PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arild Moen (ranked 3942 p4p, 6412 weight class) and Josh Wyte (ranked 453 p4p, 585 weight class). Josh Wyte struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Arild Moen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moen
vs
Wyte

177 cm
18
165
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
20
166
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arild Moen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Wyte!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moen darts in and clinches Wyte up against the cage.
Moen prevents Wyte from breaking the clinch.
Moen prevents Wyte from breaking the clinch.
Wyte wants to break free but Moen has control.
Wyte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wyte is trying to push Moen away but Moen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wyte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wyte has had enough of the clinch but Moen keeps him there for the moment.
Wyte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moen just leaning against Wyte, taking a breather.

Moen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wyte misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moen moves out of range as Wyte strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Moen misses its target.
Moen lands with an uppercut that bounces Wyte off the cage and back into range.
Wyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Moen counters with a shoot takedown. Wyte fights it but they end up in guard.

Moen drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Moen seems to have locked his on tight now - Wyte screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Moen, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Arild Moen!
Arild Moen made sure to mention his sponsor, Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $120 160q Rec&St in his post fight interview.