PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny comes to the cage accompanied by Hunter-Fallen. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wietrzny
vs
Aoki

174 cm
41
163 lbs
19 - 25 - 0

176 cm
28
158 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 19 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinya Aoki !
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, John Mangel and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Aoki enables Wietrzny to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Aoki manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Aoki uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Igor Wietrzny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoki blocks the body kick.
Wietrzny shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aoki as he jumps to the side.
Wietrzny sizes up Aoki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Aoki throws a right hand that Wietrzny ducks under and follows up with a left that Wietrzny also avoids with ease.
Wietrzny lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wietrzny doesn't manage to clinch there - Aoki circles away.
Wietrzny lands a jab.
Wietrzny has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Aoki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny lands a glancing blow to the side of Aoki 's head.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki moves out of range as Wietrzny strikes.
Aoki feints the counter takedown.
Wietrzny tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Aoki tries to counter it with a takedown but Wietrzny pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wietrzny is defended easily by Aoki .
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aoki .

Aoki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Aoki is trying to control. Wietrzny wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wietrzny trying to hold on to Aoki 's head to control him but Aoki postures up.
Wietrzny is trying to stand back up but Aoki is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wietrzny with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Aoki is looking to stall here but Wietrzny recovers full guard.
Aoki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Wietrzny is retaining full guard.
Aoki stopping the sweep attempt from Wietrzny.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Wietrzny keeps moving.
Aoki throws a big elbow that misses.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Wietrzny keeps moving.

Aoki postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Wietrzny is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Aoki , into his guard.
Aoki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wietrzny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wietrzny throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aoki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aoki doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

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

Wietrzny moves into range and clinches up with Aoki .
Aoki wants a takedown.
Aoki is pushing Wietrzny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Wietrzny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wietrzny throws a head kick that Aoki semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki dives in for a single leg takedown but Wietrzny sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Igor Wietrzny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Aoki .
A looping hook to the body misses from Aoki . Wietrzny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wietrzny lands with a right hand.

Wietrzny closes the distance and clinches.

Wietrzny breaks from the clinch.
Wietrzny stuffs the takedown attempt from Aoki . Aoki gets slowly back to his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wietrzny.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up but Aoki circles away and keeps his distance.
Aoki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wietrzny sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wietrzny throwing a counter right hand but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Aoki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wietrzny sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Wietrzny dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aoki looking to score a takedown here. Wietrzny is defending well but Aoki drives through and ends up in Wietrzny's guard.
Wietrzny 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.
Wietrzny is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aoki is controlling him.

Wietrzny looking for a guillotine here but Aoki defends easily.
Aoki is fighting to break Wietrzny's control of his arms but Wietrzny is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wietrzny trying to keep a closed guard but Aoki is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny seems keen to control Aoki 's posture.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Wietrzny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aoki can do to turn this around?
Aoki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A big right from Wietrzny misses.
Aoki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Aoki clinches with his opponent.
Wietrzny misses with some punches.
Aoki is pressed up against the cage. Wietrzny has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Aoki down to the mat. Aoki avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wietrzny throws a leg kick but Aoki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wietrzny throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wietrzny throws a combination that misses
and Aoki counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries to clinch up but Aoki circles away and keeps his distance.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Aoki moves away

and Aoki counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wietrzny!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki trying to control the position but Wietrzny is working away.
Aoki working the head and body with strikes.
Wietrzny is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Aoki working away.
Wietrzny is trying to get back to his feet.

Aoki is trying to get an arm triangle but Wietrzny is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wietrzny tries to escape but Aoki is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Aoki 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aoki moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Aoki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wietrzny, who protects the arm well.
Wietrzny wants to get back to his feet but Aoki drags him back down.
Aoki moves into full mount!
Wietrzny is in a horrible position here. Aoki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wietrzny is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny is in a horrible position here. Aoki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Aoki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Wietrzny is surviving well by controlling Aoki 's body position as best he can.
Wietrzny holds on to Aoki as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Wietrzny is desperately trying to improve his position but Aoki has a good base and remains in mount.
Aoki controlling from the full mount.
Wietrzny in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aoki raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wietrzny is trying to escape the mount.
Aoki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinya Aoki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wietrzny misses with a right hand
and Aoki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Aoki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aoki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Aoki shoots in for a double leg but Wietrzny sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wietrzny is looking to counter the offense by Aoki and move into the clinch.
Wietrzny misses with the combination.
Aoki tries to counter with a clinch but Wietrzny shakes him off and moves away.
Wietrzny swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wietrzny scores with a head kick. Aoki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Shinya Aoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki scores with a jab to the head.
Wietrzny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoki .
Wietrzny tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aoki scores with a takedown into Wietrzny's guard.
Wietrzny wants to stand up but Aoki is controlling him.
Wietrzny pulls Aoki in close to his closed guard and prevents Aoki from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wietrzny wants to stand but Aoki is controlling the position.
Wietrzny has momentary wrist control but Aoki slips an elbow through the middle.
Wietrzny working a defensive guard here.
Wietrzny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki prevents Wietrzny from getting back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Wietrzny rushes Aoki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wietrzny gets underhooks to prevent Aoki 's takedown attempt.
Wietrzny with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aoki taking a breather.
Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Igor Wietrzny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinya Aoki .
Wietrzny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Aoki being controlled against the cage.

Aoki gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Wietrzny kicks Aoki off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wietrzny throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wietrzny swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wietrzny throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aoki .
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Aoki shoots in for a double leg but Wietrzny sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aoki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wietrzny stuffs the takedown.
A swing and a miss from Wietrzny.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny lands a slapping body shot.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown. Wietrzny tries to sprawl out of it but Aoki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wietrzny manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aoki dives in and grabs Wietrzny's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wietrzny pushes down on Aoki 's head and hops out.
Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Wietrzny.

Aoki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Wietrzny uses the cage to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wietrzny throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wietrzny tries to clinch but Aoki moves out of range.

Aoki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wietrzny looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Wietrzny showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wietrzny 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 Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Wietrzny!
A very excited looking Igor Wietrzny made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.