PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Gaea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AXEL WHEELER (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaea comes to the cage accompanied by im a warrior. WHEELER comes into a darkened arena with his song building. If you want blood(You got it) by AC/DC kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! AXEL WHEELER acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gaea
vs
WHEELER

180 cm
23
220 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

220 cm
24
269 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Demian Gaea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, AXEL WHEELER!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gaea looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for WHEELER!

Gaea looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Gaea is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But WHEELER has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from WHEELER!

Gaea throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
WHEELER would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Gaea is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and WHEELER defends well.

Gaea had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. WHEELER defends it easily.

WHEELER gets to his feet. Gaea looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's one minute gone in the round.
WHEELER doesn't manage to clinch there - Gaea circles away.

WHEELER clinches with his opponent.
Gaea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
WHEELER misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaea dodges an elbow strike from WHEELER.
WHEELER lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaea.
A short uppercut from WHEELER.
WHEELER lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gaea is breathing heavily.
WHEELER scores with a nice hook to the head.
WHEELER tries to land a knee to the head but Gaea blocks with his arms.
WHEELER creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaea's defenses.

It looks like Demian Gaea has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
WHEELER misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaea.
A short right hand to the side of the head by WHEELER.
WHEELER lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
WHEELER working Gaea over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
WHEELER throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
WHEELER lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from WHEELER.
A short right from WHEELER on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from WHEELER.
WHEELER lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaea backwards.
WHEELER lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaea backwards.
Gaea takes a shot to the head.
WHEELER pushes Gaea back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
WHEELER misses with a knee strike.
WHEELER digs a right hand underneath Gaea's ribcage. Gaea let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from WHEELER.
A short body shot lands from WHEELER as the two fighters clinch.
WHEELER misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from WHEELER.
WHEELER comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
WHEELER lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from WHEELER - that landed with a thud.
WHEELER lands an uppercut.
WHEELER gets through Gaea's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
WHEELER lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
WHEELER lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
WHEELER lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from WHEELER.
Gaea takes a shot to the head.
WHEELER lands an elbow just above Gaea 's eye.
WHEELER lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from WHEELER.
WHEELER lands with a short punch from the clinch.
WHEELER lands an elbow that stopped Gaea in his tracks for a moment.
WHEELER with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for WHEELER.
WHEELER scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
WHEELER lands with a light punch inside.
WHEELER lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by WHEELER.
WHEELER lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
WHEELER lands with a short head shot on the inside.
WHEELER makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
WHEELER working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
WHEELER lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
WHEELER lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from WHEELER - that landed with a thud.
WHEELER scores with a nice hook to the head.
WHEELER trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
WHEELER prevents the takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from WHEELER.
WHEELER trying to land knees to the body.
WHEELER throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gaeas head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AXEL WHEELER dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demian Gaea's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

WHEELER tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from WHEELER.
WHEELER tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gaea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
WHEELER tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
WHEELER is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gaea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gaea staying out of range there.
A big right from WHEELER misses.
WHEELER lands a glancing blow to the side of Gaea's head.
WHEELER drops Gaea with a big left hand! Gaea is injured, injured bad! WHEELER jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AXEL WHEELER! AXEL WHEELER retains his heavyweight title!