PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Woleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fink McIllhenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Woleman
vs
McIllhenny

205 cm
39
161 lbs
33 - 13 - 1

182 cm
30
165 lbs
18 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Cynical Truth Vegas (steel penn)

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Woleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fink McIllhenny!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woleman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Woleman misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Woleman's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McIllhenny jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Woleman misses with a few strikes there.
Woleman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Woleman keeps the fight on the outside.

Woleman gets tackled into the cage by McIllhenny. McIllhenny maintains the clinch.
McIllhenny blocks a body shot from Woleman.
McIllhenny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Woleman.
A short right from Woleman.
Woleman looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Woleman.
Woleman lands a left hand.
McIllhenny can't find room to land a body shot as Woleman controls the action.
Woleman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Woleman breaks from the clinch.
Woleman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woleman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McIllhenny avoids it really well and circles away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from McIllhenny enables Woleman to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McIllhenny manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woleman preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woleman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McIllhenny is controlling Woleman's posture.
Woleman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Woleman wants to pass the guard but McIllhenny is keeping the position.
McIllhenny is trying to keep Woleman in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Fink McIllhenny hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Woleman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McIllhenny pinned against the cage. McIllhenny gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Woleman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Woleman moves out of range as McIllhenny strikes.
McIllhenny avoids the head kick by Woleman.
Woleman checks a leg kick nicely.
Woleman misses with a hook. McIllhenny ducked under it nicely.
Woleman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from McIllhenny. Woleman does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from McIllhenny misses.

McIllhenny tries to sprawl but Woleman drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McIllhenny is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woleman scores with a couple of nice shots.
McIllhenny moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McIllhenny controlling Woleman's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIllhenny controls Woleman momentarily but Woleman frees himself.
McIllhenny wants to stand up but Woleman is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woleman trying to control but McIllhenny is working from the bottom.
McIllhenny is trying to control the position but Woleman postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McIllhenny looking to hit a scissor sweep but Woleman is one step ahead there.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Fink McIllhenny wasn't active enough on the ground.
Woleman slips under a jab from McIllhenny.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIllhenny moves away from the strike by Woleman.
Fink McIllhenny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Woleman.
McIllhenny uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Woleman.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McIllhenny, as that shot connected.
A cross from Woleman lands.
McIllhenny throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Woleman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McIllhenny thows a left - swing and a miss!
Woleman fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Woleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McIllhenny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Woleman was well out of range. Poor timing from McIllhenny.
McIllhenny lands a really nice looking cross but Woleman seems unphased.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McIllhenny throws a hook to the side of Woleman's head but Woleman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McIllhenny is looking to land body kicks.
Woleman connects with a good right hand that stumbles McIllhenny. McIllhenny circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A leg kick checked by McIllhenny.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mark Woleman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Woleman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Woleman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McIllhenny throws a push kick but Woleman slaps the foot to one side.
McIllhenny misses the shot to the body.
McIllhenny throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Woleman counters with a low kick, right behind McIllhenny 's knee.
McIllhenny slips under a jab.
McIllhenny tries to move into range but Woleman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Woleman throws a combination. McIllhenny tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Woleman throws a series of punches but McIllhenny avoids them all with ease.
Woleman avoids the body shot from McIllhenny.
McIllhenny misses the shot to the body.
Woleman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Woleman throws a low kick but McIllhenny moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - McIllhenny throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Woleman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Woleman misses the jab.
McIllhenny scores with a kick to the midsection.
Woleman throws a nice looking combination but McIllhenny bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McIllhenny takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McIllhenny throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Woleman moves out of range as McIllhenny strikes.
Woleman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
McIllhenny looks to land a right hand but Woleman moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Woleman. McIllhenny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Woleman dives in for a single leg takedown but McIllhenny sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Woleman is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McIllhenny.
Woleman slows down the pace here.
Woleman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McIllhenny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Woleman is trying to maintain a safe position but McIllhenny gets an underhook and turns Woleman into the cage.
Woleman jumps guard but McIllhenny turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McIllhenny blocks an uppercut.
Woleman is trying to maintain a safe position but McIllhenny gets an underhook and turns Woleman into the cage.
McIllhenny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Woleman or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woleman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McIllhenny keeps control of Woleman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McIllhenny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
McIllhenny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McIllhenny pushes Woleman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Woleman fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Woleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woleman is trying to break the clinch but McIllhenny has him pressed against the cage.
McIllhenny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McIllhenny scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McIllhenny misses with a hook from the clinch.
McIllhenny lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McIllhenny scores with a nice hook to the head.
McIllhenny misses with the head strike.
McIllhenny lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Woleman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woleman misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by McIllhenny.
Woleman wants to stall.
McIllhenny blocks an elbow strike from Woleman.
Woleman tries to land knees in the clinch but McIllhenny avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McIllhenny as Woleman tries to tie him up.
Woleman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Woleman is trying to push McIllhenny away but McIllhenny has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short body shot lands from McIllhenny as the two fighters clinch.
McIllhenny lands a body shot.
McIllhenny tries to throw a body punch but Woleman avoids it by throwing McIllhenny back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for McIllhenny.
Woleman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIllhenny lands a right hand.
McIllhenny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woleman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McIllhenny.
Woleman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Woleman blocks an uppercut.
Woleman is trying to break the clinch but McIllhenny has him pressed against the cage.
McIllhenny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Woleman.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, McIllhenny scores with a nice short uppercut.
McIllhenny struggles to land a body shot inside as Woleman controls his hands.
Fink McIllhenny seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McIllhenny lands a body shot in the clinch.
McIllhenny works on Woleman's body with a couple of short punches.
McIllhenny scores with a shot to the side of Woleman's head.
McIllhenny is working Woleman over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McIllhenny lands a nice shot to the body.
Woleman can't break the clinch.
McIllhenny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McIllhenny lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fink McIllhenny 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

