PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kai Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuam Laigo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wong comes into the arena with Pompeii Nights blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wong
vs
Laigo

187 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Wong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuam Laigo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong looks to land a combination but Laigo avoids it well.
Laigo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wong can pounce on him.

Wong closes the distance and clinches.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Laigo throws an elbow that misses.
Wong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Laigo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wong has had enough of the clinch but Laigo keeps him there for the moment.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Laigo breaks from the clinch.
Wong shoots in but no luck this time.
Laigo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Laigo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
Laigo just leaning against Wong, taking a breather.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but Laigo avoids the damage to the body.
Wong wants to get back to striking at distance but Laigo won't allow it.
Laigo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wong up against the cage.
Wong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Wong.
Laigo is pressed up against the cage. Wong has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Laigo down to the mat. Laigo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wong takes a swing at Laigo's ribcage but misses.
Wong tries to clinch up.

Laigo has managed to clinch.
Laigo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wong.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Laigo blocks with his arms.
Wong is breathing heavily.
Wong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laigo is keeping busy.
Wong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wong avoiding damage as Laigo throws knees to the body.
Wong controlling the action here for a moment.
Wong is trying to break free.

That's two 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.
Laigo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Laigo takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wong.
Laigo stalling in the clinch.
Wong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wong manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Laigo missing with knees to the body.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong has had enough of the clinch but Laigo keeps him there for the moment.
Laigo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Laigo manages to break the clinch.

Laigo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laigo is keeping busy.
Wong lands a nice knee to the body.
Laigo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Wong breaks the clinch.
Wong misses with a straight right.
Wong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laigo wants to clinch.
Laigo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Laigo wants to clinch.

Laigo drives through and clinches with Wong against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laigo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong can't break the clinch.
Laigo just leaning against Wong, taking a breather.
Laigo looking to throw knees to the head but Wong is blocking nicely.
Wong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laigo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wong blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong is trying to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Laigo.
Laigo tries to pull guard but Wong won't allow it.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong is trying to stall.
Laigo throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuam Laigo 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.

Laigo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Laigo.
Wong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laigo lands an elbow that stopped Wong in his tracks for a moment.
Laigo tries to pull guard but Wong won't allow it.
Laigo slows down the pace here.
Wong tries to stall but Laigo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Laigo blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Laigo drags the fight down to the ground.
Wong is fighting to break Laigo's control of his arms but Laigo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Laigo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laigo pushes Wong off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Kai Wong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laigo tries to clinch but Wong moves out of range.

Laigo moves into the clinch.
Wong has had enough of the clinch but Laigo keeps him there for the moment.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Laigo's face.

Laigo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laigo throws a one two combo.
Laigo wants to clinch.
Wong wants to clinch.
Wong swats away the attempt to clinch by Laigo.
Laigo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Laigo counters with a nice uppercut.
Laigo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wong throws a lazy head kick
and Laigo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wong throws a lazy head kick

and Laigo counters by clinching up.
Laigo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wong takes an elbow to the temple.
Laigo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong wants to break free but Laigo has control.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Laigo to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laigo lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Laigo.
Wong goes for a takedown in the clinch but Laigo prevents it.
Laigo is stalling here.
Laigo continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Laigo landing knees to the body.
Laigo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laigo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Laigo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laigo has Wong pressed against the cage.
Wong is trying to stall.
Laigo slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yuam Laigo.
Laigo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Laigo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laigo tries to land knees in the clinch but Wong avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laigo.
Laigo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wong.
Laigo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuam Laigo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Laigo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wong swats away the attempt to clinch by Laigo.
Laigo stalks Wong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wong's face. Wong staggers backwards, shaken.
Laigo avoids the head kick by Wong.
Wong throws a head kick that misses.
Laigo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wong paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Laigo takes the fight into the clinch.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but Laigo blocks with his arms.
Laigo tries to land knees in the clinch but Wong avoids the damage to the body.
Laigo stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong wants to break free but Laigo has control.
Wong is trying to break the clinch but Laigo has him pressed against the cage.
Wong letting Laigo take a breather here.
Wong looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Wong fails to land.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Laigo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wong has had enough of the clinch but Laigo keeps him there for the moment.
Laigo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Laigo lands a nice knee to the body.
Wong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laigo's elbow.
Laigo effectively controlling the action here.
Laigo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laigo stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yuam Laigo.
Wong throws a shot from downtown. Laigo moves away and avoids it.
Laigo connects with a looping right hand.
Wong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laigo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Laigo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Laigo has closed the distance and engaged Wong in a clinch.
Laigo misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Laigo breaks from the clinch.
Laigo wants to clinch up but Wong keeps it at a distance.
Crunch! Laigo slams his shin into Wong's torso.
Laigo wants to clinch up but Wong keeps it at a distance.
Laigo tries to clinch up.

Laigo forces Wong back against the cage and clinches.
Wong letting Laigo take a breather here.
Laigo trying to land knees to the body.
Laigo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laigo missing with knees to the body.
Laigo looking to stall.
Kai Wong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuam Laigo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laigo fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Wong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wong throws a sloppy head kick
and Laigo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Wong is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wong swats away the attempt to clinch by Laigo.

Laigo clinches up against the cage.
Wong wants to break free but Laigo has control.
Laigo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laigo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuam Laigo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laigo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuam Laigo!