PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renshu Brady (ranked 1604 p4p, 206 weight class) and Ragnar Wood (ranked 3183 p4p, 371 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Brady
vs
Wood

173 cm
25
201 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renshu Brady!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Wood!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brady misses with an uppercut. Wood saw that one coming.
Brady looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
A left lands for Wood.
Wood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brady definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brady throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Brady scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brady misses with a looping left.
Wood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brady.

Wood forces Brady back against the cage and clinches.
Brady misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Brady has Wood pressed against the cage, preventing Wood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Brady has him pressed against the cage.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Brady is controlling him.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brady has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brady.
Brady lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brady tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Brady back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brady.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood is trying to push Brady away but Brady has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brady drags the fight down to the ground.
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.
Brady is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Brady seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wood does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brady prevents Wood from improving his position.
Wood is staying active underneath Brady, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brady passes the guard and advances to mount!
Brady throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wood because Brady loaded up on that one.
Brady sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Brady controlling the position easily from mount.
Wood wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Brady.
Wood tries to reverse the position but Brady maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood is still trying to improve position.
Wood holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Brady tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brady controlling the pace for now.
Brady punching from mount but Wood doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wood throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Brady trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brady throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brady throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Wood because Brady loaded up on that one.
Brady thowing shots but they're missing.
Brady tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wood is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wood avoids a series of strikes thrown by Brady.
Brady throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Brady lands with some strikes.
Brady has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brady controlling the pace for now.
We've been informed that Wood has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Brady throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wood is squirming around, avoiding Brady's attempts to control the action.
Brady throws some wild stikes that Wood manages to avoid easily.
Brady controlling from mount.
Brady wants to control the pace but Wood is squirming around nicely.
Brady controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood avoids a series of strikes thrown by Brady.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brady looking to ground and pound but Wood is blocking nicely.
Wood throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Brady looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Brady there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Brady throws some wild stikes that Wood manages to avoid easily.
Brady trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brady controlling from the full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brady looking to control but Wood is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wood tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wood tries to hold on but Brady postures up.
Brady landing strikes from the mount and Wood is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renshu Brady dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brady on the side of the head.
Wood misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Wood.

It looks like Renshu Brady has been cut.
Brady swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wood, as that shot connected.
A big right from Brady misses.
Wood scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Brady does it's job there.
Brady takes a swing at Wood's ribcage but misses.
Wood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brady bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brady throws a hook but Wood avoids it easily.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Brady.
Wood misses with an uppercut.
Wood throws a shot from downtown. Brady moves away and avoids it.
Wood throws a jab but it's blocked by Brady.
Wood misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from Brady finds it's target.
Wood is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady moves in close and cracks Wood with a massive right hand! Wood, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Brady!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Renshu Brady!
Renshu Brady is the new light heavyweight champion!
Renshu Brady was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.