PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Street (ranked 7295 p4p, 2848 weight class) and Vernon Woodard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woodard has chosen Last Stylebender as his entrance music. Adam Street has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Street
vs
Woodard

175 cm
18
175
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adam Street!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vernon Woodard!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodard fails with a takedown attempt.

Woodard takes the fight into the clinch.

Street decides to pull guard.
Woodard won't allow Street to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Street wants to stand up but Woodard is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woodard scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Woodard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Street has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Woodard has managed to get both his arms back between Street's legs - danger averted.

Street working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Woodard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Woodard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Street is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Woodard drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Street manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Woodard has Street in his guard.

Street throwing strikes from guard but Woodard blocks nicely.
Woodard is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Woodard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Street. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Street postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Woodard working a defensive guard here.
Street throws an elbow that misses. Woodard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Street's guard. Nice move by Woodard!

Street striking off his back but it's not causing Woodard any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Woodard manages to get himself to full guard.

Woodard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Street.
Street throwing strikes from guard but Woodard blocks nicely.

Street drops back, looking for a kneebar! Woodard looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Woodard looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Woodard!

Woodard throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Street works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Street has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Woodard is on him like a limpet, forcing Street back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Street pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Street avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Woodard misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Street scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Street is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woodard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Street.
Street thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Woodard's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Street thows a huge punch but Woodard dodges it nicely.
Woodard trying to hold on to Street's head to control him but Street postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Street dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Street's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Woodard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Woodard misses with a few strikes there.

Street gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Woodard to score an easy takedown into full guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Street manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Street with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Street pulls guard.
Woodard wanted to stand there but Street had control of the position.

Street throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Street is on top in guard.

Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Woodard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Woodard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Street looking to sit in guard and control but Woodard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Street throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Woodard trying to control but Street is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Woodard slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Woodard trying to stand up but can't free himself from Street's guard.
Woodard is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Street 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Woodard lands a two punch combo.
Street circles away from the clinch attempt
and Street counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Street darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Woodard trying to control from the bottom.
Street sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Woodard defending well though.

Street is looking for a kimura here.
Street throwing shots but Woodard is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Street lands strikes from half guard.
Street is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Street seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Woodard for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Street is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Woodard defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Street dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Street's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Woodard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Street has taken the fight to the clinch.
Street looking to slow down the pace here.
Woodard is trying to break the clinch but Street has him pressed against the cage.
Street prevents Woodard from breaking the clinch.
Woodard tries to land knees in the clinch but Street avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Street ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Street no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Street is on top in guard.

Woodard controls Street momentarily but Street frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Street postures up in Woodard's guard and throws a big left but Woodard blocks it.
Woodard looking to control.
Woodard is looking to stand up but Street isn't so interested in that idea.
Woodard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Street is stalling in the full guard.
Street throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Woodard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Street is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Woodard is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Street is aware though and is defending well.
Street in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Street lands a couple of digs.
Street is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Woodard can do to turn this around?
Street is looking to work some ground and pound but Woodard has wrist control.
Street connects with a couple of short punches.
Street is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Street throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Street.
Street fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Street creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Woodard sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Adam Street overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Street working the ground and pound but Woodard is defending the strikes.

Street is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Woodard has escaped the position, nice work there.
The strikes coming from Street are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodard managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Street.
Woodard takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Woodard is trying to control Street's posture but Street avoids it.
Street fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Street postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Street throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Street controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Woodard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Vernon Woodard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam Street is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Woodard tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Street presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Street showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Street, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Street!