PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Byrne comes to the cage accompanied by Hit Me Back by Kutt Calhoun. Wood has chosen Walk by Pantera as his entrance music. Ron Wood struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jacob Byrne looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Byrne
vs
Wood

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacob Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ron Wood!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Byrne stalks Wood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wood's face. Wood staggers backwards, shaken.

Wood clinches up against the cage.
Byrne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Byrne tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.

Wood is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Byrne can't fight it off and eventually Wood manages to take the fight to the floor. Byrne looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wood is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wood stopping the sweep attempt from Byrne.
Byrne is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Byrne has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Wood off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Byrne jabs Wood right on the nose. Wood blinks but takes it well.
Wood fails with a takedown attempt.
Wood drops his hands momentarily and Byrne takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Byrne moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Wood rushes Byrne and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Byrne misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants a takedown.
Jacob Byrne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Wood.
Byrne letting Wood take a breather here.
Wood looks gassed!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Byrne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wood is pressed up against the cage. Byrne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wood down to the mat. Wood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Byrne has his takedown stuffed

and Wood moves into the clinch.

Wood pulls guard.
Byrne has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Byrne trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Byrne looking to sit in guard and control but Wood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wood is looking to stand up but Byrne won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne wants to stand but Wood is controlling the position.
Byrne looking for a sweep. Not yet Byrne, not yet.
Byrne is trying to keep Wood in close.
Byrne can't keep his opponent in guard - Wood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Wood in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Wood is working for a kimura but Byrne is defending it quite comfortably.

Wood is working for a kimura but Byrne is defending it quite comfortably.
Byrne works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jacob Byrne will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Byrne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Byrne drives through with a takedown into guard.
Byrne sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wood's guard.
Wood manages to get to full guard.

Wood is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Byrne defends well.
Byrne distracts Wood with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Byrne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byrne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Byrne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Byrne has gone for a leg lock! Wood slips out almost immediately though and dives into Byrne's guard.

Wood is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Byrne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wood landing some decent shots from guard.

Byrne pushes Wood off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Byrne gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Byrne keeping moving, preventing Wood from controlling successfully.
Wood tries to free his leg and advance position but Byrne is retaining full guard.
Wood would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wood wants to control from the top but Byrne keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne trying to keep a closed guard but Wood is proving a slippery customer.
Byrne wants to stand but Wood is controlling the position.
Byrne can't keep his opponent in guard - Wood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wood passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Byrne!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Wood working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wood controlling from the full mount.
Byrne wants to hold on but Wood pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Wood 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. And we move into the final round!

Donk. Byrne catches Wood right on the button with a cross.
Byrne tries to clinch
and Wood counters with a good, hard body kick but Byrne shrugs it off.
Byrne works over Wood's head and body with a nice combination.
Wood is looking to slow Byrne down with leg kicks.
Wood avoids a kick to the body.

Wood throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Byrne was covering up waiting for the punch and Wood finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wood content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ron Wood has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Byrne controls Wood momentarily but Wood frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Wood decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Wood darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Byrne pushes Wood off looking to stand but Wood dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Wood there.
Wood perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Byrne keeping hold of Wood's head, controlling as best he can.
Byrne is trying to stand.

Wood is looking for a kimura but Byrne is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wood to get the leverage.
Wood is thwarting Byrne's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne pushes Wood off looking to stand but Wood dives back in and keeps control.
Wood keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Byrne is trying to stand.
Byrne gets back to full guard.
Wood prevents Byrne from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Byrne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wood manages to get himself to full guard.
Byrne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wood seems keen to control Byrne's posture.
Wood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Byrne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Byrne chips away with some ground and pound.

Wood wriggles free and stands up.
Wood lands a head kick. Byrne smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wood 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Wood!