PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Trout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trout has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Trout
vs
Wood

190 cm
27
250 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
30
250 lbs
19 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeremiah Trout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, BJ Wood!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trout. That did some damage!
Trout is breathing heavily.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trout moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Wood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trout.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trout wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trout.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wood misses with an elbow over the top.
Wood is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trout's brow.
Wood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trout avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood throws an elbow that misses.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.

Wood breaks the clinch.
Wood throws a head kick but Trout moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Trout blocks the low kick.
Wood connects with an inside leg kick.
Wood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wood throws a series of punches but Trout avoids them all with ease.
BJ Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and Trout moves out of range easily.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wood lands a head kick!
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trout doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trout shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood cracks Trout with a good jab.
Wood misses with a body kick.
Trout checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trout on the side of the head.
Wood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wood looks for the body kick but Trout saw that one coming.
Trout takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Good exchange - Wood coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trout has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wood finds it's way round the side to connect with Trout's head.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
Wood throws a head kick that Trout semi-blocks.
Trout is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wood.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wood.
Wood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Wood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Trout, pushing him back against the cage.
Trout blocks an elbow strike from Wood.
Wood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trout managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Trout blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trout is defending well for now.
Trout has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Trout avoiding damage as Wood throws knees to the body.
Wood tries to work over Trout's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trout managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Trout wants to break the clinch but can't.
Trout avoids a wild elbow strike from Wood.
Wood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wood throws an elbow but misses.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Trout avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Trout.
Wood pushes off an throws an elbow but Trout leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wood throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BJ Wood dominated that 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.

Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Trout counters with a nice body kick.
Wood avoids the head kick by Trout.
Wood throws a head kick that misses
and Trout counters with a low kick, right behind Wood 's knee.
Trout tries a head kick but it misses.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trout misses with a kick to the body
and Wood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick
and Trout counters with a thumping low kick.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick
and Trout counters with a big head kick but Wood shrugs it off.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.
Wood throws a leg kick that is checked
and Trout counters with a head kick. That will keep Wood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Trout throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trout takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trout tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trout has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trout throws a sloppy head kick and Wood moves out of range easily.
Wood throws the kick towards the body but Trout avoids it.
Trout walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wood.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick
and Trout counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Trout keeps the fight on the outside.
Wood throws a body kick the misses
and Trout counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wood throws a head kick but Trout moves out of range.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

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.
Trout doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wood.
Wood thows a leg kick but Trout checks it
and Trout counters with a low kick, right behind Wood 's knee.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wood.
Wood misses with a leg kick
and Trout counters with a body kick that stops Wood in his tracks momentarily.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick
and Trout counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wood's knee momentarily.
Wood throws a head kick that misses
and Trout counters with a head kick.
Trout throws a lazy head kick
and Wood counters with a right hand to the body.
Wood moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wood throws a lazy head kick
and Trout counters with a low kick, right behind Wood 's knee.
Trout looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a front kick aimed at Trout's knee but Trout avoids it well.
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wood throws a body punch but Trout moves out of range.
Trout avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trout misses with a head kick.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wood throws a lazy right hand but Trout sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trout throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice cross by Wood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wood tries to clinch there but Trout circles away.
Jeremiah Trout is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wood clinches.
Nice body punch from Wood - that landed with a thud.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trout.
Trout blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wood missing with knees to the body.

Wood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trout throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trout swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.

Wood forces Trout back against the cage and clinches.
Trout is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Trout dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trout checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wood throws a nice head kick!
Wood throws a right and a left that Trout avoids nicely.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trout takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wood jabs Trout right on the nose. Trout blinks but takes it well.
A punch combination from Wood misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood throws a leg kick but Trout checks it.
Wood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trout's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood throws a wild body kick that Trout sees coming a mile off.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trout moves away.
Trout moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and Trout moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Wood misses
and Trout counters with a head kick. That will keep Wood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Wood scores with a decent looking hook.
Wood is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trout has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trout there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trout throws a nice head kick!
Wood throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

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.
Wood throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Trout makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wood really felt that one!
Wood tests Trout's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Trout ducks under a wild hook from Wood.
Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wood throws a head kick but Trout moves out of range.
BJ Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A low kick from Wood misses
and Trout counters with a leg kick.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trout moves away.
Trout lands a high kick!
Wood wants to clinch.
A head kick by Wood misses
and Trout counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Trout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trout swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood misses with the body kick
and Trout counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trout throws a head kick that misses

and Wood counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wood.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trout is defending well for now.
Wood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trout is trying to maintain a safe position but Wood gets an underhook and turns Trout into the cage.
Wood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trout backwards.
Trout takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trout backwards.
Trout trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trout into the cage.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but Trout avoids the damage to the body.
Trout is trying to break the clinch but Wood is controlling him.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trout tries to break free but Wood pushes him back against the cage.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
BJ Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wood 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BJ Wood!