PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Whizzer Oz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woods has chosen Jackson 5 - ABC as his entrance music. Manny Woods is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Oz
vs
Woods

178 cm
22
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Whizzer Oz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Woods!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oz is looking to clinch but Woods is avoiding it.
Woods avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oz fails to land with a series of punches.
Woods fails with a takedown attempt.
Oz tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oz wants to clinch.
Oz lands a nice hook to Woods's body. Woods takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oz tries to close the distance and clinch but Woods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oz misses with a two punch combination.
Oz is looking to clinch.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Woods lands a right hook to the body.
Woods misses with a combination
and Oz counters with a right hand to the body.
Woods closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oz tries to clinch up but Woods circles away and keeps his distance.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Woods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods takes a swing at Oz's ribcage but misses.
Oz tries to clinch up but Woods circles away and keeps his distance.
Woods swings for the body but Oz moves out of range.
A punch combination from Woods misses.

Oz rushes Woods and presses him up against the cage.

Oz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Woods throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Oz clinches.
Oz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Oz breaks the clinch.
Woods will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Woods tries to move into range but Oz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oz tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
Oz swings for the body but Woods moves out of range.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by Oz.

Oz moves into range and clinches up with Woods.
Oz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Woods.
Whizzer Oz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Woods.
Woods tries for a takedown but Oz manages to get underhooks.
Oz prevents the takedown attempt.
Oz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oz misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Oz breaks the clinch.

Oz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Woods tries for a takedown. No joy.
Oz is trying to break the clinch but Woods has him pressed against the cage.

Oz breaks the clinch.
Woods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Woods scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot lands for Oz.
Oz tries to close the distance and clinch but Woods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whizzer Oz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oz tries to clinch up but Woods circles away and keeps his distance.
Whizzer Oz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oz cracks Woods with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whizzer Oz dominated that round.
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.

Oz tries to clinch but Woods moves out of range.
Oz misses with a double jab

and Woods counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oz tries to get to full guard but Woods has control of the leg.

Woods is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Oz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Woods.

Woods is looking for a kimura but Oz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Woods to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Woods is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Woods looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woods is breathing heavily.

Woods wants to work for an arm triangle but Oz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Oz connects with a single shot there.

Oz moves into the clinch successfully.

Oz breaks the clinch.
Oz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Oz duly obliges.

It looks like Manny Woods has been cut.
Oz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods shoots in looking for a takedown. Oz tries to sprawl out of it but Woods keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Whizzer Oz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oz tries to clinch but Woods moves away
and Woods counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Woods swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Woods is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Oz rather than just go for the knockout.
A right-left combo lands from Oz.
Oz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Woods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Woods tries for a takedown but Oz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Woods with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oz to score with a decent uppercut.
Oz lands a with a good body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by Oz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Oz does no damage.

Oz closes the distance and clinches.
Oz lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Oz breaks the clinch.
Woods swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oz counters with a one-two to the body.
Oz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oz fails in his attempt to clinch.

Oz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Woods blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oz lands a nice shot to the body.

Oz manages to break the clinch.

Oz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Woods.
Woods is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Whizzer Oz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Woods.
Oz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oz cracks Woods with a nice body shot.

Oz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oz fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Woods throws the left hand but Oz avoids the punch easily.
Oz doesn't manage to clinch there - Woods circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whizzer Oz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Woods's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Woods thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Oz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Woods throws a lazy right hand but Oz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by Oz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oz tries to bum rush Woods with a series of wild strikes but Woods uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oz tries to clinch there but Woods circles away.
Oz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Woods.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Woods fails to land the takedown.
Oz throws a right hand that Woods ducks under and follows up with a left that Woods also avoids with ease.
Oz throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Woods counter with a right hand.
Oz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Woods at a distance.
Woods keeps the fight on the outside.
Woods keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oz.
Oz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Oz duly obliges.
Oz lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oz misses with a double jab.
Woods misses with a takedown attempt - Oz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oz tries to clinch up.
Oz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oz cracks Woods with an open hand slap.
Oz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Woods at a distance.
Oz lands a jab-cross combination.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oz has closed the distance and engaged Woods in a clinch.
Oz scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Oz.
Woods goes for a takedown in the clinch but Oz prevents it.
Whizzer Oz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Woods.
Woods takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oz is trying to break free.

Oz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Woods tries for a takedown but Oz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oz misses with a wild combination.
Oz takes a swing at Woods's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oz wants to clinch
and Woods counters with a straight right hand.
Oz scores with a nice head shot.
Woods waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Oz.
Oz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woods paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Manny Woods has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oz closes the distance looking to clinch

and Woods counters with a shoot takedown. Oz fights it but they end up in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Whizzer Oz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Oz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Whizzer Oz!