PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dirk Wang has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wang
vs
Lewis

175 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dirk Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang throws a series of punches but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis doesn't manage to clinch there - Wang circles away.
Wang wants to land a leg kick but Lewis is out of range.
Lewis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wang as he jumps to the side.
Nice body kick from Wang.
Wang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lewis looks gassed!
Wang throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang looks to land a combination but Lewis avoids it well.
Wang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lewis manages to avoid it.
Wang digs a good body shot into Lewis's ribs.
Wang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Wang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wang tries for a takedown but Lewis manages to get underhooks.
Wang is working for takedown but Lewis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wang stops a takedown attempt from Lewis.
Wang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Jason Lewis has been cut.
Wang leaning against his opponent.
Wang tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wang lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Wang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Wang misses with a knee strike.
Wang is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wang lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wang creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wang looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Wang misses with a knee to the head.
Wang taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wang tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lewis's brow.
Wang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lewis being controlled against the cage.
Wang lands a shot to the body.
Wang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wang throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wang throws an elbow but misses.
Lewis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dirk Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Lewis.
Wang tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Wang.
Wang lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Wang misses with a punch to the body.
Wang misses with a knee to the head.
Lewis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wang pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wang throws a series of punches but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Wang counters with a single leg into guard. Lewis didn't expect that.
Wang connects with a couple of short punches.
Wang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lewis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lewis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lewis is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wang got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lewis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wang has managed to get both his arms back between Lewis's legs - danger averted.
Wang wants to control from the top but Lewis keeps moving.
Wang slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wang in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wang wants to control but Lewis is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lewis is trying to control Wang's posture but Wang avoids it.
Wang 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 four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wang looks up at the clock and then as Lewis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wang smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wang landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wang advances to full mount.
Lewis is squirming around, avoiding Wang's attempts to control the action.
Lewis can't escape the position.
Wang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lewis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wang trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wang with a couple of short strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lewis looks a forlorn figure.
Wang postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lewis looks a forlorn figure.
Lewis wants to hold on but Wang pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Wang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Lewis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lewis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wang looks to score with a jab to the body but Lewis is just out of range.
Wang displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lewis.
Wang changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wang lands with a nice combination. Lewis backs away looking to recover.
Wang works Lewis's body with a nice hook.
Wang is looking to wear down Lewis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Wang closes the distance and clinches.
Wang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wang lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Lewis avoiding damage as Wang throws knees to the body.
Wang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wang taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short body shot lands from Wang as the two fighters clinch.
Wang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lewis's defenses.
Wang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lewis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wang fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang scores with a jab to the body.
Wang throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Wang scores with a decent looking hook.
Wang throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wang lands a body shot.
Wang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lewis.
Lewis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lewis slips a straight right by Wang.
Wang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
Wang scores with a jab. Lewis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wang misses the shot to the body.
Lewis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wang misses with a body kick.
Dirk Wang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wang moves into range and clinches up with Lewis.
Lewis managing to block the knees to the body from Wang.
Wang changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lewis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dirk Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wang scores with a push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wang.
Wang misses with a body shot.

Wang feints and as Lewis raises his hands in defense, Wang changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wang with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wang passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wang scores with punches from side control.
Lewis can't do much from the bottom here.
Wang moves into full mount!
Lewis can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is in a horrible position here. Wang smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lewis is desperately trying to improve his position but Wang has a good base and remains in mount.
Lewis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wang cracks Lewis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wang working the ground and pound effectively.
Wang lands a big elbow.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?

Lewis has left one of his arms exposed and Wang doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Lewis screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dirk Wang!