PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dutch Delight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delight is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bad Reputation . The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Wong
vs
Delight

170 cm
26
160 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

171 cm
26
148 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dutch Delight!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Delight.
Wong shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Delight as he avoids it easily.
Delight lands with a thumping leg kick.
Delight thumps Wong with a low kick.
Delight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Delight throws a leg kick which misses Wong's front leg but catches the back leg as Wong tries to avoid it.
Delight digs a good hook to Wong's body.

Delight clinches up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Delight.
Delight tries a body shot but Wong blocks it.
Wong jumps guard but Delight turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Delight manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Delight receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight digs a right hand underneath Wong's ribcage. Wong let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Delight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Delight.
Delight misses with a jab, cross combination.

Delight takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Delight on the inside.
Delight is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Delight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Wong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Delight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Delight lands with a light punch inside.

Delight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Delight throws a series of punches but Wong avoids them all with ease.
Delight cracks a nice hook into Wong's ribs.
Delight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wong doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delight connects with a solid leg kick.
Delight scores with a nice head shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Delight. Wong shrugs it off though.
Wong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delight scores with a sloppy right hand. Wong should have avoided that one.
Wong looks for a takedown but Delight sprawls well.
Wong throws a lazy right hand but Delight sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dutch Delight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Delight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wong.
Wong tries for a takedown but Delight sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Delight lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wong's sensitive parts.
Delight connects with a high kick.
Delight throws a leg kick which misses Wong's front leg but catches the back leg as Wong tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong needs to keep his hands up - Delight had a free shot at his head there.
Delight catches Wong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Delight misses with a series of wild punches.
Delight scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delight scores with a jab to the jaw.
Delight jabs at Wong's body.
Wong avoids the body shot from Delight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Delight closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Delight.
Delight misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Delight dominated that 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.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Delight.
Delight misses with a two punch combination.
Wong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Delight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wong circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wong.
Wong fails with a takedown attempt.
Wong shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Delight as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Wong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delight fails in his attempt to clinch.
Delight lands with a straight right. Wong didn't see that one coming.
Delight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wong keeps the fight on the outside.
Wong fails to land the takedown.
Delight cracks Wong with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Delight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wong was well out of range. Poor timing from Delight.
Delight has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Delight moves into range and clinches up with Wong.
Delight misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Delight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Delight misses with a head kick.
Delight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wong manages to avoid it.
Wong with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Delight to score with a decent uppercut.
Eddie Wong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delight's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Delight duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Delight lands with a straight right. Wong didn't see that one coming.
Delight ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Delight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wong.
Wong throws a series of strikes that have Delight backpedaling.
Delight throws out a loose jab but Wong uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Delight darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dutch Delight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Delight scores with a spinning back kick!
Wong shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Delight sprawls well. Delight wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wong gets slowly back to his feet.
Delight ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Delight lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice straight punches there by Delight. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Delight.
Delight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Delight throws a quick inside leg kick.
Delight fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Delight fakes the leg kick and cracks Wong in the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Delight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Delight. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delight throws a head kick that Wong semi-blocks.
A left and a right from Delight both land. Nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dutch Delight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Delight misses with a jab, cross combination.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Delight. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A chopping leg kick lands by Delight.
Delight keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wong tries to score a power double leg takedown but Delight sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wong somewhat.
Delight comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Delight throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Delight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wong tries for a takedown but Delight sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Wong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delight darts in and clinches Wong up against the cage.
Wong is trying to pull guard but Delight turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
Wong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Delight wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wong swats away the attempt to clinch by Delight.
Delight lands a head kick!
Wong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donk. Delight catches Wong right on the button with a cross.
Wong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Delight rushes Wong and presses him up against the cage.
Delight gets through Wong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Delight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Delight tests Wong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Delight stuffs the takedown attempt from Wong. Wong gets slowly back to his feet.
Wong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delight lands the left hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wong looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Delight is fending him off so far but Wong persists. Nope, Delight circles away and we're back to standing.

Wong gets tackled into the cage by Delight. Delight maintains the clinch.
Delight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Delight tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wong's elbow.

Delight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Delight tries to avoid it but Wong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Delight to the ground. Delight escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Delight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wong.
Wong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dutch Delight is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delight lands a nice looking body shot.
Wong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Delight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Delight with a hook.
Delight tries to clinch but Wong is having none of it.

Delight instigates a clinch.

Delight breaks from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Eddie Wong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dutch Delight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wong throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Delight counters with a three punch combo that has Wong backing up. Wong nods at Delight to acknowledge the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dutch Delight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Delight has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dutch Delight!
Dutch Delight very nearly forgot to thank Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.