PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hung Young Wang (ranked 1851 p4p, 1692 weight class) and Reese Remington (ranked 211 p4p, 195 weight class). The key to victory for Hung Young Wang has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wang
vs
Remington

194 cm
21
190
6 - 4 - 0

186 cm
21
192
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

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Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hung Young Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reese Remington!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Remington counters with a single leg into guard. Wang didn't expect that.

Wang scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hung Young Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Wang tries to sprawl but Remington drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang is looking to improve his position.
Wang wants to sweep but Remington has passed to side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Remington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wang on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wang tries to bench press Remington off him but Remington keeps the position.
Wang sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Remington looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang is looking to improve his position.
Remington lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Remington is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Wang wants to improve his position but Remington is controlling well.
Wang is looking to get back to full guard here but Remington has managed to pass to side control instead.
Remington working away.

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.
Wang being controlled for a moment.
Wang is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Remington's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Remington trying to control the action but Wang is working from the bottom.
Wang tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Remington has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Wang is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wang wants to control but Remington is having none of it.
Remington sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Remington in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wang is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wang tries to hold on but Remington pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remington lands a nice shot to the head.
Wang keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Remington lands a heavy elbow.
Remington landing punches.
Wang is looking to improve his position but Remington isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Remington cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wang is trying desperately to improve position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reese Remington dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Wang. Remington does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick from Wang lands but Remington takes it in his stride.
Wang scores with a nice right hand.
Wang scores with a nice strike.
A swing and a miss from Wang.
Wang tries a head kick but it misses.
Wang with a nice cross.

Remington is rocked!
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Remington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wang misses with a hook
enabling Remington to counter with a crisp jab.
Wang misses with a straight right.
Wang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Wang.
Wang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Remington drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wang controls Remington momentarily but Remington frees himself.
Remington content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remington is fighting to break Wang's control of his arms but Wang is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wang working a defensive guard here.

Wang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Remington doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Remington manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Remington's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Remington looking to pass the guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Remington throws a body punch but Wang moves out of range.
Wang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wang misses with a hook. Remington ducked under it nicely.
Remington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wang.
Decent striking displayed by Remington there.
A jab from Remington does it's job there.
Wang misses with a body punch

and Remington counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Remington lands with a punch from half guard.
Wang is staying active underneath Remington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Remington controlling the action here.
Wang works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remington trying to control the position from guard on top but Wang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wang looking for a guillotine here but Remington defends easily.
Wang can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Remington controls the pace.
Wang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Remington is one step ahead there.
Remington makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Remington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Remington trying to control but Wang is working from the bottom.
Remington controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Wang looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Remington 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.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Remington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hung Young Wang will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Remington lands with an overhand left.
Wang throws a sloppy head kick

and Remington counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Remington.
Remington controlling from the top position.
Reese Remington has got the better of the ground game so far.
Remington throwing strikes but missing.
Remington landing some decent shots from guard.
Remington postures up in Wang's guard and throws a big left but Wang blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
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.
Remington's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang trying to control the position.
Wang looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Remington puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Wang wants to get back to full guard.
Remington content to control rather than advance.
Wang wants to improve his position but Remington is controlling well.
Wang is holding on to half guard well.
Wang wants to control the action here but instead Remington manages to pass to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang is trying to escape the mount.
Wang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Remington tries to control but Wang wriggling away.
Wang working to try and regain half guard.
Wang is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wang is trying desperately to improve position.
Remington landing strikes from the mount.
Wang is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang is working hard here to advance position.
Remington is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wang can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Remington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Remington dominating with strikes here.
Wang is bucking up trying to escape but Remington cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Remington looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Wang is rocked!
Remington unloading with bombs!
Oh Wang is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Remington fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang regains half guard.
Remington takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Remington in particular looking to stall.
Remington is continuing to stall.
Remington wants to control but Wang is keeping him busy.
Wang seems to have got his legs back now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remington stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wang is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reese Remington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Remington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reese Remington!
Reese Remington decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.