PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Wilbur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Venture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Wilbur has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Wilbur
vs
Venture

185 cm
20
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
27
172 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Wilbur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hank Venture!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venture takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Hank Venture has been cut.
Wilbur is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wilbur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Venture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wilbur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wilbur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Venture manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilbur moves in looking to clinch but Venture pushes him off.
Venture connects with a single shot there.
Wilbur throws a leg kick but Venture sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wilbur misses with a head kick.
Venture jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wilbur throws a leg kick but Venture sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wilbur tries to clinch there but Venture circles away.
Wilbur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Wilbur.
Wilbur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wilbur is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venture lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wilbur wants to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Venture checks a leg kick.
Wilbur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcus Wilbur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venture scores with a hook.
Marcus Wilbur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilbur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wilbur fails in his attempt to clinch.

Venture drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Venture working the head and body with strikes.
Venture is working Wilbur over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wilbur stops Venture from passing to mount.

Venture is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wilbur has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilbur is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Wilbur's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Venture wants to control but Wilbur is keeping him busy.
Wilbur can't do much from the bottom here.

Venture tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilbur wants to control but Venture postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilbur is looking for a sweep.

Venture tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Venture has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Venture wants to control for a moment but Wilbur uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Wilbur is trying to get back to full guard.
Venture works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wilbur is looking to get to half guard.
Wilbur takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wilbur takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Venture is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Venture has isolated one of Wilbur's arms. Wilbur looking to fight him off but Venture twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hank Venture!
Hank Venture is the new welterweight champion!