PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lei Wulong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lamar Arrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arrington has chosen Look What The Cat Dragged In as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Lamar Arrington enters the cage!

Wulong
vs
Arrington

188 cm
29
197 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

180 cm
25
200 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lei Wulong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lamar Arrington!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wulong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arrington swings widly with a right hand
and Arrington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A clash of legs there as Arrington blocks the low kick.
A left and a right from Wulong both land. Nice combination.
Arrington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wulong.
Arrington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wulong.
Arrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wulong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arrington throws a lazy uppercut
and Arrington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wulong scores with a hook to the body. Arrington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Arrington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Arrington.
Wulong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrington scores with a sloppy right hand. Wulong should have avoided that one.
Wulong thows a leg kick but Arrington checks it
letting Arrington counter with a right hand.
Wulong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Wulong.
Wulong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Arrington misses.
Arrington swings widly with a right hand
and Wulong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Arrington looks to land a right hand but Wulong moved out of range.
Wulong shoots in for a double leg but Arrington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wulong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arrington.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrington moves out of range as Wulong strikes.
Lamar Arrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arrington misses with a double jab
and Wulong counters with a low kick, right behind Arrington 's knee.
Arrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Wulong counters with a low kick, right behind Arrington 's knee.
Arrington throws a shot from downtown. Wulong moves away and avoids it.
Arrington misses with a body punch
and Wulong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arrington slaps away a takedown attempt from Wulong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Arrington misses with a lunging right hand
and Wulong counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrington moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wulong closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arrington circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lei Wulong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wulong, right into the meat.
Arrington misses with a right hand
letting Wulong counter with a right hand.
Arrington scores with a sloppy right hand. Wulong should have avoided that one.
Arrington is looking to clinch.
Wulong connects with a body shot that sends Arrington's belly button to the back.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Arrington enables Wulong to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Arrington manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrington keeping moving, preventing Wulong from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wulong accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arrington wants to get back to his feet but Wulong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Wulong drops back looking for a leg! Arrington is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Arrington manages to kick Wulong off! Wulong jumps back into Arrington's guard.
Wulong prevents Arrington from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Arrington pushes Wulong off and scrambles back to his feet.
Arrington looks gassed!
Wulong misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lei Wulong dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Arrington misses with a wild body shot.
Arrington misses with a left hand
and Wulong counters with a leg kick.
Wulong scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arrington in his tracks.
Arrington looks to land a right hand but Wulong moved out of range.
Wulong connects with a body shot.
Arrington tries to move into range but Wulong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Wulong.
Wulong throws a chopping leg kick but Arrington manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulong throws a head kick that misses.
Lei Wulong is winning the standup battle so far.
Wulong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arrington might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Arrington is looking to clinch but Wulong is avoiding it.
Arrington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wulong counters with a left to the body.
Wulong misses with a double jab

and Arrington counters by moving into the clinch.
Wulong is pushing Arrington up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wulong misses with a body punch.

Wulong breaks the clinch.
Arrington displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wulong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wulong counters with a stiff right hand.
Some wild striking there from Wulong.
Wulong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wulong drops his hands momentarily and Arrington takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lamar Arrington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arrington misses with an uppercut
enabling Wulong to counter with a crisp jab.
Arrington misses with a lunging right hand
and Wulong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wulong fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulong throws an overhand right that lands on Arrington's shoulder, as Arrington tries to avoid the shot.
Wulong moves out of range as Arrington strikes.
Arrington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wulong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wulong slips a jab and a cross from Arrington.
Wulong misses the jab.
A big left from Arrington misses.
Arrington misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Arrington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Wulong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wulong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wulong there as he acknowledges the shot.
Arrington throws a right hand that misses
letting Wulong counter with a right hand.
Arrington misses with a lunging right hand
and Wulong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Arrington misses with a body punch

and Wulong counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Arrington's guard now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arrington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lei Wulong dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Arrington misses with a lunging right hand
and Wulong counters with a nice body kick.
Arrington misses with a hook to the body
enabling Wulong to counter with a crisp jab.
Wulong misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for Wulong with that takedown attempt.
Arrington throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wulong counters with an outside leg kick.
Wulong throws an overhand right that lands on Arrington's shoulder, as Arrington tries to avoid the shot.
Arrington doesn't manage to clinch there - Wulong circles away.
Arrington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Arrington on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Arrington throws a right and a left that Wulong avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Wulong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arrington thinking.
Arrington avoids the head kick by Wulong.
Arrington throws an off balance right hand

and Wulong counters with a nice double leg into side control. Arrington won't be happy with that.
Arrington taking punishment in the form of punches.
Arrington tries to escape but Wulong is in control.
The referee asks Wulong politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wulong prefers to stall for the moment though.
Wulong throws a strike aimed at the side of Arrington's head but Arrington avoids it well.
Wulong lands a few punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wulong is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Arrington has escaped the position, nice work there.

Wulong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrington is pushing Wulong's head away, looking to escape. Wulong manages to hold on to the position though.
Arrington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wulong. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wulong lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lamar Arrington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wulong cracks Arrington with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Arrington is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wulong has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wulong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arrington can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wulong postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wulong 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.
Wulong is chipping away with strikes.
Wulong cracks Arrington with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wulong working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrington being controlled for a moment.
Wulong fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lei Wulong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arrington taking punishment in the form of punches.

Wulong is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Arrington has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wulong takes a little break here. Arrington wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Wulong advances to full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrington really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wulong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lei Wulong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wulong looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wulong looking to finish Arrington with some ground and pound. This is bad for Arrington!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wulong is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lei Wulong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wulong, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lei Wulong!