PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Schnee Wittchen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan's entrance music is Freestyler. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wittchen's choice of entrance music: Can't be touched. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ryan
vs
Wittchen

175 cm
36
164 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

170 cm
29
175 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad Ryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Schnee Wittchen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Wittchen. No joy for Ryan on that attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ryan is defended easily by Wittchen.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ryan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wittchen.
A jab from Ryan finds it's way through Wittchen's defenses.
Ryan lands the left hand.
Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.

Ryan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ryan prevents Wittchen from standing back up.
Ryan is keen to just control but Wittchen is a slippery customer.
Ryan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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!

Ryan is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wittchen trying to control here.
Ryan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wittchen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wittchen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ryan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ryan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ryan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wittchen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ryan prevents Wittchen from improving his position.

Ryan is working for a kimura but Wittchen is defending it quite comfortably.
Wittchen trying to hold on to Ryan's head to control him but Ryan postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wittchen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ryan is controlling the pace.
Wittchen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ryan.

Ryan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wittchen defends it well.
Ryan controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wittchen is not content to let Ryan control the position.
Wittchen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ryan.
Ryan looking to pass the guard.
Wittchen wants to get back to his feet but Ryan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryan looking to sit in guard and control but Wittchen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan working a defensive guard here.
Wittchen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wittchen throws a big right hand that misses.
Wittchen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ryan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ryan trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Ryan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ryan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wittchen defending well as Ryan loads up on a big left hand.
Ryan looks to land a left hand but Wittchen moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wittchen. That's going to slow Ryan down.
Wittchen tries to clinch up but Ryan circles away and keeps his distance.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ryan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wittchen scores with a nice body kick.
Wittchen is looking to slow Ryan down with leg kicks.
Nice body kick there by Wittchen.
Ryan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wittchen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ryan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schnee Wittchen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wittchen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ryan's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ryan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wittchen.
Wittchen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Wittchen.
Brad Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wittchen throws a sloppy head kick and Ryan moves out of range easily.
Ryan swings for the body but Wittchen moves out of range.
Wittchen throws a jab but it's blocked by Ryan.

Ryan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Wittchen kicks off Ryan and gets to his feet.

Wittchen moves into the clinch successfully.
Wittchen managing to block the knees to the body from Ryan.
Ryan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wittchen lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan tries to stall but Wittchen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wittchen has Ryan pressed against the cage.
Wittchen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wittchen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Wittchen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wittchen lands a good knee to the midsection. Ryan won't want to take too many of those.
Ryan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ryan tries a body shot but Wittchen blocks it.
Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Wittchen.
Wittchen avoiding damage as Ryan throws knees to the body.
Ryan tries to stall but Wittchen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wittchen tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Wittchen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan wants to break free but Wittchen has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wittchen.
Wittchen stalling in the clinch but Ryan improves position.
Wittchen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryan.
Wittchen prevents Ryan from breaking the clinch.
Ryan tries a body shot but Wittchen blocks it.
Ryan misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Wittchen.
Ryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wittchen blocks a body shot from Ryan.
Wittchen looking to throw knees to the head but Ryan is blocking nicely.
Wittchen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryan misses with a body punch.
Ryan looking to stall.
Wittchen blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wittchen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wittchen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wittchen stalls.
Ryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wittchen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryan.
Ryan tries to stall but Wittchen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wittchen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ryan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wittchen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ryan lands a left hand.
Wittchen trying to stall but Ryan improves his position.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Schnee Wittchen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ryan closes the distance and clinches.
Ryan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wittchen's elbow.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryan swings for the body but Wittchen moves out of range.
Schnee Wittchen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ryan throws a lazy body kick
and Wittchen counters with a left to the body.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick.
Ryan misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Wittchen.

Ryan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wittchen stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Ryan throwing strikes but Wittchen manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Ryan is looking for a sweep.
Wittchen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wittchen wants to stand but Ryan has his arm trapped.
Wittchen trying to control the position but Ryan is working away.
Wittchen wants to stand but Ryan is controlling his arm.

