PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raymore Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wilkerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ardona
vs
Wilkerson

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raymore Ardona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Wilkerson!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkerson lands a head kick. Ardona smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wilkerson dives in for a single leg takedown but Ardona sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Wilkerson looks winded!
Wilkerson is pressed up against the cage. Ardona has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wilkerson down to the mat. Wilkerson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ardona fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Wilkerson. No joy for Ardona on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymore Ardona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ardona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ardona shoots in looking for a takedown but Wilkerson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ardona's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Ardona throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wilkerson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ardona is in Wilkerson's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ardona stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilkerson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ardona makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ardona cracks Wilkerson with a solid left hand.
Wilkerson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ardona is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ardona is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ardona scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ardona is working Wilkerson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wilkerson can't keep his opponent in guard - Ardona advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardona lands strikes from half guard.
Ardona works his way into side control.
Wilkerson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ardona advances nicely into full mount.
Ardona punishing his opponent with strikes.

Wilkerson is rocked!
Wilkerson has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Ardona loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Wilkerson scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Ardona land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Ardona stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raymore Ardona!