PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zain Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cleon Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wu
vs
Wright

182 cm
26
218 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
209 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zain Wu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cleon Wright!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wright scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wu throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
Wright missing with a left hand there. Wu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donk. Wu catches Wright right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Cleon Wright has been cut.
Good standup being displayed there by Wright as he connects with a hook.
Good shot there by Wright.
Wright looks to land a right hand but Wu moved out of range.
Wu misses with a hook.
Wu loads up on a big right hand but Wright slips the punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wu avoids the body shot from Wright.
Wu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wright.
Wu feinted with a counter takedown.
Wright throws a body punch but Wu moves out of range.
Wu throws out a powerful jab.
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!
Wu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wu with a body shot.
Wu missing with a left hand there. Wright was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Wright misses.
Wright moves forwards but Wu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wright checks the leg kick.
Wu moves out of range as Wright strikes.
Wu throws a hook but Wright blocks it.
Wright lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Wright misses.
Wu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wu.
Wright loads up on a big right hand but Wu slips the punch.
Wu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Wu.
Wright swings for the body but Wu moves out of range.
Wu motions for Wright to come forward. Wu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wright takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wright lands with a right hand.
Wu misses with a wild body shot.
Wright jabs Wu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wu throws a jab when Wright was well out of range.
Wu misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Wright releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wright lands with an uppercut that bounces Wu off the cage and back into range.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wu circles away quickly and effectively.
Wu scoring well with a low kick there.
A leg kick checked by Wright.
Wright checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wu connects with a nice looking jab.
Wright digs a good body shot into Wu's ribs.
Wright throws a nice looking combination but Wu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wu throws a solid leg kick but Wright takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a hook. Wu ducked under it nicely.
Wu misses with a straight right.
Wu throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
Wright throws a hook but Wu avoids it easily.
Wright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wu.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wright is able to avoid easily.
An inside leg kick from Wu misses.
Wu throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
Wright punishes Wu's body with a nice straight punch.
Wu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wright! But no joy.
Wright connects with a jab.
Wu throws a jab but it's blocked by Wright.
Wright scores with a jab. Wu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice shot lands for Wright.
Wright throws a body punch but Wu moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright moves out of range of the strikes.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wright's head backwards.
Wu throws a jab when Wright was well out of range.
Wright connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wu's hands.
A jab from Wu misses.
A big right from Wu misses.
Wright misses with a wild combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wright.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wright misses with a hook.
Wu cracks the inside of Wright's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cleon Wright will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cleon Wright's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wright takes a swing at Wu's ribcage but misses.
Cleon Wright seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Wu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wu walks into a jab.
Wright has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wu finds it's way round the side to connect with Wright's head.
Wu misses with an uppercut. Wright saw that one coming.
Wright checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wu takes a swing at Wright's ribcage but misses.
Wu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wright circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wright replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wu blocks it well.
Wright connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wright throws a hook to the side of Wu's head but Wu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wu appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wright throws a leg kick but Wu checks it.
Wu misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu throws a low kick, looking for Wright's leg but Wright calmly moves out of range.
Wright lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wu misses with a straight right.
Wu throws a right hand that Wright ducks under and follows up with a left that Wright also avoids with ease.
Wright scores with a leg kick.
Wright takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wright misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wright.
Wright throws the left hand but Wu avoids the punch easily.
Wu throws a chopping leg kick but Wright manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wu avoids the body shot from Wright.
Wright misses with a straight left.
Wright throws a big shot that misses.
Wu works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wright. Wu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wright tests Wu's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wu misses with an uppercut. Wright saw that one coming.
Wright uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wu.
Wright thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wu changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wu misses with a low kick.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wu tries to work over Wright's front leg with a kick but Wright checks it.
Wu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wright.
Wright throws an overhand right that lands on Wu's shoulder, as Wu tries to avoid the shot.
Wu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wright swings for the body but Wu moves out of range.
Wu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wright on the side of the head.
A big left from Wright misses.
Wu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wrights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu misses with a body shot.
Wright thuds a left hand into Wu's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wright, as that shot connected.
Wu throws a hook to the side of Wright's head but Wright sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wright connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wu's hands.
Wu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wu was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wu throws a shot to the body.
Wu checks a low kick from Wright.
A jab from Wu misses.
Wright swings for the body but Wu moves out of range.
Wu throws an overhand right that lands on Wright's shoulder, as Wright tries to avoid the shot.
A right-left combo lands from Wu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wright connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wright fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright scores with a jab. Wu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wu throws the left hand but Wright avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Wu.
Wright slips a straight right by Wu.
Wright lands a really nice looking cross but Wu seems unphased.
Wu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wright lands a body shot.
Wu ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wright.
Wu tries to land a leg kick but Wright saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cleon Wright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Cleon Wright's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A swing and a miss from Wu.
Wu looks to land a right hand but Wright moved out of range.
Wu throws a lazy right hand but Wright sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wright.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It seemed like Wright was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wu.
Wright slips under a jab.
A big left from Wright misses.
Nice defenses there by Wright.
An inside leg kick from Wu misses.
Wright appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright throws an overhand right that lands on Wu's shoulder, as Wu tries to avoid the shot.
Wu avoids the body shot from Wright.
A big left from Wu misses.
Wu tried to score with a low kick but Wright checks it.
Wright misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wu 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 Wright has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wright and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Wright was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wright pushes Wu away with a front kick.
Wright defending well as Wu loads up on a big left hand.
Wright lands a lovely overhand right.
Wu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wright stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Wu misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Wright misses.
A jab from Wright does it's job there.
Wright uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wu.
Wright is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wright.
Wu appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wu throws a lazy right hand but Wright sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wright throws out the jab.
Wright lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wu misses with a double jab.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Wu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wu looks to land a left hand but Wright moved out of range nicely.
Wu misses with a shot to the body
and Wright counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wright throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A jab from Wu misses.
A big left from Wu misses.
Sloppy strikes from Wu. Those never looked like landing.
Wright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wright throws a right and a left that Wu avoids nicely.
Wu slips under a jab.
Wu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wu.
Wu motions for Wright to come forward. Wu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu throws a hook but Wright blocks it.
Wu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Wu misses with a double jab.
Wright needs to keep his hands up - Wu had a free shot at his head there.
Wu with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Wright. Those never looked like landing.
Wright lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Wu.
Wright blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Wright.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright throws a hook but Wu avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wu slips under a jab from Wright.
Wu feints a jab promting Wright to slip. Wu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wright slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright misses with a straight left.
Wright takes a swing at Wu's ribcage but misses.
Cleon Wright is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wright in his tracks.
Wright tries to score with a low kick but Wu moves his leg out of the way.
Wu throws a big shot that misses.
Wright uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wu.
Wu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wright has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wright on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zain Wu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wu throws a jab but it's blocked by Wright.
Wu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wright on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zain Wu.
Well Wright has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cleon Wright!