PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zed Zelonka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jing Ya Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zelonka
vs
Ya Xu

188 cm
22
222 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
218 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Murder Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zed Zelonka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jing Ya Xu!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Zelonka.
Zelonka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ya Xu.
Ya Xu staying out of range there.
Zelonka misses with a few strikes there.
Zelonka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Ya Xu misses.

Ya Xu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ya Xu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ya Xu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zelonka keeping moving, preventing Ya Xu from controlling successfully.
Zelonka wants to stand but Ya Xu is controlling the position.
Ya Xu stopping the sweep attempt from Zelonka.
Ya Xu advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ya Xu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ya Xu staying calm.
Ya Xu working the body and head with strikes.
Zelonka is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ya Xu is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Ya Xu's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Zelonka bucks up and tries to throw Ya Xu off but instead Ya Xu has got his back!
Zelonka wants to escape the position.
Ya Xu lands a shot to the body.
Zelonka covers up after that shot from Ya Xu.
Zelonka is in bad spot here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelonka controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Ya Xu lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Zelonka holding both Ya Xu 's hands and preventing any damage.
Zelonka is breathing heavily.
Ya Xu looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zelonka prevents Ya Xu from getting a body triangle.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Ya Xu.
Ya Xu controlling the position well here. Zelonka rolled but Ya Xu kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Ya Xu is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Zelonka tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelonka covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Ya Xu controlling the positon.
Zelonka wants to get back to his feet.
Ya Xu softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Zelonka wants to get back to his feet.
Zelonka rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Ya Xu wants to take a breather but Zelonka is having none of it.

Zelonka makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Good shot there by Ya Xu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelonka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zelonka drops his hands momentarily and Ya Xu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ya Xu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zelonka.

Zelonka is rocked!

It looks like Zed Zelonka has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ya Xu drops Zelonka with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Zelonka! Ya Xu dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Jing Ya Xu!