PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jed Masilungan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masilungan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Return to Strength. The key to victory for Alpo Wednesday has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wednesday
vs
Masilungan

192 cm
38
162 lbs
39 - 18 - 2

178 cm
37
164 lbs
32 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alpo Wednesday!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jed Masilungan!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masilungan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wednesday throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masilungan.
Wednesday scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Masilungan doesn't seem bothered though.
Wednesday moves out of range as Masilungan strikes.
Wednesday thows a body shot but no joy.
Masilungan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wednesday misses the shot to the body.
Wednesday fails to land with a series of punches.
Wednesday really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wednesday throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Masilungan works Wednesday's body with a nice hook.
Wednesday moves out of range of the body kick.
Wednesday defending well as Masilungan loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Masilungan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Horrible takedown by Masilungan or perhaps it was just good defense by Wednesday which made him look bad.
Wednesday misses with a double jab.
Wednesday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masilungan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wednesday counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wednesday scores with a jab to the body.
Masilungan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Masilungan misses.
Masilungan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Masilungan lands a head shot.
Wednesday moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan walks into a stiff left hand from Wednesday.
Wednesday ducks under a wild hook from Masilungan.
Masilungan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wednesday avoids the head kick by Masilungan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wednesday moves out of range of the body kick.
Wednesday lands a slapping body shot.
Wednesday misses with a right hand
and Masilungan counters with a one-two to the body.
Wednesday lands with an uppercut that bounces Masilungan off the cage and back into range.
Masilungan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wednesday defends well and Masilungan ends up having to push Wednesday into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wednesday.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wednesday up against the cage.
Masilungan misses with a hook to the ribs.

Wednesday's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Masilungan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masilungan misses with a looping right.
Wednesday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wednesday is looking to wear down Masilungan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wednesday throws a series of punches but Masilungan avoids them all with ease.
Masilungan throws a front kick aimed at Wednesday's knee but Wednesday avoids it well.
Masilungan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Alpo Wednesday has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jed Masilungan.
Masilungan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wednesday throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wednesday connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Masilungan scrambles back to his feet.
Jed Masilungan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Wednesday. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Masilungan. Those never looked like landing.
Wednesday dips to his left and cracks Masilungan with an uppercut!
Wednesday throws a predictable looking body shot
and Masilungan counters with a nice uppercut.
Wednesday throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masilungan.
Wednesday is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Masilungan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wednesday under the eye.
Masilungan throws a right hand that Wednesday ducks under and follows up with a left that Wednesday also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masilungan fakes the leg kick and cracks Wednesday in the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wednesday slips a jab and a cross from Masilungan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alpo Wednesday will probably get the nod.
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.

Masilungan throws a jab when Wednesday was well out of range.
Wednesday slips a jab from Masilungan.
Masilungan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wednesday. Masilungan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Masilungan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Masilungan scoring well with a low kick there.
Wednesday loads up on a big right hand but Masilungan slips the punch.
Wednesday looks to throw the jab but Masilungan is out of range.
Masilungan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wednesday dips to his left and cracks Masilungan with an uppercut!
Masilungan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masilungan.
Wednesday misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick from Masilungan misses.
Masilungan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wednesday.
Masilungan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wednesday throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Masilungan counters with a solid body kick.
Masilungan misses with a wild combination.
Wednesday looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Masilungan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masilungan ducks under a wild hook from Wednesday.
Alpo Wednesday is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wednesday moves out of range as Masilungan strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wednesday misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wednesday tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masilungan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Wednesday as he connects with a hook.
Wednesday moves away from the strike by Masilungan.
Masilungan throws a leg kick but Wednesday checks it.
Masilungan misses with a head kick.
Masilungan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A solid body kick from Masilungan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Masilungan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wednesday doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Wednesday.
Masilungan shoots in but Wednesday avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wednesday is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Masilungan.
Masilungan swings widly with a right hand
and Wednesday counters with a straight right hand.
Wednesday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masilungan.
Wednesday misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wednesday fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Masilungan misses with a left hand
and Wednesday counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan feints and then cracks Wednesday's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wednesday down.
Wednesday scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wednesday swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Masilungan throws a wild body kick that Wednesday sees coming a mile off.
Masilungan missing with a left hand there. Wednesday was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wednesday moves out of range of the body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wednesday moves away from the strike by Masilungan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wednesday throws a right hand that Masilungan ducks under and follows up with a left that Masilungan also avoids with ease.
Wednesday moves out of range of the body kick.
Wednesday lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alpo Wednesday dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Masilungan misses with a wild combination.
Masilungan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Masilungan shoots in looking for a takedown. Wednesday tries to sprawl out of it but Masilungan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wednesday manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wednesday cracks Masilungan with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Masilungan.
Masilungan lands with a nice body kick.
Masilungan misses with a straight right.
Masilungan blocks a jab.
Alpo Wednesday is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masilungan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wednesday's head backwards.
Masilungan looks to land a body kick but Wednesday moved away.
A cross from Masilungan lands.
Masilungan misses with a wild combination.
Alpo Wednesday is winning the standup battle so far.
Masilungan misses with the combination.
Masilungan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Masilungan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Masilungan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wednesday will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday is trying to control the position but Masilungan postures up.
Wednesday is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wednesday has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wednesday wants to sweep but no luck.
Wednesday seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

