PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior dos Santos Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wong
vs
dos Santos Alves

182 cm
19
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior dos Santos Alves!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos Alves fails to land the takedown.
dos Santos Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Wong, looking for a takedown. dos Santos Alves pushes Wong against the cage but Wong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wong throws a looping overhand right but dos Santos Alves ducks down to avoid it.
dos Santos Alves is looking to clinch but Wong is avoiding it.
dos Santos Alves throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice cross by Wong.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up
and Wong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice shot by Wong.
dos Santos Alves has a takedown stuffed.
Dennis Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.
Wong throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong throws a shot from downtown. dos Santos Alves moves away and avoids it.
dos Santos Alves shoots in but Wong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wong misses with a hook. dos Santos Alves ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves is defended easily by Wong.
Wong throws a hook but dos Santos Alves avoids it easily.
dos Santos Alves fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wong keeps the fight on the outside.
Wong slaps away a takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
dos Santos Alves misses with a takedown attempt
and Wong counters with a straight right hand.
Wong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
dos Santos Alves misses the body punch
and Wong counters with a nice body shot.
dos Santos Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wong goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
dos Santos Alves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wong counters with a nice body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dos Santos Alves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch
letting Wong counter with a right hand.
Wong getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
dos Santos Alves misses with a double jab
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
dos Santos Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Wong circles away.
Wong scores with a nice strike.
dos Santos Alves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wong sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch up.
Junior dos Santos Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wong with a hook.
dos Santos Alves slips a jab from Wong.
Wong slaps away a takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
dos Santos Alves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
dos Santos Alves misses with a double jab
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the body from dos Santos Alves misses
and Wong counters with a stiff right hand.
dos Santos Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
dos Santos Alves misses with a lunging right hand
and Wong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck for dos Santos Alves with that takedown attempt.
dos Santos Alves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wong pinned against the cage. Wong gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Wong dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A shot to the body from dos Santos Alves misses
and Wong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
dos Santos Alves shoots in and drives through. Wong sprawls well.
dos Santos Alves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wong counters with a nice low kick that buckles dos Santos Alves's knee momentarily.
dos Santos Alves tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wong swivels and escapes.
dos Santos Alves throws a right hand that misses
and Wong counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wong swats away the attempt to clinch by dos Santos Alves.
Wong connects with a right hand. dos Santos Alves shakes it off.
Wong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice defenses there by dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch there but Wong circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves. dos Santos Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Dennis Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Wong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
dos Santos Alves doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Wong counter with a right hand.
dos Santos Alves is breathing heavily.
dos Santos Alves misses with a hook
and Wong counters with a straight right hand.
Wong keeps the fight on the outside.
dos Santos Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
dos Santos Alves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wong but Wong pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves throws a sloppy body shot
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
dos Santos Alves misses with a right hand
and Wong counters with a body kick.
dos Santos Alves closes the distance but Wong moves to the side
and Wong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
dos Santos Alves swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
dos Santos Alves tries to clinch there but Wong circles away.
dos Santos Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
dos Santos Alves fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Wong. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wong.
dos Santos Alves misses with a hook to the body
enabling Wong to counter with a crisp jab.
dos Santos Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Wong tries to sprawl out of it but dos Santos Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
dos Santos Alves rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wong counters with a thumping low kick.
dos Santos Alves walks into a left hand.
Wong throws the left hand but dos Santos Alves avoids the punch easily.
dos Santos Alves darts in trying to clinch
and Wong counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wong misses with a shot to the body
and dos Santos Alves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dennis Wong is winning the standup battle so far.
dos Santos Alves misses with a takedown attempt - Wong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wong keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
dos Santos Alves misses with a hook to the body
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
dos Santos Alves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Wong dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

dos Santos Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
dos Santos Alves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
dos Santos Alves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
dos Santos Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
dos Santos Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wong stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wong wants it to stay on the feet.
Dennis Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior dos Santos Alves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong throws a right hand that dos Santos Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that dos Santos Alves also avoids with ease.
dos Santos Alves misses with a lunging right hand
and Wong counters with a good low kick that dos Santos Alves was not able to check.
dos Santos Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
dos Santos Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dennis Wong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice shot by Wong.
dos Santos Alves fails with the takedown
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
dos Santos Alves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wong counters with an outside leg kick.
Wong scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Wong tenderised dos Santos Alves's leg. dos Santos Alves is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wong scores with a crisp jab that stopped dos Santos Alves in his tracks.
Wong thows a left - swing and a miss!
dos Santos Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Wong circles away.
Nice jab there from Wong.
A nice combination there by Wong.
dos Santos Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Wong circles away.
dos Santos Alves tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wong sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten dos Santos Alves somewhat.
Wong throws a hook to the side of dos Santos Alves's head but dos Santos Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Junior dos Santos Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dos Santos Alves.
dos Santos Alves misses with a jab to the body
and Wong makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
dos Santos Alves takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Wong misses the target.
Wong thuds a left hand into dos Santos Alves's body.
Wong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
dos Santos Alves is trying desperately to land a takedown but Wong is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for dos Santos Alves.
Wong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dennis Wong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Wong sprawls well. He's pushed dos Santos Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wong cracks dos Santos Alves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wong lands a slapping body shot.
Wong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
dos Santos Alves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left and a right from Wong both land. Nice combination.
dos Santos Alves shoots in for a takedown but Wong shows good takedown defense.
dos Santos Alves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wong works over dos Santos Alves's head and body with a nice combination.
dos Santos Alves swings and misses with a shot to the body
and dos Santos Alves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Wong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wong 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Wong!