PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Woods
vs
Capone

190 cm
29
215 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

180 cm
38
213 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Capone!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Woods counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Capone lands a nice looking body kick.
Capone wants to clinch but Woods slips to the side
letting Woods counter with a right hand.
Capone moves to clinch but Woods breaks away
and Woods counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Woods with a jab.
Capone wants to clinch up but Woods keeps it at a distance.
Capone tries to clinch but Woods moves out of range.
Capone tries to clinch there but Woods circles away.
Capone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Woods takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capone tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
Capone doesn't manage to clinch there - Woods circles away.
Capone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woods paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Capone moves to clinch but Woods breaks away
and Woods counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
Woods lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Woods scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Woods throws a hook but Capone blocks it.
Capone tries to clinch but Woods moves away
and Woods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Capone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Woods swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by Capone.
Woods lands with a good body shot.
Capone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woods.
Capone closes the distance but Woods moves to the side
and Woods counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Woods is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Capone closes the distance but Woods moves to the side
and Woods cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone doesn't manage to clinch there - Woods circles away.
Capone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Woods avoids the body shot from Capone.
Capone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Woods.
Capone throws a hook but Woods avoids it easily.
Capone doesn't manage to clinch there - Woods circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Capone as Woods shoots in.
Capone darts in trying to clinch
and Woods counters with a left to the body.
Capone is looking to clinch.
Al Capone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Woods counters with a nice uppercut.
Capone fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Capone was well out of range. Poor timing from Woods.
Capone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Woods connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Capone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Woods swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Woods blocks a leg kick.

Capone instigates a clinch.
Woods avoiding damage as Capone throws knees to the body.
Woods scores with a shot to the side of Capone's head.
Woods wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Woods is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Woods throws a head punch that misses.
Woods avoiding damage as Capone throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Woods's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Woods working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Capone tries a body shot but Woods blocks it.
Woods struggles to land a body shot inside as Capone controls his hands.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
Capone is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Capone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like James Woods has been cut.
Capone lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Capone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Capone scores with a nice hook to the head.

Woods breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Capone wants to clinch
and Woods counters with a nice uppercut.
Capone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Capone tries to clinch up.
Capone tries to clinch but Woods moves away

and Woods counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Woods.
Woods trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Capone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Woods doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Woods manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Woods throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone wants to stand but Woods is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Woods will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Woods's cut.
That's time! Woods's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Woods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Woods misses with a body shot.
Woods keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Capone.
Capone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Woods cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Capone.

Woods closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Capone quickly recovers to half guard.
Capone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woods.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woods uses his free foot to push down on Capone's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Capone.
Capone wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Woods cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woods scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Capone?

Capone is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods lands a big elbow - Capone is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Capone is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James Woods!
James Woods decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.