PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Wooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nguyen Hoang Minh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lucas Wooten has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lucas Wooten seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Wooten
vs
Hoang Minh

167 cm
22
193 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Wooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nguyen Hoang Minh!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Minh tries to sprawl but Wooten drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooten looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooten scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooten could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Minh wants to control but Wooten is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wooten seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooten trying to control the pace.
Minh wants to control but Wooten is keeping busy.
Wooten lands strikes from half guard.

Wooten stands up out of the half guard.
Nguyen Hoang Minh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minh misses with a takedown attempt

and Wooten counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Wooten.
Wooten lands strikes from half guard.
Wooten looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Minh with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooten working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Minh taking some punishment here, with Wooten in his half guard.
Wooten working over Minh with some ground and pound. Minh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Minh looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wooten is working for a kimura but Minh is defending it quite comfortably.
Wooten perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wooten's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ground and pound from Wooten.

Wooten decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Wooten rushes Minh and presses him up against the cage.
Minh misses with a punch on the inside.

Wooten jumps guard and drags Minh to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Minh looking to pass the guard.
Minh is looking to pass into half guard but Wooten pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Wooten is in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wooten decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Minh with a poor takedown

so Wooten counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wooten scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooten working some strikes from top position.
Wooten is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Wooten stands and steps away. Minh gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Wooten drives through with a takedown into Minh's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Wooten stands up from Minh's guard - Wooten perhaps looking for a knockout.

Wooten drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minh takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wooten controls the position.
Wooten working the head with strikes.
Minh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wooten lands an elbow.

Wooten stands up and beckons Minh to his feet.

Wooten decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooten 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.
Nice strikes from Wooten there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wooten lands a nice short elbow.

Wooten postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Minh to stand up.

Wooten darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Wooten stands up out of the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wooten throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Minh was covering up waiting for the punch and Wooten finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Minh can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wooten controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wooten lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooten is working Minh over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Wooten decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Wooten shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Minh manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wooten scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Wooten dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wooten fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Minh to the ground. Wooten is now in Minh's guard.
Minh wants to stand up but Wooten is controlling him.

Wooten decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Minh, up you get!
Wooten stuffs the takedown.
Nguyen Hoang Minh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wooten fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Minh to the ground. Wooten is now in Minh's guard.
Wooten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minh can do to turn this around?

Wooten stands up and waves to Minh to follow him.

Wooten shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Minh is breathing heavily.
Wooten is working Minh over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooten is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wooten lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wooten landing with the ground and pound.

Wooten gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Wooten closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Minh to the mat! Minh manages to get full guard.
Wooten scoring with some ground and pound.
Minh has momentary wrist control but Wooten slips an elbow through the middle.
Minh is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Wooten decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Wooten closes the distance and clinches.

Minh is fighting off a takedown attempt but Wooten is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Minh to the mat. Minh regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Minh working for a triangle but Wooten defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wooten gets to his feet. Minh looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The fighters circling - Minh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Wooten shoots in and gets a takedown into Minh's guard.
Wooten makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Wooten decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Minh, up you get!

Wooten scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Minh is defending against the submission attempts here by Wooten.
Wooten is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minh trying to control but Wooten postures up.
Wooten takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooten scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

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

Wooten clinches with his opponent.
The referee calls for Wooten to work.

Wooten lands a takedown into guard.

Wooten decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Minh, up you get!
A nice combination there by Wooten.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wooten shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Minh is trying to defend but Wooten finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Wooten decides to stand and escape the position.
Minh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Minh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Wooten gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooten working Minh over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Wooten dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A head kick misses from Minh.

Wooten closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Minh quickly recovers to half guard.
Lucas Wooten overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Wooten stands up out of the half guard.
Minh shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wooten counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Minh was well out of range. Poor timing from Wooten.

Minh gets tackled into the cage by Wooten. Wooten maintains the clinch.

Wooten manages to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minh wants to control from the top but Wooten keeps moving.

Wooten pushes Minh off and gets back to his feet.
Minh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Minh tries to sprawl but Wooten drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wooten keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Minh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wooten scores with a couple of nice shots.

Wooten stands up and beckons Minh to join him on the feet.

Wooten shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Minh napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Wooten decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Wooten fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Minh sprawls well initially but Wooten persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wooten connects with a nice short shot to Minh's temple.
Minh pushes Wooten off looking to stand but Wooten dives back in and keeps control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wooten working over Minh with some ground and pound. Minh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wooten lands a nice short elbow.

Wooten is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Minh doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wooten.
Wooten looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wooten looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Minh with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooten drops an elbow to the side of Minh's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wooten stands up out of the half guard.

Wooten dives in and scores a takedown into Minh's guard.

Wooten stands up and waves to Minh to follow him.
Wooten throws the kick towards the body but Minh avoids it.
Minh now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Wooten gets a double leg takedown into Minh's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wooten's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Wooten stands and steps away. Minh gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Minh enables Wooten to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Minh manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Wooten stands and steps away. Minh gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Minh fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wooten gets the takedown into side control.
Minh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Minh can't do much from the bottom here.

Wooten stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Minh shoots and misses

and Wooten counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Minh!
Lucas Wooten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nguyen Hoang Minh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wooten scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Minh to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Minh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Wooten is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Minh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nguyen Hoang Minh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucas Wooten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Wooten decides to stand back up. Wooten steps back and let's Minh get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Wooten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wooten has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Wooten!