PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bret Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington comes to the cage accompanied by Scary. Hart has chosen The Sharpshooter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Bret Hart struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.5lbs 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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wellington
vs
Hart

190 cm
25
218 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

185 cm
29
224 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 23 - 6 - 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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bret Hart!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wellington counters with a straight right hand.

Hart throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wellington was covering up waiting for the punch and Hart finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wellington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wellington wants to sweep here but Hart controlling him for the moment.
Hart thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hart accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hart throws and elbow that misses. Wellington uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hart's guard. Nice move by Wellington!
Wellington won't allow Hart to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart has a closed guard, preventing Wellington from standing up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Graham Wellington wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wellington throws a head kick that misses.

Wellington darts in and clinches Hart up against the cage.
Wellington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wellington pushes Hart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Wellington manages to break the clinch.
Wellington throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hart misses with a takedown attempt
and Wellington counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hart is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice jab there from Wellington.
Graham Wellington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wellington displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Hart is rocked!
Wellington drops Hart with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Hart! Wellington dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Graham Wellington!