PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Wooden (ranked 2886 p4p, 248 weight class) and Mike Sunday (ranked 2169 p4p, 202 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Wooden
vs
Sunday

165 cm
27
150 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
150 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Wooden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Sunday!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunday slips under a jab from Wooden.
Sunday scores with a hook.
Wooden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sunday.
Sunday throws a looping overhand right but Wooden ducks down to avoid it.
Wooden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sunday has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wooden is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wooden misses with a lunging right hand
and Sunday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sunday moves out of range as Wooden strikes.
Sunday lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sunday looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Wooden was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sunday.
Wooden misses with a straight left.
Sunday uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wooden.
The fighters circling - Sunday throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sunday avoids the body shot from Wooden.
Wooden throws an overhand right that lands on Sunday's shoulder, as Sunday tries to avoid the shot.
Wooden misses with a right hand
and Sunday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
William Wooden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sunday slips a straight right by Wooden.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sunday! But no joy.
Wooden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sunday moves away.
Wooden takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunday is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wooden.
A jab from Wooden misses.
Wooden misses with a body shot.
Wooden swings widly with a right hand
and Sunday counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sunday throws a hook to the side of Wooden's head but Wooden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sunday might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wooden shoots in for a double leg but Sunday sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sunday darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Sunday misses.
Wooden misses with a hook.
Wooden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunday throws out the jab.
Wooden misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunday. Wooden does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Sunday throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mike Sunday is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sunday sizes up Wooden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooden with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sunday to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooden throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wooden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wooden shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooden working the head and body with strikes.
Wooden lands strikes from half guard.
Wooden working over Sunday with some ground and pound. Sunday looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooden working Sunday over with strikes.
Wooden looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Sunday is rocked!
Wooden lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sunday is still in real trouble! Can Wooden finish him?
Wooden lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Sunday! More strikes land and this one is all over! Wooden jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Wooden!