PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aulis Multio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Wells
vs
Multio

190 cm
22
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
226 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aulis Multio!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Multio looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Multio is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Wells reverses the position - he's now on top in Multio's guard.
Multio seems keen to control Wells's posture.
Multio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wells is fighting to break Multio's control of his arms but Multio is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Multio is trying to control the position but Wells postures up.
Wells knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Multio on the ground.
Multio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Multio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Multio pulls Wells in close to prevent any damage.
Multio's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Multio wants to sweep here but Wells controlling him for the moment.
Multio has his hands on Wells's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Aulis Multio just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Multio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ken Wells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wells closes the distance but Multio moves to the side

and Multio moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wells as Multio tries to tie him up.
Multio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wells pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wells misses with a takedown

and Multio counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wells won't be happy with that.
Multio lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Multio trying to control the action but Wells is working from the bottom.
Multio controlling the position.
Multio with the ground and pound but Wells regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Wells looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aulis Multio 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.

Wells doesn't succeed with the takedown

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Multio counters with a single leg into guard. Wells didn't expect that.
Multio stays in close to Wells's body and controls the position.
Multio pushes down on Wells's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Multio tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wells knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Multio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Multio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Wells kicks off Multio and gets to his feet.
Wells circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wells tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Multio moves into the clinch.
Wells scores a nice knee to the body.
Wells is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wells with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Multio wants to break free but Wells has control.
Wells unloads a knee to the mid-section. Multio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Multio is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wells unloads a knee to the mid-section. Multio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wells using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wells landing knees to the body.
Wells landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wells scores with a knee to the head.
Wells landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wells landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wells landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Wells.
Wells connects with a nasty looking knee right to Multio's face.
Multio looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Wells.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wells as Multio tries to tie him up.
Wells landing knees to the body.
Wells unloads a knee to the mid-section. Multio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wells as Multio tries to tie him up.
Multio pushes Wells back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wells tries to land knees in the clinch but Multio avoids the damage to the body.
Multio trying to control the position but instead, Wells has worked for underhooks and has pushed Multio into the cage.
Multio managing to block the knees to the body from Wells.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Multio lands a nice shot to the body.

Multio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wells has his takedown stuffed

and Multio counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Multio perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Multio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Multio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Multio looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Multio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aulis Multio has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Multio thows a huge punch but Wells dodges it nicely.
Wells avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Multio.
Wells blocking the ground and pound attempt from Multio.
Multio is taking a breather. Wells says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Multio throwing shots but Wells is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ken Wells will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Multio rushes Wells and presses him up against the cage.
Multio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wells avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Multio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wells up against the cage.
Wells lands an elbow that stopped Multio in his tracks for a moment.
Multio managing to block the knees to the body from Wells.
Multio digs a right hand into Wells's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wells's gas tank.
Multio misses with the head strike.
Wells with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Multio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Multio wants to stall.
Wells using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Multio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Multio gets control of Wells's arms and successfully pulls guard. Multio will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Multio has a closed guard, preventing Wells from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wells passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Multio gets back to full guard.
Multio manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Multio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Multio landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Multio controlling the pace for now.
Multio punishing his opponent with strikes.
Multio controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Multio tries to control but Wells wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Multio throwing strikes here but Wells is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wells is bucking up trying to escape but Multio cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Multio controlling from the full mount.
Multio wants to control the pace but Wells is squirming around nicely.
Multio looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aulis Multio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Multio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aulis Multio!