PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hebert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington comes to the cage accompanied by Scary. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wellington
vs
Hebert

190 cm
23
218 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Graham Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Hebert!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hebert closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wellington to the mat! Wellington manages to get full guard.
Wellington is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hebert wants to control from the top but Wellington keeps moving.
Wellington wants to stand up but Hebert is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hebert throwing strikes from guard but Wellington blocks nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wellington tries to clinch up but Hebert circles away and keeps his distance.
Wellington throws the kick towards the body but Hebert avoids it.
Wellington lands with a shot to the body.

Hebert throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wellington was covering up waiting for the punch and Hebert finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hebert prevents Wellington from getting back to his feet.
Hebert throwing strikes from guard but Wellington blocks nicely.
Wellington wants to get back to his feet but Hebert is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hebert controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hebert prevents Wellington from getting back to his feet.

Hebert drops back looking for a leg! Wellington is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wellington manages to kick Hebert off! Hebert jumps back into Wellington's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A head kick misses from Wellington.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wellington defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hebert.
Hebert walks into a stiff left hand from Wellington.

It looks like Sam Hebert has been cut.
Graham Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hebert has a takedown stuffed.

Wellington moves into the clinch.
Hebert blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wellington misses with a knee strike.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wellington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wellington is leaning against Hebert and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hebert looks gassed!
Wellington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hebert blocking some punches.
Hebert blocking some punches.
Wellington misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hebert tries for a takedown but Wellington manages to get underhooks.
Graham Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Hebert.
Wellington tries a knee to the head but Hebert blocks it.
Wellington has a couple of punches blocked by Hebert.
Wellington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Wellington.
Wellington presses Hebert against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wellington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wellington.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wellington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wellington lands a good knee to the midsection. Hebert won't want to take too many of those.
Wellington looking to throw knees to the head but Hebert is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Wellington.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
Wellington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hebert.
Wellington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hebert backwards.
A short body shot lands from Wellington as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wellington has a couple of punches blocked by Hebert.
Hebert is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Hebert's head.
Wellington lands with a short shot to the head.
Wellington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wellington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Wellington.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wellington scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Wellington.
Wellington unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hebert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wellington lands with a short shot to the head.
Wellington lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hebert.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wellington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington is leaning against Hebert and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wellington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hebert backwards.
Wellington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wellington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Wellington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Hebert's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wellington closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Wellington.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hebert.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wellington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wellington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Hebert avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Wellington lands a body punch.
Wellington presses Hebert against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the head but Hebert blocks with his arms.
Hebert blocks an uppercut.
Wellington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hebert's face.
Wellington lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hebert changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wellington fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wellington tries to clinch there but Hebert circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hebert circles away quickly and effectively.
Wellington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wellington wants it to stay on the feet.
Wellington tries to clinch up but Hebert circles away and keeps his distance.
Wellington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wellington connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wellington tries to clinch up.
Wellington wants to land a leg kick but Hebert is out of range.
Hebert fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Graham Wellington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Hebert.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hebert is defended easily by Wellington.
Wellington thows a body kick. Hebert tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Wellington gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wellington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hebert drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wellington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Wellington.
Wellington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wellington cracks Hebert with a nice body shot.
Wellington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wellington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heberts head.
Wellington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wellington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Hebert's head.
Wellington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wellington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington lands with a light punch inside.
Wellington lands a shoulder strike.
Wellington is leaning against Hebert and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hebert backwards.
Wellington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hebert backwards.
Wellington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wellington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Hebert is rocked!
Wellington is working Hebert over against the cage.
Hebert is still on wobbly legs! Can Wellington finish him?
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wellington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graham Wellington has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wellington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heberts head.
Wellington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Wellington.
Wellington pushes Hebert back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
Good body shot from Wellington.
Wellington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hebert's face.
A nice left hand lands by Wellington.
Hebert seems to have recovered his senses.
Hebert takes a shot to the head.
Wellington misses with a punch on the inside.
Wellington working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hebert.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Hebert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wellington misses with a punch to the body.
Hebert drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wellington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hebert can do to turn this around?
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heberts head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wellington digs a right hand into Hebert's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hebert's gas tank.
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heberts head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Wellington dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam Hebert's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hebert shoots in but Wellington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sam Hebert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wellington scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wellington connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hebert fails with a takedown attempt.
Wellington closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hebert! Wellington dives in looking to finish! Hebert is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Graham Wellington!