PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xiao Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jett Jaggers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hua
vs
Jaggers

176 cm
29
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

178 cm
29
147 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xiao Hua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jett Jaggers!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Hua.
Jaggers lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jaggers looks to land a combination but Hua avoids it well.
Jaggers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hua throws a body punch but Jaggers moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hua.
Hua misses with a body kick.
Hua misses with a straight right.
Jaggers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jaggers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jaggers throws out the jab.
Jaggers avoids the head kick by Hua.
Jaggers swings for the body but Hua moves out of range.
Hua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaggers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hua scores with a shot to the body.
Jaggers takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hua ducks under a wild hook from Jaggers.
Hua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaggers.
Jaggers misses with a hook. Hua ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jaggers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jaggers checks a low kick from Hua.
Jaggers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jaggers throws a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jaggers.

Hua moves into range and clinches up with Jaggers.
Jaggers blocks an elbow strike.
Hua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hua misses with an elbow strike.
Jaggers working aggressively here.
Hua lands an elbow inside that Jaggers shrugs off.
Jaggers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jaggers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jaggers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hua is keeping busy.
Hua lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hua.
Jaggers blocks an elbow strike from Hua.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hua.
Jaggers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jaggers's defenses.
Hua scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hua missing with knees to the body.
Jaggers has a couple of punches blocked by Hua.
Hua works on Jaggers's body with a couple of short punches.
Jaggers looks gassed!
Hua lands a nice shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jaggers's brow.
Hua lands a nice shot to the body.
Hua lands a shoulder strike.
Hua lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hua lands an elbow just above Jaggers 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hua.
Hua pushes Jaggers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hua lands an elbow that stopped Jaggers in his tracks for a moment.
Hua trying to land knees to the body.
Hua lands an elbow inside that Jaggers shrugs off.
Jaggers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hua lands a nice elbow.
Hua lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Hua on the inside.
Jaggers avoiding damage as Hua throws knees to the body.
Hua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jaggers tries to pull guard but Hua forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hua lands an elbow that stopped Jaggers in his tracks for a moment.
Jaggers is looking to take this one to the mat.
Xiao Hua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jett Jaggers.
A head punch on the inside from Jaggers fails to land.
Jaggers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jaggers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hua.
Hua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jaggers avoids it.
Hua misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Hua.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hua lands an elbow that stopped Jaggers in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hua.
Still in the clinch, Hua scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jaggers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jaggers lands a shoulder strike.
Hua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jaggers managing to block the knees to the body from Hua.
Hua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaggers is defending well for now.
Jaggers blocks a body shot from Hua.
Hua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hua lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jaggers backwards.
Hua lands a nice elbow.
Hua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hua lands an elbow just above Jaggers 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Hua.
Hua scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hua.
Hua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jaggers backwards.
Jaggers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiao Hua dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jaggers throws a shot to the body.
Hua thows a body kick. Jaggers tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaggers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaggers blocks a head kick by Hua.
Jaggers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Jaggers.
Hua throws a sloppy head kick and Jaggers moves out of range easily.
Jaggers misses with a wild body shot.
Hua tries a head kick but it misses.
Jaggers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaggers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hua misses with a leg kick.
Jaggers misses with a wild body shot.
Hua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hua scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaggers lands a body shot.
Hua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hua connects with a leg kick. Jaggers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hua jabs Jaggers to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jaggers to score with a decent uppercut.
Jaggers throws an overhand right that lands on Hua's shoulder, as Hua tries to avoid the shot.
Hua is looking to wear down Jaggers with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hua tries to clinch up but Jaggers circles away and keeps his distance.
Hua lands a glancing blow to the side of Jaggers's head.
Hua bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jaggers's head.

Hua gets a clinch.
Hua misses with an elbow strike.
Hua scores with a shoulder strike.
Jaggers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Hua.
Hua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jaggers lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua scores with a shoulder strike.
Jaggers misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hua throws an elbow but misses.
Jaggers blocks an uppercut.
Hua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Jaggers.
Jaggers tries a body shot but Hua blocks it.
Hua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jaggers misses with a punch on the inside.
Hua blocking some punches.
Jaggers blocks a body shot from Hua.
Jaggers scores with a hook to the body.
Hua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Xiao Hua has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Jaggers jumps guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hua controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jaggers wants to stand but Hua is controlling the position.
Hua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaggers can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hua gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hua tries a low kick but Jaggers avoids it.
Jaggers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jaggers keeps the fight on the outside.
Hua tries a head kick but it misses.
Hua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hua throws a sloppy head kick and Jaggers moves out of range easily.
Hua avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers lands a body shot.
Hua scores with a head kick. Jaggers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hua fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jaggers checks it well.
Jaggers swings for the body but Hua moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Jaggers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jaggers blocks a leg kick.
Jaggers shoots in for a takedown but Hua shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jaggers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Hua.
Hua scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hua ducks under a wild hook from Jaggers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left and a right from Hua both land. Nice combination.
Jaggers connects with a body shot that sends Hua's belly button to the back.
Hua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jaggers misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiao Hua dominated that second round.
That's time! Hua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hua throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jaggers throws a hook but Hua avoids it easily.
Hua thuds his right hand into Jaggers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hua is looking to clinch.
Jaggers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaggers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hua delivers a nice body kick.
Hua has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hua closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jaggers changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hua tries to avoid it but Jaggers manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hua to the ground. Hua escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hua misses the shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Jaggers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaggers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hua misses with a wild body shot.
Hua fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Hua lands but Jaggers takes it in his stride.
Hua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hua avoids the body shot from Jaggers.
Hua tries a head kick but it misses.
Hua is looking to land body kicks.
Jaggers lands a two punch combo.
Hua slips a straight right by Jaggers.
Hua throws a sloppy head kick and Jaggers moves out of range easily.
Xiao Hua is winning the standup battle so far.
Hua keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jaggers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hua misses with a head kick.
Jaggers swats away the attempt to clinch by Hua.
Xiao Hua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hua walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hua doesn't manage to clinch there - Jaggers circles away.
Jaggers looks to score with a jab to the body but Hua is just out of range.
Hua staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Hua.
Hua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaggers.
Jaggers moves out of range of the body kick.
Hua takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hua has closed the distance and engaged Jaggers in a clinch.
Xiao Hua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jaggers misses with some punches.
Jaggers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jaggers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jaggers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jaggers shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hua defends it nicely.
Xiao Hua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jett Jaggers.
Hua moves out of range as Jaggers strikes.
Jett Jaggers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hua scores with a punch to the head.
Hua goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab by Hua.
Jaggers blocks a head kick by Hua.
Hua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hua is looking to clinch but Jaggers is avoiding it.
Hua misses with the combination.
Jaggers takes a swing at Hua's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaggers connects with a body shot that sends Hua's belly button to the back.
Hua throws a body kick that misses.
Hua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Hua.
Jaggers tries to clinch but Hua moves out of range.
A jab from Hua misses.
Hua tries to clinch but Jaggers is having none of it.
Hua wants to slow Jaggers down by chopping away at his legs.
The fighters circling - Hua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hua keeps the fight on the outside.
Hua misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hua swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Jaggers misses.
Hua stuffs the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xiao Hua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hua has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xiao Hua!
Xiao Hua is the new featherweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Xiao Hua started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.