PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brendon Wheeler (ranked 5915 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Soulman (ranked 5352 p4p, 0 weight class). Lil Soulman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wheeler
vs
Soulman

167 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brendon Wheeler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lil Soulman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soulman pushes Wheeler up against the cage in a clinch.
Wheeler has had enough of the clinch but Soulman keeps him there for the moment.

Soulman ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Soulman no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Soulman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wheeler chips away with some ground and pound.
Wheeler won't allow Soulman to sweep him here.
Wheeler might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Soulman wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Wheeler gets to his feet - Soulman follows without any prompting.
Wheeler could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Soulman has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soulman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wheeler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soulman has Wheeler pressed against the cage, preventing Wheeler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Soulman pulls guard.
Wheeler slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheeler throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wheeler stands and steps away. Soulman gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Soulman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Soulman throwing shots but Wheeler is blocking nicely.
Wheeler gets back to full guard.
Wheeler wants to sweep but no luck.
Soulman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wheeler looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Soulman wanted to stand there but Wheeler had control of the position.
Wheeler trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Soulman has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Wheeler to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Soulman is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Wheeler pulls down on the head and he's put Soulman to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Brendon Wheeler!