PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Patill (ranked 1316 p4p, 4051 weight class) and Perdue Willshire (ranked 155 p4p, 349 weight class). Patill comes to the cage accompanied by Soldiers eyes. Perdue Willshire will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Patill
vs
Willshire

178 cm
26
151
8 - 0 - 0

172 cm
32
142
8 - 25 - 1

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

SpeeDee BBQ

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Patill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Perdue Willshire!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willshire misses with a double jab.
Willshire looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Patill is fending him off so far but Willshire persists. Nope, Patill circles away and we're back to standing.
Patill looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Willshire has closed the distance and engaged Patill in a clinch.
Willshire tries for a takedown. No joy.

Patill works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Willshire scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Patill closes the distance and clinches.
Willshire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Willshire.
Willshire throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willshire has Patill pressed against the cage.

Patill gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willshire has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Patill is working away from the top position though.
Patill working over Willshire with some ground and pound. Willshire looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Patill scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Patill works his way into side control.
Patill working the ground and pound from side control.
Willshire is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Patill is staying tight to Willshire's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Patill seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Willshire for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patill moves into full mount!
Patill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willshire is working to get back to half guard.
Patill sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Willshire's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Patill looking to control and managing it successfully.
Patill lands a couple of good shots and Willshire has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patill has good solid back control here.
Patill lands a shot to the body.
Willshire felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Patill throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Willshire has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Patill.
Patill has good solid back control here.
Patill throwing damaging strikes from the back! Willshire could be in trouble here!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Patill dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Willshire has Patill up against the cage in a clinch.

Patill turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willshire wants to get back to his feet.
Patill slows the pace down.
Patill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willshire can do to turn this around?
The ground and pound from Patill seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patill content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Willshire is pushing Patill's head away, looking to escape. Patill manages to hold on to the position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patill taking a breather here.
Patill's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Patill working the head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Willshire's face as Patill controls the position.
Willshire is trying to control Patill's posture but Patill avoids it.
Patill controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patill tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Patill has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Patill grinds an elbow into Willshire's temple.
Willshire is not content to let Patill control the position.
The referee asks Patill politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Patill prefers to stall for the moment though.
Willshire is looking to get back to his feet here but Patill is keeping cool and he's managed to take Willshire's back.
John Patill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willshire tries to roll but Patill sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willshire trying to control the action but Patill just sinks the hooks in.
Willshire is trying to remain composed but Patill is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Willshire trying to control the action but Patill just sinks the hooks in.
Patill trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Willshire doesn't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patill continues to stall.
Patill scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
What can Willshire do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Patill struggling to land strikes to the head as Willshire covers up.
Patill controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Willshire trying to control the position but Patill manages to sink in the hooks.
Willshire really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Patill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Patill dominated that second round.
That's time! Patill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Patill drives through with a takedown into Willshire's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Patill is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Patill lands a couple of digs.
Willshire trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Patill stopping the sweep attempt from Willshire.
Patill is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willshire bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Patill's guard.

Willshire stopping the sweep attempt from Patill.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willshire throws a big elbow that misses.
Patill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Patill wriggles free and stands up.
Willshire throws a series of strikes that have Patill backpedaling.

Willshire clinches up against the cage.
Willshire stalling in the clinch but Patill improves position.

Patill gets control of Willshire's arms and successfully pulls guard. Patill will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Patill pulls Willshire in close to prevent any damage.

Willshire avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willshire has his hands clasped together around Patill's back. He's all about the action.
Patill seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willshire is trying to stand up here but Patill is controlling him well.
Willshire works his way to full guard. Good work.
Willshire looking to control.
Patill prevents Willshire from getting back to his feet.
Patill postures up in Willshire's guard and throws a big left but Willshire blocks it.
Patill seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Patill works over Willshire with some ground and pound from guard.
Perdue Willshire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Patill slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Patill won't allow Willshire to get back to his feet.
Patill working some strikes from top position.
Patill is stalling in the full guard.
Patill scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
John Patill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Patill sitting in guard, not really doing much.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Patill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Patill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Patill!
Our winner, John Patill, 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.