PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thug Behram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Behram's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 25 Minutes to go. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Behram
vs
Wednesday

178 cm
25
162 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

192 cm
29
162 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Behram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alpo Wednesday!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Behram works the jab nicely.
Wednesday on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wednesday misses with a looping right.
Behram lands a slapping body shot.

Behram takes the fight into the clinch.
Wednesday scores with a shot to the side of Behram's head.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday is trying to maintain a safe position but Behram gets an underhook and turns Wednesday into the cage.
Behram misses with a punch to the body.

Wednesday's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Behram throws a big shot that misses.
Wednesday moves in looking to clinch but Behram pushes him off.
Jab by Behram.

Wednesday rushes Behram and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behram can't find room to land a body shot as Wednesday controls the action.
Wednesday misses with the head strike.

Wednesday pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Behram misses.
Behram chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wednesday is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Behram scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Poor strikes thrown by Behram there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Behram can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wednesday is looking to escape.
Wednesday can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Wednesday that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wednesday wants to control but Behram is having none of it.
Wednesday is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Behram throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wednesday is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Behram sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Behram scoring with strikes but Wednesday is staying in there.
Behram sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Behram looking to finish with strikes here!
Behram misses with a head shot.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Behram looking to finish with strikes here!
Behram thowing shots but they're missing.
Behram throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Behram looking to ground and pound but Wednesday is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Behram misses with a head shot.
Behram trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wednesday is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Behram punching from mount but Wednesday doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Behram working the ground and pound effectively.
Poor strikes thrown by Behram there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Behram misses with a head shot.
Behram working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Wednesday slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Behram dominated that 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.

Behram shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wednesday as he avoids it easily.
Behram throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wednesday misses with a looping left.
Nice takedown defense from Wednesday. No joy for Behram on that attempt.
Wednesday misses with a wild combination.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wednesday takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Behram connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behram uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wednesday.
Behram swats away the attempt to clinch by Wednesday.

Wednesday gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Behram is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Behram scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Behram stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wednesday swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Behram trying to control the position from guard on top but Wednesday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Behram might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wednesday controlling Behram's posture.
Behram is looking to work some ground and pound but Wednesday has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behram throws a strike but Wednesday rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wednesday tries to free his leg and advance position but Behram is retaining full guard.
Behram trying to control the position.
Wednesday is pushing down on Behram's leg trying to pass to half guard. Behram is fighting to maintain full guard but Wednesday has managed to sneak the leg through.
Behram won't allow Wednesday to pass to mount.
Wednesday seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Behram is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wednesday pulls his head out easily.
Behram 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.
Behram is not content to let Wednesday control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday wants to pass the guard but Behram is defending well.
Wednesday has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Behram works to full guard.
Behram has control of Wednesday's left arm, preventing Wednesday from doing any damage.
Wednesday trying to control the position from guard on top but Behram is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Alpo Wednesday has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Wednesday misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wednesday takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Behram 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Behram is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wednesday sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Behram lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wednesday fails in his attempt to clinch.
Behram defending well as Wednesday loads up on a big left hand.
Behram uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wednesday.
Behram misses with a looping right.
Behram misses with a jab, cross combination.
Behram jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wednesday misses with a looping left.
Thug Behram seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Behram throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Behram misses.
Wednesday throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Behram sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wednesday tries to clinch
and Wednesday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Behram uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wednesday.
Behram throws out a loose jab but Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Behram lands a head kick!
Behram scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wednesday in his tracks.
Alpo Wednesday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Behram bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Behram swings for the body but Wednesday moves out of range.
Wednesday takes one to the side of the head.
Behram motions for Wednesday to come forward. Behram throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wednesday tries to clinch up.
Behram shoots in but Wednesday avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Behram scores with a sloppy right hand. Wednesday should have avoided that one.
Behram connects with a body shot that sends Wednesday's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behram scores with the left hand. Wednesday knows he should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Behram.
Behram misses with a double jab.
Wednesday misses with a lunging right hand
and Behram counters with a leg kick.
Wednesday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Behram throws a poor cross that misses
and Wednesday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wednesday scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wednesday might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wednesday thows a body shot but no joy.
Alpo Wednesday is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wednesday throws a poor cross that misses
and Behram counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Behram closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Wednesday manages to break the clinch.
Behram fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wednesday checks it well.
Behram fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thug Behram. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Behram.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Behram fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Behram lands a right hook to the body.
Behram throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wednesday counters with a left and a right that stings Behram.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thug Behram showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Behram, 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 Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thug Behram!
An out of breath Thug Behram thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.