PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Red Redyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Winston Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Redyan
vs
Winston Wilson

184 cm
29
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
37
210 lbs
20 - 25 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Redyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wade Winston Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson lands with a kick to the temple. Redyan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wilson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wilson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wilson scores with a head kick. Redyan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wilson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Wilson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wilson pushes off an throws an elbow but Redyan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Redyan takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Wilson to work.
Redyan takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Red Redyan has been cut.
Wilson tries to land knees in the clinch but Redyan avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Wilson.
Wilson misses with a knee strike.
Wilson missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Redyan blocks with his arms.
Redyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilson throws an elbow but misses.
Redyan blocks an elbow strike from Wilson.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Redyan blocks with his arms.
Wilson lands an elbow inside that Redyan shrugs off.
Wilson throws an elbow that misses.
Wilson throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Redyan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Redyan is struggling to control the position.
Wilson connects with a knee to the head.
Wilson managing to block the knees to the body from Redyan.
Redyan blocks an elbow strike.
Redyan is trying to maintain a safe position but Wilson gets an underhook and turns Redyan into the cage.
Wilson avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Redyan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wilson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wilson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wilson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Redyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wilson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wilson missing with knees to the body.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Redyan blocks with his arms.
Wilson throws an elbow but it misses.
Redyan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redyan avoiding damage as Wilson throws knees to the body.
Redyan has Wilson pushed against the cage.
Wilson lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a knee strike.
Come on Wilson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Redyan trying to control the position but instead, Wilson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Redyan into the cage.
Wilson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Redyan blocks it.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wilson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Redyan misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Redyan trying to control the position but instead, Wilson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Redyan into the cage.
Wilson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redyan is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Redyan's defenses.
Wilson letting Redyan take a breather here.
Redyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wilson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Redyan avoids a wild elbow strike from Wilson.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wilson misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson blocks a body shot from Redyan.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Winston Wilson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Red Redyan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wilson tries a head kick but it misses.
Wilson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Redyan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wilson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Redyan really felt that one!
Wilson wants to clinch up but Redyan keeps it at a distance.

Wilson clinches.
Wilson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Redyan avoids a wild elbow strike from Wilson.
Redyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wilson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redyan.
Nice elbow from Wilson.
Redyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Redyan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wilson is defending well for now.
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Redyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wilson trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees to the body from Wilson.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wilson obliges.
Wilson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redyan.
Wilson landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Wilson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Redyan dodges an elbow strike from Wilson.
Wilson misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redyan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wilson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wilson lands an elbow inside that Redyan shrugs off.
Wilson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wilson connects with a knee to the head.
Redyan looking to stall.
Redyan blocks an elbow strike.
Redyan working aggressively here.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilson throws an elbow but misses.
Wade Winston Wilson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Redyan avoids a wild elbow strike from Wilson.
Redyan looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Redyan blocks with his arms.
Wilson misses with an elbow over the top.
Redyan taking a breather.
Wilson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Redyan blocks the elbow strike.
Wilson trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Wilson as the two fighters clinch.
Redyan avoiding damage as Wilson throws knees to the body.
Wilson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Redyan blocks with his arms.
Wilson misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilson.
Wilson blocks a body shot from Redyan.
Wilson pushes off an throws an elbow but Redyan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redyan tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Redyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wilson misses with an elbow over the top.
Wilson lands a knee to the head.
Redyan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wilson avoiding damage as Redyan throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson just leaning against Redyan, taking a breather.
Wilson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Redyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Redyan looking to slow down the pace here.
Wilson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Redyan blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Redyan wants to stall.
Redyan blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Winston Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Red Redyan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Redyan throws a wild body kick that Wilson sees coming a mile off.
Wilson lands a high kick!
Redyan throws a low kick but Wilson avoids it.
Redyan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wilson.
Wilson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Redyan misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Redyan is predictable there
and Wilson counters with an outside leg kick.
Wilson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wade Winston Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson keeps Redyan at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redyan throws a wild body kick that Wilson sees coming a mile off.

Wilson instigates a clinch.
Wilson misses with an elbow strike.
Wilson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Redyan blocks it.
Wilson crunches a lovely knee into Redyan's ribcage.
Redyan taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wilson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wilson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Redyan's face.
Redyan avoids a wild elbow strike from Wilson.
Redyan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Redyan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wilson is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looking to throw knees to the head but Redyan is blocking nicely.
Redyan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wilson misses with a knee to the head.
Wilson misses with an elbow over the top.
Wilson lands with a right to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Redyan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redyan misses with some punches.
Wilson throws an elbow but it misses.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Redyan avoiding damage as Wilson throws knees to the body.
Wilson looking to throw knees to the head but Redyan is blocking nicely.
Wilson looking to throw knees to the head but Redyan is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws an elbow but it misses.
Wilson trying to land knees to the body.
Redyan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilson avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilson throws an elbow but misses.
Wilson misses with an elbow strike.
Redyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redyan throws a head punch that misses.
Redyan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Redyan blocks it.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Redyan to work.
Redyan blocks an elbow strike from Wilson.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redyan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Redyan breaks the clinch.
Wilson tries to land a leg kick but Redyan saw it coming and moves away.
Redyan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wilson is out of range and Redyan settles back down.
Redyan swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilson.
Some bone on bone action there as Wilson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Redyan avoids the head kick by Wilson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson doesn't manage to clinch there - Redyan circles away.
Wilson swings away with a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wade Winston Wilson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wilson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wade Winston Wilson!