PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Wickam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Palmer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sans Pression - Numero 1. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Palmer
vs
Wickam

175 cm
31
170 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

177 cm
23
183 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Héritage!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Randall Wickam!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer misses with a body kick.
Palmer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Palmer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palmer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wickam defends it nicely.
Wickam on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wickam ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
A jab from Wickam misses.
Wickam misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wickam throws a looping overhand right but Palmer ducks down to avoid it.
Palmer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wickam fails to land with a series of punches.
Wickam misses with a straight left.
Wickam lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palmer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wickam sprawls well initially but Palmer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wickam is looking for a sweep. Palmer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Palmer trying to control from half guard but Wickam is working away.
Wickam is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palmer takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Palmer trying to control the action but Wickam is working from the bottom.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Palmer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wickam defends it well.
Palmer trying to control the action but Wickam is working from the bottom.
Palmer prevents Wickam from improving his position.

Wickam looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Palmer is trying to control. Wickam wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Palmer is trying to work for a kimura but Wickam is defending well.

Palmer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Palmer sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wickam has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Palmer finds it's way round the side to connect with Wickam's head.
Palmer is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Palmer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wickam lands a jab to the head.
Palmer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wickam is fending him off so far but Palmer persists. Nope, Wickam circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wickam pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wickam stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palmer.
Wickam swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Palmer.
Wickam ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
Wickam swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wickam lands a lovely overhand right.

Palmer is rocked!
Wickam misses the jab.
Wickam chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palmer can pounce on him.
A slow jab from Wickam misses its intended target.
Wickam looks to land a right hand but Palmer moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crunch! Palmer slams his shin into Wickam's torso.
Wickam throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Palmer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palmer throws a sloppy head kick and Wickam moves out of range easily.
Wickam throws a jab when Palmer was well out of range.
Palmer throws a leg kick but Wickam moved away.
Wickam throws a looping overhand right but Palmer ducks down to avoid it.
Palmer throws a quick counter kick to the body but Wickam avoids it.
Wickam looks to land a left hand but Palmer moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that George Palmer will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wickam avoids the head kick by Palmer.
Wickam takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Palmer throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wickam was covering up waiting for the punch and Palmer finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wickam is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Palmer tries to roll over but Wickam keeps him under control.
Wickam working over Palmer with some ground and pound. Palmer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
George Palmer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wickam is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Palmer doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wickam.
Palmer regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wickam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wickam postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wickam advances position into side control!
The strikes coming from Wickam are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Palmer tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer being controlled for a moment.
Palmer managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wickam.
Wickam scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Palmer to see if he's OK.
Wickam in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wickam creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Palmer sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wickam wants to control but Palmer is keeping him busy.

Wickam is trying to get an arm triangle but Palmer is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wickam working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Wickam tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Wickam goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Palmer rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wickam's guard! Nice work there by Palmer!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wickam is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Wickam is looking for a triangle but Palmer pushes his legs off easily.
Palmer tries to free his leg and advance position but Wickam is retaining full guard.
Wickam wants to sweep but no luck.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wickam bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Palmer's guard.

Wickam working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Palmer trying to keep a closed guard but Wickam is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Wickam showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wickam misses with a body shot.
Wickam missing with a left hand there. Palmer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer throws a hook to the side of Wickam's head but Wickam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wickam is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Palmer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Palmer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Palmer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Palmer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wickam might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Palmer avoids the body shot from Wickam.
Palmer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wickam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wickam shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Palmer eats them both and turns towards Wickam to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oh Palmer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wickam ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wickam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wickam swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickam keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wickam.
Palmer seems to have got his legs back now.
A big right from Wickam misses.
Palmer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wickam defends well and Palmer ends up having to push Wickam into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Wickam swinging wildly here.
Palmer misses with a low kick.
Wickam lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palmer circles away quickly and effectively.
Palmer misses the jab.
Wickam fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Palmer cracks the inside of Wickam's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wickam swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Wickam closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Palmer did well to prevent Wickam getting side control.
Wickam lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
Palmer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wickam works his way into side control.
Wickam has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wickam working away.
Wickam throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wickam wants to control but Palmer is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is trying to control Wickam's posture but Wickam avoids it.
Wickam tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Palmer wants to control but Wickam postures up.
Sloppy strikes there by Wickam.
Wickam is looking to take a break and control but Palmer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wickam in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wickam with the ground and pound but Palmer regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wickam thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wickam wants to control but Palmer is keeping him busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wickam connects with a nice short shot to Palmer's temple.
Wickam throws a strike but Palmer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Palmer pulls Wickam in close to prevent any damage.
Palmer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Palmer has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Wickam comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wickam has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Wickam!
During a confident post fight interview, Randall Wickam thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
George Palmer was interviewed post fight and said 'Great job Terry I have no excuses. You are clearly a better fighter tonight. You hit so freaking hard man.'.