PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liquid Metal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wright
vs
Metal

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liquid Metal!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright tries to clinch but Metal moves out of range.
Wright throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Metal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wright gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Metal counters with an inside leg kick.
Wright shoots and misses
and Metal counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wright thinking.
Wright moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Metal closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wright did well to prevent Metal getting side control.
Wright tries to roll over but Metal keeps him under control.
Wright knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Metal on the ground.
Still in half guard, Metal seems content to control.
Wright wants to control but Metal is keeping busy.
Metal throwing shots but Wright is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright wants to get back to his feet.
Metal lands with a punch from half guard.
Metal scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Metal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Metal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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. Metal connects with a nice short shot to Wright's temple.
Metal winds up and cracks Wright with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Metal thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Metal trying to control the pace.
Metal is looking to take a break and control but Wright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Metal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metal lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright has hold of Metal's hands but Metal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Metal working the head and body with strikes.
Wright on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wright tries to get out of the position.
Wright tries to get to full guard but Metal has control of the leg.
Wright taking some punishment here, with Metal in his half guard.
Metal has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Metal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wright?
Metal fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Wright that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Metal breaks from Wright's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Metal lands a big elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Metal raining down hammerfists from mount.
Metal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Metal dominating with strikes here.
Metal is landing with some decent strikes but Wright is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Metal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wright?
Metal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Metal working the ground and pound effectively.
Metal is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Metal scoring with strikes but Wright is staying in there.
Metal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wright looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright wants to control but Metal is having none of it.
Metal landing strikes from the mount.
Metal tries to control but Wright wriggling away.
Metal landing strikes, looking to finish!
Metal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wright hang on?
Metal is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wright can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Metal with the ground and pound from mount.
Metal with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Metal wants to control the pace but Wright is squirming around nicely.
Wright tries to hold on but Metal postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liquid Metal dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wright tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Metal counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Metal.
Metal works over Wright with some ground and pound from guard.
Metal keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wright's head.
Metal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Metal advances to half guard.
Wright tries to get to full guard but Metal has control of the leg.
Metal working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Metal.
Wright wants to sweep but Metal has passed to side control!
Wright is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Metal is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metal landing punches.
Wright tries to hold on but Metal postures up.
Metal with good strikes from the mount here!
Metal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Metal lands a nice shot to the head.
Metal breaks from Wright's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Metal punishing his opponent with strikes.
Metal lands a big shot there that rocks Wright but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Metal postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wright looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Metal with the ground and pound from mount.
Metal scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metal lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Metal raining down shots from the mount!
Metal working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Wright is rocked!
Metal landing punches.
Oh Wright is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liquid Metal has got the better of the ground game so far.
Metal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wright hang on?
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Metal! Wright is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Liquid Metal!