PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Cricky (ranked 792 p4p, 107 weight class) and Daana Wyte (ranked 2669 p4p, 323 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cricky
vs
Wyte

190 cm
21
217 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

190 cm
29
212 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimbo Cricky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daana Wyte!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Wyte misses.
Wyte swinging wildly here.
Cricky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wyte swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Cricky to counter with a crisp jab.
Wyte throws a jab but it's blocked by Cricky.
Cricky was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cricky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cricky is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wyte uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cricky has time to react.
Cricky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wyte 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.
Wyte throws a right and a left that Cricky avoids nicely.
It looked like Cricky was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wyte.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky moves out of range.
Cricky swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wyte looks to land a combination but Cricky avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wyte throws a right and a left that Cricky avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Cricky misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cricky with a nice cross.
Cricky scores with the left hand. Wyte knows he should have avoided that one.
Cricky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wyte.
Wyte misses with a left hand
letting Cricky counter with a right hand.
Wyte misses with a lunging right hand
and Cricky counters with a left to the body.
Wyte lands with a hook. Cricky tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice shot lands for Cricky.
Cricky lands a glancing blow to the side of Wyte's head.
Cricky throws a hook to the side of Wyte's head but Wyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyte throws a right hand that misses
and Cricky counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cricky lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cricky cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wyte misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyte misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cricky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wyte throws out the jab.
Wyte misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wyte takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wyte throws a shot to the body.
Wyte throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wyte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cricky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wyte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cricky.
Wyte on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Cricky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wyte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cricky.
Wyte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wyte has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cricky throws a shot to the body.
Wyte misses with a straight right.
Cricky swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyte throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daana Wyte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyte throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cricky was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky moves out of range.
Wyte misses with a double jab
and Cricky counters with a left and a right that stings Wyte.
Cricky throws a looping overhand right but Wyte ducks down to avoid it.
Cricky slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wyte throws a hook but Cricky avoids it easily.
Wyte takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab from Cricky.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky moves out of range.
Cricky's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cricky duly obliges.

It looks like Daana Wyte has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wyte takes one to the side of the head.
Cricky slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cricky scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wyte has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cricky finds it's way round the side to connect with Wyte's head.
Cricky lands a nice shot that snaps Wyte's head back.
Cricky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cricky moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Wyte. Those never looked like landing.
Cricky throws a big counter combination but Wyte scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cricky drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wyte misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Wyte.
Cricky swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wyte defending well as Cricky loads up on a big left hand.
Wyte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cricky connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wyte scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Cricky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daana Wyte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wyte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wyte throws an off balance right hand
and Cricky counters with a nice body shot.
Wyte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cricky.
Wyte scores with a punch to the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Wyte might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cricky has got the better of the exchanges.
Wyte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Cricky 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wyte dodges the punch combination from Cricky.
Cricky misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cricky cracks Wyte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wyte swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wyte misses with a double jab
and Cricky counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wyte tries to move into range but Cricky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cricky.
Wyte throws a combination that misses
and Cricky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wyte fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Cricky wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Cricky.
Wyte misses with a two punch combination.
Wyte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cricky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wyte can do to turn this around?
Wyte misses with a left hand
and Cricky connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wyte has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wyte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cricky dips to his left and cracks Wyte with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cricky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cricky darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cricky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wyte.
Cricky throwing a counter right hand but Wyte manages to avoid it.
Daana Wyte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wyte misses with a wild combination.
Wyte misses with a shot to the body
and Cricky counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wyte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wyte ducks under a wild hook from Cricky.
Cricky is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wyte lands an overhand right.
Wyte bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cricky scores with a nice right hand.
Cricky catches Wyte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Cricky is just out of range.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cricky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cricky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wyte.
Cricky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wyte throws out the jab.
Cricky moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Wyte.
Cricky thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wyte lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wyte misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cricky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cricky moves away from the strike by Wyte.
Cricky swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cricky looks to land a combination but Wyte avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyte lands a jab.
Cricky clobbers Wyte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good standup being displayed there by Cricky as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice combination there by Cricky.
Wyte throws a right hand that Cricky ducks under and follows up with a left that Cricky also avoids with ease.
Cricky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wyte.
Cricky misses with the combination.
Wyte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cricky manages to avoid it.
Wyte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cricky.
Wyte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Cricky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daana Wyte's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wyte throws a lazy uppercut
and Wyte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky moves out of range.
Cricky misses with a hook.
Cricky clobbers Wyte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cricky misses with a looping right.
Wyte throws out a loose jab but Cricky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cricky waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wyte.
Cricky throws a series of punches but Wyte avoids them all with ease.
Wyte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cricky.
Cricky appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cricky throws out a loose jab but Wyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wyte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cricky.
Cricky throws a right hand that Wyte ducks under and follows up with a left that Wyte also avoids with ease.
Wyte misses with a combination
and Cricky cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Cricky as he connects with a hook.
Wyte throws out a loose jab but Cricky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wyte misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cricky takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wyte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cricky to score with a decent uppercut.
Wyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wyte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wyte misses with the combination.
Wyte swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cricky counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wyte digs a good hook to Cricky's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricky lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cricky slips a jab from Wyte.
Wyte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cricky.
Cricky ducks under a wild hook from Wyte.
Cricky scores with a jab. Wyte acknowledges it with a nod 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!
Wyte walks into a stiff left hand from Cricky.
Cricky misses with an uppercut.
Wyte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jimbo Cricky is winning the standup battle so far.
Wyte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cricky.
Wyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wyte misses with an uppercut
and Cricky counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cricky scores with a punch to the head.
Wyte ducks under a wild hook from Cricky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyte throws a right hand that Cricky ducks under and follows up with a left that Cricky also avoids with ease.
A jab from Cricky does it's job there.
Wyte throws a series of punches but Cricky moves out of range.
Wyte throws a one two combo.
Wyte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big left from Wyte misses.
Cricky appears to be looking for a big counter.
A combination from Wyte does no damage.
Cricky throwing a counter right hand but Wyte manages to avoid it.
Cricky scores with a nice strike.
Cricky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wyte.
Wyte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cricky is looking for a counter combo.
Wyte swings for the body but Cricky moves out of range.
Cricky moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cricky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cricky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cricky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wyte misses with a looping right.
Cricky displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cricky throws a jab but it's blocked by Wyte.
Cricky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wyte moves away.
Cricky throws a hook but Wyte avoids it easily.
Wyte scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cricky doesn't seem bothered though.
Cricky lands with a right hand.
Cricky lands a lovely overhand right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cricky.
Wyte lands with a nice combination. Cricky backs away looking to recover.
Daana Wyte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cricky moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimbo Cricky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cricky has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimbo Cricky!
Daana Wyte spoke after the fight, saying 'I am sad for this loss. The important thing is that I don't reach for the alcohol bottle now.'.