PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sung Song (ranked 3493 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quang Le (ranked 3026 p4p, 352 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Song
vs
Le

179 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sung Song!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quang Le!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Song manages to pull guard.
Song pulls Le in close to prevent any damage.
Le must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Song tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Song is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Le wants to get back to his feet.
Song not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Song missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Le keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Song moves into full mount! Le won't be happy about that!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Song thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Song misses with a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Song thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Le wants to get back to his feet.
Le is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Song landing strikes from the mount.
Le is trying to stand.
Le holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Song tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Song working the ground and pound effectively.
Song sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Le holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Song tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Le avoids a series of strikes thrown by Song.
Song working the ground and pound effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Song is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le?
Song punishing his opponent with strikes.
Song lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Quang Le has been cut.
Song looking to finish with strikes here!
Song thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Le is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Le looks winded!
Song thowing shots but they're missing.
Song with the ground and pound from mount.
Le is bucking up trying to escape but Song cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Le really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Song. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Le wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Song.
The referee warns Le that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Song landing strikes from the mount and Le is in trouble!

Le is rocked!
Song could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Song looking to finish Le with some ground and pound. This is bad for Le!
Le is still in real trouble! Can Song finish him?
Song 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.
Le takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Song's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sung Song!
After the fight, Sung Song was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.