PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clay Wilkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lord Vladimir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilkinson's entrance music is Overkill. A fine choice. Vladimir has chosen Blackmill - Evil Beauty as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wilkinson
vs
Vladimir

190 cm
30
216 lbs
20 - 14 - 1

190 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Clay Wilkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lord Vladimir!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vladimir moves out of range of the strikes.
Wilkinson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vladimir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vladimir has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Wilkinson throws a lazy uppercut
and Vladimir makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Vladimir closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wilkinson to the mat! Wilkinson manages to get full guard.
Vladimir works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Wilkinson actively working from the bottom here.
Wilkinson is not content to let Vladimir control the position.
Vladimir wants to free his trapped foot but Wilkinson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkinson wants to control but Vladimir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Vladimir is keen to just control but Wilkinson is a slippery customer.
Vladimir looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wilkinson is trying to get back to full guard.
Wilkinson manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vladimir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Wilkinson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Vladimir trying to control but Wilkinson is working from the bottom.
Wilkinson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vladimir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wilkinson is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vladimir's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Vladimir preventing the sweep.
Vladimir is pushing down on Wilkinson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Wilkinson is fighting to maintain full guard but Vladimir has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vladimir is pressing down on Wilkinson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wilkinson is holding on for now.
Wilkinson trying to control from the bottom.
Vladimir tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wilkinson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wilkinson trying to control from the bottom.
Vladimir is pressing down on Wilkinson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wilkinson is holding on for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vladimir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Vladimir tries to pass to full mount but Wilkinson defends it.
Wilkinson keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Wilkinson tries to get to full guard but Vladimir has control of the leg.
Vladimir is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Wilkinson!
Vladimir controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson wants to control but Vladimir is having none of it.
Wilkinson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vladimir trying to control but Wilkinson is having none of it.
Vladimir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wilkinson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vladimir sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vladimir wants to take Wilkinson's back here but Wilkinson is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lord Vladimir dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vladimir ducks under a wild hook from Wilkinson.

Vladimir shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wilkinson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wilkinson controls Vladimir momentarily but Vladimir frees himself.
Vladimir wants to control from the top but Wilkinson keeps moving.
Vladimir pushes down on Wilkinson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Vladimir seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wilkinson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wilkinson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Vladimir in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Wilkinson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Vladimir!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lord Vladimir!
Lord Vladimir decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.