PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Travolta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarrod Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Travolta
vs
Wyatt

188 cm
26
192 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

187 cm
31
200 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

LOD: GAMMA Nutrition (Affordable Q158)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Travolta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jarrod Wyatt!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travolta checks a leg kick.
Wyatt throws the kick towards the body but Travolta avoids it.
A head kick misses from Wyatt.
Wyatt connects with a jab.
Wyatt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Travolta.

Wyatt gets a clinch.
Wyatt misses with some punches.
Travolta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wyatt avoids it.
Travolta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Travolta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travolta lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jarrod Wyatt has been cut.
Travolta controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Travolta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Wyatt.
Wyatt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Travolta pulls Wyatt into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wyatt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wyatt won't allow Travolta to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wyatt is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt trying to control but Travolta is working from the bottom.
Wyatt's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jarrod Wyatt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Travolta.
Travolta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wyatt is fending him off so far but Travolta persists. Nope, Wyatt circles away and we're back to standing.
Travolta avoids the head kick by Wyatt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Travolta blocks the body kick.
Wyatt connects with the punch.
Travolta shoots for a takedown but Wyatt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Travolta. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travolta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Travolta closes the distance and clinches up with Wyatt, looking for a takedown. Travolta pushes Wyatt against the cage but Wyatt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wyatt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Travolta is out of range and Wyatt settles back down.
Wyatt scores with a nice head shot.
Travolta takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Travolta avoids the head kick by Wyatt.
Travolta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Travolta looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Travolta works over Wyatt with some ground and pound from guard.
Travolta wants to control from the top but Wyatt keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt keeping full guard, as Travolta tries to pass.
Wyatt looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Travolta wants to control from the top but Wyatt keeps moving.
Wyatt wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Travolta trying to control but Wyatt is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Travolta.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wyatt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrod Wyatt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarrod Wyatt's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Travolta shoots in and gets a takedown into Wyatt's guard.
Wyatt trying to keep a closed guard but Travolta is proving a slippery customer.
Travolta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wyatt pulls Travolta in close to prevent any damage.
Wyatt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Travolta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Travolta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wyatt has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jarrod Wyatt has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Travolta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wyatt pinned against the cage. Wyatt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Travolta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wyatt quickly recovers to half guard.
Travolta is trying to control the action in half guard but Wyatt is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wyatt tries to get to full guard but Travolta has control of the leg.
Wyatt is still trying to improve position.
Travolta throwing shots but Wyatt is blocking nicely.

Travolta is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travolta looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Travolta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Travolta is trying to control. Wyatt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wyatt wants to control but Travolta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Travolta slows the pace down in half guard.
Wyatt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Travolta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Travolta's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travolta holding both Wyatt 's hands and preventing any damage.
Travolta manages to reverse the position and now he's in Wyatt's guard. Nice work there by Travolta.
Wyatt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Travolta manages to get himself to full guard.
Travolta keeping moving, preventing Wyatt from controlling successfully.
Travolta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wyatt wants to control from the top but Travolta keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jarrod Wyatt wasn't active enough on the ground.
Travolta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Travolta wants to clinch up but Wyatt keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Travolta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jarrod Wyatt'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!

Travolta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wyatt on the side of the head.
Travolta shoots in and drives through. Wyatt sprawls well.
Jarrod Wyatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wyatt closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Travolta.
Travolta has Wyatt pressed against the cage, preventing Wyatt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Come on Travolta - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wyatt can't find room to land a body shot as Travolta controls the action.
Wyatt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Travolta effectively controlling the action here.
Travolta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wyatt's defenses.
Travolta is looking to control Wyatt's arms but Wyatt gets an underhook and turns him. Now Travolta has his back to the cage.
Travolta tries to land a knee to the head but Wyatt blocks with his arms.
Wyatt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Travolta avoids it.
Wyatt connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wyatt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Travolta.
Wyatt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Travolta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wyatt stalls.
Wyatt struggles to land a body shot inside as Travolta controls his hands.
Wyatt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Travolta.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wyatt struggles to land a body shot inside as Travolta controls his hands.
Wyatt misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wyatt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Travolta backwards.
Jarrod Wyatt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Travolta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wyatt.
Wyatt throws an elbow but it misses.
Travolta tries to stall but Wyatt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Travolta avoiding damage as Wyatt throws knees to the body.
Wyatt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Travolta misses with an elbow over the top.
Wyatt is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wyatt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Travoltas head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Travolta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Travolta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Travolta wants to stall.
Travolta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wyatt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Travolta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Travolta prevents a body shot from Wyatt.
Wyatt'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.
Travolta throws an elbow but it misses.
Travolta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wyatt tries to stall but Travolta uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Travolta jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wyatt walks away with a smile on his face. Travolta gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wyatt misses with a kick to the body.

Travolta moves into range and clinches up with Wyatt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wyatt presses Travolta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wyatt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Wyatt.
Wyatt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Travolta is rocked!

Wyatt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oh Travolta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wyatt and Travolta are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Wyatt throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Travolta into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Wyatt knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jarrod Wyatt!