PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russel Ebert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wally Wechsel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ebert comes to the cage accompanied by Mean Street - Van Halen. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wechsel's choice of entrance music: Faith No More - The Morning After. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ebert
vs
Wechsel

182 cm
30
185 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

184 cm
28
201 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Russel Ebert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wally Wechsel!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ebert misses with a two punch combination.
Ebert misses with a double jab.
Wechsel lands a head kick!
Wechsel throws a sloppy head kick and Ebert moves out of range easily.
Wechsel slaps away a takedown attempt from Ebert, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ebert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wechsel.
Horrible takedown by Ebert or perhaps it was just good defense by Wechsel which made him look bad.
Ebert ducks under a wild hook from Wechsel.
Ebert missing with a left hand there. Wechsel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ebert throws a jab but it's blocked by Wechsel.
Wechsel slaps away a takedown attempt from Ebert, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Russel Ebert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wechsel thuds his right hand into Ebert's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wechsel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ebert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ebert tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wechsel swivels and escapes.
Ebert closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wechsel lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wechsel throws a nice outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wechsel misses the target.
Wechsel throws a head kick but Ebert moves out of range.
Wechsel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ebert's head.
Wechsel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ebert.
Ebert on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ebert misses with a hook.
Ebert looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ebert looks to land a left hand but Wechsel moved out of range nicely.
Ebert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ebert takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wechsel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wechsel tries to clinch up.
Ebert moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Ebert does no damage.
Wechsel lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wechsel.
Wechsel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ebert takes a swing at Wechsel's ribcage but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ebert misses with a takedown attempt - Wechsel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wechsel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wechsel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wechsel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ebert.
Wechsel stuffs the takedown attempt from Ebert. Ebert gets slowly back to his feet.
Ebert avoids the head kick by Wechsel.
Wechsel cracks Ebert with a right hand to the side of the head.

Ebert shoots in and gets a takedown into Wechsel's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ebert missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ebert trying to control but Wechsel is working from the bottom.
Wechsel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ebert. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ebert throwing strikes from guard but Wechsel blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ebert thows a big elbow that misses.
Ebert prevents Wechsel from getting back to his feet.
Ebert throwing strikes but missing.
Wechsel keeping moving, preventing Ebert from controlling successfully.
Ebert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ebert working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wechsel wants to stand but Ebert is controlling the position.
Ebert content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wechsel is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ebert is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ebert accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet but Ebert is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel looks gassed!
Ebert throwing strikes but missing.
Ebert wants to control from the top but Wechsel keeps moving.
Ebert thows a big elbow that misses.
Ebert stops Wechsel from standing up.
Wechsel has momentary wrist control but Ebert slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ebert content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ebert throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wechsel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ebert pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wechsel is keeping the position for now.
Ebert scoring with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wechsel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wechsel is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ebert is controlling him.
Ebert working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Russel Ebert will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wechsel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ebert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ebert fails with a takedown attempt.
Wechsel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ebert's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ebert duly obliges.
Ebert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ebert paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A solid body kick from Wechsel.
Ebert scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wechsel scores with a jab.
Ebert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wechsel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wechsel blocks a jab.
Wally Wechsel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wechsel lands with a kick to the temple. Ebert shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wechsel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wechsel lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wechsel fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wechsel staying out of range there.
Ebert dives in and grabs Wechsel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wechsel pushes down on Ebert's head and hops out.
Wechsel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ebert.
Ebert takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ebert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wechsel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wechsel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ebert will feel that in the morning.
Ebert will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Russel Ebert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ebert misses with a hook
and Wechsel counters with a head kick.
Wally Wechsel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wechsel scores with a head kick.
Wechsel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ebert throws a series of punches but Wechsel moves out of range.
A big left from Ebert misses.
Wechsel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ebert misses with a looping right.
Ebert is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wechsel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ebert.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wechsel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wechsel lands a leg kick that knocks Ebert off balance momentarily.
Wechsel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wechsel is breathing heavily.
Wechsel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wechsel scores with a head kick.

Ebert closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Wechsel's guard.
Ebert wants to control from the top but Wechsel keeps moving.
Ebert 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.
Ebert throwing strikes from guard but Wechsel blocks nicely.
Wechsel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ebert working some strikes from top position.
Wechsel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ebert is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ebert stops Wechsel from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebert with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wechsel keeping moving, preventing Ebert from controlling successfully.
Ebert is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ebert throwing strikes but missing.
Ebert trying to control but Wechsel is working from the bottom.
Ebert prevents Wechsel from getting back to his feet.
Russel Ebert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ebert trying to control but Wechsel is working from the bottom.
Ebert is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wechsel wants to stand and escape but Ebert is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ebert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ebert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ebert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ebert is in close to Wechsel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ebert accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ebert lands a couple of elbows.
Wechsel can't keep his opponent in guard - Ebert advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ebert throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ebert landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ebert lands with a punch from half guard.
Ebert is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ebert missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ebert trying to control the action but Wechsel is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wechsel pushes Ebert off looking to stand but Ebert dives back in and keeps control.
Ebert is nestled in close to Wechsel, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wechsel is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russel Ebert dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ebert misses with a few strikes there.
Ebert misses with a body shot.
Ebert is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wechsel slips a straight right by Ebert.

Ebert shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wechsel's guard.
Ebert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wechsel wants to stand and escape but Ebert is having none of it.
Ebert missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wechsel keeping moving, preventing Ebert from controlling successfully.
Ebert postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ebert throwing strikes but missing.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet but Ebert is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wechsel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebert keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wechsel's head.
Ebert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ebert distracts Wechsel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wechsel wants to stand but Ebert is controlling the position.
Ebert working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wechsel keeping moving, preventing Ebert from controlling successfully.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet but Ebert is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ebert with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ebert throwing strikes but missing.
Ebert tries to free his leg and advance position but Wechsel is retaining full guard.
Ebert trying to control but Wechsel is working from the bottom.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet but Ebert is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebert stands up over Wechsel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wechsel has momentary wrist control but Ebert slips an elbow through the middle.
Ebert stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wechsel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ebert chips away with some ground and pound.
Wechsel keeping moving, preventing Ebert from controlling successfully.
Ebert prevents Wechsel from getting back to his feet.
Ebert thows a big elbow that misses.
Wechsel wants to stand but Ebert is controlling the position.
Ebert lands a couple of digs.
Wechsel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ebert scoring with some ground and pound.

Wechsel is rocked!
Ebert postures up and lands a big shot to Wechsel's brow.
Wechsel is still in real trouble! Can Ebert finish him?
Ebert is working Wechsel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ebert loads up on a big left hand. Wechsel felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ebert looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Wechsel can't hide his disappointment, as Ebert celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russel Ebert!