PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daxton Wood (ranked 4069 p4p, 1787 weight class) and Bruin Ritcey (ranked 473 p4p, 234 weight class). Daxton Wood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wood
vs
Ritcey

188 cm
28
280
2 - 3 - 0

194 cm
24
260
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daxton Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruin Ritcey!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ritcey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Ritcey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ritcey presses Wood against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wood trying to control the position but instead, Ritcey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wood into the cage.
Wood can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Ritcey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ritcey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
A short right from Ritcey on the inside.
The referee calls for Ritcey to work.
Ritcey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wood has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ritcey pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ritcey lands with a light punch inside.
Ritcey stalling in the clinch.
Wood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ritcey is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ritcey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wood or not.
Wood is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ritcey lands a body punch.
Ritcey lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Ritcey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritcey lands with a short shot to the head.
Ritcey digs a right hand into Wood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wood's gas tank.
Ritcey pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Ritcey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ritcey moves into the clinch successfully.
Ritcey pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ritcey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Ritcey.
A right hand to the body from Ritcey.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ritcey.
Good body shot from Ritcey.
A short right from Ritcey on the inside.
Ritcey lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Ritcey.

Wood is rocked!
Ritcey throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Wood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ritcey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood blocking some punches.
Ritcey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Ritcey.
Ritcey misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Ritcey misses with a punch on the inside.
Ritcey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ritcey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ritcey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritcey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ritcey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ritcey has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
A right handed body shot lands from Ritcey.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Wood is pressed against the cage. Ritcey pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Wood! Two more big strikes from Ritcey and Wood crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bruin Ritcey!