PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Spider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

The Spider
vs
Wiggin

150 cm
19
148 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

The Perfect Bloodline Laboratories

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake The Spider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Wiggin!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiggin tries to clinch but The Spider moves out of range.
The Spider avoids the head kick by Wiggin.
Wiggin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wiggin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Spider as he avoids it easily.
Wiggin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jake The Spider has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Wiggin.
Wiggin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The Spider circles away from the clinch attempt.

The Spider shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wiggin has momentary wrist control but The Spider slips an elbow through the middle.
The Spider trying to control but Wiggin is working from the bottom.
The Spider is working Wiggin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The Spider 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.
The Spider throwing strikes but missing.
Wiggin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider lands a couple of elbows.
The Spider looking to sit in guard and control but Wiggin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wiggin tries to free his leg and advance position but The Spider is retaining full guard.
Wiggin wants to stand but The Spider has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The Spider keeping full guard, as Wiggin tries to pass.
The Spider looking for a sweep. Not yet The Spider, not yet.

That's two 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Spider is on top in guard.

Wiggin has his foot on The Spider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Spider works his way back into a safe position though.
The Spider pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wiggin is keeping the position for now.
The Spider passes Wiggin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The Spider landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Spider works his way into side control.
Wiggin looks to move to half guard but instead The Spider has passed into mount! Damn!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Spider with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! The Spider connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The Spider controlling his opponent.
The Spider dominating with strikes here.
The Spider lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wiggin hang on?
Wiggin tries to hold on but The Spider pushes him away.
The Spider trying to control but Wiggin is having none of it.
The Spider landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Spider landing strikes from the mount.
Wiggin is squirming around, avoiding The Spider's attempts to control the action.
Wiggin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wiggin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The Spider looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggin wants to hold on but The Spider pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiggin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Spider can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wiggin is looking to escape.
The Spider connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wiggin misses with a takedown attempt

and The Spider counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The Spider trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiggin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Spider stays in close to Wiggin's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Spider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Spider looking to sit in guard and control but Wiggin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wiggin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Spider has his hands on Wiggin's head, controlling the position.
The Spider might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jake The Spider.
Wiggin tries to clinch but The Spider moves away

and The Spider counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The Spider passes to side control.
Wiggin trying to control but The Spider flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Oooh a big shot gets through from The Spider. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The Spider lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by The Spider.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Spider loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Wiggin hold on?
Wiggin trying to get back to his feet but The Spider is in full control for now.
The Spider is trying to stick to Wiggin's back but Wiggin is turning into The Spider. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in The Spider's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wiggin.
The Spider keeping moving, preventing Wiggin from controlling successfully.
The Spider is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Spider tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Spider seems keen to control Wiggin's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin wants to control from the top but The Spider keeps moving.
The Spider is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Spider is on top in guard.
Wiggin trying to control the position.
Wiggin keeping moving, preventing The Spider from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Spider scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Spider is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The Spider with a nice head shot there.
Wiggin is trying to control the position but The Spider postures up.
The Spider forces his way into half guard.
The Spider passes to full mount!
Wiggin flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The Spider drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wiggin looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but The Spider puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Spider looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wiggin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The Spider is looking to advance position but Wiggin won't allow it.
The Spider wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wiggin keeps working.
Jake The Spider overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wiggin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of The Spider's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take The Spider's back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Wiggin's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Wiggin is controlling the position but The Spider somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wiggin throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Wiggin.
Andrew Wiggin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggin scores with a head kick.

It looks like Jake The Spider has been cut.
The Spider circles away from the clinch attempt

so The Spider counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin has momentary wrist control but The Spider slips an elbow through the middle.
The Spider thows a big elbow that misses.

The Spider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wiggin wants to stand but The Spider is controlling the position.
Wiggin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Spider wants to control from the top but Wiggin keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wiggin keeping moving, preventing The Spider from controlling successfully.
The Spider trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wiggin tries to clinch but The Spider moves away

and The Spider counters with a takedown into side control.
The Spider lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The Spider scores with punches from side control.
Wiggin can't do much from the bottom here.
The Spider wants to control but Wiggin is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin struggling a bit here.
The Spider lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wiggin down.
Wiggin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The Spider tries to score with some ground and pound. Wiggin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The Spider in side control lands a decent elbow.
The Spider controlling from side mount.
Wiggin wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake The Spider showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Spider, 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake The Spider!