PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toon Wing Sum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Walburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walburn has chosen Flirting with Disaster as his entrance music. Noah Walburn has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Wing Sum
vs
Walburn

174 cm
22
171 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

169 cm
29
165 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Toon Wing Sum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noah Walburn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sum misses with a lunging right hand

and Walburn counters by clinching up.
Sum takes a shot to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sum drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Walburn trying to control the position but instead, Sum has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walburn into the cage.
Sum misses with the head strike.
Walburn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walburn has a couple of punches blocked by Sum.
Walburn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sum.
Sum looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walburn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sum lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walburn lands an elbow inside that Sum shrugs off.
Walburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sum's efforts to push away.
Walburn is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Walburn.
Sum prevents a body shot from Walburn.
Walburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walburn is looking to control Sum's arms but Sum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walburn has his back to the cage.
Sum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sum has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Walburn after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toon Wing Sum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walburn lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Walburn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walburn lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sum's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Walburn.
Walburn lands an elbow just above Sum 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sum.
Walburn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walburn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walburn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walburn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sum wants to stall.
Walburn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sum.
Walburn is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walburn lands with a light punch inside.
Walburn dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walburn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sum's defenses.
Sum managing to block the knees to the body from Walburn.
Walburn is pressed up against the cage. Sum has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walburn down to the mat. Walburn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Walburn wants to clinch
and Sum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sum on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walburn. Walburn obviously looking to wear him down.
Walburn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sum throws out the jab.
Walburn throws a head kick but Sum moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Walburn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walburn is looking to clinch.
Walburn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Walburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walburn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Walburn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Sum's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Walburn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Walburn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Walburn forces Sum back against the cage and clinches.
Walburn lands a right hand.
A frustrated look appears on Sum's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Walburn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walburn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Walburn as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walburn.
Sum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sum is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walburn trying to land knees to the body.
Walburn controlling the action here for a moment.
Walburn receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Sum avoiding damage as Walburn throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walburn misses with a body punch.
Walburn prevents Sum from breaking the clinch.
Sum drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walburn pulls his leg out and moves away.
Walburn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walburn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walburn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walburn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noah Walburn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walburn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Sum is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Walburn. That's going to slow Sum down.
Oh Sum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walburn connects with a stiff jab that staggers Sum - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Noah Walburn!
After the fight, Noah Walburn was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.