PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaspard Wasp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Myler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wasp
vs
Myler

170 cm
19
164 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
181 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Modern Wear Apparel

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaspard Wasp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Myler!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wasp throws a body punch but Myler moves out of range.
Wasp tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Wasp closes the distance and clinches.
Myler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wasp misses with a punch to the body.
Myler is looking to control Wasp's arms but Wasp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Myler has his back to the ropes.
Nice body punch from Wasp.
Myler is trying to stall.
Myler seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasp is struggling to control the position.
Myler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasp lands with a short shot to the head.
Myler misses with a punch to the body.
Myler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wasp is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Wasp fails to land.
Myler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wasp drops down looking for an ankle pick but Myler pulls his leg out and moves away.
No joy there for Myler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wasp tries to clinch but Myler is having none of it.
Wasp closes the distance but Myler moves to the side
and Myler counters with an inside leg kick.
Myler takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myler connects with an inside leg kick.
Myler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaspard Wasp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wasp closes the distance and clinches.
Myler taking a breather.
Wasp lands a hook to the side of the head.

Wasp jumps guard and drags Myler to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Myler prevents Wasp from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wasp is striking but Myler is not phased and passes to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myler is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Still in half guard, Myler seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myler passes to side control.
Wasp tries to escape but Myler is in control.
Wasp is trying to improve his position.
Myler is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Wasp's shoulder. That is not cool.
Myler's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Wasp can't do much from the bottom here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wasp fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Myler checks it well.
Wasp tries to clinch but Myler is having none of it.
Myler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wasp definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Myler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Myler tries to move into range but Wasp moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wasp looks for the body kick but Myler saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wasp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wasp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Myler.
Wasp wants to clinch up but Myler keeps it at a distance.
Wasp throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Myler counters with a nice leg kick.
Wasp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Myler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wasp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Myler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wasp takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wasp on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Myler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wasp looks to score with a jab to the body but Myler is just out of range.
Wasp tries to clinch up.

Wasp drives through and clinches with Myler against the ropes.
Wasp struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
Wasp controlling the action here for a moment.
Myler trying to stall but Wasp improves his position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Wasp.
Myler trying to stall but Wasp improves his position.
Wasp tries to land knees in the clinch but Myler avoids the damage to the body.
Wasp stalls.
Wasp throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wasp pushes Myler back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Myler managing to block the knees to the body from Wasp.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wasp avoiding damage.
Wasp tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Myler just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Myler looking to stall.
Wasp tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspard Wasp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wasp misses with the head strike.
Myler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wasp letting Myler take a breather here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Wasp ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wasp no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Wasp trying to control the position.
Myler slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Wasp.
Wasp looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wasp is trying to escape back to his feet but Myler uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wasp tries to bench press Myler off him but Myler keeps the position.
Wasp wants to get back to his feet.
Wasp is looking to regain half guard here but Myler keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Myler prevents Wasp from escaping the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sean Myler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Myler.
Myler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Myler thumps Wasp with a low kick.
Wasp looks to score with a jab to the body but Myler is just out of range.
Wasp misses with a right hand
and Myler counters with an outside leg kick.
Wasp doesn't manage to clinch there - Myler circles away.
A nice side step and Myler releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wasp swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Myler, as that shot connected.
Myler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Myler lands a jab.
Wasp is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Myler.
Wasp tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Myler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Myler throws a looping overhand right but Wasp ducks down to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Myler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myler lands a lovely overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from Myler. Those never looked like landing.
Wasp throws a big counter combination but Myler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sean Myler seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Wasp drives through and clinches with Myler against the ropes.
Wasp struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
Myler takes a shot to the head.
Wasp trying to stall but Myler improves his position.
Wasp throws a head punch that misses.
Myler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wasp lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myler managing to block the knees to the body from Wasp.
Myler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wasp is trying to pull guard but Myler has him pressed against the ropes.
Myler is trying to maintain a safe position but Wasp gets an underhook and turns Myler into the ropes.
Wasp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wasp lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Myler backwards.
Wasp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Myler avoids it.
Wasp digs a right hand underneath Myler's ribcage. Myler let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasp lands with a short shot to the head.
Wasp taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wasp pushes Myler back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wasp working aggressively here.
Wasp is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Myler to keep the fight standing.
Myler stalling in the clinch but Wasp improves position.
Wasp can't find room to land a body shot as Myler controls the action.
Wasp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wasp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Myler.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wasp.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasp missing with knees to the body.
Wasp is trying to pull guard but Myler turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspard Wasp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Myler is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Myler working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Wasp.
Myler has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wasp struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
Myler blocks the elbow strike.
Myler is trying to maintain a safe position but Wasp gets an underhook and turns Myler into the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Wasp.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wasp holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Wasp is trying to pull guard but Myler has him pressed against the ropes.
Myler blocks a body shot from Wasp.

