PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darrell Wylde has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wylde
vs
Smith

188 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darrell Wylde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Wylde throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wylde has a takedown stuffed.
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Smith has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wylde.
Smith darts in looking for a takedown but Wylde gets double underhooks and turns Smith into the cage.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Wylde has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Wylde tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Wylde throws an elbow but it misses.
Wylde working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wylde throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wylde as Smith tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wylde.
Wylde definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short right from Wylde.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wylde throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wylde lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde misses with some punches.
Wylde misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wylde is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Wylde lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Paul Smith has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wylde creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Wylde fails to land.
Wylde misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Wylde throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Wylde.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Wylde won't allow it.
Wylde scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith just leaning against Wylde, taking a breather.
Wylde gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wylde is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Wylde looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wylde throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.

Smith is rocked!
Smith is pressed against the cage. Wylde pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Smith! Two more big strikes from Wylde and Smith crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Darrell Wylde!