PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Worner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Wick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Worner
vs
Wick

225 cm
26
245 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenny Worner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randall Wick!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Worner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wick, pushing him back against the cage.
Worner takes a shot to the head.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
Wick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Worner or not.
Worner is breathing heavily.
Wick avoiding damage.
Wick continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Worner struggles to land a body shot inside as Wick controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wick manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randall Wick.
Wick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Worner gets tackled into the cage by Wick. Wick maintains the clinch.
Wick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wick stalling the fight.
Wick receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worner's elbow.
Worner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wick gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wick stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randall Wick.
Wick lands a leg kick that knocks Worner off balance momentarily.
Wick throws the left hand but Worner avoids the punch easily.

Wick takes the fight into the clinch.
Wick lands a right hand.
Wick tries a body shot but Worner blocks it.
Wick lands an elbow that stopped Worner in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Kenny Worner has been cut.
Wick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wick digs a right hand underneath Worner's ribcage. Worner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Worner is defending well for now.
Worner is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wick gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A bit of stalling here from Wick.
Worner wants to get back to striking at distance but Wick won't allow it.
Wick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Worner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wick lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Wick.
Worner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wick takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wick tries to throw a body punch but Worner avoids it by throwing Wick back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wick.
Worner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wick's elbow.
Wick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Worner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wick effectively controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wick scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Wick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Worner'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.

Worner clinches up against the cage.

Worner jumps guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wick pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Worner is keeping the position for now.
Wick is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Worner keeping full guard, as Wick tries to pass.
Wick won't allow Worner to sweep him here.
Worner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wick engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Randall Wick was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Worner ducks under a wild hook from Wick.
Kenny Worner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worner has his takedown stuffed
and Wick counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Wick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Worner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wick manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Wick.
Worner letting Wick take a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick lands with a light punch inside.
Wick prevents a body shot from Worner.
Wick's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wick landing knees to the head.
Wick has Worner pushed against the cage.
Worner is looking to control Wick's arms but Wick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Worner has his back to the cage.
Wick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worner's elbow.
Wick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wick stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Wick drops Worner onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Worner is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Worner is rocked!
Wick tries a knee to the head but Worner blocks it.
Wick lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wick obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wick throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Worner up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randall Wick.
Worner fails with the takedown

and Wick moves into the clinch.
Wick trying to land knees to the body.
Wick throws an elbow that misses.
Randall Wick seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wick lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wick lands a body shot.
Wick trying to land knees to the body.
Worner tries to pull guard but Wick forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Worner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wick misses with a knee strike.
Wick stalling.
Wick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Wick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenny Worner'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. This is the final round!

Wick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Worner blocks a body shot from Wick.
With the fighters up against the cage, Worner throws an elbow but misses.
Wick tries to land knees in the clinch but Worner avoids the damage to the body.
Wick taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wick has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Worner backwards.
Wick lands a left hand.
Worner being controlled against the cage.
Wick pushes Worner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Worner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Worner changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wick fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Wick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Worner tries to pull guard but Wick forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wick manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wick scores a nice knee to the body.
Worner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Worner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Worner is defending well for now.
Worner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Worner or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Worner letting Wick take a breather here.
A left hand lands to the body for Wick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Wick.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wick.
Wick missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randall Wick.
Wick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Worner misses with a takedown attempt
and Wick counters with a nice body kick.
Randall Wick is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Randall Wick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Worner steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wick. That one must have hurt.
Wick misses with a head kick.

Wick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Worner is trying to pull guard but Wick turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wick lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kenny Worner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Worner tries to pull guard but Wick holds him up against the cage and eventually Worner drops back down to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Wick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wick 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Wick!