PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zheng Ming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Blanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ming
vs
Blanca

180 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
26
256 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zheng Ming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charlie Blanca!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Blanca misses.
Blanca misses with an uppercut.

Ming gets a clinch.
Ming tries to work over Blanca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ming lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Charlie Blanca has been cut.
Blanca is trying to push Ming away but Ming has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ming digs a right hand into Blanca's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blanca's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Ming.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ming misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ming - that landed with a thud.
Ming scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ming misses with a punch to the body.
Blanca lands a nice shot to the body.

Blanca manages to break the clinch.
Ming uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Ming misses.
Ming tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Ming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ming just misses with a punch to the body.
Ming shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Zheng Ming has been cut.
Blanca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blanca on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blanca fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blanca misses with the combination.
Blanca walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ming.
Blanca lands an overhand right.
Blanca takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ming pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ming uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blanca.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ming scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from Blanca misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blanca.
Blanca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blanca looks to throw the jab but Ming is out of range.
Blanca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ming circles away quickly and effectively.
Ming misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blanca.
Blanca misses with a hook. Ming ducked under it nicely.
Blanca scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ming misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blanca.
Blanca throws a shot to the body.
Blanca jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Zheng Ming's cut is getting worse.
Blanca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ming's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming slips a jab from Blanca.
Blanca throws the left hand but Ming avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Blanca finds it's target.
Blanca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ming looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ming is breathing heavily.
Ming tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blanca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blanca swinging wildly here.
Blanca misses with a wild body shot.
Blanca throws a shot from downtown. Ming moves away and avoids it.
Blanca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blanca throws a big shot that misses.
Ming scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanca throws a right hand that misses
and Blanca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Charlie Blanca's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanca lands with a straight right. Ming didn't see that one coming.
Blanca lands a jab to Ming's midsection.
Blanca slips a straight right by Ming.
A cross from Blanca lands.
Blanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ming looks to score with a jab to the body but Blanca is just out of range.
Blanca throws a big shot that misses.
Ming throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blanca counters with a series of strikes. Ming will be more careful next time no doubt.
Charlie Blanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanca misses with a two punch combination.
A jab lands there for Ming.
Blanca scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Blanca dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ming gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ming blocks a body shot from Blanca.
A nice left hand lands by Ming.
Ming prevents Blanca from breaking the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ming.
Ming blocking some punches.
Ming lands a body punch.
Blanca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ming keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blanca's efforts to push away.
A short body shot lands from Ming as the two fighters clinch.
Blanca wants to get back to striking at distance but Ming won't allow it.
Ming cracks Blanca with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanca working aggressively here.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Blanca in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Blanca is breathing heavily.
Blanca stalling against the cage.
Ming lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming gets through Blanca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blanca is trying to maintain a safe position but Ming gets an underhook and turns Blanca into the cage.
Blanca scores with a shot to the side of Ming's head.
Blanca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ming tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blanca's elbow.
Ming lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blanca backwards.
Ming lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blanca backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ming.
Blanca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ming blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Ming.
Ming tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blanca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ming lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ming goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zheng Ming has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ming works on Blanca's body with a couple of short punches.
Blanca taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ming scores with a shoulder strike.

The cut above Charlie Blanca's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blanca tries to work over Ming's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ming goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ming slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blanca wants to get back to striking at distance but Ming won't allow it.
Blanca looking to slow down the pace here.
Blanca takes a shot to the head.
Ming struggles to land a body shot inside as Blanca controls his hands.
Blanca has a couple of punches blocked by Ming.

Blanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blanca misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming looks to throw the jab but Blanca is out of range.
Blanca is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ming swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ming just misses with a punch to the body.
Blanca swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ming.

Zheng Ming's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ming throws a hook but Blanca avoids it easily.
Ming tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Ming.
Ming throws a jab when Blanca was well out of range.
Blanca takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ming cracks Blanca with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Blanca tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Ming pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Blanca is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zheng Ming!
In his post fight interview, Zheng Ming started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.