PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zheng Ming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Jamal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohamed Jamal will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ming
vs
Jamal

180 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
260 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mohamed Jamal!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jamal wants to clinch up but Ming keeps it at a distance.
Ming punishes Jamal's body with a nice straight punch.
Jamal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Mohamed Jamal has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ming clinches up with Jamal and pushes him back against the cage.
Ming presses Jamal against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jamal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A hook to the body from Ming.
Ming lands with a short shot to the head.
Jamal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ming definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jamal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ming smiles and moves away.
Ming takes a swing at Jamal's ribcage but misses.
Ming tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jamal was well out of range. Poor timing from Ming.
Mohamed Jamal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Ming. Beautiful body shot.
Jamal looks winded!
Ming lands a nice shot to the body.
Jamal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ming fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jamal looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ming throws a body punch but Jamal moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ming. Jamal does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Ming. Beautiful body shot.
Jamal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ming.
Ming wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ming lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jamal at a distance.
Ming scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Ming lands a big right hand that sends Jamal crashing to the mat! Ming stays standing though and waves Jamal back to his feet!
Ming looks to score with a jab to the body but Jamal is just out of range.
Ming waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jamal.
Ming throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ming throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ming scores with a jab to the body.

Ming has managed to clinch.
Ming pushes Jamal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ming is leaning against Jamal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ming digs a right hand underneath Jamal's ribcage. Jamal let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hand to the body from Ming.
Ming lands with a short shot to the head.
Ming effectively controlling the action here.
Ming lands with a light punch inside.
Ming blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ming throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Ming.
Ming works on Jamal's body with a couple of short punches.
Ming lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jamal backwards.
Ming works on Jamal's body with a couple of short punches.
Ming lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Ming.
Good body shot from Ming.
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!
A short body shot lands from Ming as the two fighters clinch.
Ming lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ming is leaning against Jamal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ming throws a big uppercut that drops Jamal! More strikes from Ming and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jamal lies dazed against the cage as Ming celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zheng Ming!
A very excited looking Zheng Ming rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.