PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Craig Wius (ranked 1742 p4p, 200 weight class) and Yves Trudeau (ranked 5812 p4p, 489 weight class). Yves Trudeau will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wius
vs
Trudeau

185 cm
28
162 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
159 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Wius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yves Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been informed that Trudeau has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice cross by Wius.
Wius takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Trudeau throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wius.
Wius drops down looking for a counter takedown but Trudeau sprawls and moves away.
Trudeau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wius at a distance.
Trudeau tries a head kick but it misses.
Wius appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Trudeau throws a combination that misses

and Wius counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wius.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wius keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trudeau's head.
Wius 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.
Wius working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wius makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wius distracts Trudeau with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Trudeau is pulling down on Wius's head. It's preventing any offense from Wius, at least for the moment.

Trudeau escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wius gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trudeau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wius pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trudeau is keeping the position for now.

Trudeau has his foot on Wius's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wius works his way back into a safe position though.
Wius landing some decent shots from guard.
Trudeau is controlling Wius's posture.

Trudeau has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wius can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wius postures up and lands a big shot to Trudeau's brow.
Wius postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wius postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wius scoring with punches to the head and body.

Trudeau working for a triangle but Wius defends it easily.
Wius content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wius is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wius is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wius passes Trudeau's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Trudeau wants to get back to full guard.

Wius is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wius connects with a nice short shot to Trudeau's temple.
Trudeau trying to control but Wius postures up.
Wius prevents Trudeau from improving his position.
Trudeau is trying to stand.
Trudeau is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wius scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau wants to get back to full guard.
Wius is trying to control. Trudeau wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wius prevents Trudeau from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Wius.
Wius frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wius fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Trudeau is looking to get to half guard.
Wius scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Trudeau tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wius landing punches.
Trudeau is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wius tries to control but Trudeau wriggling away.
BOOM! Wius connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wius lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wius lands a nice shot to the head.

Trudeau is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wius unloading with bombs!
Trudeau is still in real trouble! Can Wius finish him?
Wius connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wius controlling the pace for now.
We've been hearing that Wius has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wius in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wius scoring with strikes but Trudeau is staying in there.
Wius with shots to the head and body - Trudeau looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wius lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wius is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Trudeau goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Wius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Craig Wius!