PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wally Wild Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Christo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wild Man
vs
Christo

196 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wally Wild Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus Christo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wild Man tries to clinch up but Christo circles away and keeps his distance.
Wild Man misses with a takedown attempt - Christo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Christo moves in looking to clinch but Wild Man pushes him off.
Christo stuffs the takedown.
Wild Man has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wally Wild Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Christo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Christo showed some decent athleticism there.
Christo throwing shots but Wild Man is blocking nicely.
Christo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wild Man won't allow Christo to pass to mount.

Christo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wild Man doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Christo.
Wild Man wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild Man trying to control here.
Wild Man is refusing to be controlled, as Christo sits in half guard.
Wild Man has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Christo is working away from the top position though.
Wild Man is not content to let Christo control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Christo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Christo working away.
Wild Man taking a bit of punishment here - Christo scoring with strikes.
Wild Man tries to buck Christo off but Christo is having none of it.
Wild Man is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Christo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Christo advances to full mount.
The referee warns Wild Man that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wild Man is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Christo with a couple of short strikes.
Wild Man in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Christo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wild Man is looking to improve his position but Christo isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christo avoids the attempt from Wild Man to control.
Wild Man is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wild Man tries to buck Christo off but he can't manage it.
Christo prevents Wild Man from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four 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.
Christo is landing with some decent strikes but Wild Man is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wild Man really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Christo controlling his opponent.
Christo trying to control but Wild Man is having none of it.
Wild Man really wants to buck Christo off and get back to his feet.

Christo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Christo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Christo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wild Man has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wild Man tries to break the clinch but Christo is controlling the position.
Christo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wild Man can't break the clinch.
Christo tries to land a knee to the head but Wild Man blocks with his arms.
Wild Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christo has him pressed against the cage.
Christo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wild Man tries to pull guard but Christo won't allow it.
Christo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wild Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wild Man has Christo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Christo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Christo with a knee to the head.
Wild Man jumps guard but Christo stands there with Wild Man around his waist. Wild Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wally Wild Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wild Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wild Man jumps guard but Christo stands there with Wild Man around his waist. Wild Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wild Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christo lands with a right to the head.
Wild Man looking for a takedown.
Christo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wild Man takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Christo.
Wild Man prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wild Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christo crunches a lovely knee into Wild Man's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Christo.
Christo lands a damaging elbow.

Christo lands a takedown into guard.
Christo throwing strikes from guard but Wild Man blocks nicely.
Christo pushing down on Wild Man's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Christo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Christo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wild Man doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Christo.
Christo stalling.
Wild Man won't allow Christo to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christo wants to control but Wild Man is keeping him busy.
Christo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wild Man works his way to full guard. Good work.
Christo 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.
Wild Man is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wild Man works his way into side control.

Wild Man working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jesus Christo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wild Man wants to stand but Christo has his arm trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Wild Man's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Wild Man is keen to just control but Christo is a slippery customer.
Christo gets full guard.
Christo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wild Man is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wild Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Christo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Christo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wild Man can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four 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.
Christo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Wild Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Wild Man stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Christo tries to clinch but Wild Man moves out of range.

Christo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Christo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Christo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Christo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Christo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wild Man works Christo's body with a nice hook.
Christo wants to clinch but Wild Man slips to the side
and Wild Man counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Christo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wild Man with a lazy takedown attempt

and Christo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Christo.
A right hand to the body from Christo.
Wild Man is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wild Man drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Christo.
Christo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Christo.
Wild Man has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Christo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wally Wild Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Come on Christo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wild Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wild Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wild Man avoiding damage as Christo throws knees to the body.
Wild Man avoiding damage as Christo throws knees to the body.
Wild Man is trying to break free.
Christo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Christo.
Wild Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Christo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wild Man misses with a takedown attempt

and Christo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wild Man looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Christo throws a big right hand that misses.
Christo stops Wild Man from standing up.
Christo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wild Man looking to hit a scissor sweep but Christo is one step ahead there.
Wild Man throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Wild Man throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wild Man had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Christo is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wild Man Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Christo's back instead.

Wild Man tightening his grip on Christo, looking for the choke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wild Man working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Wild Man punches the canvas rather than the man.
Wild Man scores with punches to the body.

It looks like Jesus Christo has been cut.

Wild Man is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Christo is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wally Wild Man!