PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ato Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ato Velasquez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Wick
vs
Velasquez

200 cm
30
273 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

211 cm
22
261 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Wick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ato Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Velasquez misses.
Wick has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Pure Warrior in the buildup to the fight.
Velasquez looks to score with a jab to the body but Wick is just out of range.
Velasquez throws a nice looking combination but Wick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Velasquez counters with a one-two to the body.
Wick fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Velasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Velasquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Wick forces Velasquez back against the cage and clinches.
Wick tries to pull guard but Velasquez won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Wick. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Velasquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Velasquez cracks Wick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wick shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Velasquez sprawls well. Velasquez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wick gets slowly back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Velasquez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velasquez misses with a double jab.
Wick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Velasquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Velasquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Velasquez does no damage.
A clash of legs there as Velasquez blocks the low kick.
Velasquez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Velasquez misses with a jab, cross combination.

A jab-cross combination lands for Wick and sends Velasquez crashing to the mat! Wick follows him down to the mat - Velasquez regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Velasquez is rocked!

It looks like Ato Velasquez has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wick looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Velasquez is still in real trouble! Can Wick finish him?

Wick seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Velasquez is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). John Wick!
A relieved looking John Wick thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.