PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Wheelock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wheelock is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Gambler. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Doom
vs
Wheelock

193 cm
26
221 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
202 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jay Doom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Wheelock!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wheelock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Doom.
Wheelock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Doom there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Doom feints and then cracks Wheelock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wheelock down.
Doom pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wheelock throws a looping overhand right but Doom ducks down to avoid it.
Doom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wheelock.
Doom seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wheelock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wheelock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wheelock walks into a jab.
Doom throws a low kick, looking for Wheelock's leg but Wheelock calmly moves out of range.
Doom scores with a jab. Wheelock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Doom throws a quick inside leg kick.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wheelock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doom.
Doom misses with a hook. Wheelock ducked under it nicely.
Wheelock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Wheelock misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Doom there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wheelock throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheelock throws a looping overhand right but Doom ducks down to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Doom.
Wheelock connects with a right hand. Doom shakes it off.

It looks like Jay Doom has been cut.
Doom slips under a jab.
Wheelock connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doom. Doom circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed right hand from Wheelock misses the target.
Wheelock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doom manages to avoid it.
Doom ducks under a wild hook from Wheelock.
Doom throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wheelock.
Wheelock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doom.
It looked like Doom wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Doom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wheelock.
Wheelock misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Doom on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wheelock misses with a right hand
and Doom counters with an inside leg kick.
Wheelock avoids the body shot from Doom.
Doom throws a right and a left that Wheelock avoids nicely.
Wheelock lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wheelock lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom scores with a leg kick.
Wheelock lands with a hook. Doom tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wheelock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wheelock connects with a crisp jab.
Doom connects with a leg kick. Wheelock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big right from Wheelock misses.
Doom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wheelock.
Wheelock scores with a nice head shot.
Doom drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Doom attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wheelock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Doom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wheelock checks a leg kick.
Doom takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wheelock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doom half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wheelock sizes up Doom with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Jay Doom's cut is getting worse.
Doom scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wheelock takes a step back to recover.
A big left from Doom misses.
Wheelock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wheelock moves out of range as Doom strikes.
Wheelock looks to throw the jab but Doom is out of range.
Wheelock throws a jab but it's blocked by Doom.
Doom misses with a hook
letting Wheelock counter with a right hand.
Wheelock looks to land a left hand but Doom moved out of range nicely.
Wheelock takes a swing at Doom's ribcage but misses.
Doom keeps Wheelock at a distance using the push kick.
Wheelock scores with a decent looking hook.
Wheelock thuds a left hand into Doom's body.
Wheelock connects with a body shot.
Doom throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Wheelock lands a nice shot to the body.
Wheelock throws an overhand right that lands on Doom's shoulder, as Doom tries to avoid the shot.
Doom misses with a leg kick
and Wheelock counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheelock is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wheelock. Doom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doom misses with a hook. Wheelock ducked under it nicely.
Doom misses with a right hand
and Wheelock makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Doom throws a series of strikes that have Wheelock backpedaling.
Doom throws a big shot that misses.
Wheelock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wheelock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wheelock's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wheelock looks to land a left hand but Doom moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Doom misses
and Wheelock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wheelock.
Wheelock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wheelock looks to throw the jab but Doom is out of range.
Wheelock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wheelock moves out of range as Doom strikes.
Wheelock is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Doom had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wheelock 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Wheelock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Doom's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Doom scores with a nice body kick.
Doom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Doom with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wheelock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wheelock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Doom connects with a jab.
Doom tries to bum rush Wheelock with a series of wild strikes but Wheelock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decent striking displayed by Wheelock there.
Doom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Doom looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doom uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wheelock.
Doom scores with a shot to the body.
Wheelock checks a leg kick.
Wheelock throws out a powerful jab.
Wheelock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Doom finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom lands with an overhand left.
Doom avoids the body shot from Wheelock.
It appears Doom was looking to counter with a kick there.
Wheelock throws the left hand but Doom avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Doom on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Doom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wheelock misses with an uppercut.
Wheelock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doom was well out of range. Poor timing from Wheelock.
Doom throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Doom tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wheelock is able to avoid easily.
Doom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Doom throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Doom throws a lazy body kick
and Wheelock counters with a straight right hand.
Wheelock swings for the body but Doom moves out of range.
Wheelock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doom moves away.
Doom scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wheelock in his tracks.
Kevin Wheelock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wheelock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doom.
A nice side step and Wheelock releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wheelock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doom.
Wheelock cracks Doom with an open hand slap.

Jay Doom's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Doom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wheelock.
Wheelock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wheelock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doom.
Doom moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Doom misses with a left hand
and Wheelock counters with a nice body shot.
Doom takes one to the side of the head.
Wheelock slips a straight right by Doom.
Wheelock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doom.
Wheelock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Doom throws out the jab.
Wheelock throws a hook to the side of Doom's head but Doom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doom tries to score with a low kick but Wheelock moves his leg out of the way.
Doom looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Doom tried to score with a low kick but Wheelock checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheelock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doom.
Doom takes one on the button.
A shot to the body from Wheelock misses
and Doom counters with a nice leg kick.
Wheelock moves out of range of the leg kick from Doom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Doom connects with an inside leg kick.
Wheelock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dooms jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Jeez, Jay Doom's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wheelock connects with a crisp jab.
Doom throws a series of punches but Wheelock avoids them all with ease.
Wheelock looks to land a right hand but Doom moved out of range.
Doom looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wheelock scores with a body shot.
Doom misses with a straight left.
Wheelock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doom.
Wheelock throws a body shot but no joy.
Wheelock scores with a hook.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jay Doom's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kevin Wheelock!
During a confident post fight interview, Kevin Wheelock thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.