PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Toby Serkin (ranked 4579 p4p, 4578 weight class) and Ty Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Serkin
vs
Wong

175 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
152
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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 London, Toby Serkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ty Wong!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serkin misses with a jab to the body
and Wong makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wong slips under a jab.
Nice shot lands for Serkin.
Serkin slaps away a takedown attempt from Wong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wong throws a looping overhand right but Serkin ducks down to avoid it.
Serkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wong was well out of range. Poor timing from Serkin.
Serkin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wong looks to land a combination but Serkin avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong misses with an uppercut. Serkin saw that one coming.
Wong looks to score with a jab to the body but Serkin is just out of range.
Serkin looks to land a left hand but Wong moved out of range nicely.
Serkin lands with a straight right. Wong didn't see that one coming.
Toby Serkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Serkin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serkin throws a right hand that misses
and Wong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wong ducks right into an uppercut from Serkin.
Serkin misses with a straight left.
Serkin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Serkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Serkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Wong.
Wong tries to counter by closing the distance.
A jab from Serkin does it's job there.
A telegraphed right hand from Serkin misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wong! But no joy.
Wong misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Serkin misses.
Serkin throws a lazy right hand but Wong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Serkin misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serkin throws a series of punches but Wong avoids them all with ease.
Wong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wong unleashes a big counter combination but Serkin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Serkin.
Wong misses the jab.
It looked like Serkin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wong.
Serkin throws a poor cross that misses
and Wong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Serkin thuds a left hand into Wong's body.
Serkin throws a right hand that misses
and Wong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wong shoots in and drives through. Serkin sprawls well.
Serkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wong.
Serkin throws a poor cross that misses
letting Wong counter with a right hand.
Serkin lands with a nice body punch.
Serkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wong tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Serkin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wong circles away quickly and effectively.
Wong looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Toby Serkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Wong.
Serkin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Serkin swings widly with a right hand
and Wong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Serkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Serkin swings widly with a right hand
and Wong counters with a straight right hand.
Wong slips under a jab from Serkin.
Wong doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Serkin scores with a jab. Wong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Serkin lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serkin dips to his left and cracks Wong with an uppercut!
Nice jab there from Serkin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Serkin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wong.
Serkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Serkin throws a hook but Wong avoids it easily.
Serkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Wong to counter with a crisp jab.
Serkin throws a shot from downtown. Wong moves away and avoids it.
Wong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Serkin.
Wong steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Serkin.
Serkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wong.
Serkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wong on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toby Serkin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Serkin misses with a hook. Wong ducked under it nicely.
Wong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Serkin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Toby Serkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Wong ducks under a wild hook from Serkin.
Wong ducks under a wild hook from Serkin.
The crowd cheers as Serkin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wong doesn't seem phased though.
Serkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wong.
Serkin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong tries to clinch but Serkin moves out of range.
Serkin lands with a right hand.
Serkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wong moves away.
Wong doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Serkin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Wong tries to clinch but Serkin moves out of range.
Wong throws a body shot but no joy.
Toby Serkin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Serkin misses.
Wong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Serkin jabs Wong right on the nose. Wong blinks but takes it well.
Serkin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Serkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Wong is just out of range.
Wong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Serkin lands with a nice combination. Wong backs away looking to recover.
Wong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wong throws a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong is trying hard to land a takedown here. Serkin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Serkin with a jab.
Wong throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Serkin.
Serkin swings for the body but Wong moves out of range.
Wong steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Serkin.
Serkin misses with a left hand

and Wong counters with a takedown into side control.
Wong taking a breather here.

Wong is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Serkin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wong trying to control the position but Serkin is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serkin tries to escape but Wong is in control.

Wong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Serkin, who protects the arm well.

Wong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Serkin wants to control but Wong postures up.
Wong lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Serkin down.
Serkin is looking to regain half guard here but Wong keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong gets to mount! Serkin was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Serkin wants to control but Wong is having none of it.
Wong is landing with some decent strikes but Serkin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wong scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Serkin?
Wong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wong controlling the pace for now.
Wong breaks from Serkin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wong avoids the attempt from Serkin to control.
Ty Wong has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wong controlling the pace for now.
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 Toby Serkin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Serkin. That snapped Wong's head back.
A jab from Serkin misses.
Wong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Serkin.
Wong tries to clinch up but Serkin circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Wong misses.
Serkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Serkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Serkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Serkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Serkin.
Serkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wong moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wong.
Serkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wong can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Wong.
Serkin throwing a counter right hand but Wong manages to avoid it.
Serkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Serkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Serkin misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Wong on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Serkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Serkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wong is looking for the big counter here.
Serkin misses with a hook.
Serkin takes a swing at Wong's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Wong's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A combination from Serkin does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Serkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Wong.
Serkin cracks Wong with an open hand slap.
Wong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Serkin looks to land a left hand but Wong moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Wong misses.
Decent striking displayed by Serkin there.
Wong has his takedown stuffed
and Serkin counters with a nice uppercut.
Wong slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Serkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wong manages to avoid it.
Wong appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Serkin throws a hook to the side of Wong's head but Wong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wong is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Serkin thuds his right hand into Wong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Serkin lands a jab to Wong's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Wong is just out of range.
Wong let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Serkin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Serkin throws a hook to the side of Wong's head but Wong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Horrible takedown attempt by Wong or perhaps it was just good defense by Serkin, which made it look bad.
Toby Serkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Wong.
Wong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Serkin.
Wong is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Serkin with a body shot.
Serkin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Serkin walks into a straight right hand from Wong.
Serkin misses the shot to the body.
Serkin sets himself, and Wong steps forward looking for the clinch! Serkin avoids it this time.
Serkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Serkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Wong.
Serkin throws a hook to the side of Wong's head but Wong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Serkin lands a lovely overhand right.
Serkin misses with a straight right.
Wong dives in and grabs Serkin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Serkin pushes down on Wong's head and hops out.
Wong blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serkin throws an overhand right that lands on Wong's shoulder, as Wong tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Wong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ty Wong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice straight punches there by Serkin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Serkin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Serkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Serkin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toby Serkin!