PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xiao Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdual Jemall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xiao Hua has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hua
vs
Jemall

176 cm
31
155 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

180 cm
31
160 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brute
Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xiao Hua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abdual Jemall!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hua is looking to clinch but Jemall is avoiding it.
Hua cracks Jemall with a good jab.
Hua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jemall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jemall throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jemall throws a body punch but Hua moves out of range.
Jemall scores with a punch to the head.
Jemall connects with a right hand. Hua shakes it off.
A combination from Jemall does no damage.

Jemall scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Jemall tries for a kimura but Hua is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hua managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jemall.
Hua is trying to control Jemall's posture but Jemall avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jemall tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jemall creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua gets back to half guard.
Hua wants to get back to full guard.
Hua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jemall has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hua is positioning himself well to prevent Jemall advancing to mount.
Jemall is trying to control the action in half guard but Hua is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Jemall is working for a submission of some sort.
Hua is looking for a sweep. Jemall is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jemall stops Hua from getting back to his feet.
Hua has hold of Jemall's hands but Jemall slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hua wants to get back to his feet.
Jemall landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Jemall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hua defends it well.

Jemall is working for a submission of some sort.
Hua wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jemall.

Hua looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hua moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jemall lands a couple of digs.

Hua scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jemall lands a nice looking body kick.
Hua avoids the body shot from Jemall.
Hua throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jemall avoids a kick to the body.
Hua avoids the body shot from Jemall.
Hua thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jemall if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jemall checks a leg kick.
Hua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hua lands a leg kick that knocks Jemall off balance momentarily.
Jemall tests Hua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jemall throws a low kick but Hua avoids it.
Jemall connects with a solid leg kick.
Hua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jemall. That did some damage!
Hua tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jemall moves in looking to clinch but Hua pushes him off.
Jemall just misses with a punch to the body.
Jemall takes a swing at Hua's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hua lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jemall will feel that in the morning.

Hua forces Jemall back against the cage and clinches.
Jemall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hua has him pressed against the cage.
Jemall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jemall misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdual Jemall dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hua forces Jemall back against the cage and clinches.
Jemall avoids a wild elbow strike from Hua.
Hua lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Abdual Jemall has been cut.
Jemall takes an elbow to the temple.
Jemall has had enough of the clinch but Hua keeps him there for the moment.
Hua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hua lands an elbow that stopped Jemall in his tracks for a moment.
Hua lands a hook that snaps the head of Jemall backwards.
A short right from Hua on the inside.

Jemall is rocked!
Jemall avoids a wild elbow strike from Hua.
Hua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jemall is defending well for now.
Jemall changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hua fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick misses from Jemall.
Jemall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jemall is still on wobbly legs! Can Hua finish him?
Jemall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hua blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jemall seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Hua drives through and clinches with Jemall against the cage.
Hua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jemall's brow.
Jemall misses with some punches.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jemall's defenses.
Jemall misses with some punches.
Hua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hua has Jemall pressed against the cage. He pushes Jemall back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Hua throws a beautiful elbow that sends Jemall crashing to the floor! Hua piles on the pressure with more strikes! Jemall is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xiao Hua!
Xiao Hua retains his featherweight title!
Xiao Hua tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.