PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between pure wrestling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and boxing sparing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as boxing sparing enters the cage!

wrestling
vs
sparing

185 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

CBK MMA Nutrition

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, pure wrestling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, boxing sparing!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wrestling tries to close the distance and clinch up but sparing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
sparing bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
wrestling misses with an uppercut. sparing saw that one coming.
wrestling misses with an uppercut.
wrestling misses with a straight left.
sparing fails in his attempt to clinch.
sparing dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
sparing keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from wrestling.
wrestling throws a hook to the side of sparing's head but sparing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
wrestling throws a hook to the side of sparing's head but sparing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
sparing tries to clinch up.
sparing fails in his attempt to clinch.

wrestling drops sparing with a nice combination! wrestling dives into sparing's guard, looking to finish!

sparing is rocked!

It looks like boxing sparing has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
wrestling looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
sparing is still in real trouble! Can wrestling finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
sparing controls wrestling momentarily but wrestling frees himself.
sparing seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sparing strikes from his own guard.
wrestling stops sparing from standing up.
sparing looking for a sweep. Not yet sparing, not yet.

sparing manages to escape and get back to his feet.
sparing tries to clinch up but wrestling circles away and keeps his distance.
sparing ducks under a wild hook from wrestling.

wrestling moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from wrestling on the inside.

That has opened up boxing sparing's cut even more.
wrestling misses with some punches.
wrestling lands with a light punch inside.
wrestling scores with a shoulder strike.
sparing looks gassed!
wrestling lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wrestling.

wrestling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut there from sparing.
wrestling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wrestling throws the left hand but sparing avoids the punch easily.
sparing is looking to clinch.
sparing ducks under a wild hook from wrestling.

wrestling rushes sparing and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

wrestling breaks the clinch.
wrestling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
sparing tries to clinch but wrestling moves out of range.

wrestling takes the fight into the clinch.

wrestling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wrestling throws a jab but it's blocked by sparing.

wrestling takes the fight into the clinch.
wrestling has a couple of punches blocked by sparing.
wrestling lands an uppercut.
wrestling working aggressively here.
wrestling has a couple of punches blocked by sparing.
wrestling lands with a short punch from the clinch.
sparing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on sparing's face as he tries to break the clinch.
wrestling misses with the head strike.

sparing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
sparing doesn't manage to clinch there - wrestling circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wrestling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
sparing defending well as wrestling loads up on a big left hand.
wrestling is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
wrestling misses with an uppercut.
wrestling misses with the combination.
sparing wants to clinch up but wrestling keeps it at a distance.
wrestling misses with a series of wild punches.
sparing is looking to clinch but wrestling is avoiding it.
sparing misses with a head kick.

wrestling has sparing up against the cage in a clinch.

wrestling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - sparing looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

wrestling closes the distance and pushes sparing back into the cage.

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

wrestling has taken the fight to the clinch.
wrestling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
sparing blocking some punches.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wrestling misses with a looping left.
sparing tries to clinch there but wrestling circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wrestling throws a jab but it's blocked by sparing.

wrestling clinches up against the cage.
wrestling lands a right hand that snaps the head of sparing backwards.
sparing cracks wrestling with a nice body shot.
sparing throws a head punch that misses.

wrestling manages to break the clinch.
sparing moves in looking to clinch but wrestling pushes him off.
sparing bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
wrestling keeps the fight on the outside.
wrestling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sparing circles away quickly and effectively.
sparing tries to clinch up but wrestling circles away and keeps his distance.
sparing steps to the side to avoid the strikes from wrestling.
wrestling throws a series of punches but sparing moves out of range.
sparing fails with an attempt to clinch.
sparing thuds his shin into the meat of wrestling's side.
sparing lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like pure wrestling has been cut.
wrestling misses with a few strikes there.
pure wrestling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
sparing lands a right hook to the body.
sparing scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
wrestling drops his hands momentarily and sparing takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
sparing keeps the fight on the outside.
wrestling swats away the attempt to clinch by sparing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pure wrestling dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

