PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grappler Striking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alpo Wednesday had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Wednesday
vs
Striking

192 cm
29
162 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

174 cm
28
163 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alpo Wednesday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grappler Striking!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striking scores with a push kick.
That kick from Striking tenderised Wednesday's leg. Wednesday is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grappler Striking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Striking moves away from the strike by Wednesday.
Striking is looking to clinch.
Striking misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Striking is looking to chop away at Wednesday's legs.
Striking ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Striking scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Striking closes the distance and clinches.
Wednesday tries to work over Striking's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Striking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Striking lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Striking creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Striking fails to land.
Wednesday lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wednesday misses with a punch on the inside.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Striking.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Striking is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Striking.
Wednesday throws a head punch that misses.

Wednesday breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wednesday moves into the clinch.
Wednesday doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wednesday gets through Striking's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Striking lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wednesday.
Striking tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Striking lands a hook to the side of the head.
Striking misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday throws a head punch that misses.
Wednesday blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Striking creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wednesday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wednesday is trying to break the clinch but Striking has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Striking misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striking softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wednesday lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wednesday lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wednesday scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Striking misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wednesday can't break the clinch.
Wednesday lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Striking backwards.
Striking has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
Striking lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wednesday.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wednesday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wednesday swings wildly with an uppercut but Striking uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Striking.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Striking.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Striking creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wednesday working aggressively here.
Striking makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Striking pushes Wednesday back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Striking misses with a hook from the clinch.
Striking tries to throw a body punch but Wednesday avoids it by throwing Striking back against the cage.
Wednesday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striking lands a right hand.
Striking has a couple of punches blocked by Wednesday.
Wednesday goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Striking.
Striking lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Striking lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wednesday backwards.
Wednesday struggles to land a body shot inside as Striking controls his hands.
Wednesday is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Striking is keeping busy.
Wednesday taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Striking goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Striking swings wildly with an uppercut but Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Striking blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Striking blocks an uppercut.
Striking lands with a short shot to the head.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Striking backwards.
Wednesday lands an uppercut.
Wednesday misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wednesday scores with a hook to the body.
Striking lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Striking.
Striking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wednesday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Striking.
Striking lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wednesday lands a nice uppercut.
Striking doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Wednesday fails to land.
Striking throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wednesdays head.
Striking fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grappler Striking dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A shot to the body from Striking misses
enabling Wednesday to counter with a crisp jab.
Wednesday blocks a leg kick.
Wednesday really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wednesday chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Striking can pounce on him.
Striking misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wednesday.
Striking scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wednesday doesn't seem bothered though.
Wednesday on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Striking.
Wednesday throws the left hand but Striking avoids the punch easily.
Striking scores with a punch to the head.
Striking takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wednesday throws a hook but Striking blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Striking. Wednesday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Striking is looking to land body kicks.
Striking fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striking lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striking lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wednesday circles away quickly and effectively.
Wednesday scores with a jab.
Striking thows a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Striking.
Striking is looking to slow Wednesday down with leg kicks.

Striking clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Striking.
Wednesday lands a right hand.
Wednesday has a couple of punches blocked by Striking.
Striking misses with a hook to the ribs.
Striking has Wednesday pressed against the cage, preventing Wednesday from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wednesday tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Striking misses with some punches.
Striking lands a left hand.
Striking doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striking misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Striking tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wednesday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Striking.
Wednesday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Wednesday.
Striking tries to throw a body punch but Wednesday avoids it by throwing Striking back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Striking.
Wednesday throws a punch but it's blocked by Striking.
Striking takes a shot to the head.
Wednesday tries to circle away but Striking has him pinned against the cage.
Wednesday lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Striking.
A bit of stalling here from Wednesday.
Striking drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wednesday pulls his leg out and moves away.
Striking lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wednesday at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Striking.
Wednesday's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Striking connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wednesday scrambles back to his feet.
Striking thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wednesday if he has to take too many more of those.
Striking throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wednesday scores with a jab to the jaw.
Striking tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Striking scores with a punch to the head.
Striking connects with a nice looking jab.
Grappler Striking seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wednesday tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Striking is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Striking avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striking connects with a crisp jab.
Striking jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Striking misses with a series of wild punches.

Striking drives through and clinches with Wednesday against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striking misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wednesday misses with a hook to the ribs.
Striking throws a head punch that misses.
Striking throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wednesday is trying to stall.
Striking blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wednesday wants to get back to striking at distance but Striking won't allow it.
Wednesday is pressed up against the cage. Striking has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wednesday down to the mat. Wednesday avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Wednesday takes the fight into the clinch.
Striking throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grappler Striking showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Striking ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wednesday moves away.
Wednesday keeps the fight on the outside.

Wednesday clinches up with Striking and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Striking.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Striking creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wednesday wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Striking has him pressed against the cage.
Striking working aggressively here.
Striking prevents a body shot from Wednesday.
Wednesday can't break the clinch.
Striking misses with the head strike.
Striking misses with a body punch.
Striking throws a punch but it's blocked by Wednesday.

Striking wants the takedown. Wednesday is fighting it off but Striking persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Wednesday's guard against the cage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Striking trying to control but Wednesday is working from the bottom.
Striking is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday is trying to control the position but Striking postures up.
Striking postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Striking works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Striking not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Striking throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alpo Wednesday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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. Striking connects with a nice short shot to Wednesday's temple.
Striking is looking to advance position but Wednesday won't allow it.
Wednesday trying to hold on to Striking's head to control him but Striking postures up.
Striking throwing shots but Wednesday is blocking nicely.
Striking thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Striking trying to control the action but Wednesday is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Striking is working away from the top position though.
Striking throwing shots but Wednesday is blocking nicely.
Striking takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Striking is keen to just control but Wednesday is a slippery customer.
Wednesday keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wednesday is staying active underneath Striking, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Striking not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Grappler Striking hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Wednesday takes a swing at Striking's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wednesday takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Striking is looking to clinch.
Grappler Striking is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Wednesday has closed the distance and engaged Striking in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grappler Striking comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Striking 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grappler Striking!
Our winner, Grappler Striking, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.