PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wu Wei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dede Rustandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wei comes to the cage accompanied by The Nights. Rustandi has chosen Goyang Dumang as his entrance music. Dede Rustandi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wei
vs
Rustandi

177 cm
19
151 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

198 cm
19
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wu Wei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dede Rustandi!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wei gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rustandi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A head kick misses from Rustandi.
Rustandi has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rustandi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rustandi dips to his left and cracks Wei with an uppercut!
Rustandi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wei.
Rustandi scores with a shot to the body.
Wei stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rustandi.
Wei wants to clinch up but Rustandi keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Rustandi.
Rustandi scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rustandi dodges the punch combination from Wei.
Wei takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wei shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rustandi pinned against the cage. Rustandi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rustandi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustandi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rustandi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wei on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dede Rustandi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rustandi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rustandi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rustandi counters with a three punch combo that has Wei backing up. Wei nods at Rustandi to acknowledge the strikes.
Wei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rustandi staying out of range there.
Wei goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wei tries to clinch but Rustandi is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rustandi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wei.
Wei takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wei misses with a straight right.
Wei takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rustandi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wei blocks the body kick.
Wei throws a sloppy head kick and Rustandi moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Wei misses its intended target.
Rustandi lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wei.
Wei shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rustandi but Rustandi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wu Wei. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wei is breathing heavily.
Wei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rustandi lands with a nice body punch.
Rustandi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wei lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rustandi circles away quickly and effectively.
Wei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rustandi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wei walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rustandi.
Rustandi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rustandi counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rustandi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wei throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good shot there by Rustandi.
Wei takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wei has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rustandi.
Rustandi cracks the inside of Wei's front leg.
Rustandi lands with a nice combination. Wei backs away looking to recover.
Rustandi scores with the left hand. Wei knows he should have avoided that one.
Rustandi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rustandi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rustandi.
Rustandi scores with a one two! Wei had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wei takes one to the chin there.
Rustandi looks to land a combination. Wei sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Wei is rocked!
Rustandi lands with a good body shot.
Rustandi is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wei tries to clinch up but Rustandi circles away and keeps his distance.
Rustandi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wei tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rustandi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wei throws out a leg kick but Rustandi moves out of range and Wei only half commits.
Wei shoots in but no luck this time.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rustandi.
Wei takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rustandi throws a leg kick which misses Wei's front leg but catches the back leg as Wei tries to avoid it.
Wei throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rustandi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rustandi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wei at a distance.
Rustandi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rustandi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rustandi is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rustandi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rustandi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rustandi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wei's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dede Rustandi 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.

Wei misses with a combination
and Rustandi counters with a stiff right hand.
Rustandi lands a nice hook to Wei's body. Wei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wei might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rustandi connects with a solid leg kick.
Dede Rustandi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rustandi dodges the punch combination from Wei.
Rustandi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rustandi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wei throws a low kick but Rustandi moves out of range easily.
Rustandi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wei throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rustandi throws out a counter right but Wei avoids it with no problem.
Wu Wei is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheers as Rustandi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wei doesn't seem phased though.
Wei avoids the head kick by Rustandi.
A punch combination from Wei misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wei lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rustandi circles away quickly and effectively.
Wei on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wei walks into a jab.
Wei thows a leg kick but Rustandi checks it
and Rustandi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Rustandi there.
Rustandi lands with a nice combination. Wei backs away looking to recover.
Oh Wei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wei is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rustandi cracks Wei on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Wei falls backwards against the cage. Rustandi follows up with more strikes that drop Wei to his knees. Rustandi keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Wei! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dede Rustandi!
A very excited looking Dede Rustandi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Wu Wei had this to say: 'Why do we fall? So we could rise higher.'.