PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cai Jia (ranked 965 p4p, 128 weight class) and Mark Motts (ranked 3213 p4p, 350 weight class). The key to victory for Cai Jia has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jia
vs
Motts

172 cm
27
168 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
167 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cai Jia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Motts!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jia circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Jia counter with a right hand.
Motts tries to clinch but Jia moves out of range.
Jia lands a jab.

That has opened up Mark Motts's cut even more.
Jia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Motts drives through and clinches with Jia against the cage.
Jia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Motts looks winded!
Jia lands a shoulder strike.
Motts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jia digs a right hand underneath Motts's ribcage. Motts let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jia lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Jia - that landed with a thud.
Motts looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Motts or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jia lands a nice uppercut.
Jia lands with a short shot to the head.
Jia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Motts backwards.
Jia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Motts backwards.
Jia works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jia scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Jia.
Jia scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jia cracks Motts with a nice body shot.
Motts wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Jia.
A short right from Jia.
Jia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Jia.

Motts is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Motts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Motts is still on wobbly legs! Can Jia finish him?
Jia lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jia works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jia throws a big uppercut that drops Motts! More strikes from Jia and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Motts lies dazed against the cage as Jia celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cai Jia!
Cai Jia retains his welterweight title!
Cai Jia decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.