PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Deep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deep comes to the cage accompanied by blood theme. Willemoes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rob Dougan - Furious Angels kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Matt Deep has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Deep
vs
Willemoes

178 cm
20
184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Deep!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Willemoes!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deep throws a lazy right hand but Willemoes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willemoes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Deep.
Willemoes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Deep.
Matt Deep seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willemoes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Willemoes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Deep looks to land a right hand but Willemoes moved out of range.
Deep keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deep tries to bum rush Willemoes with a series of wild strikes but Willemoes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Willemoes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Deep clobbers Willemoes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deep slips a jab from Willemoes.
Willemoes moves away from the strike by Deep.
Deep slips a straight right by Willemoes.
Deep lands a really nice looking cross but Willemoes seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes scores with a jab to the head.
Willemoes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Deep on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Willemoes ducks under a wild hook from Deep.
Deep throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Willemoes.
Willemoes misses with a double jab
and Deep counters with a straight right hand.
Willemoes misses with an uppercut.
Willemoes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Deep has time to react.
Deep lands a two punch combo.
Deep thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Willemoes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Willemoes. Deep does a little dance to reset his feet.
Willemoes fails with the takedown.
Willemoes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Willemoes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Deep showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Willemoes.
Deep misses with a combination
letting Willemoes counter with a right hand.
Deep missing with a left hand there. Willemoes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Deep looks to land a right hand but Willemoes moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Willemoes misses.
Willemoes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Deep avoids it really well and circles away.
Deep drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Willemoes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Willemoes.
Matt Deep is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Willemoes misses with a looping right.
Willemoes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Willemoes as he connects with a hook.
A shot to the body from Deep misses
and Willemoes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Willemoes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Deep had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deep falls off balance throwing a combination
and Willemoes counters with a nice leg kick.
Willemoes lands a two punch combo.
Willemoes staying out of range there.
Willemoes lunges at Deep with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Deep's hand.

Willemoes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Deep, pushing him back against the cage.
Willemoes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deep lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Willemoes.

It looks like Matt Deep has been cut.
Deep wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willemoes has him pressed against the cage.
Deep lands a shot to the body.
Willemoes throws an elbow that misses.
Willemoes landing knees to the body.
Deep is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Willemoes jumps into guard, dragging Deep to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Willemoes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Deep's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Willemoes misses with a series of wild punches.
Deep scores with a one two! Willemoes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Willemoes works over Deep's head and body with a nice combination.
Deep with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Willemoes to score with a decent uppercut.
Deep walks into a left hand.
Willemoes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick from Willemoes lands but Deep takes it in his stride.
Willemoes tries to clinch up
and Deep counters with a right hand to the body.
Willemoes scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes lands a glancing blow to the side of Deep's head.
Deep goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Christian Willemoes has been cut.
Christian Willemoes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Willemoes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Deep walks into a stiff left hand from Willemoes.
Willemoes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Deep paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Willemoes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Deep misses the target.
Willemoes sizes up Deep with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slow jab from Willemoes misses its intended target.
Willemoes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deep walks into a stiff left hand from Willemoes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes misses with a hook.
Deep misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Deep takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice shot by Willemoes.
Willemoes takes a swing at Deep's ribcage but misses.
Willemoes throws a looping overhand right but Deep ducks down to avoid it.
Willemoes slips under a jab from Deep.
Deep will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Deep throws a predictable looking body shot
and Willemoes counters with a nice body shot.
Matt Deep is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deep misses with a few strikes there.
Deep misses with an uppercut. Willemoes saw that one coming.
Willemoes connects with a right hand. Deep shakes it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes shoots for a double leg takedown but Deep sprawls well. He's pushed Willemoes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Deep misses the jab.
A shot to de liver by Deep. Beautiful body shot.
Deep throws a left and a right that both miss
and Willemoes counters with a three punch combo that has Deep backing up. Deep nods at Willemoes to acknowledge the strikes.
Willemoes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deep misses the shot to the body.
Deep's corner calls for a 1-2. Deep obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab, jab by Willemoes - just one landing.
Deep throws out a loose jab but Willemoes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willemoes lands a nice shot to the body.
Willemoes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes throws a series of strikes that have Deep backpedaling.
Deep on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Willemoes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Willemoes looks to throw the jab but Deep is out of range.
Deep looks to land a left hand but Willemoes moved out of range nicely.
Willemoes throws out a loose jab but Deep uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deep is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Deep misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willemoes thuds his right hand into Deep's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Deep ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Willemoes scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Willemoes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Deep's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Deep looks to land a right hand but Willemoes moved out of range.
Willemoes jabs Deep right on the nose. Deep blinks but takes it well.
Deep throws a hook but Willemoes avoids it easily.
Deep slips under a jab.

Willemoes gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willemoes tries to pass to full mount but Deep defends it.

Willemoes seems to be looking for submissions.
Willemoes wants to take a breather but Deep is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Willemoes seems to be working for a kimura but Deep defends the submission attempt.
Deep is looking for a sweep. Willemoes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Willemoes is pressing down on Deep's thigh, looking to free his foot. Deep is holding on for now.

Willemoes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Deep avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Willemoes.

Willemoes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Deep blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willemoes.

Willemoes is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Deep still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Deep has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Willemoes tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Deep presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Willemoes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Willemoes slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Willemoes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Deep pulls his head out easily.
Willemoes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Willemoes moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Willemoes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Willemoes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Willemoes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Deep controls the pace.

Willemoes is looking to sinch up a triangle. Deep throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Willemoes's body to avoid the submission. Willemoes has instead reached around Deep's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Willemoes arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Christian Willemoes!