PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olbrzymi Vlad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Olbrzymi Vlad has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Vlad
vs
Wilson

200 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

201 cm
22
299 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Poweful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Olbrzymi Vlad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vlad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Olbrzymi Vlad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vlad shoots in and bounces Wilson off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Vlad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wilson is on top in guard.
Vlad trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Wilson won't allow Vlad to sweep him here.
Wilson forces his way into half guard.
Wilson prevents Vlad from improving his position.
Vlad is not content to let Wilson control the position.
Wilson blocks the strikes from Vlad.
It looks like Wilson is going to stand back up.
Vlad missing with punches from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vlad misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vlad.
Wilson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Wilson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Vlad looking for a sweep. Not yet Vlad, not yet.
Vlad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wilson is controlling him.
Wilson is working Vlad over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vlad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vlad on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vlad tries to get out of the position.
Wilson content to stall in guard here.
Vlad throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Wilson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vlad has momentary wrist control but Wilson slips an elbow through the middle.
Wilson trying to control but Vlad is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wilson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vlad knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wilson on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vlad has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Wilson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vlad lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Vlad fails with the takedown
and Wilson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vlad is breathing heavily.
Vlad scores with a shot to the body.
Vlad misses with a takedown

and Wilson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Wilson stands up from half guard.

Wilson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Vlad tries to improve position but can't.
Wilson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wilson lands a nice forearm strike.
Wilson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wilson advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vlad is squirming around, avoiding Wilson's attempts to control the action.
Vlad swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Vlad is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wilson content just to control the position here.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vlad is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wilson with good strikes from the mount here!
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vlad is bucking up trying to escape but Wilson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wilson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vlad swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vlad hang on?
Vlad taking shots to the head.
Wilson tries to control but Vlad wriggling away.
Wilson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vlad is looking to improve his position but Wilson isn't that keen on the idea.
Wilson dominating with strikes here.
Vlad wants to get back to his feet.
Wilson lands a nice shot to the head.
Wilson raining down shots from the mount!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vlad keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vlad swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Wilson landing shots from mount.
Wilson controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Vlad is trying to escape the mount.
Wilson lands a big shot there that rocks Vlad but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wilson lands with some strikes.
Wilson breaks from Vlad's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Vlad throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wilson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vlad?

That's six minutes gone in the round.
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!
Vlad swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Wilson lands a big elbow.
Wilson lands with some strikes.
Wilson controlling the pace for now.
Vlad tries to reverse the position but Wilson maintains control.
Vlad swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Wilson trying to control but Vlad is having none of it.
Wilson controlling from mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vlad hang on?
Wilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wilson working the ground and pound effectively.
Vlad taking shots to the head.
Vlad throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wilson landing punches.
Vlad is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vlad throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wilson. What's that going to do exactly?
A nice elbow there by Wilson.
A nice elbow there by Wilson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson wants to control the pace but Vlad is squirming around nicely.
Vlad takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wilson breaks from Vlad's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Vlad that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vlad throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Vlad bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Vlad throws and elbow that misses. Wilson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vlad's guard. Nice move by Wilson!
Vlad keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Wilson passes into half guard.
Wilson wants to control but Vlad is keeping him busy.
Vlad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wilson passes to side control.
Vlad tries to improve position but can't.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Wilson decides to stand back up.
Wilson shoots in for a double leg but Vlad sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wilson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vlad misses with a shot to the body

and Wilson counters with a single leg into guard. Vlad didn't expect that.
Wilson passes Vlad's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vlad missing with punches from the bottom.
Wilson blocks the strikes from Vlad.
Vlad is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Wilson jumps into side control!
Vlad is looking to regain half guard here but Wilson keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wilson is working to tighten is grip on Vlad's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Vlad has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Wilson is really squeezing tight and eventually Vlad passes out! Wilson breaks the hold and jumps onto the ropes to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nick Wilson!