PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Son is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wood
vs
Son

178 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Wood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Son!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Wood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.

Wood has Son up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Son.
Son wants to get back to striking at distance but Wood won't allow it.
Wood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood pushes Son back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Son blocks an uppercut.
Son has had enough of the clinch but Wood keeps him there for the moment.
Wood misses with the head strike.

Son successfully pulls guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Son is trying to control the position but Wood postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wood throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood postures up in Son's guard and throws a big left but Son blocks it.
Wood wants to pass the guard but Son is keeping the position.
Wood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Son has Wood pulled in close to control his posture.
Wood trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Son is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Son is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wood defends well.
Wood with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son is adopting a defensive guard.
Wood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Son works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Son is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wood stands up over Son, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wood with a flurry of punches that miss.

Son escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wood gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wood postures up in Son's guard and throws a big left but Son blocks it.

Son had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wood defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood postures up in Son's guard and throws a big left but Son blocks it.
Son controlling Wood's posture.
Wood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Son has momentary wrist control but Wood slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wood wants to control from the top but Son keeps moving.
Wood throwing strikes but missing.
Wood wants to control from the top but Son keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wood stands and throws Son's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Son's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Son is trying to improve his position.
The strikes coming from Wood are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood trying to control the action but Son is working from the bottom.
Wood working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Wood dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wood throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wood walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wood.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wood.
Son avoids the head kick by Wood.
Wood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wood attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Son scores with a one two! Wood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Nathan Wood has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Son misses with a body shot.
Son lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Son misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.
Son swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Son comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Son throws a nice looking combination but Wood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Wood closes the distance and clinches.
Son jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wood walks away with a smile on his face. Son gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Son looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Wood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circle momentarily. Son darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Son scores with a one two! Wood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Wood is rocked!
Son lands a body shot.
Oh Wood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wood looks to land a body kick but Son moved away.
Son misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sam Son seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Son swinging wildly here.
Son lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wood at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Son swinging wildly here.
Wood seems to have got his legs back now.
Son looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
Nathan Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son checks the leg kick.
Wood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Son swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Wood counters with an outside leg kick.

Wood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Son, pushing him back against the cage.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Son prevents a body shot from Wood.
Son blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Son tries to pull guard but Wood holds him up against the cage and eventually Son drops back down to his feet.
Son jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wood walks away with a smile on his face. Son gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nathan Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Son.
Son swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Son circles away.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.

Son gets tackled into the cage by Wood. Wood maintains the clinch.
Son prevents a body shot from Wood.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood cracks Son with a nice body shot.
Son blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.
Wood lands a hook that snaps the head of Son backwards.
Wood tries to work over Son's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Son stalling in the clinch but Wood improves position.
Son tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing Son back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wood smiles and moves away.
Wood is looking to clinch but Son is avoiding it.
Wood wants to clinch.
Son circles away from the clinch attempt.

Wood pushes Son up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood tries a body shot but Son blocks it.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Son uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood prevents Son from breaking the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Son tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nathan Wood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nathan Wood's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Son fails to land with a series of punches.
Son lands with a good body shot.
Wood throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wood throws a head kick but Son moves out of range.
Son connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wood's hands.
Wood thumps Son with a low kick.
Sam Son is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood wants to clinch.
Son swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Wood.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wood walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wood scoring well with a low kick there.
Son throws a nice looking combination but Wood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood feints and then cracks Son's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Son down.
Son throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Son is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wood rather than just go for the knockout.
Son stalks Wood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wood's face. Wood staggers backwards, shaken.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood misses with a head kick.
Son slips under a jab.
Wood misses with a leg kick.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and Son moves out of range easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Son.
Son jabs at Wood's body.
Son with a jab.
Wood tries to land a front kick but Son steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Son misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Son takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A cross from Son lands.

Wood clinches with his opponent.
Wood misses with a body punch.
Wood tries to work over Son's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Son looking to slow down the pace here.
Wood working aggressively here.
Son tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood stalling against the cage.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood scores with a shoulder strike.
Son tries to circle away but Wood has him pinned against the cage.
Son is trying to stall.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.
Nathan Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Son avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Son's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Wood can't find room to land a body shot as Son controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Son.
Son tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Son blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Son tries to break free but Wood pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Son tries to break the clinch but Wood is controlling the position.
Wood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Son's efforts to push away.
Wood dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Nathan Wood did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Nathan Wood's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Son takes a swing at Wood's ribcage but misses.
Son throws a shot from downtown. Wood moves away and avoids it.

Wood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Son, pushing him back against the cage.
Son effectively controlling the action here.
Wood pushes off an throws an elbow but Son leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Son lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Wood.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Son.
Son wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Son is pushing Wood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wood holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Son jumps guard.
Wood with a nice head shot there.
Nathan Wood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Son preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Son preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Son wants to stand and escape but Wood is having none of it.
Wood working some strikes from top position.
Son utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Son is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood trying to control but Son is working from the bottom.
Wood pushing down on Son's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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!
Wood is taking a breather. Son says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Wood prevents Son from standing back up.
Wood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Son with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wood is nestled in close to Son, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Son's head.
Wood thows a huge punch but Son dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wood moves nicely into side control.
Wood working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Son wants to control but Wood postures up.
Wood slows the pace down.
Sloppy strikes there by Wood.
Wood scoring with punches from side control.
Son tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Son is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wood has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Son is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Son takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Son is looking for a sweep.
Son parries the strikes from Wood easily there. Wood is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Son to escape.
Wood is working Son over with some ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Son down.
Son is not content to let Wood control the position.
Wood happy to just control the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Son is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Wood had his way with Sam Son in that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Wood's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Son swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Wood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wood takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and Son moves out of range easily.
Wood throws a head kick but Son moves out of range.

Wood has Son up against the cage in a clinch.
Son wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Son is blocking nicely.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Son avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Son wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
Wood misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son blocking some punches.
Son stalling in the clinch but Wood improves position.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Son's elbow.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Son blocking some punches.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Son.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Son blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Son lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wood.
Wood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wood has Son pressed against the cage, preventing Son from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Son holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Son is rocked!
Good body shot from Wood.
Son is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood scores with a shoulder strike.
Son takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wood creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Son's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Son drops to his knees and Wood pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Wood!
Nathan Wood retains his lightweight title!