PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Brunson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood comes to the cage accompanied by one hitta quitta. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wood
vs
Brunson

187 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Brunson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Brunson rushes Wood and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Brunson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Wood ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wood no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wood wants to stand up but Brunson is controlling him.

Wood pushes Brunson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wood wants to clinch
and Brunson counters with a straight right hand.
Brunson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Wood tries to keep at a distance but Brunson has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Brunson is blocking nicely.
Brunson misses with a punch to the body.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Brunson is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunson tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Brunson wants to break free but Wood has control.
Brunson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wood has Brunson pressed against the cage, preventing Brunson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wood stalling in the clinch.
Brunson tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Brunson avoids a wild elbow strike from Wood.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Brunson looks gassed!
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!
Wood working Brunson over with knees to the body.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brunson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wood scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Wood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brunson is trying to push Wood away but Wood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Wood.
Wood lands a body shot.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood tries to clinch but Brunson moves out of range.
Wood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wood misses with a double jab.
Wood wants to clinch up but Brunson keeps it at a distance.
Brunson throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wood throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Brunson gets tackled into the cage by Wood. Wood maintains the clinch.
Brunson can't break the clinch.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Brunson trying to stall but Wood improves his position.
Wood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brunson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Brunson rushes Wood and presses him up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Wood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brunson's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood trying to control the position but instead, Brunson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wood into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood landing knees to the body.
Brunson takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Wood 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.

Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Brunson circles away.
Wood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wood throws the left hand but Brunson avoids the punch easily.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wood scoring well with a low kick there.
Wood misses with an uppercut. Brunson saw that one coming.

Brunson moves into range and clinches up with Wood.
Brunson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Brunson blocks an elbow strike from Wood.
Wood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brunson has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Brunson keeps control of Wood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brunson looking to slow down the pace here.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brunson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brunson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood lands an elbow just above Brunson 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wood.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brunson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.

Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brunson slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Brunson slips the punch.

Wood lands a left and a right that send Brunson crashing to the mat, dazed. Wood thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Brunson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood connects with a leg kick. Brunson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brunson is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Wood lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Brunson falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marcus Wood!
A victorious Marcus Wood thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.