We're going to have a standup here because Alpo Wednesday wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wednesday throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masilungan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan throws the kick towards the body but Wednesday avoids it.
Masilungan just misses with a punch to the body.
Masilungan looks to land a left hand but Wednesday moved out of range nicely.
Masilungan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wednesday.
Masilungan throws a head kick that misses
and Wednesday counters with a one-two to the body.
A punch combination from Masilungan misses.
Masilungan throws an off balance right hand
and Wednesday counters with a two punch combo.
Masilungan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wednesday avoids it really well and circles away.
Masilungan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wednesday.
Wednesday lands a right hook to the body.
Masilungan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
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!
Wednesday throws a right and a left that Masilungan avoids nicely.
Wednesday throws a shot to the body.
Masilungan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wednesday connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Masilungan scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wednesday misses with a body shot.
Masilungan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wednesday tries to avoid it but Masilungan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wednesday to the ground. Wednesday escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alpo Wednesday has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jed Masilungan.
Wednesday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masilungan throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Alpo Wednesday did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Masilungan lands a lovely overhand right.
Masilungan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Masilungan connects with an inside leg kick.
Masilungan misses with a head kick.
Masilungan throws a body kick that misses.
A punch combination from Wednesday misses.
Wednesday scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Masilungan doesn't seem bothered though.
Masilungan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wednesday looks to land a combination. Masilungan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fighters circling - Wednesday throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wednesday loads up on a big right hand but Masilungan slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a leg kick that misses.
Masilungan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wednesday.
Masilungan tries to land a front kick but Wednesday steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Masilungan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wednesday has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wednesday and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wednesday lands a jab to the head.

Masilungan is rocked!
Wednesday rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masilungan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Masilungan throws a head kick that misses.
Masilungan throws a leg kick that misses.
Wednesday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Masilungan circles away quickly and effectively.
Wednesday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masilungan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Masilungan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Masilungan throws a shot from downtown. Wednesday moves away and avoids it.
Wednesday throws a right hand that Masilungan ducks under and follows up with a left that Masilungan also avoids with ease.
Wednesday lunges at Masilungan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Masilungan's hand.
Wednesday slips under a jab.
Wednesday lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wednesday scores with a one two! Masilungan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Masilungan is still on wobbly legs! Can Wednesday finish him?
Wednesday blocks a head kick by Masilungan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Masilungan clobbers Wednesday with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Masilungan seems to have recovered his senses.
Masilungan throws a head kick but Wednesday moves out of range.
Wednesday cracks a nice hook into Masilungan's ribs.
Masilungan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Masilungan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wednesday throws out the jab.
Masilungan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wednesday.
Masilungan throws a sloppy head kick and Wednesday moves out of range easily.
Masilungan misses the shot to the body.
Masilungan slips a jab and a cross from Wednesday.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday defending well as Masilungan loads up on a big left hand.
Wednesday takes one on the button.
Wednesday loads up on a big right hand but Masilungan slips the punch.
Wednesday misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick from Masilungan misses.
Masilungan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wednesday.
Masilungan lands a jab to Wednesday's midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Masilungan.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wednesday.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alpo Wednesday had his way with Jed Masilungan in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A jab from Wednesday misses.
Wednesday throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Masilungan throws a head kick that misses.
Wednesday avoids the head kick by Masilungan.
Wednesday throws a one two combo.
Wednesday fails to land with a series of punches.
Masilungan motions for Wednesday to come forward. Masilungan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Masilungan takes one on the button.
Masilungan throws a right hand that Wednesday ducks under and follows up with a left that Wednesday also avoids with ease.
Wednesday just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Masilungan throws a hook but Wednesday avoids it easily.
Wednesday misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wednesday moves forwards but Masilungan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Masilungan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Masilungan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Masilungan.
Wednesday slips under a jab from Masilungan.
Masilungan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Masilungan looks to land a body kick but Wednesday moved away.
Masilungan throws a jab when Wednesday was well out of range.
Masilungan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masilungan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wednesday.
Wednesday dips to his left and cracks Masilungan with an uppercut!
Masilungan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Masilungan misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Wednesday misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Masilungan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan loads up on a big right hand but Wednesday slips the punch.
A nice combination there by Wednesday.
Masilungan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wednesday pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Masilungan lands with a straight right. Wednesday didn't see that one coming.
Wednesday scores with a jab. Masilungan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wednesday ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Masilungan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wednesday throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Masilungan's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Wednesday dives in looking to finish as Masilungan flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Wednesday's strikes! Wednesday is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Masilungan's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Masilungan was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alpo Wednesday!
Alpo Wednesday retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Alpo Wednesday thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.