PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gregor Huerta (ranked 5710 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Travis (ranked 24449 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson Travis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Huerta
vs
Travis

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
23
157 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gregor Huerta !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wilson Travis!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerta jabs Travis right on the nose. Travis blinks but takes it well.
Nice uppercut there from Huerta .
A big left from Huerta misses.
Travis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Travis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Huerta .
Huerta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Huerta .
Huerta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Travis misses with some punches.
Travis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Huerta up against the cage.
Huerta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Huerta taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Huerta .
Huerta prevents a body shot from Travis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Huerta as Travis tries to tie him up.
Travis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Huerta 's efforts to push away.
Travis stalling in the clinch but Huerta improves position.
Travis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huerta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Travis misses with the head strike.
Huerta lands a right hand.
Huerta blocking some punches.
Huerta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Travis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huerta is looking to break free of the clinch but Travis has double underhooks.
Travis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Travis misses with the head strike.
Travis misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huerta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Huerta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Huerta on the inside.
Travis lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Huerta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Travis tries to work over Huerta 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Huerta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Travis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travis looking to slow down the pace here.
Huerta stalling the fight.
Travis throws a head punch that misses.
Huerta can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Huerta .
Travis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Huerta seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Travis can turn it around.
Huerta lands with a light punch inside.
Huerta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huerta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Huerta is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Huerta .
Travis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huerta backwards.
Travis lands with a right to the head.
Travis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Huerta lands a body punch.
Huerta avoiding damage.
Huerta blocks an uppercut.
Travis tries a body shot but Huerta blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Huerta .
Huerta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Huerta is trying to break free.
Huerta trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Huerta as Travis tries to tie him up.
Travis misses with the head strike.
Travis pushes Huerta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huerta stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huerta .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Huerta .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huerta .
Huerta scores with a shoulder strike.
Huerta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Huerta - that landed with a thud.
Huerta scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Huerta on the inside.
Huerta is trying to break the clinch but Travis has him pressed against the cage.
Huerta lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huerta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregor Huerta 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.

Travis walks into a stiff left hand from Huerta .
Travis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Huerta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gregor Huerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huerta is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Huerta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Travis.
A jab from Huerta does it's job there.
Huerta misses with an uppercut. Travis saw that one coming.
Huerta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Travis can do to turn this around?
Huerta misses with an uppercut
and Travis counters with a nice leg kick.
Travis throws a body punch but Huerta moves out of range.
Travis connects with a body shot.
Travis wants to clinch up but Huerta keeps it at a distance.
Huerta tries to clinch but Travis moves away
and Travis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huerta lands with a straight right. Travis didn't see that one coming.
Travis throws a right hand that Huerta ducks under and follows up with a left that Huerta also avoids with ease.
Huerta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huerta misses with a right hand
and Travis counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Travis lands a nice looking body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Travis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Travis. That snapped Huerta 's head back.
Huerta jabs Travis right on the nose. Travis blinks but takes it well.
Travis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Travis is looking to clinch.
Huerta misses with a right hand
and Huerta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Travis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Huerta is rocked!
Travis cracks Huerta with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Huerta tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Travis pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Huerta is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wilson Travis!
A very excited looking Wilson Travis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.