PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jasiek Pioncha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pioncha comes into the arena with Redemption Song (Bob Marley) blaring out of the sound system. Wilson has chosen Memories - by David Guetta and Kid Cudi as his entrance music. Dave Wilson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pioncha
vs
Wilson

190 cm
25
178 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Just Fight
Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jasiek Pioncha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pioncha wants to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wilson.
Pioncha throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Pioncha wants to clinch up but Wilson keeps it at a distance.
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Pioncha moves away and avoids it.

Wilson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pioncha sprawls well initially but Wilson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wilson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pioncha defending well though.
Wilson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wilson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wilson tries to stand and escape but Pioncha actually recovers to full guard.
Wilson won't allow Pioncha to sweep him here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pioncha swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pioncha looking for a guillotine here but Wilson defends easily.
Pioncha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pioncha pulls Wilson in close to prevent any damage.
Wilson looking to pass the guard.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Pioncha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson working some strikes from top position.
Wilson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson controlling from the top position.
Wilson with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wilson scoring with some ground and pound.
Wilson working some strikes from top position.
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!
Wilson postures up in Pioncha's guard and throws a big left but Pioncha blocks it.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Pioncha looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pioncha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson postures up in Pioncha's guard and throws a big left but Pioncha blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wilson throws an elbow that misses. Pioncha uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wilson's guard. Nice move by Pioncha!
Pioncha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wilson is controlling Pioncha's posture.
Wilson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pioncha throws an elbow that misses. Wilson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pioncha's guard. Nice move by Wilson!
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Pioncha is retaining full guard.
Wilson passes Pioncha's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wilson misses with a head shot. Pioncha uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pioncha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Pioncha has his feet on Wilson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Pioncha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilson.
Pioncha defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Pioncha moves away and avoids it.
Pioncha scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Wilson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pioncha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wilson checks a leg kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pioncha dodges the punch combination from Wilson.
Wilson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Pioncha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Wilson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Pioncha slips the punch.
Pioncha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilson.
Pioncha stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pioncha wants it to stay on the feet.

Wilson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wilson showed some decent athleticism there.
Wilson thows a huge punch but Pioncha dodges it nicely.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pioncha's head.
Pioncha slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wilson throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wilson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Pioncha keeps moving.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wilson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson connects with a couple of short punches.
Wilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pioncha is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pioncha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wilson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pioncha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pioncha is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pioncha looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pioncha is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Wilson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jasiek Pioncha just wasn't active enough.
Pioncha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wilson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pioncha lands with a nice combination. Wilson backs away looking to recover.
Wilson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pioncha circles away quickly and effectively.
Jasiek Pioncha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pioncha shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pioncha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pioncha. Wilson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilson scores with a nice body kick.
Wilson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wilson is defended easily by Pioncha.
Wilson throws a body punch but Pioncha moves out of range.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pioncha wants to clinch.

Pioncha closes the distance and clinches.
Pioncha tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilson avoids the damage to the body.
The referee calls for Pioncha to work.
Pioncha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wilson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pioncha taking a breather.
Wilson blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Pioncha.
Jasiek Pioncha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pioncha scores with a head kick.
Pioncha is looking to slow Wilson down with leg kicks.
Pioncha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wilson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pioncha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dave Wilson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pioncha slaps away a takedown attempt from Wilson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jasiek Pioncha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Wilson.
Pioncha is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wilson scores a takedown into full mount!
Wilson lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Good work by Wilson as he checks the leg kick.
Pioncha lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wilson backs up against the cage.
Pioncha misses the shot to the body.
Pioncha dodges the punch combination from Wilson.
Pioncha misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pioncha tries to land a front kick but Wilson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Pioncha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick from Pioncha.
Wilson shoots in but Pioncha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pioncha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wilson throws an overhand right that lands on Pioncha's shoulder, as Pioncha tries to avoid the shot.
Good leg kick by Pioncha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wilson throws a lazy uppercut
and Pioncha counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
Wilson misses with a hook

and Pioncha counters by clinching up.
Pioncha crunches a lovely knee into Wilson's ribcage.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pioncha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wilson is keeping busy.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pioncha throws a sloppy head kick and Wilson moves out of range easily.
Pioncha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pioncha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pioncha misses with a series of wild punches.
Wilson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pioncha displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
Pioncha lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pioncha looks for the body kick but Wilson saw that one coming.
Wilson shoots for a double leg takedown but Pioncha sprawls well. He's pushed Wilson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jasiek Pioncha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Wilson.
Wilson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wilson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sloppy strikes from Wilson. Those never looked like landing.
Wilson shoots in and drives through. Pioncha sprawls well.
Wilson shoots for a double leg takedown but Pioncha sprawls well. He's pushed Wilson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Horrible takedown by Wilson or perhaps it was just good defense by Pioncha which made him look bad.
Pioncha throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pioncha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No joy there for Pioncha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pioncha, right into the meat.
Pioncha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pioncha moves out of range of the strikes.
Pioncha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wilson.
Wilson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wilson fails with the takedown.
Pioncha lands a head shot.

Pioncha has Wilson up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pioncha.
Jasiek Pioncha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pioncha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Pioncha.
Wilson wants to take the fight to the mat but Pioncha manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pioncha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Still in the clinch, Pioncha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilson blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pioncha lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pioncha manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dave Wilson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A short right from Pioncha on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jasiek Pioncha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wilson 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Wilson!
Dave Wilson looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Win or lose I'm looking to put on some exciting fights. I'll leave everything in this cage every time I step in here. '.