PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Wilson (ranked 3371 p4p, 3609 weight class) and Ray Bradbury (ranked 431 p4p, 460 weight class). The key to victory for Steve Wilson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wilson
vs
Bradbury

188 cm
25
210
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
212
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Bradbury!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bradbury.
Wilson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bradbury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Bradbury has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bradbury sizes up Wilson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wilson lands a jab to the head.
Wilson slips a jab and a cross from Bradbury.
Bradbury looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.

Wilson drops Bradbury with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bradbury looks back up at him and smiles so Wilson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good standup being displayed there by Bradbury as he connects with a hook.
Bradbury's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wilson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bradbury scrambles back to his feet.
Bradbury swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wilson throws the left hand but Bradbury avoids the punch easily.
Bradbury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wilson moves away.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradbury throws a body punch but Wilson moves out of range.
Bradbury misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Wilson misses.
Bradbury connects with a right hand. Wilson shakes it off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Bradbury.
A short left from Bradbury.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Bradbury stalling in the clinch.
Bradbury is pushing Wilson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting on Bradbury's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Bradbury lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradbury has Wilson pressed against the cage, preventing Wilson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wilson letting Bradbury take a breather here.
Bradbury misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Wilson.
A nice left hand lands by Wilson.
Bradbury lands with a right to the head.
Bradbury slows down the pace here.
Wilson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bradbury backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson misses with the head strike.
Bradbury keeps control of Wilson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bradbury tries to throw a body punch but Wilson avoids it by throwing Bradbury back against the cage.
Wilson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bradbury's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson letting Bradbury take a breather here.
Wilson wants to get back to striking at distance but Bradbury won't allow it.
Bradbury throws a head punch that misses.
Bradbury tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Bradbury has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
Bradbury throws a head punch that misses.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bradbury lands a hook that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Bradbury digs a right hand underneath Wilson's ribcage. Wilson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bradbury struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
Bradbury's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bradbury.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looking to stall.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson is trying to break free.
Bradbury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wilson's elbow.
Nice body punch from Wilson - that landed with a thud.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradbury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bradbury works on Wilson's body with a couple of short punches.
Wilson struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradbury controls his hands.
Wilson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bradbury misses with a punch to the body.
Bradbury stalling in the clinch.
Bradbury blocks a body shot from Wilson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ray Bradbury will probably get the nod.
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.

Bradbury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bradbury tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bradbury was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Bradbury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilson.
Wilson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bradbury on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Bradbury throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wilson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bradbury.
An attempted straight right counter from Wilson misses the target.
Wilson scores with a jab to the jaw.

Bradbury is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradbury just misses with a punch to the body.
Bradbury is still on wobbly legs! Can Wilson finish him?
Wilson measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Bradbury! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Steve Wilson!