PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Branson OToole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zakk Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). OToole comes to the cage accompanied by Danny Boy. Wylde comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Song For You by Zack Wylde kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

OToole
vs
Wylde

182 cm
27
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
196 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Branson OToole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zakk Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
OToole lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wylde circles away quickly and effectively.
OToole cracks Wylde with an open hand slap.

OToole fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wylde, pushing him back against the cage.
OToole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
OToole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wylde backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for OToole.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OToole lands a hook to the side of the head.
OToole misses with the head strike.
OToole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by OToole.
OToole prevents a body shot from Wylde.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from OToole.
A shot in the inside from OToole.
OToole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wylde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
OToole throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
OToole pushes Wylde back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
OToole blocks an uppercut.
OToole tries to work over Wylde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wylde struggles to land a body shot inside as OToole controls his hands.
Wylde pushes OToole back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wylde.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde blocks a body shot from OToole.
OToole digs a right hand into Wylde's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wylde's gas tank.
Wylde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wylde swings wildly with an uppercut but OToole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wylde prevents a body shot from OToole.
OToole swings away with an uppercut that misses.
OToole misses with some punches.
OToole has a couple of punches blocked by Wylde.
Wylde avoiding damage.
Wylde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from OToole.
Wylde wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
OToole misses with the head strike.
Wylde misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wylde misses with the head strike.
OToole struggles to land a body shot inside as Wylde controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Wylde fails to land.
Wylde tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
OToole scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde is trying to push OToole away but OToole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wylde takes a shot to the head.

Wylde is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
OToole scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wylde is still on wobbly legs! Can OToole finish him?
OToole creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Wylde with a big uppercut! Wylde tries to clinch up but OToole pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Wylde to the mat! Wylde covers up and OToole unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Branson OToole!
Branson OToole tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.