PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Wills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mentos mBledos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wills comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman . Joe Wills has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wills
vs
mBledos

205 cm
26
198 lbs
4 - 15 - 0

212 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Wills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mentos mBledos!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

mBledos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Wills to the ground. mBledos is now in Wills's guard.
mBledos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
mBledos content to stall in guard here.
Wills trying to keep a closed guard but mBledos is proving a slippery customer.

Wills looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Wills had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. mBledos defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
mBledos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

mBledos gets to his feet - Wills follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

mBledos gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. mBledos lands a nice short elbow.
mBledos trying to pass the guard but Wills defending well.
mBledos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Wills missing with punches from the bottom.
mBledos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wills. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
mBledos trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of mBledos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take mBledos's back!
mBledos can't escape the position.
mBledos has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Wills misses with a punch to the head.
mBledos wants to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Wills's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Wills controlling well, preventing mBledos from escaping the position.
mBledos is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
mBledos is keeping busy.

Wills working for a choke but mBledos is defending well.
mBledos is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Wills working for a choke but mBledos is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
mBledos really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Wills's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
mBledos wants to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wills struggling to land strikes to the head as mBledos covers up.
Wills somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
mBledos trying to control the action but Wills just sinks the hooks in.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Wills has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, mBledos has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
mBledos staying busy and making it hard for Wills to control.
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 Joe Wills will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wills shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has mBledos pinned against the cage. mBledos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wills moves to clinch but mBledos breaks away

so mBledos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

mBledos gets to his feet. Wills looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Joe Wills is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wills misses with a takedown attempt - mBledos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
It seemed like mBledos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wills gets caught napping as mBledos dives in and scores a takedown. Wills manages to retain guard.

Wills is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wills really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

mBledos manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mBledos wants to stand up but Wills is controlling him.
Wills throwing strikes from guard but mBledos blocks nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if mBledos can do anything to dispel that myth.

mBledos working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Wills has passed into half guard!
Joe Wills overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

mBledos looking for submissions off his back.

Wills stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wills swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and mBledos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by mBledos.
mBledos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wills throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
mBledos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Wills is working an open guard so mBledos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wills tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. mBledos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wills throws a leg kick that misses.
Wills shoots in looking for a takedown. mBledos tries to sprawl out of it but Wills keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. mBledos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Wills. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills avoids the body shot from mBledos.
Joe Wills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

mBledos manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wills on his heels. He'll look to pass Wills's guard now, I'm sure.
Wills wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and mBledos manages to pass to side control.

mBledos tries to pass to full mount but Wills defends it.
mBledos stalling.
mBledos has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
mBledos landing strikes, looking to finish!
mBledos pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Wills trying desperately to get to his feet.
mBledos controlling from the full mount.
mBledos working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mentos mBledos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

mBledos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Wills has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but mBledos is on him like a limpet, forcing Wills back against the cage.

mBledos jumps into guard, dragging Wills to the mat.
mBledos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
mBledos has his hands on Wills's head, controlling the position.
mBledos keeping moving, preventing Wills from controlling successfully.
mBledos wants to sweep here but Wills controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

mBledos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wills defends it easily.

mBledos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wills wants to control from the top but mBledos keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Wills throwing strikes but missing.

mBledos has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Wills is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for mBledos.
Wills prevents mBledos from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wills tries to advance to mount but can't.
mBledos is trying to get back to half guard.

Wills looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
mBledos tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wills sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but mBledos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
mBledos is trying to improve his position.
Wills in the domination position with mBledos hanging on.
You can see the frustration on mBledos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

mBledos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wills pushes mBledos off but mBledos dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

mBledos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wills is looking to regain half guard here but mBledos keeps moving and retains side control.
mBledos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
mBledos trying to control the position but Wills is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

mBledos stands up and beckons Wills to his feet.
Wills throws a sloppy body shot

and mBledos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wills won't be happy with that.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Wills.
I think Wills 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!