PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erich Wilkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wilkinson
vs
Jay

167 cm
24
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Erich Wilkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Jay!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wilkinson gets tackled into the cage by Jay. Jay maintains the clinch.
Wilkinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jay has double underhooks.

Jay manages to break the clinch.

Jay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jay pulls guard effortlessly.
Jay is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jay is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Wilkinson trying to hold on to Jay's head to control him but Jay postures up.
Jay tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Wilkinson tries to roll over but Jay keeps him under control.
Wilkinson is trying to stand up here but Jay is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay is keen to just control but Wilkinson is a slippery customer.
Wilkinson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jay working the head and body with strikes.
Jay perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Nick Jay has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Jay takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jay has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wilkinson regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jay drops back, looking for a kneebar! Wilkinson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Wilkinson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Wilkinson!
Jay is trying to control Wilkinson's posture but Wilkinson avoids it.
Jay tries to control but Wilkinson manages to take his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay tries to escape but Wilkinson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jay breaks Wilkinson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jay is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jay wanted to stand there but Wilkinson had control of the position.
Jay sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wilkinson's guard.
Wilkinson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jay wants to pass the guard but Wilkinson is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson is trying to escape back to his feet but Jay uses the scramble to pass into side control.

Jay tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jay has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Wilkinson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wilkinson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jay presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay tries to control but Wilkinson wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Jay dominated that round.
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.

Wilkinson gets caught flat footed, as Jay shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nick Jay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wilkinson trying to keep a closed guard but Jay is proving a slippery customer.
Jay seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Wilkinson is trying to keep Jay in close.
Jay trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilkinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jay shoots in and bounces Wilkinson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jay prevents Wilkinson from getting back to his feet.
Jay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wilkinson is looking to stand up but Jay isn't so interested in that idea.
Jay tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilkinson is retaining full guard.
Jay engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson wants to stand up but Jay is controlling him.
Jay stopping the sweep attempt from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson wants to stand and escape but Jay is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Jay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jay drags the fight down to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wilkinson postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nick Jay was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Jay throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wilkinson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jay is in Wilkinson's guard.
Wilkinson has Jay pulled in close to control his posture.
Wilkinson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jay lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wilkinson keeping moving, preventing Jay from controlling successfully.
Jay engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wilkinson is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nick Jay.

Jay shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jay showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Jay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jay fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wilkinson sprawls well initially but Jay persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jay is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wilkinson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wilkinson.
Jay wants to control from the top but Wilkinson keeps moving.
Jay stopping the sweep attempt from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson wants to get back to his feet but Jay is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay stopping the sweep attempt from Wilkinson.
Jay lands a couple of digs.
Jay tries to free his leg and advance position but Wilkinson is retaining full guard.
Jay trying to control but Wilkinson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nick Jay has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jay swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilkinson.

Jay shoots in and bounces Wilkinson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jay engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wilkinson is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson wants to stand up but Jay is controlling him.
Jay working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wilkinson's head.
Jay won't allow Wilkinson to sweep him here.
Jay prevents Wilkinson from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wilkinson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jay is one step ahead there.
Jay is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Wilkinson wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Jay manages to pass to side control.
Jay wants to control but Wilkinson is keeping him busy.
Jay slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wilkinson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Jay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jay 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

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