PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BJ Wusscakes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Hieron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wusscakes
vs
Hieron

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Wusscakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Hieron!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Hieron misses.

Hieron rushes Wusscakes and presses him up against the cage.

Hieron breaks the clinch.
Wusscakes fails to land the takedown.
An inside leg kick from Wusscakes misses.

Hieron darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hieron wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wusscakes keeps working.
Wusscakes is trying to stand up here but Hieron is controlling him well.
Hieron is stalling here. Wusscakes is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hieron seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Wusscakes has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
A bit of a lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wusscakes working the head and body with strikes.
Hieron is trying to improve his position.

Wusscakes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Wusscakes misses with a hook.
Wusscakes throws an overhand right that lands on Hieron's shoulder, as Hieron tries to avoid the shot.
Wusscakes misses with a looping left.
Hieron punishes Wusscakes's body with a nice straight punch.
Wusscakes throws a head kick that misses.
Wusscakes is looking to clinch but Hieron is avoiding it.
Wusscakes misses with a body shot

and Hieron holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hieron scores with a shot to the side of Wusscakes's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hieron blocking some punches.
Hieron fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Hieron manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wusscakes wants to stand but Hieron is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wusscakes wants to control from the top but Hieron keeps moving.
Wusscakes advances position into side control!
Wusscakes slows the pace down.
You can see the frustration on Hieron's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hieron tries to escape but Wusscakes is in control.
Wusscakes controls the position from side control.
You can see the frustration on Hieron's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hieron manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wusscakes's best efforts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hieron trying to control but Wusscakes postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wusscakes seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Wusscakes is breathing heavily.
Hieron wants to get back to full guard.

Wusscakes decides to stand and escape the position.

Hieron drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hieron sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hieron thows a big elbow that misses.
Wusscakes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hieron throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Hieron dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wusscakes tries to clinch

and Hieron counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wusscakes is looking to control Hieron's arms but Hieron gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wusscakes has his back to the cage.
Wusscakes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hieron gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wusscakes is trying to break free.

Hieron breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hieron shoots for a takedown but Wusscakes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hieron ducks under a wild hook from Wusscakes.

Hieron drives through and clinches with Wusscakes against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wusscakes is trying to break the clinch but Hieron has him pressed against the cage.
Wusscakes tries to stall but Hieron uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Hieron breaks from the clinch.
Hieron throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hieron looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Wusscakes!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wusscakes is looking to improve his position but Hieron isn't that keen on the idea.
Hieron controlling his opponent.
Wusscakes wants to try and get back to his feet.

Hieron is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wusscakes can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Hieron jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Wusscakes is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Wusscakes and Hieron has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hieron tries to advance to mount but Wusscakes denies him.
Hieron laying and praying for a moment but Wusscakes takes advantage and regains half guard.
Hieron sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wusscakes wants to get back to his feet.
Wusscakes is looking to improve his position.
Hieron is trying to control the action in half guard but Wusscakes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wusscakes manages to get to full guard.
Hieron looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hieron working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hieron stops Wusscakes from standing up.
Wusscakes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hieron controls the pace.
Wusscakes keeping moving, preventing Hieron from controlling successfully.
Wusscakes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wusscakes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hieron knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Hieron showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Hieron dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wusscakes. That did some damage!
Hieron scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Hieron feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hieron looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hieron trying to control the position from guard on top but Wusscakes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wusscakes is striking from the bottom but Hieron uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wusscakes makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Hieron wants to clinch up but Wusscakes keeps it at a distance.
Wusscakes darts in trying to clinch

and Hieron counters with a takedown into side control.
Wusscakes is not content to let Hieron control the position.
Hieron wants to control for a moment but Wusscakes uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wusscakes stalling.
Hieron really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wusscakes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wusscakes wants to control but Hieron is keeping him busy.
Hieron trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wusscakes tries to stand and escape but Hieron is controlling the position.
Hieron works his way to full guard. Good work.

Hieron is looking for a triangle but Wusscakes pushes his legs off easily.
Wusscakes preventing the sweep.
Hieron is trying to keep Wusscakes in close.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Wusscakes shoots and misses

and Hieron moves into the clinch.

Wusscakes decides to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wusscakes kicks Hieron off and gets to his feet.

Wusscakes bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hieron is trying to get back to his feet.
Wusscakes lands an elbow.
Hieron is looking to regain half guard here but Wusscakes keeps moving and retains side control.
Hieron is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hieron tries to improve position but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Hieron comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hieron has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Hieron!