PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade has chosen Dance Gavin Dance - Strawberry Swisher pt. III as his entrance music. Wayne Wade will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rios
vs
Wade

190 cm
27
245 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

205 cm
26
282 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

DROPPIN BODIES

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christopher Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wayne Wade!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wade swinging wildly here.
Wade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rios seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rios lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rios is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wade.
Rios takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Rios gets tackled into the cage by Wade. Wade maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Wade blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Wade.
Wade is pushing Rios up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rios is trying to stall.
Wade working aggressively here.
Rios takes a shot to the head.
Rios lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Rios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rios misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Wade.
Rios has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rios backwards.
Rios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wade scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wade - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rios throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Wade pushes Rios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wade tries to throw a body punch but Rios avoids it by throwing Wade back against the cage.
Rios tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wade lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wade working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rios is looking to control Wade's arms but Wade gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rios has his back to the cage.
Wade prevents a body shot from Rios.
Wade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wade holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wade's coach down at Island Premium 20x CT's was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wade's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wade pushes Rios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
Rios struggles to land a body shot inside as Wade controls his hands.
Wade misses with the head strike.
Wade misses with a punch to the body.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Rios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Rios back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios taking a breather.
Wade lands with a short shot to the head.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rios is trying to stall.
Wade's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rios has a couple of punches blocked by Wade.
Wade is stalling here.
Wade throws a punch but it's blocked by Rios.
Rios is trying to stall.
Wade avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade prevents a body shot from Rios.
Rios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rios trying to control the position but instead, Wade has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rios into the cage.
Rios misses with some punches.
Rios tries to throw a body punch but Wade avoids it by throwing Rios back against the cage.
Rios is looking to break free of the clinch but Wade has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wade lands a left hand.

It looks like Christopher Rios has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wade lands with a short shot to the head.
Wade lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wade.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Wade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Rios's cut.
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.

Rios moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Wade moves into the clinch successfully.
Wade will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rios up against the cage.
Rios lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
A frustrated look appears on Rios's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wade scores with a shoulder strike.
Rios lands a hook that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
Wayne Wade seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rios lands an uppercut.
Wade is stalling here.
Rios misses with a punch to the body.
Wade scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wade takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rios.
Wade stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rios misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Rios swings wildly with an uppercut but Wade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wade blocks a body shot from Rios.
Rios looking to slow down the pace here.
Wade blocks a body shot from Rios.
Wade has a couple of punches blocked by Rios.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Rios breaks the clinch.
Wade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wade looks to land a combination but Rios avoids it well.
Wade tries to clinch but Rios is having none of it.
Wayne Wade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wade throws a right hand that Rios ducks under and follows up with a left that Rios also avoids with ease.
Rios connects with a solid leg kick.
Wade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rios swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rios is looking to land body kicks.
Rios lands the left hand.
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!
Wade checks a leg kick nicely.

Wade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rios, pushing him back against the cage.
Wade blocking some punches.
Wade scores with a shot to the side of Rios's head.
Wade cracks Rios with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios misses with some punches.
Wade pushes Rios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rios pushes Wade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade stalling in the clinch.
Rios takes a shot to the head.
Wade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wade lands a nice uppercut.
Wade just leaning against Rios, taking a breather.
Rios misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wade blocking some punches.
Wade stalling in the clinch.
Wade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Wade.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rios can't find room to land a body shot as Wade controls the action.
Wade blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rios backwards.

Rios is rocked!
Rios's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Rios is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wade takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wade just leaning against Rios, taking a breather.
Rios seems to have got his legs back now.
Wade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wade scores with a hook to the body.
Rios tries to work over Wade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wade creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Rios with a big uppercut! Rios tries to clinch up but Wade pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Rios to the mat! Rios covers up and Wade unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Wayne Wade!
Wayne Wade was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.