PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Killing Floor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Killing Floor has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Floor
vs
Wright

189 cm
19
176 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killing Floor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronnie Wright!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright tries to clinch up but Floor circles away and keeps his distance.
Floor clinches but Wright breaks the clinch

and Wright holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Floor has a couple of punches blocked by Wright.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wright.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Wright landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Floor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wright blocking some punches.
Floor jumps guard but Wright stands there with Floor around his waist. Floor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Floor throws a head punch that misses.

Floor has picked Wright up - he's going for a ride! Floor dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Wright pushes Floor off looking to stand but Floor dives back in and keeps control.
Wright won't allow Floor to pass to mount.

Floor seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Floor is looking for submissions but instead, Wright has regained full guard.

Wright wriggles free and stands up.

Wright clinches up with Floor and pushes him back against the cage.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Wright.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright blocking some punches.
Floor is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores a nice knee to the body.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Floor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wright fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Killing Floor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Floor is breathing heavily.
Floor doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Wright counters by moving into the clinch.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Floor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wright lands a nice knee to the body.
Floor jumps guard but Wright stands there with Floor around his waist. Floor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Wright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Floor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Floor managing to block the knees to the body from Wright.
Floor tries to break the clinch but Wright is controlling the position.
Wright landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floor avoiding damage as Wright throws knees to the body.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Floor.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Floor looking to slow down the pace here.
Floor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Wright.
Knees to the body from Wright.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Wright tries to land knees in the clinch but Floor avoids the damage to the body.
Wright digs a right hand underneath Floor's ribcage. Floor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wright missing with knees to the body.
Floor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Floor has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Floor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Floor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wright is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wright.
Wright landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Floor drags the fight down to the ground.

Floor has his foot on Wright's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wright works his way back into a safe position though.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Floor is looking for a triangle but Wright pushes his legs off easily.

Floor working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Wright has passed into half guard!

Wright decides to return to a standing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Wright dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wright clinches.
Floor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wright prevents it.
A right hook to the body lands for Wright.
Floor drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A right hand to the body from Wright.
A short body shot lands from Wright as the two fighters clinch.
Floor is looking to control Wright's arms but Wright gets an underhook and turns him. Now Floor has his back to the cage.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Wright - that landed with a thud.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Floor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wright gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Killing Floor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Floor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Floor tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright missing with knees to the body.
Floor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Floor tries to break the clinch but Wright is controlling the position.
Floor is looking to break free of the clinch but Wright has double underhooks.
Floor tries for a takedown. No joy.
Floor trying to land knees to the body.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright trying to land knees to the body.
Floor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wright smiles and moves away.
Wright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright tries to clinch up

and Floor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wright's guard.
Floor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wright swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Floor drops back looking for a leg! Wright is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wright manages to kick Floor off! Floor jumps back into Wright's guard.
Wright wants to stand up but Floor is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flooris looking to pass into half guard but Wright pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Wright is in guard.

Floor is looking for a triangle here but Wright uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wright decides to stand up, so the ref orders Floor to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a head kick!
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Floor swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Wright moves into the clinch.
Floor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wright lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Floor.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Floor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wright smiles and moves away.
Floor throws a left and a right that both miss

and Wright counters by moving into the clinch.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wright.
Floor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wright just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Wright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wright clinches up with Floor and pushes him back against the cage.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Wright landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Wright gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Floor.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Floor trying to land knees to the body.
Wright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright scores with a knee to the head.
Floor looking for a takedown.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Floor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Floor wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Wright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Floor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Floor is trying to break the clinch but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
Floor working aggressively here.
Floor has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Floor managing to block the knees to the body from Wright.
Wright stops a takedown attempt from Floor.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Killing Floor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Floor wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright stops a takedown attempt from Floor.
Wright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Floor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ronnie Wright seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Floor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright won't allow it.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Wright scores a nice knee to the body.
Floor fails to pull guard.
Floor wants to get back to striking at distance but Wright won't allow it.
Floor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wright pulls his leg out and moves away.
Floor throws a right and a left that Wright avoids nicely.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt

and Wright counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wright.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Wright scores with a knee to the head.
Wright scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wright.
Wright cracks Floor with a nice body shot.
Floor wants to break free but Wright has control.
Wright crunches a lovely knee into Floor's ribcage.
Floor tries to pull guard but Wright holds him up against the cage and eventually Floor drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wright.
Wright landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Floor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wright fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Floor wants to clinch
and Wright counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Floor is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wright plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Floor tries to keep at a distance but Wright has taken the fight into the clinch.
Floor misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Wright.
Floor tries to work over Wright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wright lands a shot to the body.
Wright lands a knee to the head.
Floor has Wright pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wright manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Wright lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Floor.
Wright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright prevents the takedown attempt.
Wright prevents Floor from breaking the clinch.
Wright keeps control of Floor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Floor has had enough of the clinch but Wright keeps him there for the moment.
Floor drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wright missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wright winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Wright!