PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Wollsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Hayway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wollsey
vs
Hayway

175 cm
37
165 lbs
31 - 25 - 1

176 cm
25
168 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mordecai Wollsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathan Hayway!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayway misses with a looping right.
Wollsey slips a straight right by Hayway.
Wollsey fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hayway just manages to avoid it.
Wollsey scores with a spinning back kick!
Wollsey thows a left - swing and a miss!

Wollsey tries to keep at a distance but Hayway has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hayway misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wollsey.

Wollsey breaks the clinch.
Wollsey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Hayway fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wollsey, pushing him back against the cage.
Hayway lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wollsey backwards.
Hayway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayway misses with a knee to the head.
Hayway misses with a knee strike.
Wollsey swings wildly with an uppercut but Hayway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayway misses with a knee to the head.
Wollsey managing to block the knees to the body from Hayway.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wollsey working hard to break the clinch.
Hayway with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wollsey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hayway tries to land knees in the clinch but Wollsey avoids the damage to the body.
Hayway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wollsey avoids it.
Hayway lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wollsey backwards.
Hayway throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wollsey blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayway lands a hook that snaps the head of Wollsey backwards.
Hayway lands a knee to the head.
Hayway has a couple of punches blocked by Wollsey.
Wollsey has had enough of the clinch but Hayway keeps him there for the moment.
Wollsey lands a right hand.
Hayway tries to land a knee to the head but Wollsey blocks with his arms.
Hayway tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hayway with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayway tries a knee to the head but Wollsey blocks it.
Hayway lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wollsey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wollsey avoids it.
Hayway is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wollsey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hayway has him pressed against the cage.
Wollsey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayway taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wollsey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hayway tries to land a knee to the head but Wollsey blocks with his arms.

Wollsey breaks the clinch.
Wollsey digs a good body shot into Hayway's ribs.
Wollsey lands a two punch combo.
Hayway misses with a kick to the body.
Wollsey throws a hook to the side of Hayway's head but Hayway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hayway drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wollsey defends it well.
Wollsey looks to land a left hand but Hayway moved out of range nicely.

Hayway pushes Wollsey up against the cage in a clinch.
Hayway tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayway tries to stall but Wollsey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Wollsey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wollsey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hayway.
Hayway loads up on a big right hand but Wollsey slips the punch.
Hayway lands a nice looking body shot.
Wollsey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hayway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hayway throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hayway tries to land a front kick but Wollsey steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wollsey. That's going to slow Hayway down.
Hayway tries to clinch but Wollsey is having none of it.
Nice straight punches there by Wollsey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wollsey.
Hayway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wollsey misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wollsey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayway misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Wollsey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hayway looks to land a right hand but Wollsey moved out of range.
Wollsey misses with an uppercut. Hayway saw that one coming.
Hayway follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Wollsey checks a low kick from Hayway.
Wollsey blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wollsey scores with a head kick.
Wollsey swats away the attempt to clinch by Hayway.
Hayway scores with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Wollsey there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hayway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wollsey checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A solid body kick from Wollsey.
Wollsey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Hayway dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hayway is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Wollsey gets a takedown into half guard.
Hayway tries to get to full guard but Wollsey has control of the leg.
Hayway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hayway won't allow Wollsey to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayway gets back to full guard.
Wollsey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hayway's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wollsey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wollsey throwing strikes but missing.
Wollsey throws a big elbow that misses.
Wollsey throwing strikes from guard but Hayway blocks nicely.
Wollsey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Hayway is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wollsey is aware though and is defending well.

Hayway working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wollsey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wollsey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Wollsey is sitting in close to Hayway's body. Hayway has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Wollsey is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Wollsey is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Hayway.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Nathan Hayway!
A relieved looking Nathan Hayway thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.