PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toby Jay Wadenah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Upton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wadenah might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pantera - Cowboys From Hell. Upton is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DL Incognito - Proof. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jay Wadenah
vs
Upton

190 cm
25
183 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

182 cm
31
181 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Toby Jay Wadenah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Upton!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wadenah punishes Upton's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from Upton.
Wadenah lands a jab.

It looks like Luke Upton has been cut.
Wadenah swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Upton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick by Wadenah misses
and Upton counters with a straight right hand.
Wadenah avoids the head kick by Upton.
Wadenah throws a good cross that connects.
Upton misses with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wadenah.
A head kick misses from Wadenah.

Upton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Upton throwing shots but Wadenah is blocking nicely.
Upton stops Wadenah from getting back to his feet.
Wadenah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Upton.
Upton is looking to advance position but Wadenah won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Upton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wadenah defending well though.
Upton is pressing down on Wadenah's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wadenah is holding on for now.
Upton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wadenah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Upton.
Upton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wadenah defending well though.
Ground and pound from Upton.
Upton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wadenah defending well though.
Upton drops an elbow to the side of Wadenah's head.

Wadenah manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wadenah throws a hook but Upton blocks it.
Toby Jay Wadenah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Upton avoids a punch combination nicely.

Upton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Upton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wadenah is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wadenah blocking the ground and pound.
Upton unloads with some shots from mount but Wadenah bucks and avoids them well.
Upton misses with a head shot.
Upton thowing shots but they're missing.
Upton punching from mount but Wadenah doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Upton unloads with some shots from mount but Wadenah bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wadenah tries to hold on but Upton pushes him away.

Upton is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Wadenah is surviving well by controlling Upton's body position as best he can.
Upton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wadenah sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wadenah is trying is best to control the position here.
Wadenah is trying to stand back up but Upton is controlling him
Wadenah avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Upton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wadenah works his way to full guard. Good work.
Upton throws a big elbow that misses.
Wadenah preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Upton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wadenah's head.
Upton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Upton throws a big elbow that misses.
Upton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wadenah avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Upton postures up in Wadenah's guard and throws a big left but Wadenah blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Upton postures up and lands a big shot to Wadenah's brow.
Upton landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Upton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Upton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Upton tests Wadenah's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wadenah misses with a shot to the body
and Upton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wadenah thinking.
Luke Upton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wadenah sizes up Upton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wadenah throws a front kick aimed at Upton's knee but Upton avoids it well.
Wadenah wants to clinch up but Upton keeps it at a distance.
Wadenah lands with a nice body punch.

Wadenah gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Upton tries to pull guard but Wadenah holds him up against the cage and eventually Upton drops back down to his feet.
Upton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Upton misses with a punch on the inside.
Upton throws an elbow that misses.
Wadenah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wadenah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wadenah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wadenah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Upton misses with some punches.
Upton blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wadenah misses with the head strike.
Wadenah lands with a right to the head.
Wadenah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Upton's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Upton.
Wadenah presses Upton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wadenah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Upton is looking for a takedown.
A shot in the inside from Wadenah.
Upton goes for a takedown attempt but Wadenah pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Toby Jay Wadenah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Upton.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Upton.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wadenah.
Wadenah throws a leg kick which misses Upton's front leg but catches the back leg as Upton tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Wadenah.
Upton takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wadenah misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wadenah stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wadenah wants it to stay on the feet.
Wadenah fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Upton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Upton is breathing heavily.
Upton on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wadenah lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wadenah tries to clinch up.
Upton slips under a jab from Wadenah.
Wadenah throws a head kick that misses.
Wadenah throws a low kick but Upton moves out of range easily.

Upton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Upton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Upton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Upton thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wadenah is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wadenah is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Upton looking to finish Wadenah with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wadenah!
Upton dominating with strikes here.
Upton throws some wild stikes that Wadenah manages to avoid easily.
BOOM! Upton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Upton misses with a head shot.
Upton lands with some strikes.
Wadenah blocking the ground and pound.
Wadenah is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Upton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wadenah is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Wadenah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Upton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wadenah is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Upton.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor strikes thrown by Upton there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wadenah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wadenah is looking to improve his position but Upton isn't that keen on the idea.

Upton goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wadenah is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Luke Upton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Luke Upton's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wadenah misses the jab.
Wadenah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Upton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wadenah. Wadenah obviously looking to wear him down.
A combination from Upton does no damage.
Wadenah is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wadenah moves in looking to clinch but Upton pushes him off.
A jab from Wadenah finds it's way through Upton's defenses.

Upton shoots in and bounces Wadenah off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Upton landing some decent shots from guard.
Upton tries to free his leg and advance position but Wadenah is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upton throwing strikes but missing.
Upton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Upton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Upton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Upton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Wadenah manages to escape and get back to his feet.
No luck for Upton with that takedown attempt.
Wadenah throws the kick towards the body but Upton avoids it.
Wadenah throws a leg kick which misses Upton's front leg but catches the back leg as Upton tries to avoid it.

Upton takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upton misses with some punches.
Wadenah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wadenah lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Upton.
Upton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Wadenah.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wadenah misses with a hook to the ribs.

Upton tightens his grip and picks Wadenah up, before dumping him to the ground. Wadenah manages to land in guard.
Upton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Upton throws a big right hand that misses.
Upton throwing strikes from guard but Wadenah blocks nicely.
Wadenah utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Upton throws a strike but Wadenah rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Upton has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wadenah can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Upton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Upton working Wadenah over with strikes here.
Upton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Upton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upton won't let Wadenah get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Upton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wadenah really wants to buck Upton off and get back to his feet.
Upton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Wadenah holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Upton tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Upton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Upton swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luke Upton!
Luke Upton is the new welterweight champion!
An intense looking Luke Upton took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I want to thank my family and my team for helping make this possible. '.