PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Molby (ranked 4291 p4p, 497 weight class) and Alex Wright (ranked 22221 p4p, 645 weight class). Wright has chosen Warped Mind as his entrance music. Jan Molby had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Alex Wright will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Molby
vs
Wright

185 cm
22
227 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

193 cm
23
218 lbs
5 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Molby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Wright!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Molby shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wright manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Wright pushes Molby off and scrambles back to his feet.
Molby throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wright counters with a slapping leg kick.

Molby feints and as Wright raises his hands in defense, Molby changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Molby drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Molby jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Molby wants to control from the top but Wright keeps moving.
Wright is looking to stand up but Molby isn't so interested in that idea.
Molby working some strikes from top position.
Wright avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wright is looking to stand up but Molby isn't so interested in that idea.
Wright keeping full guard, as Molby tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molby controlling from the top position.
Molby trying to control but Wright is working from the bottom.
Molby looking to pass the guard.
Molby trying to control the position from guard on top but Wright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Molby is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Wright is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wright shoots for a double leg takedown but Molby sprawls well. He's pushed Wright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wright avoids the head kick by Molby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wright blocks a head kick by Molby.
Wright let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Molby circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wright.

Wright has managed to clinch.
Wright is looking to control Molby's arms but Molby gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wright has his back to the cage.
Molby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright fails to pull guard.
Jan Molby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Wright.
Wright scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Molby throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright avoiding damage.

Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Molby wants to clinch.

Molby gets a takedown into half guard.
Molby is trying to control the action in half guard but Wright is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Molby seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Molby working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molby passes the guard and advances to mount!
Molby postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wright looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Molby landing strikes from the mount and Wright is in trouble!

It looks like Alex Wright has been cut.
Molby is landing with some decent strikes but Wright is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Wright is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Molby controlling the position easily from mount.
Wright is still in real trouble! Can Molby finish him?
Wright wants to hold on but Molby pushes him away.
Wright seems to have recovered his senses.
Molby lands a big elbow.
Wright is squirming around, avoiding Molby's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Molby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Wright's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Molby shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Molby was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Molby is working Wright over with some ground and pound from side control.

That has opened up Alex Wright's cut even more.
Molby advances to full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Molby cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

The cut above Alex Wright's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wright is squirming around, avoiding Molby's attempts to control the action.
Molby cracks Wright with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Alex Wright's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alex Wright's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jan Molby!
Jan Molby decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Alex Wright spoke after the fight, saying 'When I sign a contract, I really want to give 180%. And if I can't give that, it's just not fair to the promotion and it's not fair to the fans and it's not fair to myself'.