Wasp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Wasp rushes Myler and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Wasp.
Myler blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Wasp on the inside.
Wasp is working Myler over against the ropes.
Wasp tries to throw a body punch but Myler avoids it by throwing Wasp back against the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasp.
Myler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Wasp drags the fight down to the ground.
Myler content to stall in guard here.
Wasp wants to stand but Myler is controlling the position.
Wasp controls Myler momentarily but Myler frees himself.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Wasp here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wasp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wasp 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.
Myler wanted to stand there but Wasp had control of the position.
Myler stays in close to Wasp's body and controls the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wasp throws a sloppy head kick and Myler moves out of range easily.
Wasp swings for the body but Myler moves out of range.
Myler connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wasp momentarily.
Myler keeps the fight on the outside.
Myler avoids the head kick by Wasp.
Wasp tries to clinch up but Myler circles away and keeps his distance.
Wasp tries to close the distance and clinch but Myler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myler tries a head kick but it misses.
Wasp fails to land with a series of punches.
Myler has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Myler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Myler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wasp throws a leg kick that misses.
Wasp misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Myler walks into a straight right hand from Wasp.
Wasp tries to close the distance and clinch but Myler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wasp is looking to clinch.
Myler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wasp doesn't manage to clinch there - Myler circles away.
Wasp tries to close the distance and clinch but Myler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Myler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wasp takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Myler explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A chopping leg kick lands by Myler.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Myler jabs Wasp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wasp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gaspard Wasp will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Wasp tries to land a leg kick but Myler saw it coming and moves away.
Wasp takes one to the chin there.
Wasp tries to close the distance and clinch but Myler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Myler throws out a loose jab but Wasp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wasp tries to clinch there but Myler circles away.
Wasp cracks a nice hook into Myler's ribs.
Myler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wasp.
Myler scores with a nice body kick.
Myler lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wasp will feel that in the morning.
Myler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wasp. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wasp closes the distance and pushes Myler back into the ropes.
Wasp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wasp digs a right hand underneath Myler's ribcage. Myler let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Wasp ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wasp no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasp trying to keep a closed guard but Myler is proving a slippery customer.
Myler sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wasp tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Myler won't allow Wasp to get back to his feet.
Wasp tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wasp wants to stand up but Myler is controlling him.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Myler sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wasp misses with a body kick.
Myler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Wasp gets a clinch.
Myler avoiding damage as Wasp throws knees to the body.
Wasp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Myler wants to stall.
Gaspard Wasp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wasp fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Myler is defending well for now.
Myler managing to block the knees to the body from Wasp.
Myler is looking to control Wasp's arms but Wasp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Myler has his back to the ropes.
Wasp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Myler.
Myler has a couple of punches blocked by Wasp.
Wasp pushes off an throws an elbow but Myler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Myler working hard to break the clinch.
Wasp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Myler or not.
Myler is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wasp lands with a short shot to the head.
Myler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Wasp.
Wasp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wasp fails to pull guard.
Myler struggles to land a body shot inside as Wasp controls his hands.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Myler in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Myler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wasp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wasp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Wasp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wasp tries to clinch up.

Wasp instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wasp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Myler looking to stall.
Wasp digs a right hand underneath Myler's ribcage. Myler let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wasp stalling in the clinch.
Wasp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wasp content to slow the pace in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wasp.
A short left from Wasp.
Myler is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wasp struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
Wasp trying to stall but Myler improves his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wasp misses with a body punch.
Wasp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Myler avoids it.

Wasp breaks from the clinch.
Wasp tries to clinch but Myler is having none of it.

Wasp moves into the clinch.
Wasp lands a nice uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Myler is looking to break free of the clinch but Wasp has double underhooks.
Wasp throws a head punch that misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Myler blocks an elbow strike.
Wasp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Wasp as the two fighters clinch.
Wasp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wasp struggles to land a body shot inside as Myler controls his hands.
Wasp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Myler can do to turn this around?
Wasp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wasp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wasp missing with knees to the body.
Myler misses with a punch to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Myler trying to control the position but instead, Wasp has worked for underhooks and has pushed Myler into the ropes.
Wasp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wasp tries to throw a body punch but Myler avoids it by throwing Wasp back against the ropes.
Wasp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Myler blocks an uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wasp looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspard Wasp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wasp misses with some punches.
Myler misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaspard Wasp showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wasp has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaspard Wasp!