PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jermaine Choake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Choake comes to the cage accompanied by Hans Zimmer - The Kraken. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wietrzny's choice of entrance music: Hunter-Fallen. Igor Wietrzny will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Choake
vs
Wietrzny

186 cm
24
183 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

174 cm
27
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jermaine Choake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wietrzny.

Choake shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wietrzny napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wietrzny is looking for a sweep.
Choake has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Wietrzny!
Wietrzny is trying to escape the mount.
Wietrzny trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wietrzny is squirming around, avoiding Choake's attempts to control the action.
Wietrzny wants to hold on but Choake pushes him away.
Choake will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Choake raining down shots from the mount!
Wietrzny takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choake looking to control but Wietrzny is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Choake landing strikes from the mount and Wietrzny is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Choake is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wietrzny can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Choake trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choake is landing with some decent strikes but Wietrzny is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Wietrzny is rocked!
Wietrzny is looking to get to half guard.
Choake connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wietrzny is still in real trouble! Can Choake finish him?
Choake controlling the position easily from mount.
Wietrzny seems to have recovered his senses.
Wietrzny working to try and regain half guard.
Wietrzny in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Choake looking for a guillotine from mount but Wietrzny is having none of it.
Choake content just to control the position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wietrzny taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choake manages to capitalize on a mistake by Wietrzny to take his back!
Wietrzny is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Choake off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Choake working for a choke but Wietrzny is defending well.
Wietrzny is trapped and Choake is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Choake cracks Wietrzny with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Wietrzny from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

Choake has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Wietrzny! Can he survive? No! He's out! Choake gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jermaine Choake!
Our winner, Jermaine Choake, 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.