PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mohan Kumar (ranked 5238 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tie Wong (ranked 4813 p4p, 0 weight class). Tie Wong is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kumar
vs
Wong

174 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mohan Kumar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tie Wong!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong tries a head kick but it misses.

Wong closes the distance and clinches.

Wong pulls Kumar into guard.
Wong keeping moving, preventing Kumar from controlling successfully.
Wong looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong keeping moving, preventing Kumar from controlling successfully.
Kumar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kumar manages to get himself to full guard.

Wong slips nicely into half guard.
Wong controlling the pace.
Wong is thwarting Kumar's attempts to control the position.
Kumar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wong.
Kumar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wong throwing shots but Kumar is blocking nicely.
Wong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Well, if Wong is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kumar has a hand on Wong's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Wong takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Kumar wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wong.
Kumar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wong prevents Kumar from getting the reversal.
Kumar wants to hold on but Wong pushes him away.
Wong controlling the position easily from mount.
Wong prevents Kumar from getting the reversal.
Wong tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Wong has isolated one of Kumar's arms. Kumar looking to fight him off but Wong twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tie Wong!
Tie Wong tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.