PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny comes into the arena with Hunter-Fallen blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wietrzny
vs
Sharp

174 cm
35
178 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

178 cm
34
176 lbs
26 - 18 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Curtis Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sharp swings for the body but Wietrzny moves out of range.
Wietrzny scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sharp looks to score with a jab to the body but Wietrzny is just out of range.
Wietrzny slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp moves out of range of the strikes.
Wietrzny has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wietrzny looks to land a combination. Sharp sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sharp lunges at Wietrzny with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wietrzny's hand.
Wietrzny moves out of range of the leg kick from Sharp.
Wietrzny throws a leg kick but Sharp moved away.
Wietrzny misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sharp pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sharp's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wietrzny under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Wietrzny misses.
Wietrzny throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sharp cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny lands with a good body shot.
Sharp keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny connects with a right hand. Sharp shakes it off.
Wietrzny misses with an uppercut
and Sharp counters with a nice leg kick.
Sharp throws a leg kick but Wietrzny sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wietrzny is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sharp checks a leg kick nicely.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wietrzny moves away.
Wietrzny ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sharp lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab, jab by Sharp - just one landing.
Sharp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wietrzny takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sharp uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wietrzny.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wietrzny was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a two punch combination.
Wietrzny scoring well with a low kick there.
Wietrzny staying out of range there.
Sharp throws a series of punches but Wietrzny avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wietrzny drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sharp bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wietrzny's guard.
Sharp is looking to pass into half guard but Wietrzny pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Wietrzny is in guard.
Sharp has his hands on Wietrzny's head, controlling the position.
Wietrzny trying to control the position from guard on top but Sharp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wietrzny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sharp swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wietrzny is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny being controlled here momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sharp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wietrzny slips a straight right by Sharp.
Sharp scores with a nice head shot.
Sharp attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny scores with a nice head shot.
Sharp slips under a jab from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharp is just out of range.
Sharp thows a body shot but no joy.
Wietrzny lands with a good body shot.
Wietrzny on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp avoids the body shot from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp misses with a body kick.
Wietrzny has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sharp finds it's way round the side to connect with Wietrzny's head.
Wietrzny feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sharps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Wietrzny misses the target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sharp. Wietrzny shrugs it off though.

Sharp gets caught flat footed, as Wietrzny shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sharp seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sharp tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wietrzny advances position into side control!

Wietrzny working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wietrzny goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sharp rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wietrzny's guard! Nice work there by Sharp!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Curtis Sharp will probably get the nod.
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.

Sharp connects with a single shot there.
Wietrzny is looking to clinch but Sharp is avoiding it.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sharp paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sharp scores with a punch to the head.
Sharp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wietrzny shoots for a double leg takedown but Sharp sprawls well. He's pushed Wietrzny's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wietrzny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wietrzny scores with a hook to the body. Sharp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sharp lunges at Wietrzny with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wietrzny's hand.

Wietrzny is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oh Wietrzny is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wietrzny connects with a solid leg kick.
Wietrzny seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice defenses there by Sharp.
Sharp throws a leg kick that misses.
Wietrzny bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sharp's head backwards.
Curtis Sharp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharp slips under a jab from Wietrzny.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wietrzny moves away.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up but Sharp circles away and keeps his distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sharp, right into the meat.
Sharp takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wietrzny lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sharp misses with a body shot.
Wietrzny misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Wietrzny does it's job there.

Oooooh!!! Sharp has knocked Wietrzny down with a huge combo! Sharp steps away and waves a wobbly Wietrzny back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wietrzny scores with the left hand. Sharp knows he should have avoided that one.
Sharp slips a jab from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wietrzny shoots in for a double leg but Sharp sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wietrzny moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wietrzny throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharp.

Wietrzny fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sharp to the ground. Wietrzny is now in Sharp's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp wants to sweep but no luck.
Wietrzny trying to control the position from guard on top but Sharp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sharp is adopting a defensive guard.
Sharp is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wietrzny wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.

Wietrzny drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sharp dives on top into guard.
Sharp sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wietrzny's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is thwarting Wietrzny's attempts to control the position.
Sharp drops an elbow to the side of Wietrzny's head.
Sharp winds up and cracks Wietrzny with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Wietrzny actively working from the bottom here.
Sharp lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sharp winds up and cracks Wietrzny with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Wietrzny looking for submissions off his back.
Sharp is looking to advance position but Wietrzny won't allow it.
Wietrzny is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wietrzny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sharp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharp lands strikes from half guard.
Wietrzny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sharp trying to mount his opponent but Wietrzny defends it.
Wietrzny is looking for a sweep. Sharp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sharp is looking for a kimura here.
Sharp is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Sharp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Wietrzny's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wietrzny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Sharp misses with an uppercut.
Sharp misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sharp throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sharp swings for the body but Wietrzny moves out of range.
Wietrzny misses with the combination.
Wietrzny lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wietrzny ducks under a wild hook from Sharp.
Sharp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sharp throws a body punch but Wietrzny moves out of range.
Wietrzny misses with a looping right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sharp.
Wietrzny dives in and grabs Sharp's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sharp pushes down on Wietrzny's head and hops out.
Wietrzny fails with a takedown attempt.
Sharp lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sharp catches Wietrzny with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wietrzny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wietrzny closes the distance but Sharp moves to the side

and Sharp counters with a single leg into guard. Wietrzny didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sharp looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Wietrzny looking for a guillotine here but Sharp defends easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wietrzny working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sharp.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp looking to pass the guard.
Sharp won't allow Wietrzny to get back to his feet.
Sharp stands up over Wietrzny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wietrzny tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sharp makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sharp with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sharp must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sharp lands a couple of elbows.
Sharp throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sharp throws a big right hand that misses.
Sharp gets to his feet and stands over Wietrzny, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Wietrzny felt that one! Sharp unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Wietrzny from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Sharp!
Our winner, Curtis Sharp, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.