PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Soderberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bin JinJu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Soderberg
vs
JinJu

179 cm
26
186 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
183 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rufus Soderberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bin JinJu!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
JinJu moves in looking to clinch but Soderberg pushes him off.
JinJu thows a body shot but no joy.
JinJu wants to clinch up but Soderberg keeps it at a distance.
Soderberg shoots in looking for a takedown but JinJu manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Soderberg's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A big right from Soderberg misses.
JinJu tries a head kick but it misses.

Soderberg looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for JinJu!
JinJu is working to get back to half guard.
Soderberg takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
JinJu is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JinJu avoids a series of strikes thrown by Soderberg.
Soderberg lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
JinJu is in a horrible position here. Soderberg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
JinJu is desperately trying to improve his position but Soderberg has a good base and remains in mount.
Soderberg looking to finish with strikes here!
Soderberg controlling from the full mount.
JinJu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg looking to control and managing it successfully.
JinJu is working to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
JinJu is trying to reverse the position but instead Soderberg has taken his back - oops!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soderberg keeps control of the position as JinJu tries to break free.
Soderberg throwing damaging strikes from the back! JinJu could be in trouble here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soderberg is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. JinJu is defending well though. Soderberg let's go of the attempt for now.

Soderberg looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. JinJu is controlling Soderberg 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.

Soderberg working for a triangle but JinJu defends it easily.
JinJu sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Soderberg's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg moves into full guard.
Soderberg is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
JinJu passes into half guard.
JinJu thows a huge punch but Soderberg dodges it nicely.
Soderberg slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
JinJu postures up.
JinJu controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rufus Soderberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Soderberg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soderberg fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Soderberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soderberg swats away the attempt to clinch by JinJu.
JinJu defending well as Soderberg loads up on a big left hand.
Soderberg lands a nice hook to JinJu's body. JinJu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soderberg keeps the fight on the outside.
JinJu throws a head kick but Soderberg moves out of range.
JinJu misses with a body kick.
A big right from Soderberg misses.
JinJu misses with a straight right.
Soderberg looks to score with a jab to the body but JinJu is just out of range.
JinJu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soderberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
JinJu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JinJu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
JinJu is looking to land body kicks.
A big left from Soderberg misses.
JinJu throws a head kick but Soderberg moves out of range.
JinJu avoids the body shot from Soderberg.
JinJu looks to score with a jab to the body but Soderberg is just out of range.
A big left from Soderberg misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Soderberg is defended easily by JinJu.
JinJu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bin JinJu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soderberg avoids the body shot from JinJu.
Soderberg has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rufus Soderberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
JinJu tries to clinch up.
JinJu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soderberg was well out of range. Poor timing from JinJu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. JinJu tries to avoid it but Soderberg manages to keep hold of a leg and drag JinJu to the ground. JinJu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Soderberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.

JinJu darts in and clinches Soderberg up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, JinJu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soderberg's brow.
JinJu lands an elbow that stopped Soderberg in his tracks for a moment.
Soderberg managing to block the knees to the body from JinJu.
A knee to the head by JinJu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
JinJu lands a damaging elbow.
JinJu stalling in the clinch but Soderberg improves position.
JinJu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
JinJu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
JinJu lands with a short shot to the head.
JinJu trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
JinJu misses with a knee strike.
JinJu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on JinJu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
JinJu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soderberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Soderberg tries to throw a body punch but JinJu avoids it by throwing Soderberg back against the cage.
JinJu lands a nice elbow.
Soderberg struggles to land a body shot inside as JinJu controls his hands.
Soderberg working aggressively here.
Soderberg blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
JinJu lands an elbow just above Soderberg 's eye.
JinJu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
JinJu misses with an elbow strike.
JinJu tries a knee to the head but Soderberg blocks it.
JinJu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soderberg tries to pull guard but JinJu holds him up against the cage and eventually Soderberg drops back down to his feet.
JinJu pushes Soderberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Soderberg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soderberg avoiding damage as JinJu throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
JinJu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soderberg.
JinJu can't find room to land a body shot as Soderberg controls the action.
Soderberg blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bin JinJu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Soderberg shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Soderberg showed some decent athleticism there.
JinJu trying to hold on to Soderberg's head to control him but Soderberg postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

JinJu looking for submissions off his back.
Soderberg prevents JinJu from improving his position.
JinJu is refusing to be controlled, as Soderberg sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soderberg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. JinJu defending well though.
JinJu is looking to improve his position.
JinJu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Soderberg tries to pass the half guard into mount. JinJu knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Soderberg is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
JinJu tries to roll over but Soderberg keeps him under control.
JinJu wants to control but Soderberg is keeping busy.
Soderberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Soderberg prevents JinJu from improving his position.
Rufus Soderberg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. JinJu manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

JinJu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Soderberg pushes down on JinJu's leg and manages to get into half guard.

JinJu looking for submissions off his back.
JinJu is trying to get back to full guard.

JinJu looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
JinJu has a hand on Soderberg's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Soderberg takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Soderberg content just to control the position here.
Soderberg will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
JinJu sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Soderberg wants to pass the guard but JinJu is defending well.
JinJu wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bin JinJu.
I think JinJu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bin JinJu!
A less than humble Bin JinJu misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.