PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MC Wisk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MC Wisk could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vagner Love's chin.

Wisk
vs
Love

191 cm
29
213 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
206 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, MC Wisk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wisk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wisk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wisk.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wisk lands a nice looking body shot.
Wisk lands a lovely overhand right.
Love moves out of range of the body kick.
Wisk scores with a jab to the body.
Wisk throws a head kick that misses.
Wisk moves out of range as Love throws a body kick.
That kick from Love tenderised Wisk's leg. Wisk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wisk misses with a shot to the body
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick by Wisk misses
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wisk scores with a jab to the body.
Love is looking to chop away at Wisk's legs.
Wisk is looking to counter the offense by Love and move into the clinch.
Wisk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Love blocks a head kick by Wisk.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Wisk was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Love wants to slow Wisk down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Love.
MC Wisk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wisk takes one on the button.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Wisk's shoulder, as Wisk tries to avoid the shot.
Wisk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Love.
Love thuds a left hand into Wisk's body.
Love blocks a head kick by Wisk.
Love follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Wisk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
An attempted straight right counter from Wisk misses the target.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wisk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like MC Wisk has been cut.
Love walks into a jab.
Wisk misses the shot to the body.
Wisk has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Love.
Wisk throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wisk works Love's body with a nice hook.
Love thuds a left hand into Wisk's body.
Wisk moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wisk closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Love on the inside.
Love lands a right hand.
Love fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wisk lands a nice uppercut.
Wisk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Love gets through Wisk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wisk working aggressively here.

Wisk breaks from the clinch.
Wisk tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Wisk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wisk is looking to wear down Love with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Wisk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wisk blocks a leg kick.
Love has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wisk motions for Love to come forward. Wisk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wisk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wisk scores with a jab to the body.
Wisk misses with a low kick.
Wisk ducks under a wild hook from Love.
It looked like Wisk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Wisk gets a clinch.
Wisk lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wisk tries to pull guard but Love forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wisk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wisk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Love's elbow.

Wisk breaks the clinch.
Love lands a jab to Wisk's midsection.
Wisk throws a body shot but no joy.
Wisk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wisk throws a nice head kick!
Wisk works Love's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Wisk misses the target.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wisk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Love.
Love throws a low kick, looking for Wisk's leg but Wisk calmly moves out of range.
Wisk lands a right hook to the body.
Love tries to bum rush Wisk with a series of wild strikes but Wisk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wisk throws a chopping leg kick but Love manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wisk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wisk throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab lands there for Love.
Love is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wisk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Love scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Love scores with a leg kick.
Wisk misses with a body shot.
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wisk works Love's body with a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Love.
Wisk throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wisk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Love lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on MC Wisk's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wisk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Love's sensitive parts.
Wisk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wisk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love connects with a solid leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wisk.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wisk checks a leg kick.
Wisk thows a body kick. Love tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Love scores with a spinning back kick!
Love takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab by Love.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wisk.
Wisk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wisk lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wisk throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Love on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love takes a swing at Wisk's ribcage but misses.
Wisk misses with a kick to the body.
Wisk darts in trying to clinch
and Wisk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wisk tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Wisk just misses with a punch to the body.
Wisk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Love.
Wisk blocks a jab.
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Love moves out of range as Wisk throws a body kick.
Love moves out of range as Wisk strikes.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wisk misses with a low kick.
Love throws a wild body kick that Wisk sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Love.
A little feinted left hand from Wisk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wisk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Wisk misses its target.
Wisk bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vagner Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wisk throws a leg kick but Love sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wisk takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Wisk is just out of range.
Wisk blocks a leg kick.
Wisk moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Love misses with a looping right.
Wisk throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wisk was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Love on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Wisk misses.
Wisk checks a leg kick.
Wisk lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wisk.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wisk throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wisk checks a leg kick.
Donk. Love catches Wisk right on the button with a cross.
A head kick misses from Wisk.
Love misses with a looping right.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wisk manages to avoid it.
Wisk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wisk moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wisk avoids a kick to the body.
Wisk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wisk misses with a wild body shot.
Wisk throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
Love throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Wisk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wisk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love misses with a leg kick.
Wisk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wisk tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Wisk is just out of range.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Wisk's shoulder, as Wisk tries to avoid the shot.
Love misses with an uppercut. Wisk saw that one coming.
Wisk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wisk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Love looks to land a body kick but Wisk moved away.
Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Love throws a low kick, looking for Wisk's leg but Wisk calmly moves out of range.
Wisk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Love's sensitive parts.
Wisk lands a right hook to the body.
Love fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wisk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on MC Wisk's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Love throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wisk counters with a stiff right hand.
Love misses with a low kick.
Wisk misses with an uppercut.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wisk motions for Love to come forward. Wisk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Love let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Love throws out a leg kick but Wisk moves out of range and Love only half commits.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Love.
Wisk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wisk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wisk throws a push kick but Love slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wisk throws a leg kick but Love checks it.
Wisk is looking to land body kicks.
Wisk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Love fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Love finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wisk slips under a jab from Love.
Wisk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wisk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wisk scores with a hook.
Wisk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Love drops his hands momentarily and Wisk takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wisk throws a body shot but no joy.
Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Wisk misses with a leg kick
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Love blocks a low kick nicely.
Love takes a swing at Wisk's ribcage but misses.
Wisk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wisk takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wisk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Love has time to react.
Wisk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Love lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wisk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wisk throws a body kick that misses
and Love counters with a leg kick.
Love blocks a head kick by Wisk.
Love looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Wisk moves into the clinch.
Love tries to pull guard but Wisk forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wisk throws a head punch that misses.
Wisk tries a body shot but Love blocks it.
Wisk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Love manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wisk lands with a light punch inside.
Wisk lands with a right to the head.
Wisk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Love creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wisk misses with some punches.
Wisk misses with a body punch.
Love makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Love fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wisk's elbow.
Wisk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wisk.

