PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Junior (ranked 4728 p4p, 5285 weight class) and Wang Lei (ranked 541 p4p, 558 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Junior
vs
Lei

180 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blake Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wang Lei!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lei clinches up against the cage.
Lei lands a shoulder strike.
Junior jumps guard but Lei stands there with Junior around his waist. Junior gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lei looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Blake Junior has been cut.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lei lands a shoulder strike.
Junior tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lei scores with a shot to the side of Junior's head.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lei presses Junior against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Junior jumps guard but Lei stands there with Junior around his waist. Junior gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Lei.
Junior fails to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Lei.
Junior's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Lei.
A hook to the body from Lei.
Junior is breathing heavily.
Lei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Lei as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior tries to pull guard but Lei won't allow it.
Junior is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lei to keep the fight standing.
Lei lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Lei.
Lei lands a body punch.
Lei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lei lands a shoulder strike.
Lei lands a right hand.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Lei has him pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Lei as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Junior is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lei to keep the fight standing.
Lei lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Lei.
Lei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Lei.
Lei lands a left hand.

Junior is rocked!
Lei lands with a left to the head.
Oh Junior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lei scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lei lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei is working Junior over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Lei - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Lei.
Junior seems to have got his legs back now.
Lei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Lei lands a nice shot to the body.
Junior's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Lei.
Lei dips a shoulder and cracks Junior with a mighty uppercut! Junior falls back against the cage and Lei unloads with a barrage of strikes! Junior is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Lei screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wang Lei!
Wang Lei decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.