PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Adrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Wang
vs
Adrian

175 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Stamin-A --> 144Q Stam-Boost

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 3 - 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Adrian!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wang delivers a nice body kick.
Wang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wang lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wang throws a head kick that Adrian semi-blocks.
Adrian swats away the attempt to clinch by Wang.
Wang thumps Adrian with a low kick.
Wang doesn't manage to clinch there - Adrian circles away.
Wang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adrian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wang as he avoids it easily.
Nice body kick there by Wang.
Adrian looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wang cracks the inside of Adrian's front leg.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wang!
Wang connects with a high kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wang, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang delivers a nice body kick.
Wang throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wang ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Wang.
Wang throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wang moves into the clinch successfully.
Wang lands a knee to the head.
Wang scores with a knee to the head.
Wang scores a nice knee to the body.
Wang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wang lands a nice knee to the body.
Wang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adrian's face.
A knee to the head by Wang.
Wang scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Wang.
Adrian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wang scores with a knee to the head.
Wang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wang gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Adrian.
Wang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adrian's face.
Wang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang prevents the takedown attempt.
Dirk Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Adrian.
Wang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wang avoiding damage.
Wang throws a head punch that misses.
Adrian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wang pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wang lands a with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang fakes the leg kick and cracks Adrian in the body.
Wang connects with a solid leg kick.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adrian. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for Wang.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wang.
Wang tries to close the distance and clinch but Adrian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Adrian looks for a takedown but Wang sprawls well.
A left lands for Wang.
Wang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wang looks to land a combination. Adrian sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wang thuds a left hand into Adrian's body.
Wang doesn't manage to clinch there - Adrian circles away.
Wang cracks the inside of Adrian's front leg.
Wang tries to clinch there but Adrian circles away.
Wang punishes Adrian's body with a nice straight punch.
Wang lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wang bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adrian. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wang clinches up against the cage.
Adrian has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Wang.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wang is leaning against Adrian and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by Wang.
Wang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adrian's face.
Wang is pushing Adrian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Wang dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Wang.
Adrian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dirk Wang is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Wang.
Adrian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Adrian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wang.

Wang clinches with his opponent.
Wang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adrian looking for a takedown.
Wang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Adrian's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wang is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wang lands a knee to the head.
Wang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang slowing the pace effectively.
Wang pushes Adrian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wang obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wang obliges.
Wang scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Wang as the two fighters clinch.
Wang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Adrian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wang misses with a punch to the body.
Adrian drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wang pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wang is looking to wear down Adrian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wang jabs at Adrian's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adrian on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wang throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Adrian's head.
Adrian walks into a straight right hand from Wang.
Adrian fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dirk Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Adrian.
Adrian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wang. Wang obviously looking to wear him down.
Wang feints and then cracks Adrian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Adrian down.
Wang wants to clinch.
Wang scoring well with a low kick there.
Wang lands a nice hook to Adrian's body. Adrian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wang.
Wang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adrian can do to turn this around?
Wang cracks a nice hook into Adrian's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wang.
Wang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adrian shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wang pinned against the cage. Wang gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Adrian sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Danga de danga de dang - Wang scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang is looking to clinch but Adrian is avoiding it.
Adrian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wang.
An inside leg kick lands from Wang.

Wang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adrian, pushing him back against the cage.
Wang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adrian backwards.
A knee to the head by Wang.
Wang scores with a shoulder strike.
Wang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adrian drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wang leaning against his opponent.
Wang scores with a knee to the head.
Wang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adrian's defenses.
Wang tries to land a knee to the head but Adrian blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Wang dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wang is looking to chop away at Adrian's legs.
A solid body kick from Wang.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wang. That's going to slow Adrian down.
Wang lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good leg kick by Wang there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wang wants to clinch.
Adrian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wang, right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mark Adrian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wang lands with a right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Wang. No joy for Adrian on that attempt.
Adrian tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wang throws a nice head kick!
Wang comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wang dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adrian. That did some damage!
Dirk Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wang throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Adrian takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Adrian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wang.
Adrian takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adrian.
An inside leg kick lands from Wang.
Adrian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dirk Wang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adrian.
A good leg kick by Wang.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wang thuds his shin into the meat of Adrian's side.
Wang throws a nice looking combination but Adrian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Wang has closed the distance and engaged Adrian in a clinch.
Wang lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wang scores with a hook to the body.
Wang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A knee to the head by Wang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang lands with a light punch inside.
A knee to the head by Wang.
Wang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adrian backwards.
Wang is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wang.
Adrian goes for a takedown attempt but Wang pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wang throws a shot to the body.
Wang lands with a kick to the ribs.
Adrian dives in and grabs Wang's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wang pushes down on Adrian's head and hops out.
Dirk Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Adrian.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wang scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wang.
Wang scores with a push kick.
Nice uppercut there from Wang.
Wang jabs at Adrian's body.
Adrian swats away the attempt to clinch by Wang.
Wang connects with a solid leg kick.
Dirk Wang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wang lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wang throws a head kick that Adrian semi-blocks.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wang.
Mark Adrian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Wang moves into the clinch successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Wang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:24
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Wang!