Love manages to break the clinch.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Wisk is just out of range.
Wisk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Love throws out a counter right but Wisk avoids it with no problem.
Love misses with a head kick.
Love walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wisk.
Wisk tries a low kick but Love avoids it.
Wisk throws the kick towards the body but Love avoids it.
Wisk connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Love throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wisk slips under a jab.
Love scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wisk in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wisk avoids the head kick by Love.
Love takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wisk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wisk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Wisk down.
A slow jab from Love misses its intended target.
Wisk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wisk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wisk misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Love with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wisk to score with a decent uppercut.
Wisk slips under a jab from Love.
Wisk moves out of range as Love throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but MC Wisk did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on MC Wisk's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wisk missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot lands for Wisk.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Wisk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wisk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Wisk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love flicks out a counter leg kick but Wisk steps away.
Wisk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Love counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Love wants to land a leg kick but Wisk is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wisk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wisk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A shot to the body from Wisk misses
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wisk swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Love counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wisk blocks a leg kick.
Wisk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love scores with a sloppy right hand. Wisk should have avoided that one.
Love lands with a right hand.
A jab from Wisk does it's job there.
Love jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wisk misses with a body shot.
Love throws the left hand but Wisk avoids the punch easily.
Wisk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Love takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Love misses with a body kick.
Wisk throws a quick counter head kick but Love was just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Wisk misses the target.
Wisk connects with a leg kick. Love looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wisk throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Wisk.
Wisk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wisk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Loves jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Love walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wisk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wisk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.
Wisk throws a push kick but Love slaps the foot to one side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wisk.
Wisk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Love.
Love lands a nice looking body kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wisk 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 Love has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Love and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Love.
Wisk staying out of range there.
Love scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wisk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wisk.
Wisk lands a jab to the head.
Love tries a low kick but Wisk avoids it.
Love scores with a push kick.
Love throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wisk counters with a nice leg kick.
Love lands with a straight right. Wisk didn't see that one coming.
Wisk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.

Wisk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wisk backwards.
Wisk struggles to land a body shot inside as Love controls his hands.
Wisk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Love is pushing Wisk up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Love breaks the clinch.
Love on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wisk. Wisk obviously looking to wear him down.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Wisk slips the punch.
Wisk wants to land a leg kick but Love is out of range.
Wisk lands with a shot to the body.
Wisk's corner calls for a 1-2. Wisk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Wisk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on MC Wisk's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Love is looking to land body kicks.
Love on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Love blocks a head kick by Wisk.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Love.
A low kick from Wisk misses
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wisk's sensitive parts.
Wisk has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Love finds it's way round the side to connect with Wisk's head.
Love throws a low kick, looking for Wisk's leg but Wisk calmly moves out of range.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice jab there from Wisk.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wisk.
Wisk tries a head kick but it misses.
Wisk lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wisk throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Love lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wisk at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love looks to throw the jab but Wisk is out of range.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Wisk lands with a slapping head kick.
Love scores with a jab.
Wisk tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love throws a solid leg kick but Wisk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Love.
Love takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Love.
Wisk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Love lands a really nice looking cross but Wisk seems unphased.
Some bone on bone action there as Wisk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wisk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wisk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Love.
Wisk gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Wisk throws the kick towards the body but Love avoids it.
Wisk connects with a looping right hand.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Love tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wisk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Love to score with a decent uppercut.
MC Wisk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice shot lands for Love.
Wisk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Love scores with a decent looking hook.

Wisk is rocked!
Love blocks a low kick nicely.
Oh Wisk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Love cracks Wisk with a hook to the temple - Wisk is on wobbly legs here! Love swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Wisk falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Love wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vagner Love!
Vagner Love decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.