PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Wickleby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Arts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arts has chosen Face the Pain as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Wickleby
vs
Arts

173 cm
24
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
192 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Wickleby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshall Arts!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wickleby scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Arts lands a head kick!
Arts tries to clinch up.
Arts moves in looking to clinch but Wickleby pushes him off.
Wickleby swats away the attempt to clinch by Arts.
Wickleby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Wickleby scores with a takedown into Arts's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arts wants to stand but Wickleby is controlling the position.
Wickleby is stalling in the full guard.

Arts throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wickleby prevents Arts from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wickleby is looking to work some ground and pound but Arts has wrist control.
Wickleby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wickleby's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wickleby throws a big right hand that misses.
Wickleby pushing down on Arts's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wickleby stops Arts from getting back to his feet.
Arts has hold of Wickleby's hands but Wickleby slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wickleby landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wickleby prevents Arts from standing back up.
Wickleby drops an elbow to the side of Arts's head.
Wickleby lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Arts is not content to let Wickleby control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arts is trying to stand.
Wickleby wants to control but Arts is keeping him busy.
Wickleby with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Wickleby lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wickleby thows a huge punch but Arts dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Wickleby there.
Arts avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wickleby.
Arts tries to kick Wickleby off but Wickleby keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Wickleby working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wickleby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Arts defending well though.
Arts trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wickleby throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wickleby thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Wickleby.
Wickleby throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wickleby wants to take a breather but Arts is having none of it.
Wickleby slips a nice elbow through Arts's hands, connecting with Arts's forehead.
Arts wants to get back to his feet.

Arts has one foot on Wickleby's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Arts looks to land a body kick but Wickleby moved away.
Jab, jab by Wickleby - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wickleby just misses with a punch to the body.
Wickleby scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wickleby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wickleby punishes Arts's body with a nice straight punch.
Arts tries to clinch but Wickleby is having none of it.
Arts walks into a jab.
Arts takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wickleby swats away the attempt to clinch by Arts.
Wickleby scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wickleby scores with a punch to the head.
Arts slips a straight right by Wickleby.
A jab from Wickleby does it's job there.
Wickleby scores with a body shot.
Wickleby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arts moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arts tries to clinch up.
Arts tries to clinch up.
Wickleby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arts was well out of range. Poor timing from Wickleby.
Wickleby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arts moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Arts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Wickleby dominated that round.
That's time! Wickleby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Arts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wickleby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wickleby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wickleby works Arts's body with a nice hook.
Arts tries to clinch there but Wickleby circles away.
Arts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wickleby.
Arts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wickleby's corner calls for a 1-2. Wickleby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wickleby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wickleby avoids the head kick by Arts.
Wickleby with a jab.
Wickleby connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arts's hands.
Wickleby tests Arts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wickleby has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Arts.
Wickleby jabs at Arts's body.
Arts connects with a high kick.
Horrible takedown by Arts or perhaps it was just good defense by Wickleby which made him look bad.
Wickleby changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Arts is breathing heavily.
Wickleby circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arts is looking to clinch but Wickleby is avoiding it.
Wickleby slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wickleby cracks a nice hook into Arts's ribs.
Arts takes one to the side of the head.
Arts shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wickleby as he avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Wickleby there.
Arts tries to move into range but Wickleby moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wickleby stalks Arts and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arts's face. Arts staggers backwards, shaken.

Arts is rocked!
Arts connects with a right hand. Wickleby shakes it off.
Wickleby lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Arts is still on wobbly legs! Can Wickleby finish him?
Wickleby scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wickleby cracks Arts with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Arts falls to his knees and Wickleby doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Wickleby!