PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Old Papi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wang Chung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Old Papi
vs
Chung

188 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
21
212 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shane Old Papi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wang Chung!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chung ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Chung moves into the clinch successfully.
The referee calls for Chung to work.
A frustrated look appears on Old Papi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Old Papi avoids it.
Chung with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Shane Old Papi has been cut.
Chung with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Old Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chung pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chung with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Old Papi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chung misses with an elbow over the top.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks with his arms.
Chung prevents Old Papi from breaking the clinch.
Old Papi avoids a wild elbow strike from Chung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chung missing with knees to the body.
Chung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Old Papi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Old Papi can't break the clinch.
Chung throws an elbow that misses.
Chung tries to land knees in the clinch but Old Papi avoids the damage to the body.
Chung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Old Papi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Old Papi is trying to break the clinch but Chung is controlling him.
Chung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Old Papi blocks it with crossed arms.
Old Papi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks with his arms.
Old Papi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chung throws an elbow that misses.

Old Papi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chung pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Old Papi throws a hook but Chung avoids it easily.
Old Papi swats away the attempt to clinch by Chung.

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.
Chung tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Old Papi misses its intended target.
Chung throws a half hearted mid kick.
Old Papi throws an overhand right that lands on Chung's shoulder, as Chung tries to avoid the shot.
Old Papi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chung tries to clinch up.
Chung tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chung tries to clinch up.
Old Papi looks to land a left hand but Chung moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Old Papi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chung blocks a jab.
Chung is looking to clinch.

Chung has Old Papi up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Old Papi as Chung tries to tie him up.
Chung tries a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks it.
Chung lands an elbow just above Old Papi 's eye.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chung.
Chung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Old Papi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Old Papi blocks it with crossed arms.
Chung connects with a nasty looking knee right to Old Papi's face.
Chung is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Chung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Old Papi breaks from the clinch.
Chung fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Old Papi looks to throw the jab but Chung is out of range.
Old Papi throws a hook but Chung blocks it.

Chung rushes Old Papi and presses him up against the cage.
Old Papi blocks an elbow strike from Chung.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Old Papi avoids it.
Chung taking a breather.
Old Papi is trying to break the clinch but Chung has him pressed against the cage.
Old Papi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chung throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Old Papi has had enough of the clinch but Chung keeps him there for the moment.
Chung tries a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks it.

Old Papi manages to break the clinch.
Old Papi misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wang Chung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Old Papi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chung takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chung walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chung on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Old Papi throws out the jab.
Chung walks into a straight right hand from Old Papi.
Chung takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Old Papi throws a lazy right hand but Chung sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Old Papi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Old Papi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chung ducks under a wild hook from Old Papi.
Old Papi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Old Papi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Old Papi misses.
Old Papi throws a hook but Chung blocks it.

Chung gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chung landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chung trying to land knees to the body.
Chung throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Old Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chung lands a right hook to the body.
Chung is looking to clinch but Old Papi is avoiding it.
A big left from Old Papi misses.
Old Papi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chung.
Chung avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Old Papi looks to land a left hand but Chung moved out of range nicely.
Chung blocks a jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chung in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Old Papi misses with an uppercut. Chung saw that one coming.
Chung fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Old Papi misses with a straight right.
Old Papi swats away the attempt to clinch by Chung.
Old Papi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Old Papi keeps the fight on the outside.
Chung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Old Papi throws out the jab.

Chung moves into the clinch.
Chung with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Old Papi blocks an elbow strike.
Chung putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Old Papi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Old Papi blocks the elbow strike.
Chung taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Old Papi blocks it with crossed arms.
Chung misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chung throws an elbow that misses.
Chung connects with a knee to the head.
Chung misses with an elbow strike.
Chung throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chung throws an elbow but misses.
Chung misses with a knee strike.
Old Papi blocks an elbow strike from Chung.
Old Papi tries to break free but Chung pushes him back against the cage.
Old Papi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Old Papi takes an elbow to the temple.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chung with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Old Papi blocks an elbow strike.
Old Papi blocks the elbow strike.

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.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Old Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Old Papi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wang Chung is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Old Papi throws out a loose jab but Chung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Old Papi misses with a looping left.
Old Papi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chung.
Chung uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Old Papi.
Chung misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Chung has Old Papi up against the cage in a clinch.
Chung looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chung tries a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks it.
Old Papi wants to get back to striking at distance but Chung won't allow it.
Old Papi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Old Papi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shane Old Papi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Old Papi.
Old Papi blocks a jab.
Chung blocks a jab.
Nice body kick from Chung.
Chung avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Old Papi misses its intended target.
Old Papi missing with a left hand there. Chung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Chung closes the distance and clinches.
Chung tries a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks it.
Chung lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chung keeps control of Old Papi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chung looking to throw knees to the head but Old Papi is blocking nicely.

Old Papi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chung is looking to clinch but Old Papi is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Old Papi misses.
Chung throws a head kick that misses.

Chung closes the distance and clinches.
Chung misses with a knee strike.
Come on Chung - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Chung's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Chung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Old Papi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chung with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chung looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Old Papi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chung missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Old Papi tries to circle away but Chung has him pinned against the cage.
Old Papi is trying to push Chung away but Chung has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chung misses with a knee strike.
Chung trying to control the position but instead, Old Papi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chung into the cage.
Chung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Old Papi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chung lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Chung.
Chung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Old Papi blocks it with crossed arms.
Old Papi is trying to force a seperation but Chung has the dominant position.
Chung with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chung stalling in the clinch.
Chung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chung tries a knee to the head but Old Papi blocks it.
Chung looking to throw knees to the head but Old Papi is blocking nicely.
Old Papi blocks an elbow strike.
Chung misses with an elbow strike.
Old Papi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Old Papi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Old Papi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Old Papi throws a hook but Chung blocks it.
Chung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Old Papi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chung tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Old Papi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Old Papi throws out the jab.
Chung moves away from the strike by Old Papi.
Shane Old Papi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chung tries to clinch but Old Papi is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Old Papi misses with an uppercut.
Old Papi looks to land a combination but Chung avoids it well.
Chung takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chung blocks a jab.
Chung wants to clinch.
Chung ducks under a wild hook from Old Papi.
Chung shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Old Papi eats them both and turns towards Chung to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Old Papi throws out the jab.
Old Papi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Old Papi misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wang Chung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chung 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wang Chung!