PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hustla Rabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Wilkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilkinson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fight To Win kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Clay Wilkinson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rabbit
vs
Wilkinson

180 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
216 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition
BioPharm Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hustla Rabbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Clay Wilkinson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabbit swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabbit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rabbit swinging wildly here.
Rabbit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Wilkinson is looking to clinch.
Wilkinson fails with the takedown.
Rabbit thows a body shot but no joy.
Wilkinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rabbit takes a swing at Wilkinson's ribcage but misses.
Wilkinson wants to clinch up but Rabbit keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson moves in looking to clinch but Rabbit pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Rabbit misses the target.
Wilkinson tries to clinch there but Rabbit circles away.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wilkinson moves in looking to clinch but Rabbit pushes him off.
Rabbit throws a body punch but Wilkinson moves out of range.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but Rabbit is having none of it.
Rabbit could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rabbit misses with a series of wild punches.

Wilkinson clinches.
Wilkinson with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hustla Rabbit has been cut.
Wilkinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wilkinson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wilkinson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wilkinson being controlled here, momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rabbit wants to control from the top but Wilkinson keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilkinson is controlling Rabbit's posture.
Wilkinson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hustla Rabbit.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabbit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilkinson moves in looking to clinch but Rabbit pushes him off.
Wilkinson misses with a straight right.
Rabbit rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilkinson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilkinson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rabbit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hustla Rabbit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilkinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rabbit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilkinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rabbit sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Wilkinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wilkinson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rabbit tries to break free but Wilkinson pushes him back against the cage.
Wilkinson looking to throw knees to the head but Rabbit is blocking nicely.
Rabbit tries to break the clinch but Wilkinson is controlling the position.
Rabbit stalling in the clinch but Wilkinson improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rabbit stalling in the clinch but Wilkinson improves position.
Wilkinson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rabbit avoids the damage to the body.
Rabbit avoiding damage as Wilkinson throws knees to the body.
Wilkinson missing with knees to the body.
Wilkinson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilkinson jumps guard but Rabbit stands there with Wilkinson around his waist. Wilkinson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hustla Rabbit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Wilkinson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilkinson lands a knee to the head.
Wilkinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Wilkinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hustla Rabbit's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rabbit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rabbit throws a series of punches but Wilkinson avoids them all with ease.
Rabbit misses with a double jab.

Wilkinson pushes Rabbit up against the cage in a clinch.
Rabbit takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wilkinson obliges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wilkinson with a knee to the head.
Wilkinson lands a knee to the head.

Hustla Rabbit's cut is getting worse.
Wilkinson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rabbit's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wilkinson pulls guard.
Wilkinson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rabbit manages to get himself to full guard.
Wilkinson controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabbit keeping moving, preventing Wilkinson from controlling successfully.
Wilkinson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Clay Wilkinson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rabbit throws a series of punches but Wilkinson moves out of range.
Wilkinson moves in looking to clinch but Rabbit pushes him off.
Wilkinson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but Rabbit is having none of it.
Wilkinson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rabbit's sensitive parts.

Wilkinson closes the distance and clinches.
Wilkinson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Hustla Rabbit's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wilkinson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabbit's defenses.

Jeez, Hustla Rabbit's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hustla Rabbit's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Clay Wilkinson!
Clay Wilkinson very nearly forgot to thank BioPharm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.