PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Wheel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Hart
vs
Wheel

187 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
21
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Punishment clothing

Punishment clothing
Cagewars Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Greg Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Wheel!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wheel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Wheel clinches up against the cage.

Hart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wheel moves into the clinch.
Wheel tries a knee to the head but Hart blocks it.
Hart creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wheel's defenses.

It looks like Paul Wheel has been cut.
Wheel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hart fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A body shot lands from Wheel.
Hart is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hart connects with a knee to the head.
Hart tries to pull guard but Wheel holds him up against the cage and eventually Hart drops back down to his feet.
Hart throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wheel presses Hart against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hart tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wheel gets underhooks to prevent Hart's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Hart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hart wants to stall.
Wheel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hart has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wheel is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wheel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wheel lands a left hand.
Wheel prevents the takedown attempt.
Hart is breathing heavily.
Wheel scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Greg Hart has been cut.
Wheel lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wheel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wheel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Wheel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wheel lands with a light punch inside.
Wheel lands an elbow that stopped Hart in his tracks for a moment.
Wheel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wheel crunches a lovely knee into Hart's ribcage.
Wheel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wheel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Wheel.
Wheel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wheel scores a nice knee to the body.
Wheel is leaning against Hart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wheel scores with a shoulder strike.
Wheel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Wheel.
Hart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wheel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Wheel.
Wheel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wheel.
Wheel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Greg Hart's cut is getting worse.
Wheel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hart backwards.
Wheel pushes Hart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wheel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wheel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wheel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wheel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wheel lands an elbow inside that Hart shrugs off.
Wheel missing with knees to the body.
Wheel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wheel scores with a shoulder strike.
Wheel lands an elbow that stopped Hart in his tracks for a moment.
Hart drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wheel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wheel with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Wheel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wheel.
Wheel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wheel takes a knee right on the jaw!

Hart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Wheel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wheel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Wheel goes for an armbar but Hart turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hart.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheel trying to control the position.
Hart will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hart wants to control from the top but Wheel keeps moving.

Wheel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hart pushes down on Wheel's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wheel striking from the bottom.
Hart sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Wheel is trying to stand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wheel is looking to control Hart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wheel avoid being mounted?
Wheel wants to control but Hart passes into side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Wheel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wheel shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hart as he avoids it easily.
Wheel shoots in looking for a takedown. Hart tries to sprawl out of it but Wheel keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hart manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hart misses with a head kick.
Wheel misses with a two punch combination.
Hart keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Greg Hart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Wheel.
Hart tries to clinch up but Wheel circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hart clinches with his opponent.
Wheel tries to work over Hart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wheel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hart.
A short body shot lands from Wheel as the two fighters clinch.
Paul Wheel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wheel is keeping busy.
Wheel is breathing heavily.
Hart throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart avoiding damage as Wheel throws knees to the body.
Wheel lands a damaging elbow.
Wheel lands a knee to the body.
Hart managing to block the knees to the body from Wheel.
Wheel landing knees to the body.
Wheel scores with a hook to the body.
Wheel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wheel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wheel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wheel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wheel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wheel scores a nice knee to the body.
Hart tries to land a knee to the head but Wheel blocks with his arms.
Wheel with a knee to the head.
Hart landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Wheel.
Hart wants a takedown.
Nice elbow from Wheel.
Hart managing to block the knees to the body from Wheel.
Hart connects with a knee to the head.
Wheel lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hart has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Wheel is trying to keep an underhook but Hart manages to get the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wheel is looking for a sweep. Hart is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wheel is trying to control but can't.

Hart decides to stand and escape the position.
Hart throws a head kick but Wheel moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Wheel or perhaps it was just good defense by Hart which made him look bad.
Wheel avoids the head kick by Hart.
Wheel tries for a takedown but Hart sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wheel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wheel wants to clinch but Hart slips to the side
and Hart counters with a head kick. That will keep Wheel thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hart throws a series of punches but Wheel moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Wheel with that takedown attempt.
Wheel shoots in but no luck this time.
Wheel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wheel keeps the fight on the outside.
Hart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Wheel darts in and clinches Hart up against the cage.
Wheel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hart's defenses.
Wheel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hart drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wheel is leaning against Hart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hart goes for a takedown attempt but Wheel pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Wheel instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wheel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wheel lands an elbow inside that Hart shrugs off.
Wheel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harts head.
Hart tries for a takedown. No joy.
A nice left hand lands by Wheel.
Wheel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hart backwards.
Wheel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wheel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wheel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wheel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wheel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hart throws a punch but it's blocked by Wheel.
Hart tries for a takedown but Wheel manages to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Wheel.
Hart tries to break the clinch but Wheel is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wheel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wheel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wheel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wheel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Wheel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Wheel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wheel closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wheel lands in his opponent's guard.
Wheel is looking to work some ground and pound but Hart has wrist control.
Hart keeping moving, preventing Wheel from controlling successfully.

Wheel decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hart, up you get!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wheel.
Wheel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wheel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hart's waist but Hart gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wheel off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wheel at a distance.
Hart shoots in but Wheel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wheel throws a lazy head kick

and Hart counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hart keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wheel's head.
Wheel is pulling down on Hart's head to control his posture.
Hart slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Hart has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wheel darts in trying to clinch

and Hart counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hart.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wheel wants to get back to his feet but Hart is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Hart stands and steps away. Wheel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wheel tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Wheel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wheel as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Hart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wheel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wheel throws a shot from downtown. Hart moves away and avoids it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hart.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Wheel.
Wheel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wheel gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hart counters with a head kick.
Wheel looks to clinch
and Hart counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wheel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hart circles away quickly and effectively.
Hart shoots for a double leg takedown but Wheel sprawls well. He's pushed Hart's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheel with a poor takedown
and Hart counters with a head kick.
Wheel tries for a takedown but Hart circles away easily

and Hart counters by moving into the clinch.
Greg Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hart wants a takedown but no success here.
Hart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wheel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wheel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hart.
Paul Wheel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hart is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wheel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wheel fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wheel tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wheel shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hart wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Hart showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wheel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Wheel!