PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arto Bryggare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryggare comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique - Goonies Never Die. West is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Styles Of Beyound-Nine Thou. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bryggare
vs
West

183 cm
22
195 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
190 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

AnonymouS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Bryggare!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Wayde West!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryggare missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryggare misses with a double jab.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bryggare.
West counters with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Bryggare.
Bryggare misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
West follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Bryggare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Bryggare.
Bryggare looks to land a combination but West avoids it well.
Bryggare lands with a straight right. West didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryggare scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bryggare throws a hook but West blocks it.
Bryggare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bryggare punishes West's body with a nice straight punch.
Bryggare lands a nice hook to West's body. West takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bryggare lands with a shot to the body.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bryggare fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. West looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
West uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bryggare.
West tries a quick counter leg kick but Bryggare is wise to it.
West drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bryggare misses the shot to the body.
Bryggare missing with a left hand there. West was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from West lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bryggare has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bryggare and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bryggare throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryggare looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range.
Bryggare connects with the punch.
Bryggare misses with a straight left.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bryggare jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryggare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bryggare takes a swing at West's ribcage but misses.
Bryggare defending well as West loads up on a big left hand.
Bryggare swings widly with a right hand
and West counters with a low kick, right behind Bryggare 's knee.
Bryggare looks to land a right hand but West moved out of range.
West now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
West connects with an inside leg kick.
Bryggare misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from West.
Arto Bryggare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryggare. West does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A left lands for Bryggare.
Bryggare lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good exchange - Bryggare coming out on top.
West misses with a left hand
and Bryggare counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryggare with a jab.
Bryggare cracks a nice hook into West's ribs.
Bryggare lands a nice shot to the body.
Bryggare misses with a left hand
and West counters with a slapping leg kick.
West feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bryggare's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Bryggare dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bryggare connects with a body shot that sends West's belly button to the back.
Arto Bryggare is winning the standup battle so far.
Bryggare staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Bryggare.
Bryggare connects with a looping right hand.
Bryggare throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
Bryggare throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
Bryggare lands a nice shot that snaps West's head back.
Bryggare is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryggare lands a jab to West's midsection.
Bryggare misses with a double jab.
Bryggare stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryggare misses with a wild combination.
West looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bryggare cracks West with an open hand slap.
Bryggare scores with a jab.
West ducks under a wild hook from Bryggare.
Bryggare tries to bum rush West with a series of wild strikes but West uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It seemed like West was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bryggare digs a good body shot into West's ribs.
Bryggare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
West avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryggare misses with an uppercut
and West counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bryggare's knee momentarily.
West dodges the punch combination from Bryggare.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bryggare throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
West counters with a body kick.
Bryggare misses with a body shot.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bryggare throws out the jab.
Bryggare swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bryggare fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryggare moves forwards but West connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bryggare lands with an uppercut that bounces West off the cage and back into range.
Sloppy strikes from Bryggare. Those never looked like landing.
Bryggare misses with a body shot.
Bryggare misses with a left hand
letting West counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryggare. West does a little dance to reset his feet.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
West delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bryggare connects with a jab.
West moves away from the strike by Bryggare.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bryggare checks it well.
A swing and a miss from Bryggare.
Bryggare throws a body shot but no joy.
West steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bryggare just misses with a punch to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but West might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bryggare has got the better of the exchanges.
Bryggare scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A punch lands to the side of West 's head but he takes it in his stride.
West misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bryggare.
Bryggare throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Bryggare dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bryggare throws a hook but West avoids it easily.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A lazy left from Bryggare finds it's target.
Bryggare pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West feints a counter leg kick.
Bryggare lands a lovely overhand right.
West tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bryggare scores with a hook.
Bryggare connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryggare connects with a jab.
Bryggare throws out a loose jab but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bryggare drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryggare swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
West feints a counter leg kick.
West throws a leg kick
and Bryggare cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
West on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
West ducks right into an uppercut from Bryggare.
West takes one to the side of the head.

West is rocked!
Bryggare misses with a straight left.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Bryggare finish him?
Bryggare fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bryggare scores with a body shot.
West seems to have recovered his senses.
Bryggare takes a swing at West's ribcage but misses.
A jab lands there for Bryggare.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West throws a leg kick but Bryggare sees it coming and moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bryggare misses the target.
Bryggare throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West feints a counter leg kick.
West has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Bryggare misses its intended target.
Bryggare throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryggare misses with a body shot.
West throws a big counter head kick but Bryggare avoids it with no problem.
West drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
West walks into a straight right hand from Bryggare.
Bryggare misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
Bryggare connects with a body shot that sends West's belly button to the back.
Bryggare misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bryggare misses
and West counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
West throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bryggare.

It looks like Arto Bryggare has been cut.
Bryggare throws an uppercut from half a mile away. West sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bryggare misses with an uppercut
and West counters with a low kick, right behind Bryggare 's knee.
Bryggare throws a poor cross that misses
and West counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
West uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryggare.
A big right from Bryggare misses.
West is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bryggare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
Bryggare darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a body kick.
West slips a straight right by Bryggare.
Bryggare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bryggare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West throws a big counter head kick but Bryggare avoids it with no problem.
West defending well as Bryggare loads up on a big left hand.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bryggare.
West throws a counter combo.
West defending well as Bryggare loads up on a big left hand.
A jab lands there for Bryggare.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryggare throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Bryggare clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Arto Bryggare's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bryggare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bryggare tests West's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bryggare fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bryggare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West throws out a counter right but Bryggare avoids it with no problem.
Bryggare waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract West.
Bryggare throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West lands a front kick.
West takes one to the side of the head.
Bryggare misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West connects with a looping right hand.
Bryggare on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by West. West obviously looking to wear him down.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West slips under a jab from Bryggare.
Bryggare takes one on the button.
Bryggare fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
Bryggare backing away here, and West unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A slow jab from Bryggare misses its intended target.
Bryggare backing away here, and West unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bryggare throws out a loose jab but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bryggare scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West slips a jab from Bryggare.
Bryggare misses with an uppercut
and West counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bryggare misses with a looping right.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bryggare.
Bryggare throws a hook but West blocks it.
Bryggare throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bryggare lands with an uppercut that bounces West off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryggare scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab from Bryggare misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Bryggare. That snapped West's head back.
Bryggare misses with a straight right.
West looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bryggare comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A good leg kick by West.
Sloppy strikes from Bryggare. Those never looked like landing.
Nice uppercut there from Bryggare.
Bryggare throws a poor cross that misses
and West counters with a stiff right hand.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Bryggare.
West tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bryggare is able to avoid easily.
Bryggare misses with a looping left.
West flicks out a counter leg kick but Bryggare steps away.
Bryggare throws a predictable looking body shot
and West makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bryggare really felt that one!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryggare throws a looping overhand right but West ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
West steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bryggare.
Bryggare throws a shot from downtown. West moves away and avoids it.
West lands an overhand right.
West misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Bryggare had his way with Wayde West in that round.
The cut man is working on Arto Bryggare's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Bryggare throws a right hand that misses
and West counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Bryggare throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bryggare throws a right hand that misses
and West counters with a lovely straight right hand!
West has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Bryggare misses with a jab to the body
enabling West to counter with a crisp jab.
Bryggare misses with a lunging right hand
and West scores with a counter punch that sends Bryggare to the canvas! West smells blood - he's punishing Bryggare with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Bryggare has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayde West!
Wayde West is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Wayde West, 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.