PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luna Ploy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dongli Huang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ploy
vs
Huang

178 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luna Ploy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dongli Huang!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ploy catches Huang with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ploy scores with a hook to the body. Huang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Huang feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ploy's calf.
Huang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Huang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Huang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ploy.
Huang staying out of range there.
Huang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Luna Ploy has been cut.
Huang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good leg kick by Huang there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good standup being displayed there by Ploy as he connects with a hook.
Luna Ploy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ploy scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Huang.
Huang scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ploy doesn't seem bothered though.
Huang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Huang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ploy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ploy shoots in and gets a takedown into Huang's guard.

Huang manages to escape and get back to his feet.
A big left from Ploy misses.
Ploy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ploy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Ploy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ploy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ploy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ploy throwing strikes here but Huang is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Huang tries to lock up and control but Ploy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Huang is trying to escape the mount.
Ploy throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Huang is in a horrible position here. Ploy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Ploy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huang wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ploy.
Ploy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Huang is looking to improve his position but Ploy isn't that keen on the idea.
Ploy controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huang tries to hold on but Ploy postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ploy unloading with bombs!
Ploy throws some wild stikes that Huang manages to avoid easily.
Ploy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Huang is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Huang blocking the ground and pound.
Ploy content just to control the position here.
Ploy looking to finish with strikes here!

Ploy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Huang is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ploy controlling from the full mount.
Huang tries to lock up and control but Ploy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Ploy is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Huang has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Huang!
Ploy looking to control.

Ploy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Huang is aware though and is defending well.
Ploy has a closed guard, preventing Huang from standing up.
Huang trying to control but Ploy is working from the bottom.
Ploy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luna Ploy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luna Ploy's cut.
That's time! Ploy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Huang connects with an inside leg kick.
Ploy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Huang gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ploy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huang can do to turn this around?
Ploy trying to control the position from guard on top but Huang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Huang is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Huang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huang controls Ploy momentarily but Ploy frees himself.

Huang has his foot on Ploy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ploy works his way back into a safe position though.
Luna Ploy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ploy passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang wants to get back to his feet but Ploy drags him back down.

Ploy stands up and beckons Huang to his feet.
Ploy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big right from Ploy misses.
Ploy connects with a crisp jab.
Huang swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ploy counters with a stiff right hand.
Ploy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Luna Ploy is winning the standup battle so far.
Ploy throws a series of punches but Huang moves out of range.
Ploy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ploy misses with a hook. Huang ducked under it nicely.
Huang throws a counter combo.
Dongli Huang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ploy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ploy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ploy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ploy.

It looks like Dongli Huang has been cut.
Huang thows a body kick. Ploy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ploy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Huang takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Huang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ploy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Huang.
Huang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ploy throws out the jab.

Ploy shoots in and gets a takedown into Huang's guard.
Ploy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Huang is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Huang is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ploy is aware though and is defending well.
Ploy throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Huang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ploy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Huang isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ploy stacks Huang on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ploy!

Ploy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ploy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ploy content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Huang is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Ploy tries for a kimura but Huang is defending well.

Ploy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Huang knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ploy trying to control the action but Huang is working from the bottom.
Huang is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ploy has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luna Ploy dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Huang lands a left and a right that send Ploy crashing to the mat, dazed. Huang thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Nice straight punches there by Ploy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ploy.
Huang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Huang follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Huang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Huang moves away from the strike by Ploy.
Huang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Ploy swings widly with a right hand
and Huang counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Huang.
Ploy throws a jab when Huang was well out of range.
Ploy throws the left hand but Huang avoids the punch easily.
Ploy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Huang.
Huang now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ploy swings widly with a right hand
and Huang makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Huang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ploy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Huang looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ploy trying to control the action but Huang is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huang is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ploy wants to control but Huang is keeping him busy.
Ploy is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Huang will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dongli Huang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang can't do much from the bottom here.
Ploy in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Huang is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ploy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Huang is looking for a sweep.
Huang is trying to control Ploy's posture but Ploy avoids it.
Huang is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ploy is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ploy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Huang to see if he's OK.
Huang taking punishment in the form of punches.
Huang struggling a bit here.
Ploy blocks the strikes from Huang.

Ploy tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ploy throwing strikes but Huang manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Luna Ploy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ploy wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Huang thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ploy is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Huang seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ploy sneaks back into half guard.
Ploy regains full guard. Nicely done.

Huang avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ploy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Huang is one step ahead there.
Huang throws a big right hand that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dongli Huang.
Well Ploy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luna Ploy!
A victorious Luna Ploy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.