PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wang Can (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frulegur Wiskeber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Can
vs
Wiskeber

170 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wang Can!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frulegur Wiskeber!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiskeber misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wiskeber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Can pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Can has managed to clinch.
Can can't find room to land a body shot as Wiskeber controls the action.
Wiskeber misses with some punches.
Come on Can - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Can manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Can trying to keep a closed guard but Wiskeber is proving a slippery customer.
Can working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wiskeber.
Can manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wiskeber manages to get himself to full guard.
Wiskeber tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Can wants to pass the guard but Wiskeber is keeping the position.
Can with a flurry of punches that miss.
Can's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Can looking to sit in guard and control but Wiskeber gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wiskeber drops back, looking for a kneebar! Can looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Can looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Can!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiskeber looks to move to half guard but instead Can has passed into mount! Damn!
Can looking to finish with strikes here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wiskeber can do anything to dispel that myth.
Can looking to control and managing it successfully.
Can looking to control but Wiskeber is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Can has hold of Wiskeber's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Wiskeber manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Can thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wiskeber tries to reverse the position but Can maintains control.
Wiskeber holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Can tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Can controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wang Can dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wiskeber throws a right and a left that Can avoids nicely.
Can lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wiskeber circles away quickly and effectively.
Can showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wiskeber.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Can throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wiskeber's head.
Wiskeber closes this distance looking for a takedown but Can circles away.
A head kick misses from Can.
Wiskeber avoids a kick to the body.
Wiskeber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiskeber misses with a double jab.
Wiskeber looks for a takedown but Can sprawls well.
Wiskeber throws a series of strikes that have Can backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiskeber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Can closes the distance and pushes Wiskeber back into the cage.
Wiskeber is working for takedown but Can is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wang Can has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frulegur Wiskeber.

Can pulls Wiskeber into guard.

Can has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wiskeber can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Can seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Can scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Can throws a head kick that misses.
Can throws a right hand that Wiskeber ducks under and follows up with a left that Wiskeber also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheers as Can lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wiskeber doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can tries to clinch but Wiskeber moves out of range.
Wiskeber throws a right hand that Can ducks under and follows up with a left that Can also avoids with ease.
Frulegur Wiskeber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiskeber throws a series of punches but Can avoids them all with ease.
A head kick from Can lands but Wiskeber takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Can clinches up with Wiskeber and pushes him back against the cage.
Wiskeber drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Can successfully pulls guard.

Wiskeber has gone for a leg lock! Can slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wiskeber's guard.
Can works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can trying to control from half guard but Wiskeber is working away.
Well, if Can 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.
Can throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four 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.

Can decides to return to a standing position.
Can tries to clinch there but Wiskeber circles away.
Wiskeber looks to land a combination but Can avoids it well.

Can has taken the fight to the clinch.

Can pulls Wiskeber into guard.
Wiskeber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Can trying to keep a closed guard but Wiskeber is proving a slippery customer.
Wiskeber with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Can trying to control the position.

Can looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wang Can dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Can throws a series of punches but Wiskeber avoids them all with ease.
Wiskeber throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Can on the side of the head.
Wiskeber misses with a few strikes there.
Wiskeber throws a series of punches but Can avoids them all with ease.

Can moves into the clinch.
Wiskeber fails to pull guard.

Can jumps guard and drags Wiskeber to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Can looking to control.
Can working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wiskeber.
Can is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wiskeber must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wiskeber is working Can over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wiskeber throws a big elbow that misses.
Can bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wiskeber's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Can trying to control but Wiskeber is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Wang Can wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Can swats away the attempt to clinch by Wiskeber.
Wiskeber throws a right and a left that Can avoids nicely.
Can throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Can circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wiskeber keeps the fight on the outside.
Wiskeber tries to clinch
and Can counters with a straight right hand.
Wiskeber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Can clinches with his opponent.
Wiskeber tries to work over Can's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wang Can is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiskeber throws an elbow but it misses.

Can drags the fight down to the ground.
Can seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Wiskeber drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Can dives on top into guard.
Can wants to stand but Wiskeber has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Can stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wiskeber swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Can not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wang Can wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wiskeber shoots in for a takedown but Can shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wiskeber throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Can.
Decent striking displayed by Can there.
Wiskeber tries to clinch but Can moves out of range.
Wiskeber gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Can.
Wiskeber misses with a double jab

and Can holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Can pulls guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Can pushes Wiskeber off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wiskeber throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Can cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Can is looking to clinch.
Wiskeber throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Can counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wiskeber is lucky that one didn't land flush.

It looks like Frulegur Wiskeber has been cut.
Wiskeber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Can moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wiskeber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Can rushes Wiskeber and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Can pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frulegur Wiskeber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wiskeber changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Can tries to avoid it but Wiskeber manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Can to the ground. Can escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wang Can has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frulegur Wiskeber.
Can paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Can lands with an uppercut that bounces Wiskeber off the cage and back into range.
A punch combination from Wiskeber misses.
Wiskeber throws a hook but Can avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wang Can showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Can has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wang Can!
A relieved looking Wang Can thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.