wrestling misses with an uppercut. sparing saw that one coming.
wrestling slips a jab and a cross from sparing.
sparing wants to clinch.
wrestling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract sparing.
sparing lands with a nice combination. wrestling backs away looking to recover.
wrestling throws a hook to the side of sparing's head but sparing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from wrestling misses its intended target.
wrestling looks to throw the jab but sparing is out of range.
wrestling takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

wrestling instigates a clinch.
wrestling lands a left hand.
wrestling lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
wrestling has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
sparing is trying to break free.
sparing is trying to force a seperation but wrestling has the dominant position.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
sparing misses with a few strikes there.
sparing slips under a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
sparing keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from wrestling.
wrestling throws a hook but sparing avoids it easily.
sparing ducks under a wild hook from wrestling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sparing fails in his attempt to clinch.

wrestling has sparing up against the cage in a clinch.
wrestling working aggressively here.
wrestling working aggressively here.
sparing wants to get back to striking at distance but wrestling won't allow it.
wrestling misses with the head strike.
sparing has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
sparing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
sparing wants to break free but wrestling has control.
wrestling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from wrestling.
wrestling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
sparing blocking some punches.
wrestling has a couple of punches blocked by sparing.
sparing wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but wrestling has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, sparing scores with a nice short uppercut.
wrestling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
sparing looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
wrestling scores with a shoulder strike.
wrestling misses with the head strike.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wrestling slips a jab and a cross from sparing.

wrestling moves into range and clinches up with sparing.
sparing's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
wrestling misses with some punches.
wrestling has a couple of punches blocked by sparing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wrestling lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of sparing backwards.
sparing wants to get back to striking at distance but wrestling won't allow it.
wrestling misses with a hook from the clinch.
sparing blocks an uppercut.
wrestling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
wrestling scores with a shot to the side of sparing's head.
wrestling misses with a short punch on the inside.
sparing has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from wrestling.

wrestling breaks from the clinch.

wrestling darts in and clinches sparing up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by wrestling.
wrestling swings wildly with an uppercut but sparing uses good head movement to avoid it.
wrestling prevents sparing from breaking the clinch.

wrestling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wrestling throws an overhand right that lands on sparing's shoulder, as sparing tries to avoid the shot.
wrestling swats away the attempt to clinch by sparing.
sparing is looking to clinch.

wrestling has sparing up against the cage in a clinch.
wrestling throws a head punch that misses.

wrestling breaks from the clinch.
sparing defending well as wrestling loads up on a big left hand.
wrestling throws a shot from downtown. sparing moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wrestling on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
sparing takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
wrestling scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
wrestling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
wrestling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
wrestling throws a big shot that misses.
sparing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
wrestling lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
sparing tries to clinch up but wrestling circles away and keeps his distance.
wrestling misses the jab.
sparing misses with a wild combination.
wrestling tries to clinch up but sparing circles away and keeps his distance.
sparing tries to clinch there but wrestling circles away.
sparing keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from wrestling.
wrestling looks to land a left hand but sparing moved out of range nicely.
sparing works wrestling's body with a nice hook.

wrestling has closed the distance and engaged sparing in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, wrestling creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
sparing blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wrestling misses with some punches.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - wrestling throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
wrestling looks to land a left hand but sparing moved out of range nicely.
boxing sparing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by sparing!
wrestling misses with an uppercut. sparing saw that one coming.
sparing wants to clinch.
wrestling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
sparing tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but wrestling paws at him with a jab and circles away.

