PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beast Rage (ranked 4238 p4p, 332 weight class) and William Wooden (ranked 2244 p4p, 213 weight class). William Wooden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rage
vs
Wooden

170 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

165 cm
28
150 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beast Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Wooden!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage tries to work over Wooden's front leg with a kick but Wooden checks it.
Wooden checks a low kick from Rage.
Rage slips under a jab.
Rage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Wooden drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooden throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rage works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wooden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooden is looking to advance position but Rage has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Rage looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Rage avoids the attempt from Wooden to control.
Rage tries to control but Wooden wriggling away.
Wooden holds on, trying desperately to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wooden is squirming around, avoiding Rage's attempts to control the action.
Rage is really struggling to control Wooden but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Wooden wants to hold on but Rage pushes him away.
Rage wants to control the pace but Wooden is squirming around nicely.
Wooden bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wooden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooden makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Rage has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wooden can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wooden content to stall in guard here.
Wooden throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooden lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Wooden got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rage has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wooden has managed to get both his arms back between Rage's legs - danger averted.

Rage is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wooden is aware though and is defending well.
Wooden looking to pass the guard.

Rage looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Wooden passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooden working Rage over with strikes.
Wooden is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooden perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wooden looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooden working Rage over with strikes.
Rage has hold of Wooden's hands but Wooden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Rage is rocked!
Wooden lands strikes from half guard.
Oh Rage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooden slips a nice elbow through Rage's hands, connecting with Rage's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooden lands a big elbow - Rage is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Wooden!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Wooden!