PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Lemire (ranked 25387 p4p, 25247 weight class) and Zhou Xiangjie (ranked 504 p4p, 474 weight class). Jack Lemire looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Lemire
vs
Xiangjie

180 cm
22
145
2 - 3 - 0

176 cm
19
148
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Can Moonwalk

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers -160Q

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Lemire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zhou Xiangjie!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiangjie shoots for a takedown but Lemire saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lemire is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Xiangjie.
Lemire looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Xiangjie.

Xiangjie closes the distance and clinches.

Xiangjie breaks from the clinch.
Lemire shoots in for a double leg but Xiangjie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Xiangjie clinches up with Lemire and pushes him back against the cage.

Xiangjie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lemire really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Lemire gets tackled into the cage by Xiangjie. Xiangjie maintains the clinch.

Xiangjie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Xiangjie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Xiangjie tries to pull guard but Lemire won't allow it.
We've been hearing reports that Lemire has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Xiangjie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jack Lemire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zhou Xiangjie.
Lemire letting Xiangjie take a breather here.
Xiangjie lands an elbow inside.
Xiangjie lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xiangjie working Lemire over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xiangjie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lemire takes a kick to the side of the head.
Xiangjie moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Xiangjie clinches up against the cage.
Xiangjie lands a nice shot to the body.
Xiangjie lands an elbow inside.

Xiangjie breaks from the clinch.

Xiangjie lands a big head kick that sends Lemire tumbling to the mat! Xiangjie takes a step backwards and waves Lemire back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lemire is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Xiangjie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Lemire is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice elbow from Xiangjie.
Xiangjie lands a nice elbow.
Lemire letting Xiangjie take a breather here.
Xiangjie told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Xiangjie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lemire smiles and moves away.

Xiangjie takes the fight into the clinch.
Xiangjie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lemire lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Xiangjie lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiangjie pushes Lemire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Xiangjie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Xiangjie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lemire tries to keep at a distance but Xiangjie has taken the fight into the clinch.

Xiangjie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lemire wants to stay close but Xiangjie steps back to make room for something. Lemire seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Xiangjie and Lemire drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zhou Xiangjie!