PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Custer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ender Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesse Custer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Custer
vs
Wiggin

185 cm
24
212 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

188 cm
32
220 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Rush Supplements 160Q

Fury Nutrition 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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesse Custer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ender Wiggin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Custer misses with a low kick.
Wiggin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Custer misses with a shot to the body

and Wiggin moves into the clinch.
Custer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiggin.
Wiggin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wiggin blocks an uppercut.
Custer tries to pull guard but Wiggin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wiggin lands a right hand.
Wiggin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
Wiggin told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Custer.
Custer just leaning against Wiggin, taking a breather.
Custer presses Wiggin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Custer.
Custer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wiggin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Custer is stalling here.
Custer blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Custer blocks an elbow strike.
Wiggin throws a head punch that misses.
Wiggin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Custer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wiggin.
Custer avoids a wild elbow strike from Wiggin.
Wiggin scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Wiggin.
A nice left hand lands by Wiggin.
Wiggin digs a right hand into Custer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Custer's gas tank.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Custer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Custer pushes Wiggin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiggin throws an elbow but it misses.
Custer looking to slow down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiggin lands an elbow inside that Custer shrugs off.

It looks like Jesse Custer has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer takes an elbow to the temple.
Custer misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Custer's brow.
Custer can't get the takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Custer's brow.
Wiggin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Custer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wiggin.

Custer jumps guard and drags Wiggin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Custer seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Wiggin is fighting to break Custer's control of his arms but Custer is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Custer is trying to control the position but Wiggin postures up.
Wiggin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Custer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ender Wiggin has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sloppy strikes from Wiggin. Those never looked like landing.
Wiggin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Custer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Custer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wiggin is looking to clinch but Custer is avoiding it.
Custer lands a right hook to the body.
Wiggin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wiggin wants to clinch.
Wiggin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin is looking to clinch but Custer is avoiding it.
Ender Wiggin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiggin throws a big shot that misses.
Custer takes a swing at Wiggin's ribcage but misses.
Custer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wiggin throws out the jab.
Custer misses the shot to the body.
Custer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Custer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Custer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Custer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ender Wiggin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Custer gets tackled into the cage by Wiggin. Wiggin maintains the clinch.
Wiggin throws an elbow that misses.
Wiggin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wiggin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wiggin working aggressively here.
Wiggin misses with a knee to the head.
Custer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Custer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiggin has a couple of punches blocked by Custer.
Custer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wiggin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wiggin with a knee to the head.
Wiggin lands an elbow just above Custer 's eye.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wiggin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiggin scores a nice knee to the body.
Custer misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Custer jumps guard but Wiggin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Custer fails to pull guard.
Custer takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Wiggin fails to land.
Wiggin lands an elbow that stopped Custer in his tracks for a moment.
Custer blocking some punches.
Wiggin tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Wiggin back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiggin throws an elbow but misses.
Wiggin lands a damaging elbow.
Custer is trying to pull guard but Wiggin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Custer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiggin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
Ender Wiggin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Custer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wiggin to keep the fight standing.
Wiggin works on Custer's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiggin lands a shoulder strike.
Wiggin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wiggin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Custer takes a shot to the head.
Wiggin lands a right hand.
Wiggin tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Wiggin back against the cage.
Wiggin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiggin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiggin swings wildly with an uppercut but Custer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiggin takes a shot to the head.
Custer misses with some punches.
Custer avoids the elbow strike from Wiggin, against the cage.
Wiggin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wiggin throws a head punch that misses.
Custer lands a left hand.
Wiggin lands a right hand.
Custer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wiggin backwards.
Wiggin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Custer backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Wiggin.
Wiggin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wiggin misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wiggin.
Wiggin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Custer's face.
Custer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiggin or not.
Custer wants to stall.
Wiggin misses with some punches.
Wiggin lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Custer.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Custer.
Wiggin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Wiggin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiggin scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggin working aggressively here.
Wiggin throws a head punch that misses.
Custer blocks the elbow strike.
Wiggin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Custer wants to stall.
Custer tries to work over Wiggin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiggin.
Wiggin misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiggin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wiggin lands a damaging elbow.
Custer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiggin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiggin.
Custer works on Wiggin's body with a couple of short punches.
Custer blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Wiggin tries a body shot but Custer blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ender Wiggin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Wiggin darts in and clinches Custer up against the cage.
Custer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wiggin misses with a punch on the inside.
Custer blocks a body shot from Wiggin.
Wiggin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Custer dodges an elbow strike from Wiggin.
A right handed body shot lands from Wiggin.
A short uppercut from Wiggin.
Wiggin scores with a shoulder strike.
Wiggin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Custer's face.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside that Custer shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Custer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wiggin lands an uppercut.
Wiggin lands a left hand.
Custer lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin misses with a body punch.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wiggin blocks an uppercut.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside.
Custer lands a nice shot to the body.
Custer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiggin throws an elbow but misses.
Custer dodges an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Wiggin throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Custer misses with a punch on the inside.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Wiggin.
Custer dodges an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Wiggin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Wiggin.
Custer can't find room to land a body shot as Wiggin controls the action.
Wiggin pushes off an throws an elbow but Custer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ender Wiggin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Wiggin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Custer is pushing Wiggin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Custer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wiggin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Custer misses with a body punch.
Custer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wiggin blocks an uppercut.
Custer tries to throw a body punch but Wiggin avoids it by throwing Custer back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer is trying to break the clinch but Wiggin is controlling him.
Custer leaning against his opponent.
Custer lands a shoulder strike.
Custer misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Custer.
A head punch on the inside from Custer fails to land.
Custer tries to stall but Wiggin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Custer throws a punch but it's blocked by Wiggin.
A right handed body shot lands from Custer.
Custer tries a body shot but Wiggin blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Custer.
Custer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wiggin smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesse Custer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Custer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wiggin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Custer scrambles back to his feet.
Jesse Custer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wiggin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Custer.
Custer moves out of range as Wiggin strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiggin throws a leg kick that misses.
Wiggin tries to clinch up.
Wiggin throws a series of punches but Custer avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ender Wiggin.
I've got Wiggin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ender Wiggin!
A relieved looking Ender Wiggin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.