PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamid Norouzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xi Jinping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norouzi's entrance music is Amantu Billah - Nasheed. A fine choice. Jinping is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jiang Zemin Does 'Gangnam Style'. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Norouzi
vs
Jinping

180 cm
25
218 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
260 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamid Norouzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xi Jinping!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norouzi tries for a takedown but Jinping circles away easily

and Jinping counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Norouzi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jinping.
Jinping controls from within his opponent's guard.

Jinping thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Norouzi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jinping scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jinping working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jinping trying to control but Norouzi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jinping throws a big elbow that misses.
Jinping controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jinping scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jinping working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Norouzi's head.

It looks like Hamid Norouzi has been cut.
Jinping trying to control but Norouzi is working from the bottom.
Jinping working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Norouzi's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jinping looking to sit in guard and control but Norouzi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jinping trying to keep a closed guard but Norouzi is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norouzi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Norouzi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jinping preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jinping trying to control the position.
Jinping looking to hit a scissor sweep but Norouzi is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norouzi is fighting to break Jinping's control of his arms but Jinping is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Xi Jinping wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jinping shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Norouzi as he avoids it easily.
Jinping pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jinping stuffs the takedown attempt from Norouzi. Norouzi gets slowly back to his feet.
Norouzi slips under a jab from Jinping.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norouzi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jinping sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Norouzi somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hamid Norouzi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jinping closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Norouzi did well to prevent Jinping getting side control.
Jinping thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Norouzi's head.
Jinping missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jinping controlling the action here.
Jinping is keen to just control but Norouzi is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xi Jinping dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hamid Norouzi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Norouzi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Jinping shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Norouzi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Norouzi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jinping is one step ahead there.
Jinping trying to control but Norouzi is working from the bottom.
Norouzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Norouzi, not yet.
Jinping content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jinping lands a couple of elbows.
Norouzi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jinping working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jinping working some strikes from top position.
Norouzi keeping moving, preventing Jinping from controlling successfully.
Jinping postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jinping scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jinping cracks Norouzi with a solid left hand.
Norouzi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Norouzi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Norouzi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jinping wants to pass the guard but Norouzi is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Norouzi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jinping lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jinping passes into half guard.
Jinping is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jinping has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nice strikes from Jinping there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norouzi is in trouble now - Jinping has advanced to mount!
A nice elbow there by Jinping.
Jinping looking to control but Norouzi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Norouzi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Jeez, Hamid Norouzi's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hamid Norouzi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Xi Jinping!
Xi Jinping bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.