PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Wylde (ranked 5231 p4p, 4423 weight class) and Lewis Hammond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Wylde
vs
Hammond

200 cm
25
253
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
275
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Wylde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lewis Hammond!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde throws a body shot but no joy.

Wylde rushes Hammond and presses him up against the cage.
Wylde tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammond avoids it.
Wylde with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammond is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wylde gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wylde crunches a lovely knee into Hammond's ribcage.
Wylde goes for a takedown attempt but Hammond pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wylde displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hammond.

Hammond gets tackled into the cage by Wylde. Wylde maintains the clinch.
Wylde lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wylde tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammond avoids the damage to the body.
Wylde is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammond is defending well for now.

Wylde successfully pulls guard.
Wylde is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde is thwarting Hammond's attempts to control the position.

Hammond looking for submissions off his back.
Wylde throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hammond really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wylde. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wylde slows the pace down in half guard.
Hammond trying to hold on to Wylde's head to control him but Wylde postures up.
Hammond controlling the position well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wylde is keen to just control but Hammond is a slippery customer.
Wylde passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wylde takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wylde can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hammond is looking to escape.
Wylde controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde avoids the attempt from Hammond to control.
Hammond takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hammond tries to hold on but Wylde pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammond is trying to stand up.

Wylde is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hammond can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Wylde punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hammond tries to hold on but Wylde postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde wants to control the pace but Hammond is squirming around nicely.

Hammond tries to improve his position but Wylde has taken his back! Wylde has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Hammond tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Wylde pushes Hammond away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Oscar Wylde!