PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Trumps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trumps comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jay Z - Money, Cash, Hoes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Woods
vs
Trumps

190 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
224 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ian Trumps!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trumps stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Woods.
Woods ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trumps moves away.
Trumps takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trumps moves out of range of the strikes.
Woods is trying hard to land a takedown here. Trumps sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Woods throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Woods on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Woods checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Trumps attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Trumps is looking to score with low kicks.
Trumps throws a sloppy head kick and Woods moves out of range easily.
Trumps ducks under a wild hook from Woods.
Woods cracks Trumps with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trumps throws a low kick but it's checked well by Woods.
James Woods seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woods swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Trumps.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods throws a hook but Trumps blocks it.
Woods throws a body punch but Trumps moves out of range.
Woods throws a front kick aimed at Trumps's knee but Trumps avoids it well.
Trumps throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Woods counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Woods.
Woods works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Woods tries a body shot but Trumps blocks it.
Trumps looking to slow down the pace here.
Trumps looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Trumps blocks an uppercut.
Woods misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trumps blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Woods tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trumps is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trumps tries to land knees in the clinch but Woods avoids the damage to the body.
Trumps blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trumps lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like James Woods has been cut.
Trumps trying to control the position but instead, Woods has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trumps into the cage.
Trumps tries to land a knee to the head but Woods blocks with his arms.
Woods presses Trumps against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trumps landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trumps blocks a body shot from Woods.
Woods scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Woods.
Trumps tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods misses with a body punch.
Trumps trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Woods breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Woods throws out a loose jab but Trumps uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trumps moves in looking to clinch but Woods pushes him off.
Woods throws a jab when Trumps was well out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Trumps finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Trumps throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Woods walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trumps checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Woods attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Woods fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trumps is out of range.
Woods throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Trumps's waist but Trumps gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Woods off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trumps fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Woods has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trumps tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trumps cracks the inside of Woods's front leg.
Trumps tries to clinch up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trumps lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Trumps gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Trumps not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woods thows a big elbow that misses.
Woods is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Woods throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Woods dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Woods's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Woods throws a right and a left that Trumps avoids nicely.
Trumps walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trumps pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A bone on bone clash there as Woods blocks the leg kick.
Woods swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woods takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trumps tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Woods manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Woods blocks the low kick.
Trumps ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Woods swings for the body but Trumps moves out of range.
A big left from Woods misses.

Woods moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trumps connects with a nasty looking knee right to Woods's face.
Trumps with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trumps blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Woods as Trumps tries to tie him up.
Woods misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Woods scores with a nice short uppercut.
Woods lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trumps trying to land knees to the body.
Woods on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trumps keeps control of Woods as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Woods tries to throw a body punch but Trumps avoids it by throwing Woods back against the cage.
Trumps looking to slow down the pace here.
Woods working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trumps.
Trumps lands an elbow inside that Woods shrugs off.
Woods pushes Trumps back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trumps.

James Woods's cut is getting worse.
A head punch on the inside from Woods fails to land.
Woods avoiding damage as Trumps throws knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Woods.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woods misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trumps.
Trumps is trying to stall.
Woods works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trumps is breathing heavily.
Trumps slowing the pace effectively.
Woods misses with some punches.
Woods scores with a shot to the side of Trumps's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Woods.
Knees in the clinch landing for Woods.
Trumps throws a knee to the head but misses.
James Woods has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trumps misses with an elbow over the top.
Trumps blocking some punches.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trumps looking to throw knees to the head but Woods is blocking nicely.
Woods misses with a body punch.
Woods with a knee to the head.
Woods trying to land knees to the body.
Woods throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trumpss head.
Trumps throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Woods blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Woods.
Trumps working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trumps's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Woods breaks the clinch.
Woods throws a leg kick but Trumps sees it coming and moves out of range.
Woods throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Woods misses with a low kick.
Woods shoots in but Trumps avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice defenses there by Trumps.
Trumps lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ian Trumps is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trumps throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trumps attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Woods throws a lazy uppercut
and Trumps counters with a nice leg kick.
Trumps tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Woods is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Woods dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Woods's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Trumps slips under a jab from Woods.
Trumps connects with a leg kick. Woods looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Woods misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trumps.
Woods jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Woods misses with a shot to the body
and Trumps counters with a leg kick.

Woods shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Woods wants to pass to mount but Trumps is defending the position.
Trumps is refusing to be controlled, as Woods sits in half guard.
Trumps is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods is nestled in close to Trumps, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Trumps is looking to improve his position.
Trumps slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Woods pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trumps is keeping the position for now.
Woods missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Woods landing some decent shots from guard.
Woods looking to sit in guard and control but Trumps gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ian Trumps has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods keeping moving, preventing Trumps from controlling successfully.
Trumps in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trumps controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Woods looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trumps is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trumps working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Woods wants to stand and escape but Trumps is having none of it.
Woods wants to sweep but no luck.
Trumps throws a strike but Woods rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Woods missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trumps manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Woods is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trumps tries to control but Woods wriggling away.
James Woods overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woods is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Woods showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Woods 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Woods!