PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Hermanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Wexler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hermanos
vs
Wexler

182 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Hermanos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad Wexler!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wexler closes the distance and pushes Hermanos back into the cage.
Wexler keeps control of Hermanos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wexler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Wexler.
Wexler lands an elbow inside that Hermanos shrugs off.

Wexler lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hermanos is trying to stand up here but Wexler is controlling him well.
Wexler works his way into side control.
Wexler working the head and body with strikes.
Wexler has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes there by Wexler.
Wexler trying to control the action but Hermanos is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermanos is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Wexler seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wexler landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wexler is chipping away with strikes.
Hermanos is looking to regain half guard here but Wexler keeps moving and retains side control.
Wexler taking a breather here.
Wexler working the ground and pound but Hermanos is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermanos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wexler.
Wexler advances nicely into full mount.
Wexler lands a couple of good shots and Hermanos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wexler is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wexler lands a shot to the head.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Wexler.
Wexler punches the canvas rather than the man.
Wexler has Hermanos flattened out and is raining down punches.
Hermanos covering up well and avoiding damage.
Wexler connects with a big shot to the side of Hermanos's head.
Wexler connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hermanos to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wexler controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wexler is persistently looking for the submission but Hermanos is defending it well.
Wexler looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Wexler loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Hermanos hold on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wexler is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Hermanos has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Wexler connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hermanos to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Wexler dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hermanos misses the shot to the body.
Hermanos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wexler. Wexler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A clash of legs there as Hermanos blocks the low kick.
Hermanos misses with a double jab.
Wexler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hermanos cracks Wexler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hermanos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wexler was well out of range. Poor timing from Hermanos.
Hermanos misses with a series of wild punches.
Hermanos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hermanos feints a jab promting Wexler to slip. Hermanos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wexler slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wexler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wexler misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Wexler is staying tight to Hermanos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wexler working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wexler is staying tight to Hermanos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wexler lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wexler working the head with strikes.
Wexler tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wexler lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hermanos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wexler on the ground.
Wexler happy to just control the position for now.
Wexler scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a big right hand but Hermanos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Chad Wexler has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wexler working the ground and pound from side control.
Wexler is working Hermanos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wexler looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hermanos is avoiding damage well.
Wexler lands a few punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a big right hand but Hermanos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wexler lands some shots froms side control.
A lull in the action here.
Wexler lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Wexler's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hermanos being controlled for a moment.
Wexler sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hermanos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hermanos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wexler postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Wexler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wexler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wexler in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermanos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hermanos is being controlled here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wexler working the head with strikes.
Hermanos gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Wexler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hermanos?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Wexler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hermanos looks to score with a jab to the body but Wexler is just out of range.
A jab from Wexler misses.
Hermanos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hermanos!
Wexler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hermanos.
Hermanos throws a right and a left that Wexler avoids nicely.
Wexler misses with a hook. Hermanos ducked under it nicely.
Hermanos slips a straight right by Wexler.
Wexler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hermanos moves away.
Hermanos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wexler.
Hermanos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wexler manages to avoid it.
Wexler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hermanos throws out the jab.
Wexler staying out of range there.
Wexler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hermanos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hermanos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermanos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wexler on the side of the head.
Hermanos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hermanos misses with a looping left.
Wexler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hermanos.
Hermanos defending well as Wexler loads up on a big left hand.
Hermanos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Wexler moves into the clinch.
Wexler pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wexler lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Wexler to work.
Wexler lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wexler lands a takedown into guard.
Wexler lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wexler lands a couple of elbows.
Wexler is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a solid left hand.
Wexler is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wexler's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hermanos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wexler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hermanos's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wexler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wexler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wexler scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wexler is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Chad Wexler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wexler with a nice head shot there.
Wexler controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Chad Wexler was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Wexler needs to keep his hands up - Hermanos had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wexler moves out of range as Hermanos strikes.
Wexler misses with a looping left.
Anthony Hermanos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Wexler lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Wexler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wexler 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Chad Wexler!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Chad Wexler!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Chad Wexler!

Chad Wexler wins by unanimous decision!