PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Wesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesson comes to the cage accompanied by In Your Honor - Foo Fighters. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wesson
vs
Wylde

182 cm
22
201 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Wesson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derek Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wylde closes the distance and clinches.
Wesson is trying to break the clinch but Wylde is controlling him.

Wylde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wylde throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wesson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wylde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wesson.
Wylde swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wesson looks to score with a jab to the body but Wylde is just out of range.
Wesson swings for the body but Wylde moves out of range.
Wylde shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wesson throws a hook to the side of Wylde's head but Wylde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wylde just misses with a punch to the body.
Wesson staying out of range there.
Wesson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wesson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wylde dips to his left and cracks Wesson with an uppercut!

Wylde pushes Wesson up against the cage in a clinch.
Wylde keeps control of Wesson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wylde misses with a punch on the inside.
Wesson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wylde's elbow.
Wesson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde has Wesson pressed against the cage, preventing Wesson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wylde keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wesson's efforts to push away.
Wylde has a couple of punches blocked by Wesson.
Wylde lands with a short shot to the head.

Wesson breaks the clinch.
Wylde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wesson manages to avoid it.
Wylde lands a nice shot that snaps Wesson's head back.
Wylde lands with a nice body kick.
Wesson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wylde.
It seemed like Wylde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wesson tries to move into range but Wylde moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wylde lands with a right hand.
Wylde misses with a hook
and Wesson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Wylde clinches up with Wesson and pushes him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Wylde to work.
The referee calls for Wylde to work.
Wesson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wylde struggles to land a body shot inside as Wesson controls his hands.

Wesson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Wesson.
Wesson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wylde.
Wylde feints and then cracks Wesson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wesson down.
Wesson lands a jab to Wylde's midsection.
Wesson scores with a jab to the head.
Wesson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wesson looks to land a body kick but Wylde moved away.
Wesson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wesson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wylde.
Wesson throws a series of strikes that have Wylde backpedaling.

Wylde has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wylde.

Wylde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wesson throws a leg kick but Wylde sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wylde throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wylde misses with a body kick.
Wesson is looking to counter punch.
Wesson avoids the body shot from Wylde.
Wylde tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wylde scores with a jab to the head.
Wylde misses with a left hand
and Wesson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wesson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wylde checks it well.
Wesson moves away from the strike by Wylde.
Wylde cracks Wesson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wylde tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wesson counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wesson misses the target.
Wylde cracks a nice hook into Wesson's ribs.
Derek Wylde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Wylde scores with a sloppy right hand. Wesson should have avoided that one.
Wylde misses with a body shot.
Wylde throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wesson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wesson throws a series of punches but Wylde avoids them all with ease.
Wylde is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wesson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wylde keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Wesson gets tackled into the cage by Wylde. Wylde maintains the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Wesson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wylde pushes Wesson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Wesson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wesson scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Wylde dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wylde misses with a body shot.
Wesson throws an overhand right that lands on Wylde's shoulder, as Wylde tries to avoid the shot.
Wylde misses with a straight left.
Wesson thuds his right hand into Wylde's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wesson throws a hook but Wylde avoids it easily.
Dean Wesson is winning the standup battle so far.
Wesson walks into a jab.
Wesson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Wylde. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Wylde throws a big shot that misses.
Wesson throwing a counter right hand but Wylde manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wylde. That's going to slow Wesson down.
Wylde gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wesson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wesson avoids the body shot from Wylde.
Wesson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Good shot there by Wylde.
Wylde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wesson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wesson throwing a counter right hand but Wylde manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde looks to land a right hand but Wesson moved out of range.
Wesson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wylde ducks under a wild hook from Wesson.
Wylde misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Wylde.
Wesson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wylde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wylde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wesson.
Wylde uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wesson.
Wylde keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wylde misses the jab.
Wylde scoring well with a low kick there.
Wylde misses with a hook. Wesson ducked under it nicely.
Wylde with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wylde wants to clinch up but Wesson keeps it at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wesson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wylde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wylde connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wesson momentarily.
Wylde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wesson manages to avoid it.
Wylde has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A low kick from Wylde is predictable there
letting Wesson counter with a right hand.
Wesson moves out of range of the body kick from Wylde.
Wesson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wylde.
Wesson throws a big counter combination but Wylde scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Wesson stalks Wylde and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wylde's face. Wylde staggers backwards, shaken.
Wesson stuns Wylde with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big left from Wylde misses.
Wesson moves out of range of the leg kick from Wylde.
Wesson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wylde flicks out a counter leg kick but Wesson steps away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson avoids the body shot from Wylde.
Wylde slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wesson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wylde manages to avoid it.
Wylde misses with a low kick as Wesson jumps back.
Wylde misses the shot to the body.
Wylde scores with a punch to the head.
Wesson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wesson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wesson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wylde is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Wesson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wesson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wylde.
Wylde throws out a counter right but Wesson avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wesson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Wylde forces Wesson back against the cage and clinches.
Wesson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wylde won't allow it.
Wylde working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wesson is trying to force a seperation but Wylde has the dominant position.
A short left from Wylde.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wesson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wesson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wylde moves out of range as Wesson strikes.

