PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Filby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wright
vs
Filby

182 cm
27
190 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

182 cm
27
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joseph Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jakob Filby!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wright checks a leg kick.
Filby throws a solid leg kick but Wright takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Filby.
Wright stuns Filby with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Wright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Filby gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wright avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Filby tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Filby missing with knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
Wright tries to circle away but Filby has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Filby is controlling him.
Filby is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filby looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Wright scores with a nice short uppercut.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
The referee is keeping an eye on Filby - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright cracks Filby with a nice body shot.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filby lands a nice knee to the body.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
I was talking to Wright's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wright is trying to break free.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Filby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Filby missing with knees to the body.
Filby keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Filby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Filby missing with knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filby misses with a knee strike.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Filby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Filby looks winded!
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filby effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wright lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Filby backwards.
Filby misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jakob Filby dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Filby throws a chopping leg kick but Wright manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wright jabs at Filby's body.
Filby pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wright is out of range and Filby settles back down.
Joseph Wright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wright with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Filby has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Filby avoids the body shot from Wright.

Filby closes the distance and clinches.
Filby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Filby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wright is trying to break free.
A short right from Wright.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wright.
Filby missing with knees to the body.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filby throws a knee to the head but misses.
Filby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.

Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Filby throws a head kick that misses
and Wright counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Filby is breathing heavily.
Wright goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wright scores with a jab to the body.
Wright wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the liver by Wright. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joseph Wright is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Filby doesn't seem bothered though.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright's jab looks to have found its range, popping Filby under the eye.
Filby has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Filby there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wright clobbers Filby with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
An inside leg kick lands from Filby.
Filby needs to keep his hands up - Wright had a free shot at his head there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wright darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Filby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Filby doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wright scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filby throws a low kick but Wright avoids it.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.

It looks like Jakob Filby has been cut.
Wright blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice body punch from Wright.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Filby moves away.
Filby appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wright lands with a shot to the body.
Wright throws a series of punches but Filby avoids them all with ease.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright thuds a left hand into Filby's body.
Wright scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Filby doesn't seem bothered though.

Filby clinches with his opponent.
Wright lands a hook that snaps the head of Filby backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wright tries to break free but Filby pushes him back against the cage.
Filby tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright tries to circle away but Filby has him pinned against the cage.
Wright lands a hook that snaps the head of Filby backwards.
Filby keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jakob Filby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Filby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A bit of stalling here from Filby.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Wright dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jakob Filby's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

The fighters circle momentarily. Wright darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wright connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wright stuns Filby with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Filby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wright moves out of range of the leg kick from Filby.
Wright was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wright avoids the head kick by Filby.
Wright seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.
Filby's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wright connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Filby scrambles back to his feet.
Wright lands a jab to the nose.
Filby on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright lands a jab to Filby's midsection.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Wright fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A shot to the liver by Wright. Beautiful body shot.
Filby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wright displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright digs a good body shot into Filby's ribs.
Wright lands with a straight right. Filby didn't see that one coming.
A shot to the liver by Wright. Beautiful body shot.
Wright works Filby's body with a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Filby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright lands with an overhand left.
Wright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Filby can pounce on him.
Filby swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A left and a right from Wright both land. Nice combination.
Wright lands a head shot.
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!
Wright lands with an uppercut that bounces Filby off the cage and back into range.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wright keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Filby has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Filby misses with a leg kick
and Wright counters with a left to the body.
Filby wants to clinch.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Filby.
Filby misses with a leg kick
and Wright counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wright scores with a crisp jab that stopped Filby in his tracks.
Wright works Filby's body with a nice hook.
Wright works Filby's body with a nice hook.
Filby dodges the punch combination from Wright.
Filby takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright misses with a double jab.
Filby scores with a leg kick.
Filby motions for Wright to come forward. Filby throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Filby takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Filby throws a front kick aimed at Wright's knee but Wright avoids it well.
Wright appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Filby misses with a low kick.
Filby throws a leg kick but Wright sees it coming and moves out of range.
Filby takes one on the button.
Filby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wright jabs at Filby's body.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Filby manages to avoid it.
Filby with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright throws a body shot but no joy.
Filby avoids the body shot from Wright.
Filby goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Filby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Filby throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as Wright blocks the leg kick.
Filby misses with the body kick
and Wright counters with a straight right hand.
Wright moves out of range of the leg kick from Filby.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright connects with a looping right hand.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Filby was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright moves out of range of the body kick from Filby.
Jakob Filby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joseph Wright is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wright scores with a nice head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Wright showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wright 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 Bart Greer scores the fight for Joseph Wright!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Joseph Wright!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Joseph Wright!

Joseph Wright wins by unanimous decision!
Joseph Wright made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I told you I was here to take over this division!'.