PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaer Emilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Wood
vs
Emilson

185 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

186 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

- - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -
Beast Body

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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaer Emilson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emilson lands a nice shot to the body.
Wood throws a series of punches but Emilson moves out of range.
A jab from Wood finds it's way through Emilson's defenses.

Emilson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wood tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Emilson is in Wood's guard.
Emilson trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Emilson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wood's head.
Emilson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Emilson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Wood is proving hard to escape from.
Emilson postures up.
Emilson is stalling in the full guard.
Emilson working some strikes from top position.
Emilson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jaer Emilson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Emilson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Emilson gets a double leg takedown into Wood's guard.

Wood looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Emilson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wood is keeping the position for now.

Emilson looking to improve position, pressing down on Wood's thigh with his hand. Wood seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Emilson paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Emilson's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Wood picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marcus Wood!