PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Wearmouth (ranked 384 p4p, 59 weight class) and Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 296 p4p, 44 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wearmouth
vs
Papadopoulos

183 cm
25
187 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
181 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth moves out of range as Papadopoulos throws a body kick.
Wearmouth throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wearmouth lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos blocks a jab.
Wearmouth takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wearmouth scores with a jab to the body.
Wearmouth misses the jab.
Papadopoulos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Papadopoulos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos tries to score with a low kick but Wearmouth moves his leg out of the way.
Papadopoulos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wearmouth throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wearmouth blocks it well.
Nice defenses there by Papadopoulos.
Wearmouth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wearmouth throws a series of punches but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick but Wearmouth sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wearmouth is looking to slow Papadopoulos down with leg kicks.
Wearmouth looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wearmouth blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos ducks right into an uppercut from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth looks to land a right hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range.
Papadopoulos misses with a kick to the body.
Papadopoulos lands with a right hand.
Wearmouth misses with a looping right.
Papadopoulos slips a jab and a cross from Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wearmouth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little jabbing left from Papadopoulos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wearmouth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Wearmouth misses the target.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wearmouth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Papadopoulos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wearmouth defending well as Papadopoulos loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Papadopoulos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wearmouth.
Nice defenses there by Papadopoulos.
Wearmouth blocks a leg kick.
Wearmouth sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wearmouth pivots, looking for a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range and Wearmouth settles back down.
Papadopoulos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wearmouth missing with a left hand there. Papadopoulos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wearmouth swings for the body but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Wearmouth moves out of range of the strikes.
Wearmouth clobbers Papadopoulos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Papadopoulos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos throws out a leg kick but Wearmouth moves out of range and Papadopoulos only half commits.
Papadopoulos moves away from the strike by Wearmouth.
An inside leg kick from Papadopoulos misses.
Wearmouth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Papadopoulos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Papadopoulos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wearmouth under the eye.
Avraam Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Wearmouth as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wearmouth is out of range.
The fighters circling - Wearmouth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Papadopoulos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wearmouth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wearmouth was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Wearmouth does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Papadopoulos looks to move away, Wearmouth throws a big counter combo but Papadopoulos just gets out of the way.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Wearmouth ducks down to avoid it.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Wearmouth ducks down to avoid it.
Wearmouth misses with a straight left.
Wearmouth misses with a low kick as Papadopoulos jumps back.
Papadopoulos throws a body punch but Wearmouth moves out of range.
Wearmouth gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Papadopoulos.
Wearmouth fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Papadopoulos moves forwards but Wearmouth connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from Wearmouth misses.
A low kick from Wearmouth misses
enabling Papadopoulos to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wearmouth. That did some damage!
Wearmouth connects with a solid leg kick.
Papadopoulos is looking to chop away at Wearmouth's legs.
Papadopoulos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papadopoulos.
Wearmouth fails to land with a series of punches.
Donk. Papadopoulos catches Wearmouth right on the button with a cross.
A good leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Wearmouth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Wearmouth misses.
Papadopoulos is looking to clinch.
It looked like Wearmouth wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wearmouth lands a body shot.
Wearmouth moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wearmouth lands a nice shot to the body.
Wearmouth misses with a few strikes there.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papadopoulos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Papadopoulos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos blocks a jab.
Wearmouth looks to land a combination. Papadopoulos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wearmouth connects with a body shot that sends Papadopoulos's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dave Wearmouth will probably get the nod.
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.

Wearmouth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos cracks the inside of Wearmouth's front leg.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
Papadopoulos tries to land a leg kick but Wearmouth saw it coming and moves away.
Papadopoulos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wearmouth misses the target.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Wearmouth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Papadopoulos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dave Wearmouth is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Papadopoulos misses.
Wearmouth checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos misses the shot to the body.
Wearmouth uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Papadopoulos has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wearmouth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wearmouth blocks the body kick.
Wearmouth looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to land a front kick but Wearmouth steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wearmouth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Papadopoulos blocks the low kick.
Papadopoulos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wearmouth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wearmouth looks to land a left hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range nicely.
Wearmouth stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos wants to clinch.
Wearmouth fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it well.
Papadopoulos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wearmouth was well out of range. Poor timing from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses the body punch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Wearmouth counters with a good low kick that Papadopoulos was not able to check.
Wearmouth looks to land a right hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range.
Wearmouth throws a chopping leg kick but Papadopoulos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick from Papadopoulos is predictable there
and Wearmouth counters with a two punch combo.
Wearmouth sizes up Papadopoulos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos throws a chopping leg kick but Wearmouth manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That kick from Papadopoulos tenderised Wearmouth's leg. Wearmouth is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wearmouth lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Papadopoulos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Papadopoulos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Papadopoulos blocks a low kick nicely.
Wearmouth throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Papadopoulos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Papadopoulos blocks a low kick nicely.
Papadopoulos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos tries to clinch but Wearmouth moves out of range.
Wearmouth checks a low kick from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Papadopoulos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wearmouth is able to avoid easily.
