PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Big Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rahen Fenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fenko has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wang
vs
Fenko

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Big Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rahen Fenko!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wang closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fenko looks gassed!
Wang lands a few punches from side control.
Wang scoring with punches from side control.
Wang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wang lands a few punches from side control.
Wang grinds an elbow into Fenko's temple.
Fenko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wang. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fenko is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wang connects with a decent elbow.
Wang scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fenko to see if he's OK.
Fenko takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wang lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wang looks up at the clock and then as Fenko takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wang smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fenko takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wang working the head with strikes.
Wang lands some shots froms side control.
Wang is working Fenko over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wang scores with punches from side control.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wang scoring with punches from side control.
Wang cracks Fenko with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fenko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wang cracks Fenko with a big right hand but Fenko just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Wang stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Wang misses with a jab, cross combination.

Wang gets a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wang connects with a nice short shot to Fenko's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fenko is trying to stand back up but Wang is controlling him
Wang slips a nice elbow through Fenko's hands, connecting with Fenko's forehead.
Fenko has hold of Wang's hands but Wang slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wang lands with a punch from half guard.
Wang working Fenko over with strikes.
Wang slips a nice elbow through Fenko's hands, connecting with Fenko's forehead.
Wang lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wang looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wang lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wang connects with a nice short shot to Fenko's temple.
Wang is nestled in close to Fenko, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang passes to side control.
Fenko takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fenko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wang is controlling him well.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wang is chipping away with strikes.
Wang connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fenko some visible discomfort.
Wang is working Fenko over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wang lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wang landing strikes.
Fenko takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wang scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wang lands a nice forearm strike.
Wang connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fenko some visible discomfort.
Fenko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fenko pushes Wang away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wang gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wang cracks Fenko with a big right hand but Fenko just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wang advances nicely into full mount.
Fenko really wants to buck Wang off and get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fenko is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Fenko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wang cracks Fenko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Wang dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Wang.
Big Wang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wang closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Fenko quickly recovers to half guard.
Fenko taking some punishment here, with Wang in his half guard.

Wang stands up out of the half guard.

Wang fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fenko to the ground. Wang is now in Fenko's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wang works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wang throwing shots but Fenko is blocking nicely.
Wang winds up and cracks Fenko with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wang thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang moves nicely into side control.
Fenko wants to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Wang are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Wang stands up.
Fenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wang.

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.
Fenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fenko throws a lazy uppercut

and Wang counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wang is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wang is pushing down on Fenko's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fenko is fighting to maintain full guard but Wang has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fenko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wang.
Fenko avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wang.
Big Wang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wang lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fenko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wang.
Fenko tries to kick Wang off but Wang keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wang lands strikes from half guard.
Wang sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fenko defending well though.
Fenko has hold of Wang's hands but Wang slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Wang stands up and beckons Fenko to join him on the feet.
Fenko jabs at Wang's body.
Fenko slaps away a takedown attempt from Wang, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenko throws out a loose jab but Wang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wang throws a combination that misses
and Fenko counters with a nice uppercut.

Wang looking to score a takedown here. Fenko is defending well but Wang drives through and ends up in Fenko's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wang is controlling him.
Wang postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Wang dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Fenko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wang works over Fenko with some ground and pound from guard.
Wang makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wang advances to half guard.
Wang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fenko's head.
Wang looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fenko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wang scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wang works his way into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fenko wants to get back to his feet but Wang drags him back down.
Wang scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fenko to see if he's OK.
Wang throws an elbow but Fenko slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fenko takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wang scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fenko dodges the ground and pound from Wang.
Wang creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wang throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wang in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wang fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wang creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Fenko sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wang creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wang cracks Fenko with a big elbow.
Wang is chipping away with strikes.
Wang is working Fenko over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wang misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fenko defending against the ground and pound.
Wang lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wang scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fenko to see if he's OK.
Wang working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fenko taking a bit of punishment here - Wang scoring with strikes.
Fenko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fenko defending against the ground and pound.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fenko can do to turn this around?
Wang lands an elbow.
Wang misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wang in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wang lands some shots froms side control.
Wang lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wang scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang lands a few punches from side control.
Wang advances to mount.
Rahen Fenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wang looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wang is landing with some decent strikes but Fenko is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wang raining down shots from the mount!
Wang unloading with bombs!
Wang raining down shots from the mount!
Wang postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fenko looks a forlorn figure.
Fenko is trying to stand up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big Wang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wang, 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:24

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