PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wu Fei Chung (ranked 134 p4p, 14 weight class) and Gurney Halleck (ranked 226 p4p, 27 weight class). Fei Chung comes to the cage accompanied by God of Gamblers. Halleck has chosen Simple Minds - Changeling as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gurney Halleck will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fei Chung
vs
Halleck

169 cm
29
146 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

183 cm
28
158 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Wu Fei Chung!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gurney Halleck!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halleck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fei Chung manages to avoid it.
Fei Chung dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fei Chung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fei Chung appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fei Chung throws a series of punches but Halleck moves out of range.
Fei Chung avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fei Chung connects with a jab.
Halleck swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fei Chung counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Halleck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halleck moves away from the strike by Fei Chung.
The crowd cheers as Fei Chung lands an impressive looking overhand right. Halleck doesn't seem phased though.
Fei Chung has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Halleck with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fei Chung throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fei Chung moves away.
Halleck 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.
Halleck has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Halleck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Halleck tries a head kick but it misses.
Good shot there by Fei Chung.
Good exchange - Halleck coming out on top.
Fei Chung throws a push kick but Halleck slaps the foot to one side.
Fei Chung slips under a jab.
Halleck is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fei Chung rather than just go for the knockout.
Halleck lands a nice shot that snaps Fei Chung's head back.
Halleck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fei Chung circles away quickly and effectively.
Fei Chung is looking to counter punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Halleck as he connects with a hook.
Fei Chung connects with a good right hand that stumbles Halleck. Halleck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fei Chung lands a nice leg kick that just misses Halleck's sensitive parts.
Halleck misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Halleck misses with an uppercut.
Halleck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fei Chung.
Halleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halleck misses the shot to the body.
Fei Chung with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Halleck to score with a decent uppercut.
Halleck takes a swing at Fei Chung's ribcage but misses.
Fei Chung uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halleck.
Halleck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fei Chung manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halleck. Fei Chung does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fei Chung is looking to counter punch.
Fei Chung slips a jab from Halleck.
Fei Chung scores with a nice right hand.
Fei Chung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halleck was well out of range. Poor timing from Fei Chung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chung connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Halleck is rocked!
Halleck throws a push kick but Fei Chung slaps the foot to one side.
Fei Chung jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Halleck is still on wobbly legs! Can Fei Chung finish him?
Halleck digs a good hook to Fei Chung's body.
A lazy left from Fei Chung finds it's target.
Halleck scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Halleck tries to clinch but Fei Chung moves out of range.
Halleck loads up on a big right hand but Fei Chung slips the punch.
Fei Chung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fei Chung slips under a jab from Halleck.
Fei Chung throws out a loose jab but Halleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halleck seems to have recovered his senses.
Halleck wants to clinch up but Fei Chung keeps it at a distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Fei Chung misses the target.
Fei Chung lands a leg kick that knocks Halleck off balance momentarily.
Halleck on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gurney Halleck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halleck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fei Chung feinted with a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fei Chung scores with a leg kick.
Fei Chung fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Halleck blocks a head kick by Fei Chung.
Halleck lands with an uppercut that bounces Fei Chung off the cage and back into range.
Fei Chung fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Halleck misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Fei Chung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slow jab from Fei Chung misses its intended target.
Halleck misses with a body shot.
Halleck lands a slapping body shot.
Halleck lands a body shot.
Fei Chung throws the left hand but Halleck avoids the punch easily.
Halleck tries to clinch up.
Fei Chung just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gurney Halleck will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Halleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Halleck throws a series of punches but Fei Chung avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halleck. Fei Chung does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halleck misses with a shot to the body
and Fei Chung counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A head kick by Halleck misses
and Fei Chung counters with a nice uppercut.
Fei Chung digs a good hook to Halleck's body.
A lazy left from Fei Chung finds it's target.
Fei Chung lands a slapping body shot.
Halleck misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halleck jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fei Chung ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crack! A monster head kick from Fei Chung and Halleck falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Fei Chung!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wu Fei Chung!
Wu Fei Chung retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Wu Fei Chung thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Gurney Halleck spoke after the fight, saying 'https://soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.