PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Ryan (ranked 6324 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kev Wooten (ranked 2851 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ryan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Beast. Wooten has chosen Gods gonna cut you down- Johnny Cash as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ryan
vs
Wooten

177 cm
35
171 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

176 cm
27
165 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kev Wooten!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wooten takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.
Wooten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooten avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little jabbing left from Wooten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ryan slips a jab and a cross from Wooten.
Ryan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wooten on the side of the head.
Andrew Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan takes a swing at Wooten's ribcage but misses.
Wooten dodges the punch combination from Ryan.
Wooten appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wooten has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan misses with a two punch combination.
Ryan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Wooten was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Ryan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan has Wooten pressed against the cage, preventing Wooten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Wooten breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Ryan. Those never looked like landing.
Wooten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Wooten.
Ryan 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.
Ryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wooten.
Ryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooten just misses with a punch to the body.
Ryan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ryan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wooten at a distance.
Ryan misses with a jab to the body
and Wooten counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Andrew Ryan has been cut.
Wooten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ryan scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Ryan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Ryan.
Wooten misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wooten walks into a stiff left hand from Ryan.
Ryan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooten takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ryan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ryan lands a head shot.
Wooten dodges the punch combination from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wooten stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Ryan has managed to clinch.
Wooten working hard to break the clinch.

Ryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ryan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooten loads up on a big right hand but Ryan slips the punch.
Wooten takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ryan looks to land a combination but Wooten avoids it well.
Wooten swinging wildly here.
Ryan closes the distance but Wooten moves to the side
and Wooten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ryan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A countering left hand to the body from Wooten misses.
A punch combination from Ryan misses.
Wooten moves out of range of the body kick.
Wooten swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ryan throws a body punch but Wooten moves out of range.
Ryan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ryan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wooten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ryan works the jab nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ryan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Ryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Ryan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A jab from Ryan finds it's way through Wooten's defenses.
Ryan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wooten can do to turn this around?
Ryan cracks a nice hook into Wooten's ribs.

Ryan moves into range and clinches up with Wooten.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wooten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooten throws a counter combo.
Ryan cracks Wooten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten misses with a shot to the body
and Ryan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Ryan moves into range and clinches up with Wooten.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Ryan is controlling him.
Ryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wooten's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Wooten looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ryan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wooten.
Ryan tests Wooten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ryan scores with a jab to the head.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ryan clinches.

Ryan breaks from the clinch.
Wooten takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten blocks a head kick by Ryan.
Wooten swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooten dodges the punch combination from Ryan.
Ryan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wooten.
Wooten appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ryan lands with a nice combination. Wooten backs away looking to recover.
Andrew Ryan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan moves out of range as Wooten strikes.
Ryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wooten.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wooten! But no joy.

Ryan pushes Wooten up against the cage in a clinch.
Ryan lands with a right to the head.

Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ryan misses with a body punch
and Wooten counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Ryan! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Wooten!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kev Wooten!
Kev Wooten really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 424 Co. logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Andrew Ryan spoke after the fight, saying 'FREE MAMADO LET HIM USE THE FORUM'.