PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leland Giles (ranked 1448 p4p, 2022 weight class) and John Wick (ranked 175 p4p, 244 weight class). Leland Giles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Giles
vs
Wick

175 cm
36
185
30 - 24 - 2

186 cm
31
195
14 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 24 - 2, fighting out of New York, Leland Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wick!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wick throws a right and a left that Giles avoids nicely.
Giles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giles seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Giles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wick is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wick misses with a hook.
Wick moves away from the strike by Giles.
Wick has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Giles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Oooooh!!! Wick has knocked Giles down with a huge combo! Wick steps away and waves a wobbly Giles back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Giles is rocked!

It looks like Leland Giles has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wick misses with a double jab.
Giles lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Giles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wick is looking to slow Giles down with leg kicks.
Wick misses with a shot to the body
and Giles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Wick. Giles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giles.
A punch lands to the side of Wick 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wick thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles misses with a few strikes there.
Wick staying out of range there.
Wick throws a body punch but Giles moves out of range.
Giles connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Wick misses the target.
Wick lands a head shot.
Giles walks into a stiff left hand from Wick.
Giles swings for the body but Wick moves out of range.
Wick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Decent striking displayed by Wick there.
Oh Giles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wick throws the kick towards the body but Giles avoids it.
Giles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Giles seems to have got his legs back now.
Wick just misses with a punch to the body.
Giles connects with a body shot.
Wick lands a jab to Giles's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giles throws the left hand but Wick avoids the punch easily.
Wick avoids the body shot from Giles.
Giles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Wick sends Giles crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Wick is motioning to the referee to let Giles up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wick flashes Giles a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Giles's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Giles crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Wick punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Wick!
John Wick seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.