McIllhenny moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Woleman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McIllhenny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McIllhenny takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McIllhenny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Woleman.
Woleman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McIllhenny jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Woleman lands with a hook. McIllhenny tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Woleman just misses with a punch to the body.
McIllhenny looks to throw the jab but Woleman is out of range.
Mark Woleman is winning the standup battle so far.
McIllhenny pivots, looking for a leg kick but Woleman is out of range and McIllhenny settles back down.
Woleman lands a nice shot that snaps McIllhenny's head back.
Woleman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McIllhenny throws the kick towards the body but Woleman avoids it.
Woleman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McIllhenny checks it well.
McIllhenny throws a lazy right hand but Woleman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Woleman takes a swing at McIllhenny's ribcage but misses.
Woleman throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woleman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McIllhenny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Woleman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. McIllhenny manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
McIllhenny trying to keep a closed guard but Woleman is proving a slippery customer.
McIllhenny has control of Woleman's left arm, preventing Woleman from doing any damage.
Woleman won't allow McIllhenny to sweep him here.
Woleman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McIllhenny manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Woleman is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woleman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

McIllhenny with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Mark Woleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woleman is trying desperately to improve position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McIllhenny cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McIllhenny controlling from the full mount.
McIllhenny avoids the attempt from Woleman to control.
Woleman is in all sorts of trouble here.
McIllhenny controlling the position easily from mount.

McIllhenny with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Woleman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
McIllhenny is trying to control the action in half guard but Woleman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McIllhenny is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The fighters are battling for position here. Woleman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

McIllhenny decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Woleman, up you get!
Woleman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Woleman throws a wild body kick that McIllhenny sees coming a mile off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No luck for Woleman with that takedown attempt.
Woleman walks into a stiff left hand from McIllhenny.
A punch lands to the side of Woleman 's head but he takes it in his stride.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fink McIllhenny comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McIllhenny 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fink McIllhenny!
Our winner, Fink McIllhenny, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.