PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darius Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Frank
vs
Wu

180 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darius Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Wu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu lands a head shot.
Frank fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wu misses with a looping left.
Wu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice cross by Wu.

Frank changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wu looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wu regains half guard there - taking advantage of Frank's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Frank throwing shots but Wu is blocking nicely.
Wu is trying to stand.
Wu is looking to get back to is feet but Frank passes into side control.
Frank scoring with punches and elbows.
Wu parries the strikes from Frank easily there. Frank is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wu to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frank wants to control but Wu is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wu parries the strikes from Frank easily there. Frank is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wu to escape.
Sloppy strikes there by Frank.
Frank scoring with punches from side control.
Frank lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Frank working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Frank scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wu to see if he's OK.
Frank tries to score with some ground and pound. Wu controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Frank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank cracks Wu with a big right hand but Wu just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Frank looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Wu is avoiding damage well.
Frank cracks Wu with a big elbow.
Frank lands a few punches from side control.
Wu dodges the ground and pound from Frank.
Frank is chipping away with strikes.
Frank throwing strikes but Wu manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Frank wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Wu has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Frank's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Frank is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Wu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Daniel Wu!
In defeat, Darius Frank stepped up to the mic, saying 'I just wanna apologize to my friends, family, and fans for disappointing you all tonight. I promise I will bounce back with all my might to redeem myself in your eyes. God Bless You All!'.