PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rich Wood (ranked 1778 p4p, 208 weight class) and Tom McGettigan (ranked 2495 p4p, 271 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wood
vs
McGettigan

187 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
32
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rich Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tom McGettigan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGettigan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wood misses the jab.
McGettigan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Wood throws the left hand but McGettigan avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the body from McGettigan misses
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
McGettigan wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood staying out of range there.
Wood with a hook.
McGettigan misses with a hook.

McGettigan gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGettigan has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by McGettigan.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood is working for takedown but McGettigan is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood working aggressively here.
Wood working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
A head punch on the inside from McGettigan fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McGettigan.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGettigan misses with the head strike.
Wood blocking some punches.
McGettigan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McGettigan blocking some punches.
Wood blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGettigan misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGettigan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McGettigan lands a body shot.
McGettigan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Wood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGettigan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by McGettigan.
Wood misses with the head strike.
McGettigan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGettigan.
Wood lands a left hand.
McGettigan scores with a shoulder strike.
McGettigan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
McGettigan tries to work over Wood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from McGettigan fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wood lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGettigan backwards.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGettigan throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood lands with a right to the head.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood with a knee to the head.
McGettigan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGettigan swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood gets through McGettigan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood working aggressively here.
McGettigan misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGettigan lands an uppercut.
McGettigan blocking some punches.
McGettigan swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGettigan misses with the head strike.
Wood is working for takedown but McGettigan is calmly controlling the position for now.
McGettigan throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
McGettigan blocks an uppercut.
McGettigan throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
Wood lands a shoulder strike.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Wood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McGettigan misses with a lunging right hand
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McGettigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Wood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McGettigan swings widly with a right hand
and Wood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McGettigan tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

McGettigan closes the distance and clinches.
Rich Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.

McGettigan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wood looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood is looking for a sweep. McGettigan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McGettigan is trying to control. Wood wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
McGettigan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wood. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wood is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wood.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wood is on top in guard.

McGettigan can't keep his opponent in guard - Wood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wood looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McGettigan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGettigan can do to turn this around?
McGettigan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wood maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! McGettigan could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Wood has cracked it and McGettigan is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Wood!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rich Wood!
Rich Wood took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.