PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wid Ing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wid Ing will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Small
vs
Ing

160 cm
26
132 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

165 cm
26
142 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wid Ing!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small avoids the head kick by Ing.
Small takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ing throws a body punch but Small moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Small misses the target.
Ing explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ing feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Small's calf.
Small blocks a head kick by Ing.
Ing defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Small.
Small misses with a looping left.
Ing let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Small thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ing is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ing swings for the body but Small moves out of range.
Small is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ing misses with a wild body shot.
Ing just misses with a punch to the body.
Ing throws a jab but it's blocked by Small.
Wid Ing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ing lands a nice looking kick to the body. Small takes a step back to recover.
Ing jabs Small right on the nose. Small blinks but takes it well.
Small staying out of range there.

Small shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ing's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ing is trying to keep Small in close.
Small slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ing trying to control the position.

Small is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Small preventing the sweep.

Small is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Small controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Small looking to pass the guard.
Ing is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ing pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ing throws a leg kick but Small checks it.
Ing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small avoids the head kick by Ing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wid Ing dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Small uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ing.
Ing throws a looping overhand right but Small ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Small was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ing.
Ing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ing throws a body punch but Small moves out of range.
Ing has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Small misses with a looping right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ing.
A little feinted left hand from Small on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Small shoots in for a takedown but Ing shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Small lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ing throws a shot to the body.
Small is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Ing lands a jab to Small's midsection.
Ing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ing counters with a body kick.
Ing uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Small.
Ing is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Small rather than just go for the knockout.
Small looks to throw the jab but Ing is out of range.
Ing throws out a counter right but Small avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ing looks to score with a jab to the body but Small is just out of range.
Ing throws a sloppy body shot
and Small counters with a right hand to the body.
Wid Ing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Small.
Small scores with a nice head shot.
Ing avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Small misses with a looping right.
Ing misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Ing misses.
Small throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ing's waist but Ing gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Small off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Small. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Ing as Small shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Small scores with a takedown into Ing's guard.
Ing can't keep his opponent in guard - Small advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ing wants to control but Small is keeping busy.
Small controlling the action here.

Small in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Ing tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Small!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Small!