PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wade Wilson (ranked 4742 p4p, 5522 weight class) and GameBred Masvidal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wilson
vs
Masvidal

177 cm
25
177
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
170
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, GameBred Masvidal!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Masvidal gets caught napping as Wilson dives in and scores a takedown. Masvidal manages to retain guard.
Wilson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wilson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wilson 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.

Wilson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wilson lands a couple of digs.
Wilson landing with the ground and pound.
Wilson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masvidal is looking to stand up but Wilson isn't so interested in that idea.
Wilson cracks Masvidal with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masvidal wants to stand up but Wilson is controlling him.
Masvidal is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wilson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Masvidal is looking to stand up but Wilson isn't so interested in that idea.
Wilson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Masvidal is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wilson distracts Masvidal with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wilson prevents Masvidal from getting back to his feet.
Wilson postures up and lands a big shot to Masvidal's brow.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Masvidal is retaining full guard.
Wilson with a nice head shot there.
Wilson won't allow Masvidal to get back to his feet.
Wilson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Masvidal's head.
Wilson stands up over Masvidal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Masvidal looks winded!
Wilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wilson landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wilson scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Masvidal wants to stand but Wilson is controlling the position.
Wilson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Wilson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Wilson seems to have locked his on tight now - Masvidal screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Wilson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Wade Wilson!
Wade Wilson 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.