PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo comes to the ring accompanied by Basic Thugonomics. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wellington's choice of entrance music: Radiohead - Reckoner. This should be a great matchup!

Rambo
vs
Wellington

185 cm
24
248 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

194 cm
24
254 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rambo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rambo tries to clinch but Wellington is having none of it.

Rambo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rambo struggles to land a body shot inside as Wellington controls his hands.
Wellington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rambo smiles and moves away.
Rambo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wellington.
A jab from Rambo does it's job there.
Wellington swats away the attempt to clinch by Rambo.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wellington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rambo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Wellington misses the target.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wellington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rambo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wellington looks to land a combination. Rambo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like John Rambo has been cut.
Rambo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wellington moves away.
Wellington keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rambo tries to close the distance and clinch but Wellington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rambo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wellington has hold of Rambo's hands but Rambo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rambo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wellington keeps working.
Wellington is looking for a sweep. Rambo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wellington wants to control but Rambo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wellington is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rambo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rambo's back!
Wellington somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Wellington is hanging on to Rambo's back as he tries to escape.
Rambo is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Wellington 's hooks.
The referee warns Rambo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington unloads with some shots from mount but Rambo bucks and avoids them well.
Rambo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wellington tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wellington has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rambo's face.
Wellington scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rambo?
A nice elbow there by Wellington.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wellington landing strikes from the mount and Rambo is in trouble!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rambo taking shots to the head.
Wellington lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Wellington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Rambo's cut.
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.

Rambo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wellington moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rambo throws an overhand right that lands on Wellington's shoulder, as Wellington tries to avoid the shot.
Wellington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Wellington misses the target.
Wellington scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wellington drives through with a powerful takedown. That's hurt Rambo!

Rambo is rocked!
Wellington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oh Rambo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wellington 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.
Rambo seems to have got his legs back now.
Rambo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wellington.
Wellington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wellington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rambo's head.
Rambo is trying to control the position but Wellington postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wellington wants to control from the top but Rambo keeps moving.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wellington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rambo controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wellington throwing strikes from guard but Rambo blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rambo moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Rambo tries to clinch up.
Wellington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rambo moves out of range as Wellington strikes.
Rambo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wellington misses with a hook.
Wellington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rambo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wellington darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rambo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wellington shoots for a takedown but Rambo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rambo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wellington.
Wellington tries to move into range but Rambo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Wellington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Rambo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Wellington displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rambo.
Rambo misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rambo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wellington throws a right and a left that Rambo avoids nicely.
Connor Wellington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wellington misses with a looping right.
Rambo tries to clinch up.
Wellington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rambo circles away quickly and effectively.
Rambo misses the shot to the body.

Rambo rushes Wellington and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rambo lands a body shot.
Rambo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rambo tries for a takedown but Wellington manages to get underhooks.
Rambo struggles to land a body shot inside as Wellington controls his hands.

Rambo has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Wellington clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Rambo is trying to stick to Wellington's back but Wellington is turning into Rambo. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Rambo's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wellington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington lands a couple of digs.
Wellington trying to control but Rambo is working from the bottom.
Wellington might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rambo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Connor Wellington has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wellington is pushing down on Rambo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rambo is fighting to maintain full guard but Wellington has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wellington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wellington throwing shots but Rambo is blocking nicely.
Wellington is looking to stall here but Rambo recovers full guard.
Wellington wants to control from the top but Rambo keeps moving.
Rambo wants to sweep here but Wellington controlling him for the moment.
Wellington trying to control but Rambo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Rambo clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on John Rambo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wellington connects with the punch.
Wellington misses with a combination

and Rambo moves into the clinch.
Wellington wants a takedown.

Wellington breaks the clinch.
Rambo is looking to clinch but Wellington is avoiding it.
Wellington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rambo moves in looking to clinch but Wellington pushes him off.
Rambo tries to clinch but Wellington moves out of range.
Wellington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wellington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Rambo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wellington stops a takedown attempt from Rambo.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rambo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wellington.
Wellington throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rambo counters by clinching up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rambo is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Wellington gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rambo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wellington up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wellington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rambo tries to clinch there but Wellington circles away.
A slow jab from Wellington misses its intended target.
Wellington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice sprawl there from Rambo as Wellington shoots in.
Rambo loads up on a big right hand but Wellington slips the punch.
Wellington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rambo moves away.
Wellington gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rambo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Rambo rushes Wellington and presses him up against the ropes.
Rambo can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Rambo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rambo misses with some punches.
Rambo wants a takedown.
Rambo lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rambo just stands there and leans against the ropes.

Wellington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wellington throws a body punch but Rambo moves out of range.
Wellington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rambo moves away.
Wellington ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.
Wellington connects with the punch.
Wellington lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wellington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rambo.
Jab from Wellington.

Rambo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rambo controlling from the full mount.
Rambo looking to finish Wellington with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wellington!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wellington is trying desperately to improve position.
Rambo unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Wellington dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on John Rambo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A left and a right from Rambo both land. Nice combination.
Wellington slips under a jab from Rambo.
Rambo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wellington fails to land with a series of punches.

Rambo takes the fight into the clinch.
Rambo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wellington fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rambo doesn't manage to clinch there - Wellington circles away.
Wellington throws a hook but Rambo avoids it easily.
Wellington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rambo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rambo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wellington connects with a body shot.
Rambo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wellington looks to land a combination but Rambo avoids it well.
Wellington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wellington gets caught flat footed, as Rambo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Wellington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rambo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wellington keeping moving, preventing Rambo from controlling successfully.

Wellington escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rambo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rambo won't allow Wellington to sweep him here.
Wellington trying to control the position.
Rambo thows a big elbow that misses.
Rambo wants to control from the top but Wellington keeps moving.
Connor Wellington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wellington looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wellington is on top in guard.
John Rambo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Wellington has gone for a leg lock! Rambo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wellington's guard.
Wellington keeping moving, preventing Rambo from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Connor Wellington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wellington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Connor Wellington!