PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Flatendo (ranked 1738 p4p, 2103 weight class) and Wing Wang (ranked 255 p4p, 305 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Flatendo
vs
Wang

188 cm
28
210
7 - 5 - 1

190 cm
28
212
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Northern Zombie
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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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demarcus Flatendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wing Wang!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flatendo tries to clinch up but Wang circles away and keeps his distance.
Flatendo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Flatendo slaps away a takedown attempt from Wang, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Wang dives in and scores a takedown into Flatendo's guard.
Wang advances to half guard.
Flatendo has hold of Wang's hands but Wang slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wang is looking to take a break and control but Flatendo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Flatendo wants to get back to his feet.
Wang looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Flatendo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flatendo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wang slips a nice elbow through Flatendo's hands, connecting with Flatendo's forehead.
Wang is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Flatendo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wang on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Flatendo wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Flatendo is bucking up trying to escape but Wang cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wang won't let Flatendo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Wang lands a heavy elbow.
Wang controlling his opponent.
Flatendo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Flatendo tries to get out of the position.
Wang trying to control but Flatendo is having none of it.
Wang scoring with strikes but Flatendo is staying in there.
Wang looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flatendo is trying to stand up.

Wang working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Flatendo looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Wang! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Wing Wang!
A victorious Wing Wang thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.