PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Digi Box (ranked 2055 p4p, 233 weight class) and Garth Wader (ranked 6539 p4p, 490 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Box might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vesterinen Yhtyeineen - Kaikki päättyy hyvin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Box
vs
Wader

180 cm
26
157 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
160 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

FF Gear
Condemned

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Digi Box!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garth Wader!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wader closes the distance but Box moves to the side
and Box counters with a straight right hand.
Wader fails in his attempt to clinch.
Box moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Box misses its intended target.
Wader steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Box.
Wader tries to clinch up
and Box makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wader tries to clinch
letting Box counter with a right hand.
Wader wants to clinch up but Box keeps it at a distance.

Wader moves into the clinch.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Box jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wader walks away with a smile on his face. Box gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wader ducks right into an uppercut from Box.
Wader uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Box.
Wader tries to clinch but Box is having none of it.
Box is looking to counter punch.
Wader throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Box was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wader.
Wader tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Box paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wader is looking to clinch but Box is avoiding it.

Wader moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Box scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Box definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knees to the body from Wader.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wader with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Box misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wader utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wader.
Box is breathing heavily.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but Box blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wader.
Wader lands an elbow that stopped Box in his tracks for a moment.
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Wader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Wader.
Box is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wader to keep the fight standing.
Box is trying to pull guard but Wader has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Digi Box. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Wader fails to land.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wader keeps control of Box as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Box misses with a hook from the clinch.
Box misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Box throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wader misses with some punches.
Wader using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Box has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Box tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wader looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wader putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Box in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wader landing knees to the body.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wader goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wader misses with a knee to the head.
Wader trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Box.
Box tries to pull guard but Wader holds him up against the cage and eventually Box drops back down to his feet.
Wader misses with a body punch.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wader obliges.
Wader tries to land knees in the clinch but Box avoids the damage to the body.
Box jumps guard but Wader stands there with Box around his waist. Box gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Box as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Box.
Wader is stalling here.
Box is trying to break the clinch but Wader has him pressed against the cage.
Wader using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Box has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Box lands a shoulder strike.
Wader lands an elbow inside that Box shrugs off.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Box tries to break free but Wader pushes him back against the cage.
Wader lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but Box blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Box.
Wader has Box pressed against the cage, preventing Box from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Box lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wader misses with a knee strike.
Wader misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Box.
Box misses with the head strike.
Wader tries a knee to the head but Box blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Box.
Wader using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Box has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Box lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Box wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wader misses with a knee strike.
Box misses with a punch on the inside.
Wader misses with a knee to the head.
Box tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wader smiles and moves away.
Box misses the jab.
Box goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Box fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wader takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Box catches Wader with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wader tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garth Wader dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wader throws out a loose jab but Box uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wader tries to clinch but Box moves out of range.
Wader tries to clinch up.
Wader fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wader swats away the attempt to clinch by Box.

Wader closes the distance and clinches.
Wader has a couple of punches blocked by Box.
Box lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wader taking a breather.
Box stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Box is looking to break free of the clinch but Wader has double underhooks.
Box fails to pull guard.
A shot in the inside from Wader.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Box fails to land.
Wader connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Box jumps guard but Wader stands there with Box around his waist. Box gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wader crunches a lovely knee into Box's ribcage.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but Box blocks with his arms.
Box managing to block the knees to the body from Wader.
Box lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wader scores with a knee to the head.
Wader is breathing heavily.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Box lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wader blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wader.
Box lands a right hand.

Box's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Box misses with a few strikes there.
Wader is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Box is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wader misses with a looping left.
Box keeps the fight on the outside.
Wader keeps the fight on the outside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wader is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garth Wader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wader tries to close the distance and clinch but Box swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Box tries to bum rush Wader with a series of wild strikes but Wader uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wader swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Box counters with a straight right hand.
Wader moves away from the strike by Box.
Box looks to land a right hand but Wader moved out of range.
Wader is looking to clinch but Box is avoiding it.
Box's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wader under the eye.
Box throws a shot from downtown. Wader moves away and avoids it.
Wader wants to counter the offense by Box and move into the clinch position.
Wader ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wader moves in looking to clinch but Box pushes him off.
Box misses with a hook. Wader ducked under it nicely.
Digi Box is winning the standup battle so far.
Wader scores with a nice right hand.
Wader looks to clinch
enabling Box to counter with a crisp jab.
Box connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Box misses with a two punch combination.
Box scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wader in his tracks.
Wader scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Box moves into range and connects with a jab.
Box keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wader keeps the fight on the outside.
Box throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wader tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wader doesn't manage to clinch there - Box circles away.

Wader has Box up against the cage in a clinch.
Garth Wader seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Box pushes Wader back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wader holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wader lands an elbow that stopped Box in his tracks for a moment.
Wader trying to land knees to the body.
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Box tries to break free but Wader pushes him back against the cage.
Box is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wader to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Digi Box. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Wader.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Box.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Box takes a knee right on the jaw!
Box is trying to break free.
Box throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wader trying to land knees to the body.
Wader looking to throw knees to the head but Box is blocking nicely.
Wader with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Box has had enough of the clinch but Wader keeps him there for the moment.
Wader lands a left hand.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Box lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Box.
Stalling in the clinch from Wader.
Box wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wader tries a knee to the head but Box blocks it.
Wader is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Box is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wader.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Garth Wader will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Box misses with a hook.
Wader is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Box looks to score with a jab to the body but Wader is just out of range.
Box avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Box scores with the left hand. Wader knows he should have avoided that one.
Box dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Box tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wader tries to clinch there but Box circles away.
Box scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wader doesn't seem bothered though.
Box lands a right hook to the body.
Box avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Box is looking to counter punch.
Wader tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Box counters with a left and a right that stings Wader.
Wader takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Box misses with an uppercut. Wader saw that one coming.
Wader's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Box connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wader scrambles back to his feet.
Wader tries to close the distance and clinch up but Box swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Box throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wader clinches.
Wader throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Box blocks it with crossed arms.
Wader takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Box misses with some punches.
Wader comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wader looking to throw knees to the head but Box is blocking nicely.
Box takes a knee to the side of the body.
Box is looking to break free of the clinch but Wader has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Wader.
Wader with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Box avoiding damage as Wader throws knees to the body.
Box lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wader backwards.
Wader misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Box.
Wader with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Box throws a head punch that misses.
Wader misses with some punches.
Box tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Digi Box has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but Box blocks with his arms.
Box fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Box goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Box misses with some punches.
Wader tries to land knees in the clinch but Box avoids the damage to the body.
Wader tries to land a knee to the head but Box blocks with his arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Box.
Wader tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Box avoids it.
Box scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Box decides to pull guard.
Box is trying to keep Wader in close.

Box is looking for a triangle but Wader pushes his legs off easily.
Wader really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Box. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Box is trying to control the position but Wader postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Box looking for a guillotine here but Wader defends easily.
Box has a closed guard, preventing Wader from standing up.
Box trying to keep a closed guard but Wader is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Box is looking for a triangle here but Wader uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Wader stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Garth Wader is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Box gets tackled into the cage by Wader. Wader maintains the clinch.
Wader's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wader tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wader misses with a body punch.
Wader lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Box.
Box tries to pull guard but Wader forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wader pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wader.

And that's the end of the fight!
Digi Box showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wader 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Garth Wader!