PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connor Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuttke Jurabaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Radiohead - Reckoner. 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.

Wellington
vs
Jurabaga

194 cm
22
254 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuttke Jurabaga!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jurabaga moves into the clinch.

Jurabaga has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wellington regains guard immediately.
Jurabaga in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jurabaga is stalling in the full guard.
Jurabaga stopping the sweep attempt from Wellington.
Jurabaga pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wellington is keeping the position for now.

Wellington manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jurabaga is looking to slow Wellington down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Wellington misses its intended target.
A jab from Wellington misses.
Wellington throws a jab but it's blocked by Jurabaga.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jurabaga.
Wellington on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jurabaga. Jurabaga obviously looking to wear him down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wellington crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jurabaga - the referee stops the clock and Wellington gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jurabaga. Wellington manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jurabaga throws a sloppy head kick and Wellington moves out of range easily.
Nice sprawl there from Wellington as Jurabaga shoots in.
Connor Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jurabaga was well out of range. Poor timing from Wellington.
Jurabaga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jurabaga, right into the meat.
Jurabaga fakes the leg kick and cracks Wellington in the body.
Wellington is breathing heavily.
Jurabaga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jurabaga throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kuttke Jurabaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jurabaga has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jurabaga tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Jurabaga misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Jurabaga.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jurabaga tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Jurabaga drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jurabaga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wellington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jurabaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Jurabaga tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Jurabaga throws a knee to the head but misses.

Wellington turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jurabaga is looking to reverse the position.
Jurabaga regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurabaga is looking to improve his position.
Wellington trying to control from half guard but Jurabaga is working away.
Jurabaga is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wellington wants to free his trapped foot but Jurabaga is holding on for dear life with his legs.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wellington missing with a left hand there. Jurabaga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wellington throws a series of punches but Jurabaga moves out of range.
Jurabaga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jurabaga. That's going to slow Wellington down.
Jurabaga fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuttke Jurabaga dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jurabaga scores with a head kick.
Wellington stuffs the takedown attempt from Jurabaga. Jurabaga gets slowly back to his feet.
Jurabaga moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A cross from Wellington lands.
A jab from Wellington misses.
Wellington is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Jurabaga drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jurabaga works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Wellington pushes Jurabaga off and gets back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Jurabaga.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wellington keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wellington fails to land with a series of punches.
Jurabaga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wellington. That did some damage!
A head kick from Jurabaga lands but Wellington takes it in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wellington misses with a series of wild punches.
Jurabaga lands with a kick to the temple. Wellington shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wellington misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurabaga lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jurabaga shoots in and drives through. Wellington sprawls well.
Connor Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuttke Jurabaga.
Jurabaga moves out of range of the strikes.
Jurabaga tries a head kick but it misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jurabaga.
Wellington throws a nice looking combination but Jurabaga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Jurabaga gets the takedown into side control.
Wellington sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jurabaga landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wellington looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wellington is looking to improve his position.
Jurabaga wants to free his trapped foot but Wellington is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurabaga sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wellington defending well though.
Wellington regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wellington keeping moving, preventing Jurabaga from controlling successfully.
Wellington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jurabaga scoring well with a low kick there.
Wellington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Jurabaga.
A big left from Wellington misses.
Wellington sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jurabaga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wellington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wellington scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jurabaga feints and then cracks Wellington's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wellington down.
Jurabaga buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurabaga shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wellington as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuttke Jurabaga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jurabaga instigates a clinch.
Jurabaga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jurabaga has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wellington avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jurabaga tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Jurabaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Jurabaga.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jurabaga.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurabaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Jurabaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Jurabaga keeps him there for the moment.
Jurabaga has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wellington is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jurabaga misses with a knee to the head.
Wellington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Jurabaga keeps him there for the moment.
Wellington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jurabaga tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Wellington is trying to break the clinch but Jurabaga has him pressed against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wellington wants to break free but Jurabaga has control.
Jurabaga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Connor Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuttke Jurabaga.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Jurabaga keeps him there for the moment.
Jurabaga tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Jurabaga looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurabaga tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.
Wellington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jurabaga misses with a knee to the head.
Wellington wants to get back to striking at distance but Jurabaga won't allow it.
Wellington is trying to break free.
Jurabaga tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Wellington is trying to break free.

