PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Wood (ranked 3673 p4p, 421 weight class) and Eric Wim (ranked 3928 p4p, 443 weight class). Ragnar Wood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eric Wim's chin.

Wood
vs
Wim

178 cm
25
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Wim!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Wim to counter with a crisp jab.
Wood throws an overhand right that lands on Wim's shoulder, as Wim tries to avoid the shot.
Wim looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Wood clinches up with Wim and pushes him back against the cage.

Wood breaks from the clinch.
Wim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wood.
Wim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Wood clinches up against the cage.

Wood breaks the clinch.

Wood instigates a clinch.

Wood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wim lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Wood clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wim fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wood on the side of the head.
Wood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wim counters with a straight right hand.
Wim swings widly with a right hand
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wood drives through with a takedown into Wim's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Wim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wood working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Wim is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wood has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Wim to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Wood is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Wim pulls down on the head and he's put Wood to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Eric Wim!
Our winner, Eric Wim, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.