Wearmouth throws a low kick but Papadopoulos moves out of range easily.
Wearmouth scoring well with a low kick there.
Papadopoulos connects with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Wearmouth. That snapped Papadopoulos's head back.
Papadopoulos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos misses with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Papadopoulos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wearmouth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wearmouth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wearmouth throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth loads up on a big right hand but Papadopoulos slips the punch.
Papadopoulos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wearmouth under the eye.
Papadopoulos swings for the body but Wearmouth moves out of range.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
Wearmouth throws a front kick aimed at Papadopoulos's knee but Papadopoulos avoids it well.
Papadopoulos lands a leg kick that knocks Wearmouth off balance momentarily.
Wearmouth swinging wildly here.
Wearmouth avoids a kick to the body.
Wearmouth looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Papadopoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Papadopoulos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Papadopoulos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Papadopoulos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big right from Papadopoulos misses.
Wearmouth misses with a series of wild punches.
Wearmouth takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos cracks Wearmouth with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Papadopoulos lands a jab to the nose.
Papadopoulos throws a wild body kick that Wearmouth sees coming a mile off.
Wearmouth finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Papadopoulos slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Papadopoulos releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wearmouth's head backwards.
Papadopoulos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos takes a swing at Wearmouth's ribcage but misses.
Wearmouth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Wearmouth looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wearmouth looks to land a right hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range.
Papadopoulos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Papadopoulos tries to clinch but Wearmouth moves out of range.
Papadopoulos scoring well with a low kick there.
Wearmouth lands a leg kick that knocks Papadopoulos off balance momentarily.
A good leg kick by Papadopoulos.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papadopoulos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avraam Papadopoulos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wearmouth works Papadopoulos's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Wearmouth misses the target.
Papadopoulos throws a push kick but Wearmouth slaps the foot to one side.
Wearmouth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Papadopoulos can pounce on him.
Wearmouth misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Wearmouth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wearmouth throws a low kick, looking for Papadopoulos's leg but Papadopoulos calmly moves out of range.
Papadopoulos defending well as Wearmouth loads up on a big left hand.
Wearmouth looks to land a combination. Papadopoulos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wearmouth fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a push kick but Wearmouth slaps the foot to one side.
Wearmouth chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Papadopoulos can pounce on him.
Wearmouth checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wearmouth throwing a counter right hand but Papadopoulos manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but Wearmouth moves out of range easily.
Wearmouth pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Papadopoulos back to the cage. Wearmouth follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wearmouth takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Wearmouth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Papadopoulos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Papadopoulos slips a straight right by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wearmouth looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wearmouth.
Wearmouth throws a nice looking combination but Papadopoulos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Papadopoulos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook
and Wearmouth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wearmouth misses with a body shot.
Wearmouth misses with a straight right.
Wearmouth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wearmouth throws a big shot that misses.
Papadopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papadopoulos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wearmouth's sensitive parts.
Good work by Papadopoulos as he checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papadopoulos tries to clinch up but Wearmouth circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Papadopoulos works the jab nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Wearmouth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Papadopoulos looks for the body kick but Wearmouth saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos connects with an inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Papadopoulos staying out of range there.
Wearmouth misses with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wearmouth checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos misses with a body kick.
Wearmouth checks a low kick from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Papadopoulos tries to land a leg kick but Wearmouth saw it coming and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wearmouth.
The fighters circling - Wearmouth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wearmouth lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos wants to slow Wearmouth down by chopping away at his legs.
Wearmouth takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wearmouth swings for the body but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Wearmouth lands with a good body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Papadopoulos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Wearmouth does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Papadopoulos backs away, Wearmouth returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Papadopoulos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wearmouth moves out of range of the leg kick from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Papadopoulos. That's going to slow Wearmouth down.
Papadopoulos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wearmouth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wearmouth is out of range.
Wearmouth fires out a quick counter leg kick but Papadopoulos just manages to avoid it.
Papadopoulos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wearmouth.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Wearmouth pivots, looking for a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range and Wearmouth settles back down.
Papadopoulos thumps Wearmouth with a low kick.
Wearmouth avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a wild body kick that Wearmouth sees coming a mile off.
Wearmouth swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos misses with a kick to the body
enabling Wearmouth to counter with a crisp jab.
Papadopoulos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos thumps Wearmouth with a low kick.
Wearmouth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wearmouth.
Papadopoulos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Papadopoulos takes one to the chin there.
Wearmouth throws a leg kick that misses.
Papadopoulos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wearmouth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a wild body kick that Wearmouth sees coming a mile off.
Papadopoulos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wearmouth.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wearmouth throws out a leg kick but Papadopoulos moves out of range and Wearmouth only half commits.
Wearmouth lands a body shot.
A big left from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos tries to bum rush Wearmouth with a series of wild strikes but Wearmouth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wearmouth misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Avraam Papadopoulos.
Well Papadopoulos 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
A very excited looking Avraam Papadopoulos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.