PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Mott (ranked 4772 p4p, 4492 weight class) and Wally News (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mott
vs
News

224 cm
25
234
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
265
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brodie Mott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wally News!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
News lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by News.
News should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A looping hook to the body misses from News. Mott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mott tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but News swivels and escapes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mott.
News changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

News lands a left and a right that send Mott crashing to the mat, dazed. News thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Mott is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
News digs a good body shot into Mott's ribs.
Oh Mott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
News throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mott seems to have got his legs back now.
News misses with a double jab.
News misses with a lunging right hand
and Mott counters with a two punch combo.
News throws a right hand that Mott ducks under and follows up with a left that Mott also avoids with ease.

Mott has taken the fight to the clinch.

News escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
News tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mott throwing a counter right hand but News manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mott jumps guard but News stands there with Mott around his waist. Mott gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mott jumps guard and drags News to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Mott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but News can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mott is pulling down on News's head to control his posture.
News trying to control the position from guard on top but Mott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mott is controlling News's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
News wants to stand but Mott is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mott really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
News looking to sit in guard and control but Mott gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

News is trying to keep Mott in close.
News keeping moving, preventing Mott from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
News is trying to keep Mott in close.
News working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mott.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Mott or perhaps it was just good defense by News, which made it look bad.
News missing with a left hand there. Mott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mott shoots in looking for a takedown but News manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mott's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Mott has managed to clinch.

Mott gets control of News's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mott will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
News must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mott lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

News is looking to stand back up but Mott counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by News.
News is trying to stand back up but Mott is controlling him
News trying to control here.
Mott is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Mott stands up out of the half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wally News dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

News throws a combination that misses
and Mott makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wally News seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
News misses with a wild combination.

News takes the fight into the clinch.

News breaks from the clinch.

News closes the distance and clinches.

Mott breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
News misses with a few strikes there.
Mott slips a straight right by News.
Mott tries to counter by moving into the clinch but News manages to circle out of the way.

Mott rushes News and presses him up against the cage.
Mott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. News gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on News - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
News is pushing Mott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

News escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mott shoots in for a double leg but News sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

News has closed the distance and engaged Mott in a clinch.
News lands a body shot.
News slows down the pace here.

News's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
News scores with a jab to the head.
Nice takedown defense from News. No joy for Mott on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mott fails with an attempt to clinch.

News clinches.

News breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Mott has closed the distance and engaged News in a clinch.

News pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
News throws a series of punches but Mott moves out of range.
Mott doesn't succeed with the takedown
and News cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mott shoots in looking for a takedown but News manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mott's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mott tries to land a front kick but News steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
News stuffs the takedown attempt from Mott. Mott gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

News gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mott tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. News just stands there and leans against the cage.

News escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
News keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
News throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
News misses with a wild combination.
Mott thinks about countering with a head kick.
News wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mott lands with a good body shot.
Mott shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as News sprawls well. News wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mott gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
News misses with a few strikes there.
Mott is looking to counter the offense by News and move into the clinch.
News defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mott.
News misses with the combination.
A punch combination from News misses.
Mott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
News scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

News moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
News displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mott up against the cage.

News pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wally News showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

News has taken the fight to the clinch.
News is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mott is keeping busy.

Mott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Mott.
Brodie Mott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

News has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mott jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as News walks away with a smile on his face. Mott gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
News misses with a straight right.
Wally News seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mott shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts News as he jumps to the side.
Good work by News as he checks the leg kick.
Mott darts in looking for a takedown but News gets double underhooks and turns Mott into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Mott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

News pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mott was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
News connects with a body shot.
Mott is looking to clinch.
No joy there for News, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wally News is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
News misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mott shoots in but News avoids the takedown attempt easily.
News misses with a straight left.
News scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mott tries to clinch but News is having none of it.
Mott closes the distance and clinches up with News, looking for a takedown. Mott pushes News against the cage but News circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
News wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
News goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mott throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around News's waist but News gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mott off to one side.
News throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

News takes the fight into the clinch.
News on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
News has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mott can't get the takedown.

News pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from News does it's job there.
Mott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from News.

News has managed to clinch.

News breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mott walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mott misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
News throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
News jabs Mott to the body, keeping him at a distance.

News gets in close and instigates a clinch.

News breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mott avoids the body shot from News.
News dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mott moves away from the strike by News.
The crowd cheers as News lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mott doesn't seem phased though.

News gets in close and instigates a clinch.

News breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from News misses.
News throws a nice looking combination but Mott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

News gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mott wants to take the fight to the mat but News manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
News is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

News escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

News gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mott is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but News is defending well.
Wally News is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mott jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as News walks away with a smile on his face. Mott gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
News throws a series of punches but Mott avoids them all with ease.
Brodie Mott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mott shoots in looking for a takedown. News tries to sprawl out of it but Mott keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. News manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wally News comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got News winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight for Wally News!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Wally News!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Wally News!

Wally News wins by unanimous decision!