PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mew Choo (ranked 896 p4p, 121 weight class) and Willie Wood (ranked 1634 p4p, 217 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Willie Wood enters the cage!

Choo
vs
Wood

180 cm
31
191 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

200 cm
24
180 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mew Choo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Choo. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donk. Wood catches Choo right on the button with a cross.
Choo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wood circles away quickly and effectively.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Choo slips the punch.
Wood throws a body punch but Choo moves out of range.
Wood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the liver by Choo. Beautiful body shot.
Wood lands with a good body shot.
Choo 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.
Wood's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Choo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wood scrambles back to his feet.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Choo manages to avoid it.
Wood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good shot there by Wood.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood jabs Choo right on the nose. Choo blinks but takes it well.
Wood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Choo works Wood's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Choo.
Wood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wood.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Choo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wood takes a swing at Choo's ribcage but misses.
Wood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wood misses with a left hand
and Choo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Choo throws a body punch but Wood moves out of range.
Choo lands a jab.
Choo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wood under the eye.
Wood misses the shot to the body.
Choo staying out of range there.
Choo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood staying out of range there.
Wood throws a big shot that misses.
Wood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Choo there.
Wood cracks Choo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Choo avoids the body shot from Wood.
Choo looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
Choo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wood connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Choo scrambles back to his feet.
Wood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Choo throws a right hand that misses
and Wood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Choo misses with a looping right.
Choo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choo looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo misses with a body punch
and Wood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wood throws out a loose jab but Choo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Choo.
Wood thuds his right hand into Choo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Choo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Choo lands a nice hook to Wood's body. Wood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wood thumps Choo with a low kick.
Choo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wood throws an off balance right hand
and Choo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Wood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Choo.
Wood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Choo.
Wood throws a body shot but no joy.
Wood has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choo slips under a jab from Wood.
Choo misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Wood.
Wood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Choo.
Wood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Choo checks a leg kick.
A jab from Wood finds it's way through Choo's defenses.

It looks like Mew Choo has been cut.
Wood lands a head shot.
Wood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood throws a shot from downtown. Choo moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Choo has time to react.
Nice straight punches there by Choo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Choo.
Wood scores with the left hand. Choo knows he should have avoided that one.
Wood takes a swing at Choo's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Willie Wood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mew Choo's cut.
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.

Choo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Choo misses with a body shot
and Choo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Choo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wood was well out of range. Poor timing from Choo.
Wood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Wood misses its intended target.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Choo misses with a right hand
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Choo's sensitive parts.
Choo swinging wildly here.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A left lands for Wood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Choo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo fails to land with a series of punches.
Wood slips under a jab from Choo.
Willie Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Choo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
Wood misses with a wild body shot.
Choo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Choo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wood's head.
Wood misses with an uppercut.
Choo swings widly with a right hand
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wood throws a hook but Choo avoids it easily.
It looked like Choo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Choo moves out of range as Wood strikes.
Choo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A looping hook to the body misses from Choo. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Choo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Choo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wood throws a looping overhand right but Choo ducks down to avoid it.
Wood is looking to land body kicks.
Wood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Choo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wood lands an overhand right.
Wood sizes up Choo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Wood has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Choo counters with a straight right hand.
Wood throws a shot from downtown. Choo moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Choo.
Choo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Choo misses with a double jab
and Wood counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood scores with the left hand. Choo knows he should have avoided that one.
Choo lands with an uppercut that bounces Wood off the cage and back into range.
Choo misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Wood.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Wood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Choo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choo just misses with a punch to the body.
Wood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Choo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A quick step to the side and Choo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Choo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Woods jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Choo misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Choo might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Choo manages to avoid it.
Wood takes a swing at Choo's ribcage but misses.
Choo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wood misses with a looping left.
Wood scores with a jab.
Wood throws a hook to the side of Choo's head but Choo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood misses the jab.
Choo tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Choo.
Choo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wood! But no joy.
Choo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Wood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mew Choo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wood, as that shot connected.
Choo lands with a right hand.
Wood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Choo takes one on the button.
Wood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Choo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Choo lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Choo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood throws a lazy uppercut
and Choo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wood scores with a jab. Choo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Choo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wood was well out of range. Poor timing from Choo.

Wood cracks Choo with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Choo looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Wood finish him?

Choo is rocked!
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood swings widly with a right hand
and Choo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Choo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Choo misses with a body shot.
Choo misses with a left hand
and Wood counters with a nice leg kick.
Choo seems to have got his legs back now.
Choo throws an off balance right hand
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Choo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Choo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Choo throws a series of strikes that have Wood backpedaling.
A punch lands to the side of Choo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Choo 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.
Choo throws out a loose jab but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. Choo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Choo misses with an uppercut
and Wood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
BOOM! Wood lands a beautiful left hook that drops Choo. Choo tries to recover but Wood is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Choo lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Willie Wood!
After the big win, Willie Wood made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sportivité and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.