PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jason Bozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Wightman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bozzi
vs
Wightman

176 cm
23
154 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Bozzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blake Wightman!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wightman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bozzi to the mat! Bozzi manages to get full guard.
Bozzi wants to sweep but no luck.
Bozzi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bozzi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wightman tries to roll over but Bozzi keeps him under control.
Wightman manages to get to full guard.
Bozzi scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bozzi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bozzi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bozzi wants to pass the guard but Wightman is keeping the position.
Wightman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bozzi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bozzi lands a couple of elbows.
Bozzi wants to control from the top but Wightman keeps moving.
Bozzi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wightman looking for a sweep. Not yet Wightman, not yet.
Bozzi trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
Bozzi throwing strikes but missing.
Wightman trying to keep a closed guard but Bozzi is proving a slippery customer.
Wightman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bozzi wants to control from the top but Wightman keeps moving.
Bozzi landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman wants to improve his position but instead Bozzi has moved into half guard.
Bozzi working Wightman over with strikes.
Wightman is trying to get back to full guard.
Bozzi throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Wightman to regain full guard.
Wightman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bozzi is trying to maintain the position but Wightman is very close to passing his half guard.
Nice strikes from Wightman there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wightman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wightman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bozzi's head.
Wightman throwing shots but Bozzi is blocking nicely.
Bozzi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bozzi is staying active underneath Wightman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bozzi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wightman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Bozzi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wightman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bozzi trying to keep a closed guard but Wightman is proving a slippery customer.
Bozzi seems keen to control Wightman's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wightman lands a couple of elbows.
Wightman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Bozzi working for submissions but it's allowed Wightman to get to half guard.
Bozzi trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bozzi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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 Jason Bozzi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wightman misses with a looping right.
Bozzi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wightman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wightman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bozzi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wightman sprawls and moves away.
Nice shot lands for Bozzi.
A slow jab from Wightman misses its intended target.
Bozzi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wightman scores with a nice right hand.
Bozzi throws a head kick that misses.
And Wightman tries to counter it with a takedown but Bozzi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wightman throws an overhand right that lands on Bozzi's shoulder, as Bozzi tries to avoid the shot.
Wightman slips a straight right by Bozzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wightman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bozzi.
Wightman feints and then cracks Bozzi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bozzi down.
Jason Bozzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bozzi defending well as Wightman loads up on a big left hand.
Bozzi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wightman throws a jab when Bozzi was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman dips to his left and cracks Bozzi with an uppercut!

Wightman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bozzi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wightman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Bozzi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wightman throws a big elbow that misses.

Bozzi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wightman throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman throws a big right hand that misses.
Wightman throwing strikes but missing.
Bozzi keeping moving, preventing Wightman from controlling successfully.
Bozzi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wightman manages to get himself to full guard.

Bozzi chips away with some ground and pound.
Wightman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bozzi lands a couple of elbows.
Wightman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bozzi trying to control the position but Wightman is working away.
Wightman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bozzi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bozzi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Wightman!
Bozzi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bozzi unloading with bombs!
Jason Bozzi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bozzi lands a big elbow.
Wightman tries to hold on but Bozzi pushes him away.
Bozzi throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bozzi lands a big shot there that rocks Wightman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bozzi punishing his opponent with strikes.

Wightman is rocked!
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!
Wightman wants to hold on but Bozzi pushes him away.
Wightman is still in real trouble! Can Bozzi finish him?
Bozzi cracks Wightman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wightman is breathing heavily.
Bozzi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wightman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bozzi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bozzi connects with a bit shot that sees Wightman covering up! More strikes from Bozzi and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bozzi is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Bozzi!
Our winner, Jason Bozzi, 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.