PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Blancheflor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wing Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blancheflor comes to the ring accompanied by Game of Thrones. Wing Wang will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Blancheflor
vs
Wang

170 cm
29
155 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
149 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tristan Blancheflor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wing Wang!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Blancheflor misses.
Blancheflor misses with a hook. Wang ducked under it nicely.
Wang looks to land a right hand but Blancheflor moved out of range.
Wang defending well as Blancheflor loads up on a big left hand.
We've been told by Blancheflor's head coaches at Outlaws Paradise that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wang moves in looking to clinch but Blancheflor pushes him off.
Wang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blancheflor looks to land a right hand but Wang moved out of range.
Blancheflor throws a hook but Wang blocks it.
Wang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blancheflor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wang at a distance.
Blancheflor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blancheflor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wang.
Tristan Blancheflor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blancheflor misses with an uppercut
and Wang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blancheflor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wang blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blancheflor throws a hook but Wang avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Wang misses the target.
Wang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blancheflor throws an off balance right hand
and Wang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wang throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blancheflor looks to land a left hand but Wang moved out of range nicely.

Wang pushes Blancheflor up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wang.
Blancheflor prevents a body shot from Wang.
Wang blocks a body shot from Blancheflor.

Wang manages to break the clinch.
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Blancheflor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Blancheflor misses its intended target.
Blancheflor throws out a loose jab but Wang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blancheflor misses with a straight left.
Wang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blancheflor.
Wang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blancheflor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wang misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blancheflor throws a right hand that misses
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.

Wang has Blancheflor up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wang digs a right hand underneath Blancheflor's ribcage. Blancheflor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blancheflor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor struggles to land a body shot inside as Wang controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Wang - that landed with a thud.
Wang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blancheflor or not.

Wang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wang is looking to clinch but Blancheflor is avoiding it.
Wang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blancheflor.
A big right from Blancheflor misses.

Wang drives through and clinches with Blancheflor against the ropes.
Blancheflor tries to throw a body punch but Wang avoids it by throwing Blancheflor back against the ropes.

Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wang moves into the clinch.
Wang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wang pushes Blancheflor back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wang will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Blancheflor up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wang paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blancheflor throws a hook but Wang blocks it.
Blancheflor throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wing Wang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blancheflor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wang staying out of range there.
Wang moves away from the strike by Blancheflor.
Wang tries to clinch there but Blancheflor circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blancheflor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Blancheflor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab, jab by Wang - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wing Wang dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blancheflor is defended easily by Wang.
Blancheflor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blancheflor staying out of range there.
Wing Wang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blancheflor misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Blancheflor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blancheflor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blancheflor looks to throw the jab but Wang is out of range.
Wang tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Blancheflor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wing Wang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blancheflor shoots in but no luck this time.
Blancheflor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wang as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tristan Blancheflor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang misses with a low kick.
Wang comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blancheflor misses with a right hand
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.
Wang paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blancheflor. Wang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wang misses with a body shot.
Blancheflor misses with a left hand
and Wang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wang tries to clinch there but Blancheflor circles away.
Wang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blancheflor.
Wang misses with a low kick as Blancheflor jumps back.
Blancheflor misses with a lunging right hand
and Wang counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wang.
Blancheflor misses with a looping left.
Blancheflor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blancheflor misses with a right hand
and Wang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blancheflor throws a right hand that misses
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.
Wang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blancheflor misses with a hook. Wang ducked under it nicely.
Blancheflor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blancheflor throws out a loose jab but Wang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wang throws a looping overhand right but Blancheflor ducks down to avoid it.
Wang has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wang blocks a jab.
Blancheflor throws a right hand that misses
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wang.
Wang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wang lands with a right hand.
Wang slips a straight right by Blancheflor.
Wang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blancheflor.
Blancheflor 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 Blancheflor off to one side.
Blancheflor throws the left hand but Wang avoids the punch easily.
Blancheflor throws a lazy uppercut
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.
Wang missing with a left hand there. Blancheflor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Wang.

Wang moves into range and clinches up with Blancheflor.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wang.
A head punch on the inside from Blancheflor fails to land.
Blancheflor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wang is looking for a takedown.
Blancheflor prevents the takedown attempt.
Blancheflor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wang is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blancheflor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wang pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang throws a nice looking combination but Blancheflor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wing Wang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Wang throws a combination. Blancheflor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wang lands with a right hand.

Blancheflor gets tackled into the ropes by Wang. Wang maintains the clinch.
Blancheflor is trying to drag Wang to the mat but Wang just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Wang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancheflors head.
Wang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Blancheflor gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Blancheflor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blancheflor prevents Wang from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blancheflor trying to control the position from guard on top but Wang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blancheflor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Blancheflor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blancheflor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wang keeping moving, preventing Blancheflor from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tristan Blancheflor just wasn't active enough.
Blancheflor looks to land a left hand but Wang moved out of range nicely.
Tristan Blancheflor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wing Wang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor throws a hook but Wang blocks it.
Wang cracks Blancheflor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blancheflor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blancheflor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang counters with a nice body shot.
Blancheflor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A lazy left from Wang finds it's target.
Blancheflor missing with a left hand there. Wang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blancheflor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang counters with a stiff right hand.
Wang scores with a jab. Blancheflor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blancheflor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang counters with a straight right hand.
Blancheflor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tristan Blancheflor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blancheflor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blancheflor throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wang moves into range and connects with a jab.
Blancheflor throws a right hand that misses
and Wang counters with a nice uppercut.
Wang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blancheflor backs up against the ropes.
Wang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wang defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Blancheflor.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blancheflor looks for a takedown but Wang sprawls well.
Blancheflor misses with a left hand
and Wang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang moves in looking to clinch but Blancheflor pushes him off.
Blancheflor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blancheflor dodges the punch combination from Wang.
Wang connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blancheflor misses with a hook. Wang ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Wang.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blancheflor swings widly with a right hand
and Wang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blancheflor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wang as he jumps to the side.
Blancheflor throws a right hand that misses
and Wang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blancheflor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Blancheflor misses with a right hand
and Wang counters with a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wing Wang.
I've got Wang winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wing Wang!
Wing Wang seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.