PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aldous Wensleydale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Glass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Glass will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wensleydale
vs
Glass

170 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aldous Wensleydale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, George Glass!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wensleydale drives through and clinches with Glass against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wensleydale throws an elbow but misses.
Wensleydale has Glass pressed against the cage, preventing Glass from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Wensleydale.
Wensleydale definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Glass tries a knee to the head but Wensleydale blocks it.
Glass blocks an elbow strike from Wensleydale.
Glass works on Wensleydale's body with a couple of short punches.
Glass blocks an elbow strike.
Glass makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glass misses with a body punch.
Wensleydale lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wensleydale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glass's efforts to push away.
Wensleydale managing to block the knees to the body from Glass.
Glass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wensleydale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Glass throws an elbow but it misses.
Wensleydale has Glass pressed against the cage, preventing Glass from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Glass tries to work over Wensleydale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wensleydale avoids a wild elbow strike from Glass.
Glass is trying to force a seperation but Wensleydale has the dominant position.
Wensleydale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Glass's efforts to push away.
Glass wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Glass misses with a knee to the head.
Glass swings wildly with an uppercut but Wensleydale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wensleydale avoiding damage as Glass throws knees to the body.
Wensleydale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Glass blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wensleydale misses with a knee to the head.
Wensleydale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Glass misses with a knee to the head.
Wensleydale missing with knees to the body.
Wensleydale connects with a knee to the head.
Glass working hard to break the clinch.

Glass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Glass has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wensleydale is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Glass loads up on a big right hand but Wensleydale slips the punch.
Glass throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wensleydale stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wensleydale slips under a jab.
Glass swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Wensleydale counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wensleydale is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wensleydale trying to control the position from guard on top but Glass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wensleydale throws a big elbow that misses.
Glass has control of Wensleydale's left arm, preventing Wensleydale from doing any damage.
Wensleydale trying to control the position from guard on top but Glass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wensleydale scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wensleydale throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glass works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Glass wants to stand and escape but Wensleydale is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Glass escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wensleydale gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Glass keeping moving, preventing Wensleydale from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Glass keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice straight punches there by Glass. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Glass.
Wensleydale is looking to clinch.
Glass is looking for the big counter here.
Glass misses with a double jab

and Wensleydale counters with a shoot takedown. Glass fights it but they end up in guard.
Wensleydale is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wensleydale preventing the sweep.
Wensleydale looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wensleydale seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Glass for as long as he can get away with.
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 Aldous Wensleydale will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Glass swats away the attempt to clinch by Wensleydale.
George Glass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wensleydale uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glass.
Glass is looking to land body kicks.
Wensleydale attempts a counter takedown but Glass avoids it well and moves away.
Wensleydale staying out of range there.
Glass fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Wensleydale takes the fight into the clinch.
Glass tries to circle away but Wensleydale has him pinned against the cage.
Wensleydale goes for a takedown attempt but Glass pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Glass darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glass throws a series of punches but Wensleydale avoids them all with ease.
Wensleydale shoots in but no luck this time.
Wensleydale tries to clinch but Glass is having none of it.
Glass's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Glass duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass scores with a decent looking hook.
Glass misses with a double jab.
Glass feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wensleydales jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Glass lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wensleydale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Glass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Glass throws a series of punches but Wensleydale avoids them all with ease.
Glass throws a body shot but no joy.
George Glass seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Glass tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Wensleydale takes the fight into the clinch.

Glass manages to break the clinch.
Aldous Wensleydale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Glass misses with a few strikes there.
Wensleydale drops down looking for a counter takedown but Glass sprawls and moves away.

Glass clinches up with Wensleydale and pushes him back against the cage.
Glass misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wensleydale obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wensleydale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wensleydale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Glass has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glass can't break the clinch.
Wensleydale throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wensleydale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Glass.
Wensleydale tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Glass looking to throw knees to the head but Wensleydale is blocking nicely.
Wensleydale missing with knees to the body.
Wensleydale pushes off an throws an elbow but Glass leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Glass looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wensleydale lands an elbow inside that Glass shrugs off.
Glass swings wildly with an uppercut but Wensleydale uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wensleydale tries to land a knee to the head but Glass blocks with his arms.
Glass struggles to land a body shot inside as Wensleydale controls his hands.
Glass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wensleydale's elbow.
Glass wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wensleydale gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Glass regains guard.
Glass will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wensleydale wants to control from the top but Glass keeps moving.
Wensleydale has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Glass is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wensleydale is controlling him.
Wensleydale working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass wants to stand and escape but Wensleydale is having none of it.
Wensleydale controlling from the top position.
Wensleydale lands a couple of digs.
Aldous Wensleydale overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wensleydale working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wensleydale postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Glass keeping moving, preventing Wensleydale from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Glass can do anything to dispel that myth.

Wensleydale drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wensleydale jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wensleydale controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Glass is looking to stand up but Wensleydale isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Glass showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Wensleydale's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wensleydale is trying hard to land a takedown here. Glass sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice straight punches there by Glass. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Glass.

Wensleydale changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Glass looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wensleydale working the ground and pound from side control.

Glass is rocked!
Wensleydale in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Glass looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Wensleydale turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aldous Wensleydale!
During a confident post fight interview, Aldous Wensleydale thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.