Wittchen stands up and beckons Ryan to his feet.
Ryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wittchen manages to avoid it.
Ryan thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wittchen avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Wittchen is looking to land body kicks.
Wittchen swings for the body but Ryan moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Wittchen misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ryan, as that shot connected.
Ryan misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Wittchen.
Good shot there by Ryan.
Wittchen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryan circles away quickly and effectively.
Ryan stalks Wittchen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wittchen's face. Wittchen staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick misses from Wittchen.
A slow jab from Ryan misses its intended target.
Nice sprawl there from Wittchen as Ryan shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wittchen tries a head kick but it misses.
Wittchen throws a hook but Ryan blocks it.
Ryan with a hook.
Wittchen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wittchen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ryan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Ryan closes the distance and pushes Wittchen back into the cage.
Wittchen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wittchen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ryan is defending well for now.
Wittchen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wittchen misses with a knee to the head.
Wittchen looking to throw knees to the head but Ryan is blocking nicely.
Ryan avoiding damage as Wittchen throws knees to the body.
Ryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Wittchen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wittchen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Schnee Wittchen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wittchen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ryan misses with an elbow over the top.
Wittchen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ryan's face.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Wittchen.
Wittchen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wittchen has Ryan pushed against the cage.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Wittchen controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wittchen misses with a knee to the head.
Wittchen prevents a body shot from Ryan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wittchen blocks an elbow strike.
Ryan is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Ryan fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Brad Ryan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ryan punishes Wittchen's body with a nice straight punch.
Ryan shoots in for a double leg but Wittchen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wittchen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryan.
Ryan shoots in for a double leg but Wittchen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ryan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wittchen counters with a big head kick but Ryan shrugs it off.
Wittchen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wittchen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryan throws out a powerful jab.
Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Wittchen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ryan's hands.
Wittchen keeps Ryan at a distance using the push kick.

Wittchen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wittchen wants to pass the guard but Ryan is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan trying to control here.

Ryan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wittchen slaps away a takedown attempt from Ryan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wittchen moves away.

Ryan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wittchen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wittchen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ryan looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wittchen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryan avoiding damage as Wittchen throws knees to the body.
Ryan tries a knee to the head but Wittchen blocks it.
Wittchen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ryan blocks it with crossed arms.
Ryan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wittchen.
Ryan trying to control the position but instead, Wittchen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ryan into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wittchen.
Ryan is trying to maintain a safe position but Wittchen gets an underhook and turns Ryan into the cage.
Ryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wittchen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wittchen is trying to maintain a safe position but Ryan gets an underhook and turns Wittchen into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan tries to land a knee to the head but Wittchen blocks with his arms.
Wittchen scores a nice knee to the body.
Wittchen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wittchen looking to stall.
Ryan tries to land knees in the clinch but Wittchen avoids the damage to the body.
Wittchen stalls.
Wittchen misses with a knee strike.
Ryan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ryan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wittchen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryan.
Ryan tries to stall but Wittchen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wittchen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ryan wants to stall.
Wittchen tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.
Ryan misses with a knee strike.
Wittchen blocks a body shot from Ryan.
Wittchen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Wittchen.
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!
Wittchen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wittchen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ryan is keeping busy.
Ryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wittchen is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wittchen misses with a knee to the head.
Wittchen scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Schnee Wittchen dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ryan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Ryan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wittchen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Ryan has Wittchen in his guard.
Wittchen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ryan pulls Wittchen in close to his closed guard and prevents Wittchen from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wittchen preventing the sweep.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wittchen!
Wittchen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ryan.
Ryan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wittchen tries to reverse the position but Ryan maintains control.
Wittchen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ryan.
Wittchen wants to hold on but Ryan pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ryan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ryan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wittchen is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wittchen working to try and regain half guard.
Ryan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wittchen looks a forlorn figure.
Ryan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan raining down shots from the mount!
Ryan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wittchen looks a forlorn figure.
Ryan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ryan 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.
Ryan is landing with some decent strikes but Wittchen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan controlling his opponent.
Ryan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ryan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Ryan landing punches.
Ryan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wittchen hang on?
Ryan wants to control the pace but Wittchen is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Ryan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ryan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 48:47
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 48:47
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Ryan!
Brad Ryan retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Brad Ryan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.