Wellington gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jurabaga regains guard.
Wellington tries to free his leg and advance position but Jurabaga is retaining full guard.
Wellington being controlled here momentarily.
Wellington preventing the sweep.
Jurabaga is trying to keep Wellington in close.
Wellington wants to control from the top but Jurabaga keeps moving.
Jurabaga tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wellington accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wellington advances position into side control!
Jurabaga is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wellington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jurabaga looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jurabaga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jurabaga connects with a solid leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut lands for Wellington. That snapped Jurabaga's head back.
Jurabaga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wellington just misses with a punch to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jurabaga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuttke Jurabaga really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jurabaga blocks a jab.
Jurabaga thumps Wellington with a low kick.

Jurabaga looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jurabaga is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wellington keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jurabaga trying to control the action but Wellington is working from the bottom.
Wellington trying to control from the bottom.
Wellington gets full guard.
Jurabaga trying to control but Wellington is working from the bottom.
Jurabaga trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wellington is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Jurabaga has managed to clinch.
Jurabaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jurabaga has him pressed against the ropes.
Jurabaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington presses Jurabaga against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kuttke Jurabaga seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jurabaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wellington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jurabaga has time to react.
Jurabaga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wellington scores with a one two! Jurabaga had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wellington scores with a jab to the head.
Wellington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Wellington misses.
Jurabaga slips a straight right by Wellington.

Jurabaga gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jurabaga tries a knee to the head but Wellington blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington is looking to break free of the clinch but Jurabaga has double underhooks.
Jurabaga keeps control of Wellington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jurabaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jurabaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jurabaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Wellington has had enough of the clinch but Jurabaga keeps him there for the moment.
Jurabaga drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jurabaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jurabaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Wellington manages to break the clinch.
Jurabaga on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wellington throws a series of punches but Jurabaga avoids them all with ease.

Jurabaga rushes Wellington and presses him up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wellington is trying to break the clinch but Jurabaga has him pressed against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jurabaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Wellington tries to break the clinch but Jurabaga is controlling the position.
Jurabaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jurabaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Jurabaga prevents Wellington from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Wellington had his way with Kuttke Jurabaga in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jurabaga shoots in looking for a takedown. Wellington tries to sprawl out of it but Jurabaga keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Wellington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Connor Wellington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Connor Wellington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jurabaga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jurabaga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wellington throws out the jab.
Wellington avoids the head kick by Jurabaga.
Jurabaga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jurabaga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wellington swinging wilding here.
Jurabaga throws a head kick that half lands.
Jurabaga tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wellington is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wellington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wellington throws a jab when Jurabaga was well out of range.
Wellington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wellington scores with a one two! Jurabaga had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jurabaga scores with a head kick.
Wellington lands with a right hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Jurabaga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurabaga lands a nice looking body kick.
Jurabaga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuttke Jurabaga seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jurabaga scores with a head kick.
Jurabaga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wellington is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wellington takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jurabaga throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wellington's head.
Jurabaga moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wellington looks to land a left hand but Jurabaga moved out of range nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jurabaga, right into the meat.
Jurabaga is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wellington.
A solid body kick from Jurabaga.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jurabaga.
Jurabaga throws a head kick that half lands.

Jurabaga drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wellington keeping moving, preventing Jurabaga from controlling successfully.
Wellington working a defensive guard here.
Kuttke Jurabaga has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurabaga sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wellington's guard.
Nice strikes from Jurabaga there.
Wellington wants to get back to full guard.
Jurabaga working the head and body with strikes.
Jurabaga is trying to control. Wellington wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wellington wants to improve his position but Jurabaga is controlling well.
Jurabaga missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jurabaga trying to control from half guard but Wellington is working away.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jurabaga throws a front kick that sends Wellington stumbling back into the ropes.
Jurabaga lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuttke Jurabaga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jurabaga 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuttke Jurabaga!