PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Old Wisdom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John McDougall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Old Wisdom has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wisdom
vs
McDougall

225 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Old Wisdom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John McDougall!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wisdom misses with a series of wild punches.
McDougall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wisdom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Old Wisdom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDougall scores with the left hand. Wisdom knows he should have avoided that one.
McDougall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wisdom.
Wisdom throws a series of punches but McDougall moves out of range.
Wisdom takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sloppy strikes from Wisdom. Those never looked like landing.
Wisdom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wisdom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wisdom throws a nice looking combination but McDougall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McDougall, as that shot connected.
McDougall lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

McDougall clinches.
McDougall digs a right hand underneath Wisdom's ribcage. Wisdom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wisdom tries to circle away but McDougall has him pinned against the cage.
McDougall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McDougall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wisdom.
Wisdom wants to break free but McDougall has control.
Still in the clinch, McDougall scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Wisdom's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wisdom is trying to force a seperation but McDougall has the dominant position.
McDougall keeps control of Wisdom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McDougall lands a hook that snaps the head of Wisdom backwards.
McDougall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wisdom.
McDougall scores with a shoulder strike.
McDougall leaning his opponent against the cage.
McDougall lands with a light punch inside.
Wisdom tries to circle away but McDougall has him pinned against the cage.
McDougall lands a left hand.
Wisdom has had enough of the clinch but McDougall keeps him there for the moment.
Wisdom wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wisdom can't break the clinch.
McDougall just leaning against Wisdom, taking a breather.
McDougall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wisdom is looking to break free of the clinch but McDougall has double underhooks.
McDougall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wisdom's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Wisdom's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDougall will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wisdom up against the cage.
McDougall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McDougall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wisdom takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wisdom has had enough of the clinch but McDougall keeps him there for the moment.
McDougall pushes Wisdom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wisdom is trying to force a seperation but McDougall has the dominant position.
McDougall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wisdom wants to break the clinch but can't.
McDougall lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wisdom is trying to push McDougall away but McDougall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McDougall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wisdom's efforts to push away.
Wisdom is trying to push McDougall away but McDougall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McDougall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wisdom backwards.
McDougall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDougall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDougall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wisdom is trying to push McDougall away but McDougall has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wisdom wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wisdom tries to break the clinch but McDougall is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McDougall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McDougall.
McDougall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McDougall keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wisdom's efforts to push away.
Wisdom tries to circle away but McDougall has him pinned against the cage.
McDougall scores with a hook to the body.

McDougall jumps guard and drags Wisdom to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

McDougall is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wisdom is aware though and is defending well.
McDougall seems keen to control Wisdom's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wisdom throws a looping overhand right but McDougall ducks down to avoid it.
McDougall works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wisdom falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDougall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wisdom throws a left and a right that both miss
and McDougall counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wisdom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wisdom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McDougall counters with a straight right hand.
Wisdom is breathing heavily.
Wisdom takes one on the button.

Wisdom is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDougall is stalking Wisdom. Wisdom circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from McDougall, and it's lights out! Wisdom really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John McDougall!