PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jordan De Wilde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flare has chosen Also Sprach Zarathustra as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Wilde
vs
Flare

183 cm
28
176 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

173 cm
36
180 lbs
28 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jordan De Wilde!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Flare!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flare looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

De Wilde has managed to clinch.
De Wilde lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
De Wilde throws a head punch that misses.
Flare has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by De Wilde after a bit of a struggle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flare.
Flare misses with a punch on the inside.
De Wilde lands a left hand.
De Wilde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Wilde misses with some punches.
De Wilde digs a right hand into Flare's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flare's gas tank.
Flare tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flare misses with a punch to the body.
De Wilde lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flare misses with the head strike.
De Wilde lands a shot to the body.
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!
Flare is looking for a takedown.
Jordan De Wilde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Wilde.
De Wilde lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Wilde lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Flare backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, De Wilde scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flare throws a head punch that misses.
De Wilde misses with some punches.
Flare is looking to control De Wilde's arms but De Wilde gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flare has his back to the cage.
De Wilde struggles to land a body shot inside as Flare controls his hands.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by De Wilde.
De Wilde is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
De Wilde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by De Wilde.
De Wilde lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Wilde stalling in the clinch.
De Wilde lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Wilde tries to work over Flare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Wilde tries to throw a body punch but Flare avoids it by throwing De Wilde back against the cage.
De Wilde prevents a body shot from Flare.
De Wilde working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flare scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from De Wilde.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Wilde throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Flares head.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Wilde.
De Wilde lands with a short shot to the head.
De Wilde blocks a body shot from Flare.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Wilde.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Wilde.
Flare working aggressively here.
Flare wants to take the fight to the mat but De Wilde manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Flare is looking for a takedown.
De Wilde works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Wilde lands a left hand.
De Wilde throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Wilde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Flare fails to land.
Flare blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flare swings wildly with an uppercut but De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flare throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde tries to work over Flare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Wilde.
De Wilde throws a punch but it's blocked by Flare.
De Wilde lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
De Wilde struggles to land a body shot inside as Flare controls his hands.
De Wilde stalling against the cage.
De Wilde digs a right hand into Flare's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flare's gas tank.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Wilde cracks Flare with a nice body shot.
Flare tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by De Wilde.
De Wilde throws a head punch that misses.
Flare is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Still in the clinch, De Wilde scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flare misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Wilde creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Wilde has a couple of punches blocked by Flare.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Wilde tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flare's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Flare.
Flare swings wildly with an uppercut but De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Wilde lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Wilde.
De Wilde throws a head punch that misses.
De Wilde lands with a left to the head.
Flare misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Wilde makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Wilde blocking some punches.
Good body shot from De Wilde.
Flare wants to stall.
Still in the clinch, De Wilde scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Wilde lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Flare.
De Wilde scores with a shot to the side of Flare's head.
De Wilde presses Flare against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan De Wilde 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.

De Wilde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Wilde. Flare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flare has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as De Wilde is landing a low percentage of strikes.
De Wilde lets loose with a powerful body kick. Flare will feel that in the morning.
Flare steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Wilde.
De Wilde throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flare.
De Wilde works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De Wilde connects with a single shot there.
De Wilde throws a leg kick but Flare sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Wilde lands a jab to Flare's midsection.
De Wilde throws out a loose jab but Flare uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Wilde.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flare swats away the attempt to clinch by De Wilde.
Good leg kick by De Wilde there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Flare tries for a takedown but De Wilde sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De Wilde throws a body punch but Flare moves out of range.
Flare uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Wilde.
Flare closes this distance looking for a takedown but De Wilde circles away.
De Wilde swings and misses with a hook to the body.

De Wilde pushes Flare up against the cage in a clinch.
De Wilde misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, De Wilde scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Wilde can't find room to land a body shot as Flare controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde stalling the fight.
A nice left hand lands by De Wilde.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flare.
Flare effectively controlling the action here.
Flare swings wildly with an uppercut but De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flare blocking some punches.
De Wilde lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Wilde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flare has De Wilde pushed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by De Wilde.
Flare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Wilde lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Flare backwards.
De Wilde lands a body shot.
De Wilde prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jordan De Wilde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Flare.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Wilde creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Wilde scores with a shot to the side of Flare's head.
De Wilde lands with a left to the head.
De Wilde scores with a shoulder strike.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by De Wilde.
De Wilde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Wilde lands a right hand.
De Wilde struggles to land a body shot inside as Flare controls his hands.
De Wilde scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by De Wilde.
De Wilde looking to stall.
Flare blocking some punches.
De Wilde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Wilde scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flare blocking some punches.
De Wilde lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flare blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Wilde slowing the pace effectively.
Flare working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Wilde.
Flare has a couple of punches blocked by De Wilde.
De Wilde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flare can do to turn this around?
Flare taking a breather.
De Wilde is pushing Flare up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Wilde lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flare misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flare takes a shot to the head.
Flare takes a shot to the head.
De Wilde is working Flare over against the cage.
Flare is breathing heavily.
Flare tries to throw a body punch but De Wilde avoids it by throwing Flare back against the cage.
De Wilde lands with a short shot to the head.
De Wilde avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Wilde makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Wilde.
De Wilde lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan De Wilde dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Wilde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flare was well out of range. Poor timing from De Wilde.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Wilde.
Flare throws an off balance right hand
and Flare takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Wilde throws a wild body kick that Flare sees coming a mile off.
De Wilde thows a body shot but no joy.
Flare tries for a takedown but De Wilde circles away easily
and De Wilde counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Wilde bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
De Wilde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Flare.
Jordan De Wilde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Wilde scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

De Wilde drops Flare with a left right combo! De Wilde follows him down to the ground into side control.

Flare is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wilde cracks Flare with a big right hand but Flare just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Flare is still in real trouble! Can De Wilde finish him?
Flare is working to avoid the ground and pound but De Wilde connects with a decent elbow.
Flare wants to control but De Wilde postures up.
Flare tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De Wilde wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

De Wilde is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Flare is trying to escape and De Wilde transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Flare is forced to tap! Nice work there by De Wilde! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jordan De Wilde!
Jordan De Wilde retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Jordan De Wilde, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.