PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hy Wiener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiener's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fok Julle Naaiers. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Wiener
vs
Mason

179 cm
28
181 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

178 cm
33
181 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hy Wiener!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craig Mason!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiener swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Wiener gets a clinch.
Wiener working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mason content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mason is trying to pull guard but Wiener has him pressed against the cage.
Wiener takes a shot to the head.

Mason ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mason no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mason working a defensive guard here.
Wiener stopping the sweep attempt from Mason.
Mason working a defensive guard here.
Wiener trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mason keeping moving, preventing Wiener from controlling successfully.
Mason trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Wiener takes the fight into the clinch.
Mason misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
Wiener missing with knees to the body.
Mason scores with a shoulder strike.
Wiener letting Mason take a breather here.
Wiener is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mason is defending well for now.
Mason tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wiener leaning against his opponent.

Mason jumps guard and drags Wiener to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wiener is looking to advance position but Mason has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Mason looking to control but Wiener is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener is desperately trying to improve his position but Mason has a good base and remains in mount.
Mason looking to control but Wiener is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mason is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Wiener defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mason.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wiener regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wiener is defending against the submission attempts here by Mason.

Mason looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Mason is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mason is looking to stall here but Wiener recovers full guard.
Wiener keeping full guard, as Mason tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mason wants to control from the top but Wiener keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Mason dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mason circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Mason is predictable there
and Wiener counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mason lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wiener circles away quickly and effectively.

Mason clinches with his opponent.
Wiener misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mason.
Mason lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wiener backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mason.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wiener swings wildly with an uppercut but Mason uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiener throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Mason.
A short right from Mason on the inside.
Wiener is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wiener lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Craig Mason has been cut.
Mason lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wiener backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wiener tries to land knees in the clinch but Mason avoids the damage to the body.
Wiener prevents a body shot from Mason.
Wiener creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mason's defenses.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Mason leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Mason fails to land.
Mason misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mason works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mason avoiding damage as Wiener throws knees to the body.
Mason dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mason.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mason lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mason avoids a wild elbow strike from Wiener.
Mason misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wiener has Mason pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Wiener pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Mason tumbling to the mat - Wiener dives into Mason's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiener wants to control from the top but Mason keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mason has Wiener pulled in close to control his posture.
Mason is looking to stand up but Wiener isn't so interested in that idea.
Wiener makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wiener throws an elbow that misses. Mason uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wiener's guard. Nice move by Mason!
Mason sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener keeping moving, preventing Mason from controlling successfully.
Mason looking to pass the guard.

Mason gets to his feet - Wiener follows without any prompting.
Mason throws a body punch but Wiener moves out of range.
Wiener swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiener throws a sloppy head kick and Mason moves out of range easily.
Mason ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mason fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mason moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiener prevents a body shot from Mason.
Wiener looking to throw knees to the head but Mason is blocking nicely.
Mason managing to block the knees to the body from Wiener.
Wiener throws an elbow but it misses.
Mason lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiener or not.
Wiener lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiener misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
Mason blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Mason managing to block the knees to the body from Wiener.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mason scores with a shot to the side of Wiener's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiener blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Wiener scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wiener takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Mason showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Craig Mason's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wiener fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wiener throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mason.
Mason avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mason lands a body shot.
Wiener leaves Mason with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Mason has managed to clinch.
Mason works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mason misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Mason.
Wiener blocks an elbow strike.
Wiener trying to stall but Mason improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mason.
Mason misses with a punch on the inside.
Mason dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
A shot in the inside from Mason.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiener prevents a body shot from Mason.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wiener misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mason.
Mason lands a shot to the body.
Wiener misses with an elbow over the top.
A short left from Mason.
Wiener unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mason lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mason tries to throw a body punch but Wiener avoids it by throwing Mason back against the cage.
Wiener throws a head punch that misses.
Mason tries a body shot but Wiener blocks it.
Mason lands an elbow just above Wiener 's eye.

It looks like Hy Wiener has been cut.
Mason lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mason avoiding damage as Wiener throws knees to the body.
Mason tries to work over Wiener's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Mason jumps guard.
Mason has his hands on Wiener's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason is trying to control the position but Wiener postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mason kicks Wiener off and gets to his feet.

Mason takes the fight into the clinch.
Craig Mason seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wiener lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mason lands an uppercut.
Wiener blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
Mason lands a right hand.
Wiener crunches a lovely knee into Mason's ribcage.
Mason avoiding damage as Wiener throws knees to the body.
Wiener blocks a body shot from Mason.
Mason lands with a light punch inside.
Wiener is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mason misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener blocks the elbow strike.
Wiener lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wiener misses with an elbow strike.
Mason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mason lands a body punch.
Wiener trying to control the position but instead, Mason has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wiener into the cage.
Mason stalling against the cage.
Wiener wants to take the fight to the mat but Mason manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mason as Wiener tries to tie him up.
Mason missing with knees to the body.
Mason presses Wiener against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mason misses with a punch to the body.
Wiener lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mason backwards.
Craig Mason is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mason scores with a shot to the side of Wiener's head.
Wiener is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mason is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiener blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Mason manages to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiener trying to control but Mason is working from the bottom.
Mason seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wiener with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mason pulls Wiener in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Mason comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mason has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Mason!
A very excited looking Craig Mason made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.