PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Wainwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benjamin Wainwright has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Patton
vs
Wainwright

206 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Wainwright!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wainwright gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wainwright as Patton tries to tie him up.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Karl Patton has been cut.
Wainwright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patton's elbow.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Wainwright has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
Patton tries to break the clinch but Wainwright is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wainwright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Wainwright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Wainwright struggles to land a body shot inside as Patton controls his hands.
Wainwright pushes off an throws an elbow but Patton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wainwright throws a head punch that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Patton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Patton blocks an elbow strike from Wainwright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wainwright has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Wainwright misses with an elbow strike.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wainwright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Wainwright creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patton's defenses.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
Patton stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
Patton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wainwright goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton is looking to break free of the clinch but Wainwright has double underhooks.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Wainwright tries to throw a body punch but Patton avoids it by throwing Wainwright back against the cage.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton is trying to force a seperation but Wainwright has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright lands a nice elbow.

Karl Patton's cut is getting worse.
Wainwright tries to throw a body punch but Patton avoids it by throwing Wainwright back against the cage.
Wainwright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wainwright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patton's efforts to push away.
Patton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wainwright has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wainwright swings wildly with an uppercut but Patton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wainwright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Wainwright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Patton's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wainwright has Patton up against the cage in a clinch.
Wainwright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wainwright misses with a punch on the inside.
Wainwright has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wainwright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patton's elbow.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton slowing the pace effectively.
Benjamin Wainwright seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Wainwright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Patton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Patton blocks an elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patton is trying to maintain a safe position but Wainwright gets an underhook and turns Patton into the cage.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wainwright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wainwright throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wainwright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Wainwright creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Patton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wainwright misses with the head strike.
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wainwright fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Patton blocks an elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Wainwright has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Patton can't break the clinch.
Wainwright misses with an elbow over the top.
Patton tries to stall but Wainwright uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wainwright.
Wainwright has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Patton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wainwright misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Wainwright creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wainwright working aggressively here.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Patton wants to break free but Wainwright has control.
Nice elbow from Wainwright.
Wainwright misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Wainwright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Karl Patton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Patton gets tackled into the cage by Wainwright. Wainwright maintains the clinch.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Patton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wainwright is defending well for now.
Wainwright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton can't break the clinch.
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wainwright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wainwright misses with an elbow strike.
Wainwright pushes off an throws an elbow but Patton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wainwright throws an elbow but misses.
Wainwright has Patton pressed against the cage, preventing Patton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wainwright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
Patton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wainwright tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
Patton wants to break free but Wainwright has control.
Patton stalling in the clinch.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton can't break the clinch.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Wainwright, against the cage.
Wainwright lands an elbow just above Patton 's eye.
Patton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Wainwright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wainwright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
Wainwright misses with an elbow over the top.
Wainwright pushes off an throws an elbow but Patton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it misses.
Patton is trying to push Wainwright away but Wainwright has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wainwright lands a body shot.
Wainwright misses with some punches.
Patton avoids a wild elbow strike from Wainwright.
Wainwright misses with an elbow strike.
Wainwright misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wainwright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patton's brow.
Patton blocks an uppercut.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton blocks the elbow strike.
Wainwright throws an elbow that misses.
Wainwright misses with some punches.
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wainwright is keeping busy.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Wainwright looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wainwright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wainwright misses with an elbow strike.
Wainwright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patton's efforts to push away.
Patton has had enough of the clinch but Wainwright keeps him there for the moment.
Wainwright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wainwright pushes off an throws an elbow but Patton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wainwright stops a takedown attempt from Patton.
Wainwright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wainwright creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wainwright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wainwright pushes off an throws an elbow but Patton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karl Patton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wainwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Wainwright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wainwright 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 24:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 24:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Wainwright!