PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Van De Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Wells has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brad Van De Laar's chin.

Van De Laar
vs
Wells

192 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brad Van De Laar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Wells!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wells clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van De Laar.
Wells goes for a takedown in the clinch but Van De Laar prevents it.
Van De Laar scores with a hook to the body.
Van De Laar tries a body shot but Wells blocks it.
Wells looking to stall.
Van De Laar tries a body shot but Wells blocks it.

Wells has hold of one of Van De Laar's legs. Van De Laar is fighting the takedown attempt but Wells gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wells throwing strikes but missing.
Van De Laar has momentary wrist control but Wells slips an elbow through the middle.
Wells postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wells's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wells postures up and lands a big shot to Van De Laar's brow.
Wells postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wells passes Van De Laar's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Van De Laar trying to hold on to Wells's head to control him but Wells postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Van De Laar is rocked!
Van De Laar taking some punishment here, with Wells in his half guard.
Oh Van De Laar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van De Laar is trying to get back to full guard.
Wells lands a big elbow - Van De Laar is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Wells!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Wells!
After winning the bout, Ricky Wells thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.