wrestling closes the distance and clinches.
sparing is looking to break free of the clinch but wrestling has double underhooks.
wrestling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
wrestling lands with a light punch inside.
sparing wants to break the clinch but can't.
wrestling has a couple of punches blocked by sparing.
sparing's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
sparing is trying to break free.
wrestling misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from wrestling.
wrestling misses with a hook from the clinch.
sparing's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pure wrestling dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A jab from wrestling misses.
wrestling keeps the fight on the outside.
wrestling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract sparing.
sparing moves in looking to clinch but wrestling pushes him off.
wrestling wants to clinch up but sparing keeps it at a distance.
sparing is looking to clinch but wrestling is avoiding it.
wrestling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by sparing.
wrestling throws a hook to the side of sparing's head but sparing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
wrestling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
wrestling is looking to clinch.

wrestling gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
wrestling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
sparing has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

wrestling breaks the clinch.
sparing tries to close the distance and clinch but wrestling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from sparing.
wrestling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
wrestling takes one to the side of the head.
sparing moves out of range as wrestling strikes.
wrestling throws an overhand right that lands on sparing's shoulder, as sparing tries to avoid the shot.
sparing tries to clinch but wrestling is having none of it.
sparing swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wrestling throws a hook but sparing avoids it easily.
wrestling misses with a double jab.
sparing wants to clinch.
wrestling dodges the punch combination from sparing.

wrestling closes the distance and pushes sparing back into the cage.
wrestling throws a blind hook that connects with the side of sparings head.
sparing softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

wrestling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

wrestling clinches with his opponent.
wrestling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
sparing tries to throw a body punch but wrestling avoids it by throwing sparing back against the cage.
wrestling keeps control of sparing as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by wrestling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by sparing.

wrestling pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wrestling circles away from the clinch attempt.
sparing wants to clinch up but wrestling keeps it at a distance.

wrestling moves into the clinch.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wrestling fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

wrestling darts in and clinches sparing up against the cage.
wrestling misses with the head strike.
wrestling swings wildly with an uppercut but sparing uses good head movement to avoid it.
wrestling lands with a left to the head.
wrestling lands a hook that snaps the head of sparing backwards.
wrestling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
sparing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
wrestling misses with some punches.
sparing tries to break the clinch but wrestling is controlling the position.
sparing working hard to break the clinch.
wrestling scores with a shoulder strike.
sparing wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by wrestling.
sparing wants to break free but wrestling has control.
Still in the clinch, wrestling scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from wrestling on the inside.
pure wrestling has scored more points in the clinch so far.
wrestling lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
sparing has a couple of punches blocked by wrestling.
sparing takes a shot to the head.
wrestling lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
wrestling lands a right hand.
wrestling working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from wrestling fails to land.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
wrestling lunges at sparing with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by sparing's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wrestling misses with a hook. sparing ducked under it nicely.
sparing tries to clinch up.
wrestling throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
sparing dips to his left and cracks wrestling with an uppercut!
Nice cross by wrestling.
wrestling looks to land a left hand but sparing moved out of range nicely.
wrestling circles away from the clinch attempt.

wrestling has sparing up against the cage in a clinch.
wrestling lands a right hand.
wrestling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
sparing wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but wrestling has him pressed against the cage.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
sparing fails in his attempt to clinch.

wrestling gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wrestling.
wrestling keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparing's efforts to push away.
sparing throws a head punch that misses.

wrestling manages to break the clinch.
wrestling throws a series of strikes that have sparing backpedaling.

wrestling gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
wrestling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wrestling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

wrestling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sparing moves in looking to clinch but wrestling pushes him off.

sparing has taken the fight to the clinch.

wrestling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wrestling closes the distance and lands a one-two.
pure wrestling is winning the standup battle so far.
sparing slips a jab and a cross from wrestling.

sparing gets a clinch.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

wrestling moves into the clinch.
sparing trying to control the position but instead, wrestling has worked for underhooks and has pushed sparing into the cage.

wrestling breaks the clinch.
sparing tries to clinch up.
wrestling looks to land a right hand but sparing moved out of range.
wrestling throws the left hand but sparing avoids the punch easily.

wrestling forces sparing back against the cage and clinches.
wrestling makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

wrestling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - sparing looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
wrestling tries to clinch but sparing moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
pure wrestling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for wrestling, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... pure wrestling!