PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Fosie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhijing Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fosie
vs
Wang

167 cm
26
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

179 cm
23
159 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacob Fosie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zhijing Wang!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Fosie shoots in and bounces Wang off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wang working a defensive guard here.
Fosie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wang not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fosie sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fosie wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jacob Fosie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fosie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fosie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wang - that will leave a mark!
Wang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wang fails to land the takedown.
Wang lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fosie takes a step back to recover.
Wang tries a head kick but it misses.

Fosie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fosie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wang is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fosie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wang moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosie engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fosie trying to stand up but can't free himself from Wang's guard.

Wang is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Fosie frees his head nicely. Oh but Wang has switched to an armbar! Fosie is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Zhijing Wang!
After the fight, Zhijing Wang was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.