PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaharu Homma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wellington's choice of entrance music: Scary. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Graham Wellington was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Homma
vs
Wellington

194 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

154 RECOVERY-UCF NUTRITION
Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaharu Homma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graham Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wellington scores with a leg kick.
No joy there for Wellington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Homma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wellington.
Homma wants to clinch.
Wellington scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wellington cracks Homma with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Wellington lands a big head kick that sends Homma tumbling to the mat! Wellington takes a step backwards and waves Homma back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Masaharu Homma has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wellington takes the fight into the clinch.

Wellington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wellington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Homma swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Homma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Homma dodges an elbow strike from Wellington.
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Wellington avoids a wild elbow strike from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow just above Wellington 's eye.

It looks like Graham Wellington has been cut.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Homma creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short body shot lands from Wellington as the two fighters clinch.
Homma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wellington blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wellington throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wellington's brow.
Wellington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Homma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wellington misses with a few strikes there.
Homma wants to clinch but Wellington slips to the side

and Wellington counters with a head kick that drops Homma to the mat! Homma scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Homma is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wellington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wellington misses with a low kick.

Wellington rushes Homma and presses him up against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Wellington as the two fighters clinch.
Wellington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Homma lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Homma is breathing heavily.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Wellington.

Masaharu Homma's cut is getting worse.
Wellington works on Homma's body with a couple of short punches.
Wellington lands a right hand.

Wellington breaks from the clinch.
Wellington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Homma on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wellington. Wellington obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wellington has managed to clinch.
Wellington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wellington blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
A body shot lands from Wellington.
A right hook to the body lands for Wellington.
Wellington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Wellington breaks the clinch.
Wellington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Homma's sensitive parts.
Wellington throws a low kick, looking for Homma's leg but Homma calmly moves out of range.
Homma blocks a head kick by Wellington.
Wellington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Homma tries to clinch
and Wellington counters with a leg kick.
Homma takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Wellington clinches up against the ropes.
Wellington dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Wellington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Homma has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Wellington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Masaharu Homma's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Wellington lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wellington.

Wellington lands a big head kick that sends Homma tumbling to the mat! Wellington takes a step backwards and waves Homma back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wellington lands a big head kick that sends Homma tumbling to the mat! Wellington takes a step backwards and waves Homma back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Homma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Masaharu Homma's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Masaharu Homma's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Graham Wellington! Graham Wellington retains his light heavyweight title!