Wylde rushes Wesson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wesson has had enough of the clinch but Wylde keeps him there for the moment.
Wylde stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wylde lands with a left to the head.
Wylde is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short left from Wylde.
Wesson wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Wylde showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Wesson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Wesson misses the target.
Wylde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Wylde moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wylde.
Wesson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wylde stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wesson tries to circle away but Wylde has him pinned against the cage.
Wylde stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wesson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wylde won't allow it.
Wylde has Wesson pressed against the cage, preventing Wesson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wesson takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Wesson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Wylde.
Wylde just leaning against Wesson, taking a breather.

Wesson manages to break the clinch.
Wylde shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wesson throws the left hand but Wylde avoids the punch easily.
Wylde looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde misses with a low kick.
Wesson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wesson looks to score with a jab to the body but Wylde is just out of range.
Wylde bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wesson throws a sloppy head kick and Wylde moves out of range easily.
Wesson swings for the body but Wylde moves out of range.
Wylde scores with the left hand. Wesson knows he should have avoided that one.
Wylde lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wesson misses with a straight left.
Wylde lands a nice shot that snaps Wesson's head back.
Wesson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wylde.
Wesson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Wesson is rocked!
Wesson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wylde on the side of the head.
Dean Wesson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde slips under a jab from Wesson.
The fighters circling - Wylde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wesson misses with a looping right.
Wesson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wesson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wylde. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wylde lands with a hook. Wesson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wesson throws an off balance right hand
and Wylde counters with a nice kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Wylde there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wylde dips to his left and cracks Wesson with an uppercut!
Wesson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wylde.
Wylde checks the leg kick.
Wesson misses with an uppercut.
Wylde throws a lazy right hand but Wesson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wylde just misses with a punch to the body.
Wylde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wesson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wylde lands with a nice body punch.
Wesson misses with a straight left.
Wesson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wylde throws a jab but it's blocked by Wesson.
Wesson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wylde cracks Wesson with an open hand slap.

Wylde moves into the clinch successfully.
Wylde stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wylde is working Wesson over against the cage.
Wylde misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wesson has had enough of the clinch but Wylde keeps him there for the moment.

Wesson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wesson throws a right hand that Wylde ducks under and follows up with a left that Wylde also avoids with ease.
Wesson ducks right into an uppercut from Wylde.
Wylde throws a shot to the body.
Wesson looks to throw the jab but Wylde is out of range.
Wylde digs a good body shot into Wesson's ribs.
Wylde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wylde plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oh Wesson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wesson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wylde lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wesson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wesson scores with a jab to the head.
Wesson staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Wylde comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wylde has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Wylde!
Dean Wesson spoke after the fight, saying 'The better fighter won tonight. Congrats to my opponent. Got to get back to the gym and work my way to avenge this loss.'.