PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romo Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dongdong Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Diaz
vs
Wong

200 cm
30
255 lbs
18 - 4 - 1

200 cm
34
278 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Romo Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dongdong Wong!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong misses with a head kick.
Diaz moves out of range as Wong strikes.
Diaz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wong.
Wong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wong looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Diaz shoots in but Wong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Diaz tries for a takedown but Wong sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wong misses with a left hand
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Wong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong is looking to clinch.
Wong wants to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Diaz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romo Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong swings widly with a right hand

and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diaz forces his way into half guard.
Diaz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wong is trying to maintain the position but Diaz is very close to passing his half guard.
Diaz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wong defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wong wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Wong is refusing to be controlled, as Diaz sits in half guard.
Wong looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to stall here but Wong recovers full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Wong holds on and takes a little breather.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but Wong blocks nicely.
Wong preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Wong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wong looking to control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Diaz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wong lands a head kick. Diaz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Diaz cracks Wong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wong misses with an uppercut.
Wong scores with a decent looking hook.
Wong misses with a lunging right hand

and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diaz won't allow Wong to sweep him here.
Diaz landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.

Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wong puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Romo Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz has a takedown stuffed.
Wong tries to clinch up.
Wong throws a poor cross that misses
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Wong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diazs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wong tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wong tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong misses with a body shot.
Wong misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Wong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wong is looking to control Diaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wong avoid being mounted?
Wong is pressing down on Diaz's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Wong bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diaz's guard.

Wong won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Wong wants to stand but Diaz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wong won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wong's guard.

Diaz wants to control from the top but Wong keeps moving.
Wong trying to control the position here.
Wong keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wong is keeping the position for now.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses. Wong uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Diaz's guard. Nice move by Wong!

Wong won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Wong controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wong works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to get back to full guard here but Wong has managed to pass to side control instead.
Diaz tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Wong presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Diaz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wong trying to control but Diaz is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dongdong Wong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wong misses with a left hand

and Diaz counters with a takedown into side control.
Wong tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz working the ground and pound but Wong is defending the strikes.
Diaz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wong is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Diaz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
A lull in the action here.
Diaz tries to advance to mount but Wong denies him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz is putting a hurting on Wong here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wong wants to control but Diaz postures up.
Diaz moves into full mount!
Diaz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wong is trying to escape the mount.
Diaz throwing strikes but Wong recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control from half guard but Wong is working away.
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diaz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wong is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Romo Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dongdong Wong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wong. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dongdong Wong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz shoots for a double leg takedown but Wong sprawls well. He's pushed Diaz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wong misses with a body shot.
Wong throws a right hand that misses
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wong throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wong tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dongdong Wong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wong looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Wong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Diaz is defended easily by Wong.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - Wong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romo Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wong misses with a left hand

and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wong is keeping the position for now.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Wong keeps moving.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wong swivels though and keeps the full guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Diaz here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wong is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romo Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Romo Diaz!
Romo Diaz got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
Dongdong Wong was interviewed post fight and said 'I shouldn't have been hungover today.'.