PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sum Ting Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ting Wong
vs
Johnson

162 cm
19
143 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

167 cm
27
140 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sum Ting Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a head kick.

Wong moves into the clinch.
Wong has Johnson pushed against the cage.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wong has double underhooks.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Wong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson is looking for a takedown.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.

It looks like Dwayne Johnson has been cut.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Wong has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson wants to take the fight to the mat but Wong manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wong crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Wong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Wong.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Wong.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wong to keep the fight standing.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Wong scores with a knee to the head.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson tries to circle away but Wong has him pinned against the cage.
Wong holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.

Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Johnson trying to control the position.
Wong wants to stand but Johnson is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wong's guard.

Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wong wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson stands and throws Wong's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Johnson decides to stand back up. Johnson steps back and let's Wong get back to his feet.

Wong instigates a clinch.
Wong stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sum Ting Wong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wong rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Wong holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Wong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Sum Ting Wong has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Johnson drags the fight down to the ground.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wong wanted to stand there but Johnson had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controls Wong momentarily but Wong frees himself.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wong tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sum Ting Wong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wong pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wong gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Wong manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Wong has him pressed against the cage.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Johnson letting Wong take a breather here.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Wong has him pressed against the cage.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sum Ting Wong dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wong has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong has Johnson pushed against the cage.
Wong is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wong down to the mat. Wong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Wong moves into the clinch.
Wong stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wong scores with a knee to the head.
Wong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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 avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Wong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Johnson jumps into guard, dragging Wong to the mat.
Wong is looking to stand up but Johnson won't let him.

Johnson is looking for a triangle but Wong pushes his legs off easily.
Wong wants to stand but Johnson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Wong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wong tries to get out of the position.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Wong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wong is trying to stand.
Wong tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Johnson manages to move to mount!
Sum Ting Wong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Johnson is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Wong tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wong tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
Dwayne Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sum Ting Wong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wong, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sum Ting Wong!
Sum Ting Wong spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.