PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Provenza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Wakosky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Provenza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Madreblu - Certamente. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Provenza
vs
Wakosky

182 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

175 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Silvio Provenza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Wakosky!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Provenza gets a takedown into half guard.
Wakosky is trying to stand up here but Provenza is controlling him well.
Provenza controlling the action here.
Provenza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wakosky looks like he's trying to stand up.
Provenza is nestled in close to Wakosky, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Provenza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wakosky scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Provenza manages to mount him!
Provenza landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Wakosky that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
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!
Wakosky tries to hold on but Provenza pushes him away.
Provenza controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Provenza working the ground and pound effectively.
Provenza is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wakosky can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Provenza with shots to the head and body - Wakosky looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wakosky can't escape the position.
Provenza unloads with some shots from mount but Wakosky bucks and avoids them well.
Provenza lands a heavy elbow.
Wakosky is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Provenza putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wakosky really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Provenza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wakosky tries to reverse the position but Provenza maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Provenza controlling from mount.
Wakosky is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Provenza can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wakosky is looking to escape.

Provenza looking to secure an arm triangle but Wakosky defends it well.
Provenza 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.
Wakosky wants to hold on but Provenza pushes him away.
Provenza landing strikes from the mount and Wakosky is in trouble!
Wakosky wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Provenza.
Provenza scoring with strikes but Wakosky is staying in there.
Wakosky is in a horrible position here. Provenza smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Provenza throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakosky wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Wakosky tries to reverse the position but Provenza maintains control.
Provenza working Wakosky over with strikes here.
Provenza landing shots from mount.
Provenza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wakosky is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Provenza is working for a guillotine from mount but Wakosky frees his head quite easily.
Wakosky is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Wakosky blocking the ground and pound.
Provenza looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Provenza working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Feeble punches landing from Wakosky - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
Wakosky is working to get back to half guard.
Provenza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Provenza punching from mount but Wakosky doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Provenza with the ground and pound from mount.
Provenza controlling the position easily from mount.
Provenza scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wakosky?
Wakosky is bucking up trying to escape but Provenza cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Provenza lands a big elbow.
Wakosky is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silvio Provenza dominated that round.
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.

Provenza clinches with his opponent.
Provenza prevents Wakosky from breaking the clinch.
Provenza tries to throw a body punch but Wakosky avoids it by throwing Provenza back against the cage.
Provenza tries to score a body lock takedown but Wakosky shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Provenza has Wakosky pressed against the cage, preventing Wakosky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Provenza is trying to drag Wakosky to the mat but Wakosky just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Wakosky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wakosky misses with a combination

so Provenza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wakosky is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Provenza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wakosky looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wakosky is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wakosky is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Provenza working some strikes from top position.
Provenza is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Provenza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Provenza is stalling in the full guard.
Wakosky is wriggling around but Provenza manages to pass to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Provenza sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wakosky defending well though.
Wakosky is looking for a sweep. Provenza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silvio Provenza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Provenza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Provenza lands strikes from half guard.
Provenza passes to full mount!
Wakosky wants to control but Provenza is having none of it.
Provenza lands a big elbow.

It looks like Bob Wakosky has been cut.
Provenza cracks Wakosky with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Provenza with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakosky is in a horrible position here. Provenza smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Wakosky is rocked!

Provenza has isolated one of Wakosky's arms. Wakosky looking to fight him off but Provenza twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Silvio Provenza!
A relieved looking Silvio Provenza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.