PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between dane scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

scott
vs
Wang

175 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
161 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, dane scott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Wang!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
scott takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A punch combination from Wang misses.
Wang stuffs the takedown.
Wang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
scott misses the shot to the body.
Wang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. scott looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Danga de danga de dang - Wang scores with a four punch combination!
Wang lands with an uppercut that bounces scott off the cage and back into rage.
Wang displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from scott.
Wang lands a jab-cross combination.
scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wang lands a slapping body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wang, as that shot connected.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
scott wants to land a leg kick but Wang is out of range.
Andy Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
scott misses with a head kick.
Wang scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

scott scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
scott wants to control but Wang is keeping him busy.
Wang is looking to regain half guard here but scott keeps moving and retains side control.
Wang can't do much from the bottom here.
Wang regains half guard.
It looks like scott is going to stand back up.
Wang trying to control but scott postures up.
Wang is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
scott is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang pulls scott in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as scott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wang looking to hit a scissor sweep but scott is one step ahead there.
Wang pulls scott in to control the position.

Wang has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but scott can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
scott preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
scott wants to pass the guard but Wang is keeping the position.
Wang seems keen to control scott's posture.
scott not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
scott throwing strikes but missing.
Wang keeping moving, preventing scott from controlling successfully.

Wang had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. scott defends it easily.
Wang keeping moving, preventing scott from controlling successfully.
scott has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
scott is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wang tries to land a sweep but no joy.
scott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wang is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wang is trying to control. scott wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wang controlling the action here.
scott wants to improve his position but Wang is controlling well.

Wang is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, scott has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Wang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wang dodges the punch combination from scott.
Wang looks to land a combination. scott sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from scott both land. Nice combination.
scott throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wang's waist but Wang gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing scott off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wang throws a one two combo.
A shot to de liver by Wang. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Wang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
scott looks for a takedown but Wang sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wang throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
scott tries a low kick but Wang avoids it.
dane scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Wang as scott shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for dane scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
scott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
scott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wang to score with a decent uppercut.
A nice combination there by Wang.
Wang lands with a shot to the body.
Wang's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wang duly obliges.

scott is rocked!
Wang lands with a nice combination. scott backs away looking to recover.
Oh scott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wang jabs at scott's body.
Wang lands a with a good body shot.
scott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wang scores with a jab to the body.
Wang rushes scott with punches - scott moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, scott goes down! Wang follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Wang!
Andy Wang is the new lightweight champion!