PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Cuu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wu Tang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wu Tang is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cuu
vs
Tang

180 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

Amber Swan*$15 Rec Supp*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Elijah Cuu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Wu Tang!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tang walks into a stiff left hand from Cuu.
Elijah Cuu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tang misses the shot to the body.

Tang scores a takedown into full mount!
Tang raining down shots from the mount!
Tang throws some wild stikes that Cuu manages to avoid easily.
Tang misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Tang punching from mount but Cuu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Cuu tries to hold on but Tang pushes him away.
Tang throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cuu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tang throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cuu because Tang loaded up on that one.
Cuu wants to control but Tang is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuu is in a horrible position here. Tang smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tang thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Cuu holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tang tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cuu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cuu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cuu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tang trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tang throwing strikes here but Cuu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two 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.
Tang throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cuu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tang landing punches.
Tang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tang looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cuu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tang throws some wild stikes that Cuu manages to avoid easily.
Cuu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cuu because Tang loaded up on that one.
Tang lands a big elbow.

Tang looking to secure an arm triangle but Cuu defends it well.
Tang looks gassed!
Cuu is looking to get to half guard.
Tang scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Poor strikes thrown by Tang there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
A nice elbow there by Tang.
BOOM! Tang connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cuu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tang on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Tang goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Cuu turns into him and now he's in Tang's guard.
Tang has a closed guard, preventing Cuu from standing up.
Tang looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cuu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tang throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tang trying to control but Cuu postures up.
Cuu blocks the strikes from Tang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wu Tang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cuu tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.
Cuu throws a looping overhand right but Tang ducks down to avoid it.
Tang swats away the attempt to clinch by Cuu.
Cuu throws a sloppy head kick and Tang moves out of range easily.
Cuu scores with a head kick.
Cuu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cuu tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.
Tang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuu doesn't manage to clinch there - Tang circles away.
Cuu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tang shoots in and drives through. Cuu sprawls well.
A big right from Cuu misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tang shoots in for a double leg but Cuu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Cuu as Tang shoots in.
Elijah Cuu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wu Tang.
Cuu misses with a straight left.
Tang keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice uppercut there from Cuu.

Tang looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tang is breathing heavily.
Cuu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tang scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tang trying to control from half guard but Cuu is working away.
Tang prevents Cuu from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang is trying to control the action in half guard but Cuu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cuu blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tang.
Tang working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tang takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Tang.
Tang throwing shots but Cuu is blocking nicely.
Cuu tries to get to full guard but Tang has control of the leg.

Tang is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cuu is just riding it out for now. Tang eventually gives up the hold.
Cuu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang thows a huge punch but Cuu dodges it nicely.
Cuu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tang.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tang misses with a wild body shot.
Cuu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuu tries to clinch up.
Cuu throws a sloppy head kick and Tang moves out of range easily.
Cuu tries to close the distance and clinch but Tang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Elijah Cuu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A jab from Cuu misses.
Cuu moves in looking to clinch but Tang pushes him off.
Tang shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tang has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cuu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cuu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cuu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tang blocks it with crossed arms.
Tang is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cuu lands a right hand.

Cuu breaks the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good leg kick by Cuu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cuu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice combination there by Cuu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Cuu dominated that second round.
That's time! Cuu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tang scores a takedown into full mount!
Tang lands a heavy elbow.
Tang throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cuu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tang thowing shots but they're missing.
Cuu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tang cracks Cuu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Tang connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Tang working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Tang unloads with some shots from mount but Cuu bucks and avoids them well.
Cuu tries to reverse the position but Tang maintains control.
Tang unloads with some shots from mount but Cuu bucks and avoids them well.
Tang punching from mount but Cuu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cuu wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tang lands a big elbow.
Cuu is bucking up trying to escape but Tang cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tang lands a heavy elbow.
Tang lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tang landing punches.
Tang working Cuu over with strikes here.
Tang punching from mount but Cuu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tang throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cuu blocking the ground and pound.
Cuu tries to reverse the position but Tang maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tang scoring with strikes but Cuu is staying in there.
Cuu blocking the ground and pound.
Tang with good strikes from the mount here!
Tang working Cuu over with strikes here.
Tang landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tang landing shots from mount.
Tang lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tang in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Tang goes for an armbar but Cuu turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cuu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tang trying to keep a closed guard but Cuu is proving a slippery customer.
Tang trying to strike off his back.

Tang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cuu defends well.
Tang wants to sweep here but Cuu controlling him for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wu Tang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tang has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wu Tang!