PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Bass (ranked 4401 p4p, 3812 weight class) and Ty Wong (ranked 475 p4p, 414 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bass
vs
Wong

188 cm
18
157
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
152
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Bass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ty Wong!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Wong scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bass manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bass wants to take a breather but Wong is having none of it.
Wong missing with punches from the bottom.
Wong is not content to let Bass control the position.
Wong missing with punches from the bottom.
Bass will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bass trying to control the action but Wong is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong wants to control but Bass is keeping busy.
Bass prevents Wong from improving his position.

Bass is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wong is just riding it out for now. Bass eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wong looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bass is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wong defends it well.
Bass takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bass preventing the sweep.
Bass has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Wong has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bass should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Wong has tightened it up now! Bass should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ty Wong!
Ty Wong decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.