PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wonkie Willa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jobert Sucaldito (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.

Willa
vs
Sucaldito

183 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wonkie Willa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jobert Sucaldito!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Willa misses with a body shot.

Sucaldito scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Sucaldito is looking for a kimura but Willa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sucaldito to get the leverage.
Sucaldito prevents Willa from improving his position.
Willa won't allow Sucaldito to pass to mount.
Willa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Willa working a defensive guard here.

Willa working for a triangle but Sucaldito defends it easily.
Sucaldito controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willa wants to get back to his feet but Sucaldito is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Willa is breathing heavily.
Sucaldito missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sucaldito passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sucaldito controls the position from side control.
Willa is not content to let Sucaldito control the position.
Willa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sucaldito is working Willa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Willa tries to improve position but can't.
Willa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willa gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Sucaldito working for a submission but Willa is keeping him at bay.
BOOM! Sucaldito connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sucaldito sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito landing shots from mount.
Sucaldito looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sucaldito looking to control but Willa is working nicely, looking to advance position 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.
Willa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sucaldito can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Willa is looking to escape.
Sucaldito is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sucaldito tries to control but Willa wriggling away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jobert Sucaldito just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Willa is looking to clinch.

Willa has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jobert Sucaldito 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.

Willa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wonkie Willa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Willa stuffs the takedown.

Willa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Willa working the ground and pound.
Willa throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Willa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sucaldito sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sucaldito avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Willa.
Sucaldito is trying to control Willa's posture but Willa avoids it.
Willa throws an elbow but Sucaldito slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucaldito tries to buck Willa off but Willa is having none of it.
Sucaldito wants to get back to his feet.
Sucaldito is breathing heavily.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sucaldito misses with a takedown attempt

and Willa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wonkie Willa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jobert Sucaldito.
Willa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Willa wants to control but Sucaldito is keeping him busy.
Willa wants to pass the guard but Sucaldito is defending well.
Willa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sucaldito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sucaldito manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Willa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Willa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Willa throws a strike but Sucaldito rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Willa trying to control from half guard but Sucaldito is working away.
Sucaldito gets back to full guard.
Willa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sucaldito's head.
Willa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Willa trying to control but Sucaldito is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willa is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sucaldito is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sucaldito works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sucaldito throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Willa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sucaldito misses with a takedown attempt

and Willa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sucaldito won't be happy with that.
Sucaldito manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wonkie Willa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Willa gets full guard.
Willa wants to get back to his feet but Sucaldito is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sucaldito throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Willa looking for a guillotine here but Sucaldito defends easily.
Sucaldito 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.

Willa is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Sucaldito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sucaldito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Willa is trying to maintain a safe position but Sucaldito gets an underhook and turns Willa into the cage.
Sucaldito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sucaldito jumps guard but Willa stands there with Sucaldito around his waist. Sucaldito gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sucaldito has Willa pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Willa manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willa wants to get back to striking at distance but Sucaldito won't allow it.
Sucaldito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wonkie Willa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sucaldito misses with a straight right.
Willa closes the distance and clinches up with Sucaldito, looking for a takedown. Willa pushes Sucaldito against the cage but Sucaldito circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sucaldito tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Willa moves into the clinch.

Sucaldito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willa circles away from the clinch attempt

and Willa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sucaldito's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sucaldito manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sucaldito wants to take his opponent's back but Willa doesn't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Willa wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Willa is keeping busy.
Willa breaks Sucaldito's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Willa trying to control but Sucaldito is working from the bottom.
Sucaldito looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Willa postures up in Sucaldito's guard and throws a big left but Sucaldito blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sucaldito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Willa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sucaldito shoots and misses

and Willa counters with a shoot takedown. Sucaldito fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willa trying to control but Sucaldito is working from the bottom.
Sucaldito trying to control the position.
Willa slips nicely into half guard.
Sucaldito taking some punishment here, with Willa in his half guard.
Sucaldito is trying to get back to full guard.
Willa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Willa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucaldito is trying desperately to improve position.
Sucaldito wants to get back to his feet.
Willa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sucaldito?
Sucaldito is in all sorts of trouble here.
Willa looking to finish with strikes here!
Willa scoring with strikes but Sucaldito is staying in there.
Sucaldito is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

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.
Willa scoring with strikes but Sucaldito is staying in there.
Sucaldito is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sucaldito sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Willa with the ground and pound but Sucaldito uses the opportunity to regain guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sucaldito is on top in guard.
Willa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Willa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Willa wants to sweep here but Sucaldito controlling him for the moment.
Willa trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wonkie Willa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Willa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wonkie Willa!