avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abdul lands with a nice body punch.
Paula Abdul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wyatt throws a hook but Abdul avoids it easily.
Abdul misses with a body shot.
Wyatt throws a head kick but Abdul moves out of range.
Abdul takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abdul moves away from the strike by Wyatt.
Wyatt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarrod Wyatt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wyatt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 45:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarrod Wyatt!
Jarrod Wyatt is the new middleweight champion!