PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sum Ting Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucky Day will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ting Wong
vs
Day

162 cm
24
143 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

177 cm
30
144 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 14 - 4 - 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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucky Day!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wong instigates a clinch.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Day avoids the damage to the body.
Wong leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Day fails to land.
Day swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Day avoids it.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Day misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Day's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Wong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Day has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wong avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Day pushes Wong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Day lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong has Day pressed against the cage, preventing Day from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Wong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Day blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Day blocks with his arms.
Wong blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Day fails to land.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Day lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Day misses with the head strike.
Wong landing knees to the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
I was talking to Wong's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Day blocks it.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Day on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Day takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Day blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Day changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wong fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Wong drives through and clinches with Day against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong prevents the takedown attempt.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucky Day.
Day is looking for a takedown.
Wong gets underhooks to prevent Day's takedown attempt.
Day fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wong scores with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Wong.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Day blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong landing knees to the body.
Day has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. Day won't want to take too many of those.
Day misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Day looks winded!
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Day has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Day blocks with his arms.
Wong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Day blocks it with crossed arms.
Day has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Wong seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Day can turn it around.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wong gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Day goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
Day tries a body shot but Wong blocks it.
Wong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Day tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wong is stalling here.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day tries for a takedown but Wong manages to get underhooks.
Wong landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wong landing knees to the head.

Day is rocked!
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Day is still on wobbly legs! Can Wong finish him?
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day can't get the takedown.
Wong landing knees to the head.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
Day throws a head punch that misses.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Day blocks it.
Wong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. Day won't want to take too many of those.
Day seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Day tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Day avoids the damage to the body.
Day softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sum Ting Wong dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wong clinches.
Day can't get the takedown.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wong blocks an uppercut.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Day swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Day takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sum Ting Wong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wong landing knees to the head.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Day in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Day can do to turn this around?
Day throws a punch but it's blocked by Wong.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Day is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
Day throws a head punch that misses.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Day takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wong.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
Day tries for a takedown but Wong manages to get underhooks.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Wong.
Wong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Day is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucky Day.
A knee to the head by Wong.
Wong landing knees to the head.
Wong effectively controlling the action here.
Day tries to break free but Wong pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but Day is blocking nicely.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Day has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Day doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Day misses with a hook from the clinch.
Day tries to throw a body punch but Wong avoids it by throwing Day back against the cage.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Day lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Day avoids it.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day working aggressively here.
Wong lands a knee to the body.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Day takes a knee to the side of the body.
Day misses with the head strike.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
Day managing to block the knees to the body from Wong.
Day on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Day blocks with his arms.
Wong scores with a knee to the head.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Day has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Day has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Day lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Day takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from Day.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Day in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Day has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wong avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Day tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Day can't find room to land a body shot as Wong controls the action.
Day is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wong pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong slows down the pace here.
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Wong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sum Ting Wong dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Day's face.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Day is defending well for now.
Wong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Day is working for takedown but Wong is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wong tries a knee to the head but Day blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Day is trying to push Wong away but Wong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Day is defending well for now.
Day is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wong pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sum Ting Wong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucky Day.
Wong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Day misses with the head strike.
Wong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Day wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Day takes a knee to the side of the body.
Day has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Lucky Day has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Day avoids the damage to the body.
Wong landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Day swings wildly with an uppercut but Wong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong blocks an uppercut.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong scores a nice knee to the body.
Day digs a right hand into Wong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wong's gas tank.

Day gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Wong regains guard.
Day won't allow Wong to get back to his feet.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Wong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Day is controlling him.

Day drops back looking for a leg! Wong is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wong manages to kick Day off! Day jumps back into Wong's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Day thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wong is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Wong takes the fight into the clinch.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
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.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Day is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Day drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wong pulls his leg out and moves away.

Wong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day jumps guard but Wong turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wong gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Day.
Day takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head.

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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sum Ting Wong!
In his post fight interview, Sum Ting Wong started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.