PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Eden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Wyoming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Eden has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Eden
vs
Wyoming

199 cm
18
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
178 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Eden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Wyoming!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wyoming gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wyoming tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eden avoids it.
Wyoming's coach down at Cozad MMA St Petersburg was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wyoming's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wyoming prevents Eden from breaking the clinch.
Wyoming misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eden.
Wyoming using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eden is trying to maintain a safe position but Wyoming gets an underhook and turns Eden into the cage.
Eden is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wyoming to keep the fight standing.
Eden tries to break the clinch but Wyoming is controlling the position.
Wyoming is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eden is defending well for now.
Wyoming is struggling to control the position.
Wyoming tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wyoming lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like John Eden has been cut.
Wyoming unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eden lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eden really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyoming using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eden is breathing heavily.
Wyoming connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eden's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyoming looking to throw knees to the head but Eden is blocking nicely.
Wyoming lands a good knee to the midsection. Eden won't want to take too many of those.
Wyoming landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyoming misses with a knee strike.
Eden tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wyoming just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wyoming with a knee to the head.
Eden takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wyoming throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eden blocks it with crossed arms.
Wyoming tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wyoming landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wyoming misses with a knee to the head.
Wyoming connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eden's face.
Wyoming lands a knee to the body.
Wyoming lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyoming unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Eden takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wyoming avoids the elbow strike from Eden, against the cage.
Wyoming using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wyoming landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyoming tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wyoming landing knees to the head.
Eden wants to get back to striking at distance but Wyoming won't allow it.
Wyoming landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wyoming misses with a knee strike.
Wyoming stalling.
Wyoming landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wyoming.
Wyoming tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wyoming landing knees to the head.
Wyoming scores with a knee to the head.

Eden is rocked!
Wyoming with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Eden is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wyoming connects with a knee to the head.
Wyoming jerks Eden's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Eden drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Wyoming goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Wyoming because Eden was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Daniel Wyoming!
Daniel Wyoming decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.