PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brazilian Gremlin (ranked 6001 p4p, 4088 weight class) and Bertrand Wade (ranked 595 p4p, 493 weight class). Brazilian Gremlin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gremlin
vs
Wade

225 cm
27
269
3 - 4 - 0

189 cm
29
266
4 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Gremlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bertrand Wade!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wade takes the fight into the clinch.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wade misses with an elbow over the top.
Wade pushes Gremlin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wade scores with a hook to the body.
Gremlin is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Wade scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Wade.
Wade landing knees to the body.
Wade is stalling here.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Wade has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Wade works on Gremlin's body with a couple of short punches.

Wade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Wade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gremlin, pushing him back against the cage.
Wade scores with a shot to the side of Gremlin's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wade just leaning against Gremlin, taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wade.

Wade turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wade tries for a kimura but Gremlin is defending well.
Gremlin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wade scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gremlin to see if he's OK.

Gremlin is rocked!
A big shot lands for Wade! That's hurt Gremlin! Will he recover? Wade fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bertrand Wade!