PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Leary (ranked 4158 p4p, 5382 weight class) and Josiah Ng (ranked 252 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leary
vs
Ng

172 cm
18
140
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
135
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josiah Ng!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ng manages to avoid it.
Ng lands a leg kick that knocks Leary off balance momentarily.
Ng ducks under a wild hook from Leary.
A punch lands to the side of Ng 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Leary misses with a hook. Ng ducked under it nicely.
Ng is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Leary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ng circles away quickly and effectively.
Ng slips under a jab.
Leary throws a poor cross that misses
and Ng counters with a thumping low kick.
Ng misses with a head kick.
Leary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ng circles away quickly and effectively.
Ng tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Ng looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Ng is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ng is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ng drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ng jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Ng thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Leary is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ng is controlling him.
Ng stands up over Leary, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ng stands and throws Leary's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Ng has hold of Leary's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Leary seems comfortable defending it but Ng has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Leary is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Leary is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ng couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Josiah Ng!