PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Fletcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fletcher has chosen Gallows - London is the reason as his entrance music. Johnny Fletcher is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wilson
vs
Fletcher

183 cm
20
214 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
201 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, David Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Fletcher!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson jabs at Fletcher's body.
Johnny Fletcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fletcher closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wilson to the mat! Wilson manages to get full guard.
Fletcher must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wilson controls Fletcher momentarily but Fletcher frees himself.
Fletcher is stalling in the full guard.
Fletcher tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilson is retaining full guard.
Fletcher wants to stand but Wilson is controlling his posture from full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Johnny Fletcher.
Wilson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fletcher moves away from the strike by Wilson.

Fletcher closes the distance and pushes Wilson back into the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Fletcher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fletcher.
Wilson trying to control the position but instead, Fletcher has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wilson into the ropes.
Fletcher lands with a light punch inside.

Fletcher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wilson lands with a nice body punch.
Fletcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson throws a low kick but Fletcher avoids it.

Fletcher gets a clinch.
Wilson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Fletcher lands a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fletcher not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Wilson looking for subs off his back but Fletcher has passed one foot through into half guard.
Fletcher prevents Wilson from improving his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wilson is trying to control but Fletcher manages to pass to mount!
Fletcher with a couple of short strikes.
Wilson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fletcher is landing with some decent strikes but Wilson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher controlling from mount.
Fletcher connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wilson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wilson is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fletcher looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wilson is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fletcher with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilson is looking to get to half guard.
Wilson wants to control but Fletcher is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Fletcher dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fletcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Fletcher looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Wilson!
Fletcher content just to control the position here.
Fletcher is trying to control here but Wilson has managed to regain half guard.
Fletcher content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fletcher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wilson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fletcher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wilson's head.
Fletcher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wilson's head.
Fletcher is thwarting Wilson's attempts to control the position.

Wilson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fletcher pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to get to full guard but Fletcher has control of the leg.
Fletcher is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fletcher is thwarting Wilson's attempts to control the position.
Wilson is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wilson wants to get back to full guard but Fletcher has passed into side control.
Fletcher lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Fletcher is keen to just control but Wilson is a slippery customer.
Wilson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Wilson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fletcher showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fletcher lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fletcher sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Johnny Fletcher hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Wilson tries to keep at a distance but Fletcher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fletcher lands with a short shot to the head.
Wilson trying to stall but Fletcher improves his position.

Fletcher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Wilson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Fletcher clinches.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Fletcher breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fletcher clinches up with Wilson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Wilson taking a breather.

Fletcher jumps guard and drags Wilson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fletcher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fletcher has control of Wilson's left arm, preventing Wilson from doing any damage.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Fletcher keeps moving.
Wilson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fletcher swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fletcher throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Fletcher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Fletcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Fletcher shoots in and bounces Wilson off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Fletcher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Fletcher got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wilson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fletcher has managed to get both his arms back between Wilson's legs - danger averted.
Fletcher has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Wilson is proving hard to escape from.
Fletcher pushes down on Wilson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wilson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fletcher.
Fletcher with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fletcher pulls his head out easily.

Wilson looking for submissions off his back.
Wilson trying to control but Fletcher postures up.
Fletcher sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Wilson is refusing to be controlled, as Fletcher sits in half guard.
Fletcher is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fletcher trying to pass the guard but Wilson defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher working Wilson over with strikes.
Fletcher tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wilson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Fletcher is working for a submission of some sort.
Fletcher controlling the action here.
Wilson is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Fletcher jumps into side control!
Wilson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
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!
Wilson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fletcher off and has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to control Fletcher but Fletcher is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Fletcher fending off the submission attempt from Wilson.
Wilson gets his hands free as Fletcher looks to control.
David Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Fletcher fending off the submission attempt from Wilson.
Fletcher looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fletcher is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Wilson gets his way!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fletcher is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Wilson patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Wilson.
I think Fletcher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Johnny Fletcher!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Johnny Fletcher!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Johnny Fletcher!

Johnny Fletcher wins by unanimous decision!
Johnny Fletcher was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.