PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Zing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Espinosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Zing had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Zing
vs
Espinosa

182 cm
26
185 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

185 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Zing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Espinosa!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Espinosa enables Zing to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Espinosa manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Espinosa trying to keep a closed guard but Zing is proving a slippery customer.
Espinosa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Espinosa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zing postures up in Espinosa's guard and throws a big left but Espinosa blocks it.
Espinosa looking for a sweep. Not yet Espinosa, not yet.
Espinosa wants to get back to his feet but Zing is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Zing throwing strikes from guard but Espinosa blocks nicely.
Zing won't allow Espinosa to get back to his feet.
Espinosa is trying to control the position but Zing postures up.
Espinosa wants to get back to his feet but Zing is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zing throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Espinosa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zing working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Espinosa's head.
Espinosa looking to control.
Espinosa managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zing landing some decent shots from guard.
Espinosa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Espinosa wants to stand but Zing is controlling the position.
Espinosa trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Espinosa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Espinosa is looking to stand up but Zing isn't so interested in that idea.
Espinosa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Espinosa keeping moving, preventing Zing from controlling successfully.
Espinosa wants to sweep here but Zing controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zing postures up.
Zing with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zing stopping the sweep attempt from Espinosa.
Espinosa keeping moving, preventing Zing from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Zing looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zing lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zing prevents Espinosa from standing back up.
Espinosa is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zing throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Espinosa is looking to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zing working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zing lands a nice short elbow.
Zing missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zing landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Espinosa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zing is working away from the top position though.
Espinosa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zing.

Espinosa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Espinosa trying to control but Zing postures up.
Zing tries to pass the half guard into mount. Espinosa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Zing trying to control from half guard but Espinosa is working away.
Zing throwing shots but Espinosa is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espinosa is trying to stand up here but Zing is controlling him well.
Espinosa is looking for a sweep. Zing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Espinosa trying to control here.
Zing frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Espinosa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zing with the ground and pound from mount.
Zing landing strikes from the mount.
Espinosa squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Espinosa is bucking up trying to escape but Zing cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Zing tries to push Espinosa's head away but Espinosa is holding on tight.
Zing controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zing dominated that round.
That's time! Zing's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zing keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Zing or perhaps it was just good defense by Espinosa which made him look bad.
Espinosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Zing with that takedown attempt.
Espinosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zing pinned against the cage. Zing gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Zing instigates a clinch.
Zing lands a shot to the body.
Zing gets underhooks to prevent Espinosa's takedown attempt.
Zing drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Espinosa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Zing. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zing has Espinosa pressed against the cage, preventing Espinosa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zing has hold of one of Espinosa's legs. Espinosa is fighting the takedown attempt but Zing gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Zing won't allow Espinosa to get back to his feet.
Zing with a nice head shot there.
Zing trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Espinosa is controlling Zing's posture.
Zing wants to control from the top but Espinosa keeps moving.
Espinosa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zing. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Espinosa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zing postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zing 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.
Zing looking to sit in guard and control but Espinosa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zing is looking to stand up but Espinosa isn't so interested in that idea.
Zing manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Espinosa manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zing's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Espinosa keeping moving, preventing Zing from controlling successfully.
Zing won't allow Espinosa to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zing is pushing down on Espinosa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Espinosa is fighting to maintain full guard but Zing has managed to sneak the leg through.
Espinosa tries to roll over but Zing keeps him under control.
Espinosa wants to control but Zing is keeping busy.
Zing lands strikes from half guard.
Zing missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Espinosa is looking to escape.
Zing is trying to control the action in half guard but Espinosa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Espinosa gets back to full guard.
Zing showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Espinosa trying to control the position.
Espinosa has control of Zing's left arm, preventing Zing from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zing postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zing lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zing wants to control from the top but Espinosa keeps moving.
Zing postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Espinosa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zing is controlling him.
Espinosa trying to keep a closed guard but Zing is proving a slippery customer.
Zing throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jesus Espinosa was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Zing clinches up against the cage.
Zing goes for a takedown attempt but Espinosa pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Espinosa lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zing dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Espinosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A punch combination from Espinosa misses.
Espinosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Espinosa misses with an uppercut. Zing saw that one coming.
Espinosa keeps the fight on the outside.

Zing closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Espinosa's guard.
Espinosa working a defensive guard here.
Zing wants to control from the top but Espinosa keeps moving.
Zing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Espinosa pushes Zing off and scrambles back to his feet.
Zing closes this distance looking for a takedown but Espinosa circles away.
Gabriel Zing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Espinosa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Some wild striking there from Espinosa.
Zing misses with a takedown

and Espinosa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zing's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Espinosa wants to control from the top but Zing keeps moving.
Espinosa won't allow Zing to sweep him here.
Espinosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zing utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Espinosa is fighting to break Zing's control of his arms but Zing is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Zing trying to keep a closed guard but Espinosa is proving a slippery customer.
Gabriel Zing overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Espinosa throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Espinosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zing tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Espinosa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espinosa postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gabriel Zing.

Zing shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Espinosa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zing's guard.
Espinosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zing controls Espinosa momentarily but Espinosa frees himself.
Espinosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Espinosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zing's head.
Espinosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Espinosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zing's head.
Espinosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Espinosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Espinosa trying to control the position from guard on top but Zing is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Espinosa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espinosa won't allow Zing to get back to his feet.
Espinosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zing is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Espinosa is controlling him.
Espinosa trying to control but Zing is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Espinosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Espinosa throwing strikes but missing.
Zing looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Espinosa scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Espinosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zing keeping moving, preventing Espinosa from controlling successfully.
Espinosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jesus Espinosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Espinosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zing looking for a sweep. Not yet Zing, not yet.
Espinosa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zing wants to stand but Espinosa is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Espinosa postures up in Zing's guard and throws a big left but Zing blocks it.
Gabriel Zing is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Espinosa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Espinosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zing 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Zing!