PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Makar Vershinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Wills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson Wills has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vershinin
vs
Wills

176 cm
26
150 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

181 cm
32
147 lbs
22 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Makar Vershinin !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilson Wills!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vershinin misses with a double jab.
Wills has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Vershinin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wills lands a jab to the head.
Wills tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vershinin was well out of range. Poor timing from Wills.
Vershinin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wills fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vershinin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wills.
Vershinin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A telegraphed right hand from Wills misses the target.
Vershinin throws a body punch but Wills moves out of range.
Wills is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wills throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wills fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wills misses with a shot to the body
letting Vershinin counter with a right hand.

Vershinin moves into the clinch.
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!
Vershinin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wills blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vershinin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wills.
Vershinin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vershinin digs a right hand into Wills's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wills's gas tank.
Wills misses with some punches.
Vershinin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wills fails to pull guard.
Makar Vershinin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wilson Wills.
Wills's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vershinin .
Wills wants a takedown.
Vershinin has a couple of punches blocked by Wills.
Nice body punch from Vershinin .
Wills is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vershinin to keep the fight standing.
Wills is trying to pull guard but Vershinin has him pressed against the cage.
Vershinin lands with a left to the head.
Vershinin lands with a right to the head.
Vershinin misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills prevents a body shot from Vershinin .
Vershinin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vershinin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wills is looking to break free of the clinch but Vershinin has double underhooks.
Wills lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Vershinin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wills working aggressively here.
Vershinin gets underhooks to prevent Wills's takedown attempt.
Vershinin lands an elbow that stopped Wills in his tracks for a moment.
Wills lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wills throws a punch but it's blocked by Vershinin .
Wills tries to circle away but Vershinin has him pinned against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Vershinin .
Wills working hard to break the clinch.
Wills lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vershinin backwards.

Wills has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Vershinin is trying to keep an underhook but Wills manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Vershinin is not content to let Wills control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vershinin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wills trying to control from Vershinin 's half guard. Vershinin has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Wills looking to sit in guard and control but Vershinin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Vershinin trying to control but Wills is working from the bottom.

Wills looking for a guillotine here but Vershinin defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wills is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wills has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vershinin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wills is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Wills working for submissions but it's allowed Vershinin to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vershinin is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Makar Vershinin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vershinin moves into the clinch.
Wills can't find room to land a body shot as Vershinin controls the action.
Vershinin pushes off an throws an elbow but Wills leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wills tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vershinin 's elbow.
Vershinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wills's defenses.
Vershinin lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Wills escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wills fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wills takes a swing at Vershinin 's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vershinin scores with a leg kick.
Wills throws out a leg kick but Vershinin moves out of range and Wills only half commits.
Vershinin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wills connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wills blocks a head kick by Vershinin .

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Wills misses.
Wills listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vershinin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vershinin moves out of range of the body kick from Wills.
Vershinin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson Wills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vershinin misses with a looping left.
Vershinin is looking to clinch.
Wills tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vershinin was well out of range. Poor timing from Wills.
Wills uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vershinin walks into a left hand.
Vershinin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wills throws out the jab.
Vershinin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wills throws a shot to the body.
Vershinin lands a slapping body shot.
Wills moves out of range of the body kick.
Wills throws an overhand right that lands on Vershinin 's shoulder, as Vershinin tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wills scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vershinin in his tracks.
Vershinin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vershinin lands a glancing blow to the side of Wills's head.
Wills lands a jab to the head.
Vershinin looks to throw the jab but Wills is out of range.
Vershinin takes a swing at Wills's ribcage but misses.
Wills with the counter takedown but Vershinin avoids it easily.
Wills throws a leg kick
and Vershinin counters with a stiff right hand.
Wills scores with a jab to the body.
Wills moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Vershinin finds it's way through Wills's defenses.

Wills is rocked!
Vershinin throws a monster overhand right that drops Wills! Vershinin follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Makar Vershinin !
Makar Vershinin retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Makar Vershinin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.