PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marc Guifre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Wiltsie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiltsie has chosen Mein Herz Brennt as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guifre
vs
Wiltsie

183 cm
23
160 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

175 cm
23
160 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Guifre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Wiltsie!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Guifre.
Wiltsie lands a slapping body shot.
Wiltsie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guifre.
Guifre misses with an uppercut. Wiltsie saw that one coming.

Guifre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Guifre showed some decent athleticism there.
Wiltsie is trying to stand.
Guifre looks to land a strike but Wiltsie avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wiltsie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Guifre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wiltsie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Guifre is controlling an arm, preventing Wiltsie from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Wiltsie tries to control but Guifre wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guifre is looking to get to half guard.
Guifre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wiltsie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wiltsie prevents Guifre from getting the reversal.
Wiltsie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guifre is looking to escape.
Wiltsie looking to control and managing it successfully.

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.
Guifre is working to get back to half guard.
Wiltsie controlling from the full mount.
Guifre wants to control but Wiltsie is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiltsie controlling the position easily from mount.
Wiltsie lands a heavy elbow.
Wiltsie looking to control but Guifre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Guifre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wiltsie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

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.
Wiltsie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Guifre just holding on.
Guifre is squirming around, avoiding Wiltsie's attempts to control the action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Robert Wiltsie just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wiltsie blocks a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guifre misses with a looping right.
Wiltsie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guifre's sensitive parts.
Wiltsie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Wiltsie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wiltsie misses the shot to the body.
Guifre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wiltsie misses with a low kick.
Wiltsie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guifre was well out of range. Poor timing from Wiltsie.
Wiltsie ducks under a wild hook from Guifre.
Guifre shoots in but no luck this time.
Wiltsie throws a nice looking combination but Guifre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wiltsie tries to clinch but Guifre moves out of range.
Wiltsie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Guifre or perhaps it was just good defense by Wiltsie which made him look bad.
Wiltsie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiltsie misses the shot to the body.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown but Wiltsie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Guifre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiltsie lands a jab.
Wiltsie moves out of range as Guifre strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Wiltsie.
Wiltsie looks to throw the jab but Guifre is out of range.
Wiltsie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Guifre.
Guifre throws a lazy right hand but Wiltsie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Wiltsie.
Wiltsie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wiltsie scores with a jab to the head.
Wiltsie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guifre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wiltsie is looking to clinch.
Wiltsie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guifre.
Wiltsie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wiltsie moves out of range as Guifre strikes.
Wiltsie scores with a head kick.
Wiltsie connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiltsie cracks the inside of Guifre's front leg.
Guifre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wiltsie delivers a nice body kick.
Guifre shoots in and drives through. Wiltsie sprawls well.
Wiltsie slips a straight right by Guifre.
Guifre looks to land a right hand but Wiltsie moved out of range.
Marc Guifre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Guifre shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Guifre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wiltsie tries to roll over but Guifre keeps him under control.
Wiltsie is trying to stand back up but Guifre is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiltsie wants to improve his position but Guifre is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wiltsie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Guifre prevents Wiltsie from getting back to his feet.
Wiltsie keeping full guard, as Guifre tries to pass.
Wiltsie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wiltsie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guifre.
Guifre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Guifre shoots in but no luck this time.
Robert Wiltsie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guifre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wiltsie's waist but Wiltsie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guifre off to one side.
A jab from Wiltsie finds it's way through Guifre's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Wiltsie does no damage.
Wiltsie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wiltsie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guifre.
Wiltsie wants to clinch.
Guifre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Guifre misses with an uppercut.
Wiltsie leaves Guifre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Wiltsie.
Guifre throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiltsie.
Guifre is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wiltsie connects with a right hand. Guifre shakes it off.
Guifre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wiltsie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guifre fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Wiltsie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Guifre needs to keep his hands up - Wiltsie had a free shot at his head there.
Wiltsie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Guifre avoids the head kick by Wiltsie.
Wiltsie leaves Guifre with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Guifre.
Guifre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wiltsie circles away.
Wiltsie throws a head kick that Guifre semi-blocks.
Jab, jab by Wiltsie - just one landing.
Guifre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Guifre looks to land a left hand but Wiltsie moved out of range nicely.
Guifre throws a hook but Wiltsie blocks it.
Guifre throws a big shot that misses.
Wiltsie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Guifre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiltsie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wiltsie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Wiltsie closes the distance and clinches.

Wiltsie breaks from the clinch.
Guifre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wiltsie just misses with a punch to the body.
Guifre shoots in and drives through. Wiltsie sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Guifre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiltsie lands a body shot.

Wiltsie gets a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wiltsie.
Guifre drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The referee calls for Wiltsie to work.
Guifre fails to pull guard.
A short right from Wiltsie.
Wiltsie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wiltsie lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Wiltsie.
Wiltsie lands with a light punch inside.
Guifre is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wiltsie pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Wiltsie.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guifre can't get the takedown.
A short body shot lands from Wiltsie as the two fighters clinch.
Wiltsie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guifre tries for a takedown. No joy.
Guifre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wiltsie digs a right hand underneath Guifre's ribcage. Guifre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Guifre drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wiltsie pulls his leg out and moves away.

Wiltsie rushes Guifre and presses him up against the cage.
Wiltsie lands a right hand.
Guifre takes a shot to the head.
Wiltsie pushes Guifre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Wiltsie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiltsie lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiltsie slows down the pace here.
Guifre looking for a takedown.
Wiltsie stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Wiltsie scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Wiltsie on the inside.
Wiltsie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wiltsie lands a nice uppercut.
Wiltsie is leaning against Guifre and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiltsie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wiltsie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Guifre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Guifre tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Guifre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wiltsie walks away with a smile on his face. Guifre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Guifre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wiltsie scores with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Guifre misses its intended target.
Guifre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wiltsie swivels and escapes.
Guifre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wiltsie.
Wiltsie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Guifre throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiltsie.
Wiltsie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wiltsie slips under a jab from Guifre.
Guifre slips under a jab from Wiltsie.
Wiltsie thuds a left hand into Guifre's body.
Marc Guifre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robert Wiltsie seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiltsie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Wiltsie closes the distance and pushes Guifre back into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Guifre as Wiltsie tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wiltsie.
Guifre fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Guifre misses with a hook from the clinch.

Wiltsie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robert Wiltsie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiltsie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wiltsie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Guifre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wiltsie ducks under a wild hook from Guifre.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wiltsie!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiltsie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wiltsie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Wiltsie - just one landing.

Wiltsie gets in close and instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Wiltsie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wiltsie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Wiltsie!