PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hi Beautiful (ranked 7203 p4p, 0 weight class) and WoW WoW (ranked 7254 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beautiful
vs
WoW

183 cm
19
200 lbs
5 - 9 - 1

183 cm
20
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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 5 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, WoW WoW!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beautiful.
Beautiful shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says WoW as he avoids it easily.
WoW stuffs the takedown attempt from Beautiful. Beautiful gets slowly back to his feet.
WoW let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hi Beautiful. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

WoW clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful tries to break the clinch but WoW is controlling the position.
WoW tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beautiful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beautiful misses with a body punch.
Beautiful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from WoW.
Beautiful misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beautiful is leaning against WoW and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
WoW goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

WoW pulls guard.

Beautiful stands up from WoW's guard - Beautiful perhaps looking for a knockout.
Beautiful fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

WoW moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Beautiful.
WoW digs a right hand underneath Beautiful's ribcage. Beautiful let out a lung full of air as it connected.
WoW misses with a punch to the body.
WoW misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four 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.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beautiful can't find room to land a body shot as WoW controls the action.
Beautiful wants a takedown but no success here.

WoW breaks the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
WoW stuffs the takedown.
Beautiful has his takedown stuffed
and WoW counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

WoW WoW 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.

WoW fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Beautiful to the ground. WoW is now in Beautiful's guard.
WoW preventing the sweep.

Beautiful is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. WoW presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Beautiful managing to block the knees to the body from WoW.
WoW changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Beautiful fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

WoW scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Beautiful explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but WoW avoids it really well and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from WoW misses.
Beautiful shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. WoW defends it nicely.
WoW changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

WoW moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
WoW tries a body shot but Beautiful blocks it.
WoW misses with a body punch.
Beautiful is trying to stall.
WoW is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hi Beautiful. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
WoW tries to throw a body punch but Beautiful avoids it by throwing WoW back against the cage.
WoW working aggressively here.
Good body shot from WoW.
WoW struggles to land a body shot inside as Beautiful controls his hands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Beautiful breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hi Beautiful will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Beautiful shoots for a double leg takedown but WoW sprawls well. He's pushed Beautiful's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice side step and WoW releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Beautiful bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Beautiful looking to control but instead WoW has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Beautiful gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

WoW pushes Beautiful up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
WoW can't find room to land a body shot as Beautiful controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful tries to work over WoW's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beautiful cracks WoW with a nice body shot.
WoW blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beautiful dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
WoW misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Beautiful misses with a shot to the kidneys.
WoW working hard to break the clinch.

WoW's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

WoW forces Beautiful back against the cage and clinches.
WoW blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful tries to work over WoW's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
WoW trying to land knees to the body.
WoW tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beautiful's elbow.
Beautiful blocks a body shot from WoW.
WoW gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Beautiful.

WoW breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

WoW clinches.
Beautiful wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but WoW has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
WoW blocks a body shot from Beautiful.
WoW gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Beautiful.

And that's the end of the fight!
WoW WoW comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think WoW has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... WoW WoW!