PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Huggens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long Wang will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Huggens
vs
Wang

150 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Huggens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Long Wang!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huggens looks to clinch

and Wang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Still in the clinch, Huggens scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wang is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Huggens gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wang.
A short right from Huggens on the inside.
Huggens gets through Wang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huggens effectively controlling the action here.
Huggens stops a takedown attempt from Wang.
Henry Huggens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Wang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huggens will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wang up against the cage.
Huggens lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Huggens manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Huggens seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henry Huggens.
Huggens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huggens.
Wang moves away from the strike by Huggens.
Huggens looks to clinch

and Wang decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Huggens's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Wang wants to control from the top but Huggens keeps moving.
Huggens has a closed guard, preventing Wang from standing up.
Wang throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huggens utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wang advances to half guard.

Wang is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Huggens sees it coming and defends easily.
Huggens is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang passes to full mount!
Wang fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Wang wants to finish this one by submission but Huggens is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Wang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Huggens defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wang.
Huggens knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wang on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wang throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Huggens is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang wants to control the pace but Huggens is squirming around nicely.

Wang is working for a guillotine from mount but Huggens frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Long Wang dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Huggens wants to clinch.
Huggens staying out of range there.
Huggens fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Huggens as Wang shoots in.

Wang clinches with his opponent.
Huggens is working Wang over against the cage.
Huggens lands a left hand.
Wang is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Huggens digs a right hand underneath Wang's ribcage. Wang let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huggens scores with a shoulder strike.
Huggens cracks Wang with a nice body shot.
Wang is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Huggens.
Wang takes a shot to the head.

Wang is rocked!
Huggens unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Wang! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Huggens is unloading with more strikes now! Wang drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Huggens!