PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wrestling Wrestling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Kaval (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.

Wrestling
vs
Kaval

200 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wrestling Wrestling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Micheal Kaval!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wrestling shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wrestling showed some decent athleticism there.
Wrestling looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kaval with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wrestling has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wrestling looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wrestling missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kaval regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wrestling.
Kaval preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kaval utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wrestling landing some decent shots from guard.
Wrestling lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kaval is trying to keep Wrestling in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaval working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wrestling.
Kaval working a defensive guard here.
Wrestling won't allow Kaval to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wrestling's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kaval has momentary wrist control but Wrestling slips an elbow through the middle.
Wrestling landing with the ground and pound.
Kaval tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wrestling throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wrestling scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kaval trying to control the position.
Wrestling scoring with some ground and pound.
Wrestling with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wrestling passes into half guard.
Wrestling is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling prevents Kaval from improving his position.
Kaval flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wrestling wants to pass the guard but Kaval is defending well.
Kaval has hold of Wrestling's hands but Wrestling slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wrestling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wrestling is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Wrestling pushing down on Kaval's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wrestling connects with a nice short shot to Kaval's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from Wrestling.
Kaval looks gassed!
Wrestling is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kaval!
Wrestling with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kaval is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kaval takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wrestling lands a big shot there that rocks Kaval but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wrestling scoring with strikes but Kaval is staying in there.
Wrestling with a couple of short strikes.
Wrestling breaks from Kaval's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wrestling working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wrestling cracks Kaval with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wrestling lands with some strikes.
Wrestling landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kaval tries to hold on but Wrestling postures up.
Kaval is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kaval in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wrestling.
Wrestling pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wrestling with shots to the head and body - Kaval looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kaval is in a horrible position here. Wrestling smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Kaval that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wrestling postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kaval looks a forlorn figure.
Wrestling lands a big elbow.
Wrestling scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wrestling breaks from Kaval's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wrestling landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wrestling looking to finish Kaval with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kaval!
Wrestling breaks from Kaval's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wrestling Wrestling dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wrestling gets the takedown into side control.
Kaval takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wrestling creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wrestling landing strikes.
Wrestling grinds an elbow into Kaval's temple.
Wrestling lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kaval down.
Kaval is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wrestling connects with a decent elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wrestling landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wrestling working the head and body with strikes.
Wrestling cracks Kaval with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kaval on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wrestling working the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kaval is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kaval is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Wrestling scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kaval won't allow Wrestling to pass to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wrestling lands a nice short elbow.
Wrestling landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wrestling lands a nice short elbow.
Wrestling is pressing down on Kaval's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kaval is holding on for now.
Wrestling working the head and body with strikes.
Wrestling drops an elbow to the side of Kaval's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wrestling connects with a nice short shot to Kaval's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wrestling connects with a nice short shot to Kaval's temple.
Wrestling looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kaval with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kaval on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Kaval actively working from the bottom here.
Wrestling winds up and cracks Kaval with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Wrestling.
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Wrestling winds up and cracks Kaval with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wrestling slips a nice elbow through Kaval's hands, connecting with Kaval's forehead.
Wrestling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wrestling looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Wrestling there.
Wrestling working the head and body with strikes.
Kaval on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wrestling winds up and cracks Kaval with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wrestling scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wrestling moves into full mount! Kaval won't be happy about that!
Kaval tries to hold on but Wrestling postures up.
Wrestling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kaval is trying desperately to improve position.
Wrestling has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kaval's face.
Wrestling connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wrestling working Kaval over with strikes here.
Kaval is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestling cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wrestling punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wrestling working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wrestling Wrestling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Kaval that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kaval really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wrestling lands a nice shot to the head.
Wrestling lands a heavy elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaval wants to hold on but Wrestling pushes him away.
Wrestling is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Wrestling connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wrestling cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wrestling Wrestling dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Wrestling shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Wrestling there.
Wrestling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kaval can do to turn this around?
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Kaval is trying to control but can't.
Wrestling seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kaval blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wrestling.
Kaval gets full guard.
Kaval looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wrestling is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wrestling's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestling scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wrestling scoring with some ground and pound.
Wrestling scoring with some ground and pound.
Wrestling cracks Kaval with a solid left hand.
Wrestling landing with the ground and pound.
Wrestling preventing the sweep.
Wrestling distracts Kaval with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wrestling with a nice head shot there.
Wrestling cracks Kaval with a solid left hand.
Wrestling is in close to Kaval's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wrestling works over Kaval with some ground and pound from guard.
Wrestling landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wrestling with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wrestling lands a couple of elbows.
Wrestling postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wrestling is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wrestling chips away with some ground and pound.
Kaval wants to get back to his feet but Wrestling is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wrestling working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wrestling prevents Kaval from getting back to his feet.
Wrestling lands a couple of digs.
Wrestling working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wrestling lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kaval keeping full guard, as Wrestling tries to pass.
Wrestling is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wrestling preventing the sweep.
Wrestling distracts Kaval with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wrestling connects with a couple of short punches.
Wrestling postures up.
Wrestling chips away with some ground and pound.
Wrestling works over Kaval with some ground and pound from guard.
Kaval can't keep his opponent in guard - Wrestling advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wrestling lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Wrestling.
Wrestling is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wrestling lands with a punch from half guard.
Wrestling looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kaval gets full guard.
Wrestling advances to half guard.
Kaval has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wrestling is working away from the top position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaval on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Micheal Kaval has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wrestling Wrestling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaval is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wrestling Wrestling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wrestling has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wrestling Wrestling!