PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carol Hayden (ranked 23282 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wilson (ranked 25192 p4p, 0 weight class). John Wilson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hayden
vs
Wilson

173 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carol Hayden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wilson fails to land with a series of punches.
Hayden appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Hayden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilson throws a lazy head kick

and Hayden counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wilson won't be happy with that.
The ground and pound from Hayden seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wilson looks to move to half guard but instead Hayden has passed into mount! Damn!
Hayden throws some wild stikes that Wilson manages to avoid easily.
Hayden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wilson wants to hold on but Hayden pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson suckers Hayden into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Wilson is now in Hayden's guard!
Wilson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Hayden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayden pulls Wilson in close to his closed guard and prevents Wilson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wilson looking to sit in guard and control but Hayden gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wilson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hayden 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.
Hayden trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hayden drops back looking for a leg! Wilson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wilson manages to kick Hayden off! Hayden jumps back into Wilson's guard.
Wilson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Hayden is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Wilson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Wilson has escaped and now he's on top!

Wilson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Hayden throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Wilson gets to his feet - Hayden follows without any prompting.
Wilson throws a combination. Hayden tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Carol Hayden has been cut.
Wilson feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Hayden crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). John Wilson!