PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between dustin wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryte Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hook has chosen Sweet Dreams as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

wells
vs
Hook

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, dustin wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryte Hook!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wells slips a jab and a cross from Hook.
Hook blocks a head kick by wells.
wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hook throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hook fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for wells, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hook dives in and grabs wells's left leg, looking for a takedown. wells pushes down on Hook's head and hops out.
Hook misses with a combination
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hook tries to clinch up.
Ryte Hook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
wells shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hook sprawls well. Hook wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. wells gets slowly back to his feet.
wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hook scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hook scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hook lands with some strikes.
Hook looks gassed!
wells holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hook tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
wells tries to hold on but Hook postures up.
wells is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hook is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hook misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
wells wants to hold on but Hook pushes him away.
Hook looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook won't let wells get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
wells wants to control but Hook is having none of it.
Hook throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
wells regains half guard.
Hook is thwarting wells's attempts to control the position.
Hook missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wells moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
wells preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as wells holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
wells not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
wells 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
wells wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hook keeps working.
Hook is trying to control but wells passes into side control!
wells cracks Hook with a big right hand but Hook just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
A lull in the action here as wells stalls from top position.

wells has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryte Hook will probably get the nod.
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.

wells shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
wells clinches but Hook breaks the clinch
and Hook counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hook swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and wells counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hook is looking to clinch but wells is avoiding it.

Hook clinches up with wells and pushes him back against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hook. wells does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hook throws a combination that misses
and wells counters with a three punch combo that has Hook backing up. Hook nods at wells to acknowledge the strikes.
Hook is on the wrong end of a nice combination from wells.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
wells throws a nice looking combination but Hook bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
wells throws a nice looking combination but Hook bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hook moves in looking to clinch but wells pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wells lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Hook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from wells misses.
wells fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hook is looking to clinch.
wells lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
wells misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hook throws a big shot that misses.
wells fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
wells throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hook throws a jab but it's blocked by wells.
wells tries to land a leg kick but Hook saw it coming and moves away.

That's two 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.
wells throws a leg kick

and Hook counters by moving into the clinch.
wells is trying to break free.
Hook can't get the takedown.

Hook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hook throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and wells counters with a three punch combo that has Hook backing up. Hook nods at wells to acknowledge the strikes.
Hook throws a shot from downtown. wells moves away and avoids it.
Hook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hook falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling wells to counter with a crisp jab.
Hook throws a left and a right that both miss

and wells counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hook won't be happy with that.
wells trying to control the position but Hook is working away.
You can see the frustration on Hook's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook is letting wells control him for a moment.
wells trying to control the position but Hook is working away.
Hook is trying to control wells's posture but wells avoids it.
Hook is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
wells lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
wells throws a head kick that misses.
wells misses with a wild combination.
Hook throws the left hand but wells avoids the punch easily.
wells lands with a hook. Hook tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hook works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
wells looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
wells moves in looking to clinch but Hook pushes him off.
A head kick misses from wells.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

dustin wells dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

wells shoots in but no luck this time.
Hook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by wells.
Hook lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hook shoots and misses
and wells counters with a two punch combo.
wells throws a series of strikes that have Hook backpedaling.
wells tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hook blocks a head kick by wells.
wells misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hook lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
wells pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hook misses with a takedown attempt
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good shot there by wells.
Hook misses with a takedown
and wells counters with a series of strikes. Hook will be more careful next time no doubt.
dustin wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryte Hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wells tries to close the distance and clinch but Hook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hook.
Hook changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. wells tries to avoid it but Hook manages to keep hold of a leg and drag wells to the ground. wells escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hook lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
wells throws a head kick that misses.
Hook tries to close the distance and clinch up but wells swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hook avoids the head kick by wells.
Hook fails with an attempt to clinch.
wells gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hook.
wells tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hook doesn't manage to clinch there - wells circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
wells pulls out of a head kick attempt.
wells tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hook counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hook is stalling here.
Hook is looking for a takedown up against the cage. wells gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Hook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hook wants to clinch up but wells keeps it at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from wells.
Hook misses with a combination
and wells counters with a two punch combo.
Hook throws an overhand right that lands on wells's shoulder, as wells tries to avoid the shot.
Hook fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hook throws a combination that misses
and wells counters with a left and a right that stings Hook.

Hook rushes wells and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wells is trying to force a seperation but Hook has the dominant position.

Hook breaks the clinch.
Hook avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hook fails with an attempt to clinch.
wells wants to clinch up but Hook keeps it at a distance.
wells doesn't manage to clinch there - Hook circles away.

Hook rushes wells and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hook breaks the clinch.
Hook takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hook doesn't manage to clinch there - wells circles away.
Hook misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
wells tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.

Hook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hook is just content to waste time from the top position. wells takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
wells not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hook postures up in wells's guard and throws a big left but wells blocks it.
Hook throwing strikes from guard but wells blocks nicely.
Hook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryte Hook comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hook 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryte Hook!