PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ping Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Gaia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ping Wong has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ping Wong seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Wong
vs
Gaia

200 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Likes ground

Attliction Inc. - badass sold out last night....

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ping Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robin Gaia!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaia fails with the takedown.

Wong bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gaia takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gaia gets back to half guard.
Wong not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gaia is looking to get back to full guard here but Wong has managed to pass to side control instead.
Gaia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wong controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Wong connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaia working to try and regain half guard.
Wong in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gaia is trying to escape the mount.
Wong content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wong lands a heavy elbow.
Gaia is trying desperately to improve position.
Wong landing strikes from the mount and Gaia is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaia is trying desperately to improve position.
Wong takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gaia sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gaia is looking to improve his position.
Still in half guard, Wong seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wong stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Wong drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wong tries to free his leg and advance position but Gaia is retaining full guard.

Gaia has his foot on Wong's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wong works his way back into a safe position though.
Gaia looks gassed!

Wong avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wong controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wong works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong content to control rather than advance.
Gaia gets full guard.
Wong tries to free his leg and advance position but Gaia is retaining full guard.
Gaia looking for a sweep. Not yet Gaia, not yet.
Wong advances to half guard.

Gaia actively working from the bottom here.
Gaia slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ping Wong dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gaia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wong.
Gaia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wong wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wong trying to control the action but Gaia is working from the bottom.
Gaia is looking to reverse the position.
Gaia is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Wong off and has taken his back!
Wong trying to control the action but Gaia just sinks the hooks in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gaia working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Wong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gaia on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wong has hold of Gaia's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaia is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Wong has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Gaia has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Wong taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Gaia doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Robin Gaia!