PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dongdong Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Marcolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marcolini's choice of entrance music: Raffaella Carra - Rumore. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wong
vs
Marcolini

200 cm
31
278 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

185 cm
34
259 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dongdong Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Marcolini!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong slips a jab from Marcolini.

Wong moves into the clinch.
Wong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marcolini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Wong on the inside.
Marcolini with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marcolini struggles to land a body shot inside as Wong controls his hands.
Wong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marcolini looking to throw knees to the head but Wong is blocking nicely.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Wong.
Wong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but Marcolini is blocking nicely.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Marcolini lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wong misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marcolini looking to throw knees to the head but Wong is blocking nicely.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcolini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Wong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Marcolini trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Wong.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marcolini looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wong tries to throw a body punch but Marcolini avoids it by throwing Wong back against the cage.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Marco Marcolini has been cut.
A short right from Wong.
Marcolini misses with a knee to the head.
Wong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wong lands a hook that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Wong avoiding damage as Marcolini throws knees to the body.
Wong holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marcolini takes a shot to the head.
Marcolini looking to throw knees to the head but Wong is blocking nicely.
Marcolini is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wong.
Marcolini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
Wong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wong lands with a light punch inside.
Wong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marcolini holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marcolini wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcolini blocks it with crossed arms.
Marcolini just leaning against Wong, taking a breather.
Wong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wong crunches a lovely knee into Marcolini's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. Marcolini won't want to take too many of those.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marcolini misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Wong.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wong.
Wong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Wong.
A short uppercut from Wong.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Wong - that landed with a thud.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marcolini is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wong is keeping busy.
Marcolini tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Wong.
Marcolini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wong.
Marcolini working aggressively here.
Marcolini is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Marcolini has Wong pushed against the cage.
A short right from Wong.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Wong avoiding damage as Marcolini throws knees to the body.
Marcolini misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marcolini landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marcolini pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Marcolini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dongdong Wong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Marcolini's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marcolini, right into the meat.
Marcolini slips a jab from Wong.
Wong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marcolini.
Marco Marcolini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcolini defending well as Wong loads up on a big left hand.
Marcolini misses with an uppercut.
Wong looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcolini is just out of range.
Marcolini misses with a two punch combination.
Marcolini moves out of range as Wong strikes.
Marcolini fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've been told by Wong's head coaches at Jef Li's MMA(13 coaches, 49 cap) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wong lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcolini circles away quickly and effectively.
Marcolini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marcolini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcolini tried to score with a low kick but Wong checks it.
Wong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marcolini throws out the jab.
Wong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wong throws a looping overhand right but Marcolini ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong lands a body shot.
Wong wants to clinch up but Marcolini keeps it at a distance.
Wong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Marcolini gets tackled into the cage by Wong. Wong maintains the clinch.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong lands a hook that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Marcolini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wong.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marcolini swings wildly with an uppercut but Wong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcolini is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wong.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wong working Marcolini over with knees to the body.
Wong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wong lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marcolini avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wong.
Wong lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Wong on the inside.
Marcolini wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
Wong scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Wong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Wong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marcolini in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marcolini avoiding damage as Wong throws knees to the body.
Marcolini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
Wong lands a body shot.
Wong stalling.
Marcolini blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wong lands a nice uppercut.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Marcolini is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marcolini lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wong backwards.
Wong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Wong.
Marcolini is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dongdong Wong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong lands a nice uppercut.
Wong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marcolini missing with knees to the body.
Wong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wong tries to throw a body punch but Marcolini avoids it by throwing Wong back against the cage.
Wong lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marcolini.
Wong lands a nice uppercut.
Wong scores with a shoulder strike.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wong digs a right hand into Marcolini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marcolini's gas tank.
A short left from Wong.

Wong drops Marcolini onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Marcolini is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Marcolini is rocked!
Wong creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Marcolini's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Marcolini drops to his knees and Wong pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dongdong Wong!
Dongdong Wong got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'