PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wong Fei Hung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksey Markov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fei Hung
vs
Markov

189 cm
19
189 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

182 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wong Fei Hung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aleksey Markov!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fei Hung gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fei Hung takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Markov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Markov ducks right into an uppercut from Fei Hung.
We've been hearing reports that Fei Hung has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fei Hung moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Markov misses with a few strikes there.
Markov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Markov waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Fei Hung. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Fei Hung to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Fei Hung is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fei Hung has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Markov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oh Fei Hung is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Markov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fei Hung. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fei Hung is looking to stand up but Markov isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Markov seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fei Hung seems to have got his legs back now.

Fei Hung has his feet on Markov's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
A telegraphed right hand from Markov misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Hung takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fei Hung misses with a hook. Markov ducked under it nicely.
Markov misses with a straight right.
Markov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fei Hung.
Markov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fei Hung misses with a hook. Markov ducked under it nicely.
Markov stuffs the takedown attempt from Fei Hung. Fei Hung gets slowly back to his feet.
Markov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Markov throws a right and a left that Fei Hung avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Markov misses its intended target.
Markov tests Fei Hung's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fei Hung lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fei Hung moves out of range of the strikes.

Fei Hung shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Markov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fei Hung in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Fei Hung decides to stand up, so the ref orders Markov to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hung cracks Markov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Markov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Markov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fei Hung throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Markov swinging wildly here.
Markov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Markov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fei Hung connects with a body shot.
Good exchange - Fei Hung coming out on top.
A nice combination there by Fei Hung.
Fei Hung is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Markov misses with a hook
and Fei Hung connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fei Hung slips under a jab.
Fei Hung misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Markov misses its intended target.
Fei Hung walks into a straight right hand from Markov.

It looks like Wong Fei Hung has been cut.
A shot to the liver by Markov. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Hung uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Markov.
No joy there for Markov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Horrible takedown attempt by Fei Hung or perhaps it was just good defense by Markov, which made it look bad.
Aleksey Markov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fei Hung displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Markov lands a nice hook to Fei Hung's body. Fei Hung takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Markov has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jab from Markov.
A telegraphed right hand from Fei Hung misses the target.
Markov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fei Hung.
Markov misses with a combination
and Markov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fei Hung throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Markov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Markov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fei Hung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fei Hung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Markov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fei Hung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fei Hung's head backwards.
Markov misses with a two punch combination.
Markov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fei Hung lands a head shot.
Fei Hung paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fei Hung throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Markov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Markov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fei Hung throws a lazy right hand but Markov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Markov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fei Hung moves away.
Fei Hung fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fei Hung is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Markov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fei Hung.
Fei Hung scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fei Hung shoots in for a takedown but Markov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wong Fei Hung. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Markov loads up on a big right hand but Fei Hung slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Markov.
Markov ducks right into an uppercut from Fei Hung.
Fei Hung takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Markov plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Fei Hung swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Fei Hung face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aleksey Markov!
Aleksey Markov decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Wong Fei Hung stepped up to the mic, saying 'eat that, losing this fight will never bother me. I will keep training hard to improve my skills and win'.