PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Long Wang (ranked 2045 p4p, 266 weight class) and Kaido Graindo (ranked 2332 p4p, 296 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wang
vs
Graindo

190 cm
19
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Fast

Urban Fighter

Kato
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Long Wang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaido Graindo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wang rushes Graindo and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Wang.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wang.
Wang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wang pressing his opponent against the cage.
Graindo dodges an elbow strike from Wang.
Graindo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short uppercut from Wang.
Wang avoiding damage.
Graindo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Graindo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Graindo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Graindo wants to control but Wang is keeping him busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wang manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wang lands a decent shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graindo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wang's head.
Graindo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Graindo throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Graindo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Graindo is one step ahead there.
Graindo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wang. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Graindo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wang has momentary wrist control but Graindo slips an elbow through the middle.
Graindo connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graindo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Graindo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wang tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Graindo.
Graindo trying to control the position from guard on top but Wang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wang pulls Graindo in to control the position.
Wang lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Graindo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Graindo trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graindo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wang.
Graindo wants to sweep here but Wang controlling him for the moment.
Wang trying to control but Graindo is working from the bottom.
Wang trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wang sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Graindo's guard.
Ground and pound from Wang.
Graindo tries to get to full guard but Wang has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graindo wants to control but Wang is keeping busy.
Wang is trying to control. Graindo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Graindo tries to get to full guard but Wang has control of the leg.
Graindo is in trouble now - Wang has advanced to mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Graindo tries to hold on but Wang postures up.
Wang looking to finish Graindo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Graindo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long Wang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Graindo digs a good body shot into Wang's ribs.
Wang misses with a straight left.
Graindo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Wang lands a head kick that stumbles Graindo and the fighters go to the mat.

It looks like Kaido Graindo has been cut.
Graindo is trying to keep Wang in close.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graindo has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Wang has passed into side control.
Graindo is looking for a sweep.
Wang lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wang is looking to take a break and control but Graindo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wang lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang working away.
Wang in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wang wants to control but Graindo is keeping him busy.
Wang landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wang landing strikes.
Wang advances to mount.
Graindo wants to control but Wang is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Graindo can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang trying to control but Graindo is having none of it.
Wang lands a nice shot to the head.
Wang scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wang with shots to the head and body - Graindo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Graindo tries to reverse the position but Wang maintains control.
Wang wants to control the pace but Graindo is squirming around nicely.
Long Wang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang working Graindo over with strikes here.

Wang looking for a guillotine from mount but Graindo is having none of it.
Graindo is in a horrible position here. Wang smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wang cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wang looking to finish Graindo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Graindo!
Graindo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wang cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Graindo tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Graindo hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Graindo is looking to get to half guard.
Wang is landing with some decent strikes but Graindo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Graindo tries to reverse the position but Wang maintains control.
Wang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graindo can do to turn this around?
Graindo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Graindo is trying to escape the mount.
Wang landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long Wang dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaido Graindo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Graindo blocks the body kick.
Wang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Graindo.
Graindo connects with a nice looking jab.

Graindo gets a double leg takedown into Wang's guard.
Wang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Graindo manages to get himself to full guard.

Wang wants to control from the top but Graindo keeps moving.
Wang tries to free his leg and advance position but Graindo is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang stopping the sweep attempt from Graindo.
Graindo controls Wang momentarily but Wang frees himself.
Wang looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graindo striking off his back but it's not causing Wang any problems.
Wang trying to control but Graindo is working from the bottom.
Graindo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Graindo keeping moving, preventing Wang from controlling successfully.
Wang throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wang sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Graindo's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Graindo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Wang lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Graindo is trying to get back to full guard.
Wang with the ground and pound but Graindo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wang postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Graindo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Graindo controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang connects with a couple of short punches.
Graindo has his hands on Wang's head, controlling the position.
Wang postures up.
Wang stands and throws Graindo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Graindo wants to control but Wang postures up.
Graindo is not content to let Wang control the position.
Wang working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Graindo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wang wants to control but Graindo is keeping him busy.
Graindo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Graindo is looking to regain half guard here but Wang keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Graindo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wang connects with a decent elbow.
Graindo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wang wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long Wang clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kaido Graindo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Graindo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wang struggling a bit here.
Wang manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wang trying to advance position but Graindo counters by regaining guard.
Graindo looking for a sweep. Not yet Graindo, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang lands a couple of digs.
Wang is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wang wants to pass the guard but Graindo is keeping the position.
Wang is pushing down on Graindo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Graindo is fighting to maintain full guard but Wang has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang is trying to control the action in half guard but Graindo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wang moves nicely into side control.
Graindo prevents Wang from moving into mount.
Wang is chipping away with strikes.
Graindo is looking for a sweep.

Wang is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Graindo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Graindo can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wang tries for a kimura but Graindo is defending well.
Graindo tries to buck Wang off but Wang is having none of it.
Wang scores with punches from side control.

Wang thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Graindo is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang working the ground and pound.
Wang is working Graindo over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graindo is trying to work for a sweep but Wang has mounted him!
Wang content just to control the position here.
Wang raining down hammerfists from mount.
Graindo wants to hold on but Wang pushes him away.
Wang putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wang working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang with the ground and pound from mount.

Graindo is rocked!
Graindo doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Graindo is still in real trouble! Can Wang finish him?
The referee warns Graindo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wang content just to control the position here.
Graindo seems to have recovered his senses.
Graindo is trying desperately to improve position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Graindo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long Wang had his way with Kaido Graindo in that round.
The cut man is working on Kaido Graindo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Graindo digs a good hook to Wang's body.

Graindo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Wang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Graindo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wang is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Roosters Coop, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Wang is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wang is on top in guard.

Wang working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wang tries to free his leg and advance position but Graindo is retaining full guard.
Wang keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Graindo's head.
Wang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Graindo is keeping the position for now.

Graindo working for a triangle but Wang defends it easily.
Graindo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Long Wang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Wang pushing down on Graindo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wang is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Graindo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wang is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang is pressing down on Graindo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Graindo is holding on for now.
Graindo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Graindo regains full guard. Nicely done.

Graindo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wang advances to half guard.
Wang drops an elbow to the side of Graindo's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graindo is staying active underneath Wang, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Graindo trying to control but Wang postures up.
Wang works his way into side control.
Wang trying to control the position but Graindo is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Graindo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wang wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kaido Graindo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wang controls the position from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Long Wang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wang 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:44
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:44
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Long Wang!
Long Wang retains his light heavyweight title!
Long Wang seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.