PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Wooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Artist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wooten comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest- You've got another thing coming. Artist has chosen Limp Bizkit / Break Stuff as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Wooten
vs
Artist

177 cm
29
175 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

182 cm
21
192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Perkele!

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Wooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Artist!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Wooten. No joy for Artist on that attempt.
Wooten misses with a few strikes there.
Wooten tries to bum rush Artist with a series of wild strikes but Artist uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Artist avoids a punch combination nicely.
Artist has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wooten is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wooten throws a front kick aimed at Artist's knee but Artist avoids it well.
Artist misses with a takedown attempt - Wooten sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wooten lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Artist throws a leg kick that misses.

Artist decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wooten wants to get back to his feet.

Artist is working for a kimura but Wooten is defending it quite comfortably.

Wooten is defending against the submission attempts here by Artist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artist is controlling the pace.
Artist wants to free his trapped foot but Wooten is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wooten on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wooten tries to get out of the position.
Artist looks to land a strike but Wooten avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Artist throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Artist looking to pass the guard.
Artist throws a strike but Wooten rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Wooten drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Artist dives on top into guard.

Wooten keeping moving, preventing Artist from controlling successfully.
Artist in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Artist loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artist working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Artist's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooten knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Artist on the ground.
Artist trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wooten keeping moving, preventing Artist from controlling successfully.
Artist loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Artist makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Artist prevents Wooten from getting back to his feet.
Artist throws an elbow that misses. Wooten uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Artist's guard. Nice move by Wooten!

Artist working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Artist had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wooten defends it easily.
Wooten is looking to work some ground and pound but Artist has wrist control.
Artist looking to control.
Wooten looking to sit in guard and control but Artist gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Artist wants to pass the guard but Wooten is keeping the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but The Artist 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.

Artist dodges the punch combination from Wooten.
Wooten takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kevin Wooten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Artist has a takedown stuffed.
Wooten misses with the combination.
Wooten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooten stalks Artist and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Artist's face. Artist staggers backwards, shaken.
A nice combination there by Wooten.
Wooten stalks Artist and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Artist's face. Artist staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Wooten.

Artist is rocked!
Artist shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wooten but Wooten pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Artist is still on wobbly legs! Can Wooten finish him?
Artist shoots in for a double leg but Wooten sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Artist seems to have recovered his senses.
Kevin Wooten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Artist.
Artist looks for a takedown but Wooten sprawls well.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Wooten here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Artist fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wooten misses with a wild combination.
Artist misses with a two punch combination.
Artist tries to bum rush Wooten with a series of wild strikes but Wooten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice sprawl there from Wooten as Artist shoots in.
Artist shoots for a takedown but Wooten saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wooten misses with a wild combination.
Wooten lands with a nice combination. Artist backs away looking to recover.
Artist wants to land a leg kick but Wooten is out of range.
Wooten misses with a two punch combination.
Artist throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wooten's waist but Wooten gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Artist off to one side.
Wooten appears to be looking for a big counter.
Artist shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wooten as he jumps to the side.
Wooten went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Artist closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wooten circles away.
Wooten fails to land with a series of punches.
Kevin Wooten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wooten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Artist shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artist keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Artist has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Artist throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wooten is refusing to be controlled, as Artist sits in half guard.
Artist trying to pass the guard but Wooten defending well.

Artist is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Artist is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wooten has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artist seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wooten does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Artist darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Artist is working for a submission of some sort.
Artist thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wooten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Artist can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooten tries to kick Artist off but Artist keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Artist is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Artist is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wooten sees it coming and defends easily.

Wooten is defending against the submission attempts here by Artist.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Wooten dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Wooten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Artist.

Artist goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Wooten has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Artist but great work by Wooten.
Wooten working away.
Wooten postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooten creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Artist sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Artist is trying to get back to half guard.
Artist is trying to control Wooten's posture but Wooten avoids it.
Wooten trying to control the action but Artist is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wooten looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Artist is looking for a sweep.
Artist manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Wooten missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooten not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wooten trying to control from half guard but Artist is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Artist is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wooten pulls his head out easily.
Wooten missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wooten looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Artist with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooten missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Wooten is working for a kimura but Artist is defending it quite comfortably.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wooten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Artist was well out of range. Poor timing from Wooten.
Wooten misses with the combination.
Artist drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wooten defends it well.
Artist fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artist shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wooten defends it nicely.
Wooten jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Artist looking to score a takedown here. Wooten is defending well but Artist drives through and ends up in Wooten's guard.
Artist throwing strikes but missing.
Artist content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The Artist has got the better of the ground game so far.
Artist working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wooten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Artist throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wooten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Artist missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artist with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Artist closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Artist lands in his opponent's guard.
Artist throwing strikes but missing.
Artist wants to control from the top but Wooten keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Artist accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wooten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Artist.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to The Artist.
I think Artist has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28

The fight is ruled a draw!