PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Geoly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Something in the Way by Nirvana. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Wayne
vs
Geoly

186 cm
36
181 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

189 cm
31
192 lbs
26 - 12 - 5

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronnie Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 5, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Geoly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Geoly jabs at Wayne's body.
Geoly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wayne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Geoly avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Geoly is looking to land body kicks.
Wayne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Geoly is looking to slow Wayne down with leg kicks.
A solid body kick from Geoly.
Wayne turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Geoly.
Wayne scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Geoly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wayne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Geoly cracks the inside of Wayne's front leg.
Geoly feints and then cracks Wayne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wayne down.

Geoly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Geoly has control of an arm but Wayne manages to advance to Geoly's back!
I really don't envy Geoly right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geoly turns into Wayne and is now in his guard.
Wayne pulls Geoly in close to his closed guard and prevents Geoly from doing any damage or advancing position.
Geoly wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.

Wayne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Geoly is aware though and is defending well.
Wayne is looking to sweep but instead, Geoly has passed into half guard.
Wayne wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Geoly controlling the pace.
Wayne trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Wayne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Geoly throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wayne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Geoly content just to control the position here.
Geoly looking to finish Wayne with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wayne!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Geoly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wayne is looking to escape.
Wayne wants to hold on but Geoly pushes him away.
Wayne is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Geoly controlling the position easily from mount.
Wayne is squirming around, avoiding Geoly's attempts to control the action.
Wayne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geoly with the ground and pound from mount.
Wayne wants to control but Geoly is having none of it.
Wayne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wayne tries to hold on but Geoly pushes him away.
Geoly dominating with strikes here.
Wayne tries to reverse the position but Geoly maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wayne in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Geoly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Geoly throws a leg kick which misses Wayne's front leg but catches the back leg as Wayne tries to avoid it.
Wayne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A cross from Wayne lands.

Geoly shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Geoly was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Geoly working away.
Wayne is looking to regain half guard here but Geoly keeps moving and retains side control.
Wayne looking for a sweep but Geoly has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Geoly landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne gets back to half guard.
Wayne controlling the position well.
Wayne wants to control but Geoly passes into side.
A control attempt from Wayne but he's now mounted!
Geoly content just to control the position here.
Geoly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne tries to hold on but Geoly postures up.
Geoly landing shots from mount.
Wayne wants to control but Geoly is having none of it.
Geoly tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wayne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is looking to improve his position but Geoly isn't that keen on the idea.
Wayne takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Geoly avoids the attempt from Wayne to control.
Wayne is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Geoly wants to control the pace but Wayne is squirming around nicely.
Wayne wants to control but Geoly is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne can't escape the position.
Geoly tries to control but Wayne wriggling away.
Geoly breaks from Wayne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Geoly controlling from the full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wayne tries to hold on but Geoly postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Geoly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Wayne.
Wayne misses with a low kick as Geoly jumps back.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wayne.
Geoly defending well as Wayne loads up on a big left hand.
Geoly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wayne throws a jab when Geoly was well out of range.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Geoly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wayne misses with a hook. Geoly ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Wayne misses.
Wayne lands with a right hand.
The crowd cheers as Geoly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wayne doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne moves forwards but Geoly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Geoly checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geoly blocks a jab.
Geoly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wayne staying out of range there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Geoly.
Geoly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wayne.
Geoly pushes Wayne away with a front kick.
Geoly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wayne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Geoly counters with a single leg into guard. Wayne didn't expect that.
Wayne looking to control but Geoly passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Geoly tries to pass to full mount but Wayne defends it.
Geoly stalling away here and it's allowed Wayne to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Alexander Geoly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wayne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Geoly defends it easily.
Geoly is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Geoly's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Wayne is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne wants to sweep but no luck.
Geoly sitting in guard here, content to control.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alexander Geoly wasn't active enough on the ground.
Wayne lands with a nice body punch.
Ronnie Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Geoly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Geoly.
Geoly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Wayne

and Geoly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Geoly.
Geoly is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne working a defensive guard here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Geoly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Geoly throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Geoly.
Geoly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wayne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wayne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Geoly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Geoly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Geoly!
A less than humble Alexander Geoly misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.