PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jingzhong Xin (ranked 6070 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Partridge (ranked 24770 p4p, 534 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Xin
vs
Partridge

174 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
156 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jingzhong Xin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barry Partridge!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Xin fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Partridge to the ground. Xin is now in Partridge's guard.
Partridge looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Xin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Xin throwing strikes but missing.
Partridge throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Partridge throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Xin cracks Partridge with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Xin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Xin scoring with some ground and pound.
Xin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xin connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xin lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Partridge is rocked!
Xin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Partridge is still in real trouble! Can Xin finish him?
Xin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Partridge thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Xin works over Partridge with some ground and pound from guard.
Xin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Xin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Partridge's head.
Xin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Xin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Xin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Partridge's guard.
Partridge has hold of Xin's hands but Xin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Partridge has hold of Xin's hands but Xin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Partridge throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Xin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Partridge has hold of Xin's hands but Xin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Xin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Partridge slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Xin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Xin working some strikes from top position.
Xin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Partridge tries to strike from the bottom.
Xin is working Partridge over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Xin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Xin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Xin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Xin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Partridge's head.
Partridge striking off his back but it's not causing Xin any problems.
Xin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Xin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Xin connects with a couple of short punches.
Partridge lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Partridge thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Xin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xin is looking to work some ground and pound but Partridge has wrist control.
Xin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Partridge trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Xin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Xin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Xin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Xin is in close to Partridge's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Xin postures up in Partridge's guard and throws a big left but Partridge blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Partridge avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Partridge punching to the body, from the bottom.
Xin cracks Partridge with a solid left hand.
Partridge trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Partridge avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partridge utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Partridge is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Xin is working Partridge over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Xin lands a couple of digs.
Partridge throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Xin postures up and lands a big shot to Partridge's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xin scoring with some ground and pound.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Partridge doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Xin is in close to Partridge's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Partridge lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Xin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Partridge can do anything to dispel that myth.
Xin lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jingzhong Xin dominated that round.
That's time! Xin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Xin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Partridge seems to have recovered his senses.
Partridge shoots in but Xin avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Xin shoots in and bounces Partridge off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Xin landing with the ground and pound.
Xin distracts Partridge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Xin throws a big right hand that misses.
Partridge working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Xin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partridge throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Xin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Partridge's head.
Xin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Xin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Xin scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xin cracks Partridge with a solid left hand.
Xin working some strikes from top position.
Partridge throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Partridge striking off his back.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Xin with a nice head shot there.
Xin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Partridge throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Xin working some strikes from top position.
Partridge working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Xin.
Xin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Partridge's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jingzhong Xin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Xin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Partridge thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Xin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Partridge trying to strike off his back.
Xin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Partridge can do to turn this around?
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Xin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Partridge to the mat! Partridge manages to get full guard.
Partridge throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Partridge has momentary wrist control but Xin slips an elbow through the middle.
Xin stands up over Partridge, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Partridge trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Partridge doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Partridge trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Partridge has momentary wrist control but Xin slips an elbow through the middle.
Xin stopping the sweep attempt from Partridge.
Xin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Xin connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xin throwing strikes from guard but Partridge blocks nicely.
Xin chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partridge striking off his back but it's not causing Xin any problems.
Xin distracts Partridge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Partridge lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Partridge is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Xin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Partridge's head.
Xin cracks Partridge with a solid left hand.
Xin throws a big elbow that misses.
Xin throws a big right hand that misses.
Xin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Partridge works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xin throws a big elbow that misses.
Xin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Xin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Partridge will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Xin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Xin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xin stopping the sweep attempt from Partridge.
Xin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Partridge's head.
Xin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Xin cracks Partridge with a solid left hand.
Xin throws a big elbow that misses.
Xin throwing strikes from guard but Partridge blocks nicely.
Xin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Partridge thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Xin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Partridge working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Xin.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Partridge trying to strike off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Xin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Xin stands up over Partridge, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Xin postures up in Partridge's guard and throws a big left but Partridge blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jingzhong Xin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Partridge shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Xin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Partridge avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Partridge connects with a couple of short punches.
Partridge content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Partridge working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Xin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Xin working for a triangle but Partridge defends it easily.

Xin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Partridge defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Xin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Partridge defends it easily.

Xin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Partridge doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Partridge manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Xin has momentary wrist control but Partridge slips an elbow through the middle.

Xin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Partridge lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Xin looking for a guillotine here but Partridge defends easily.

Xin looking for a guillotine here but Partridge defends easily.
Partridge keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Xin's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Xin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Partridge distracts Xin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Xin pushes a forearm under Partridge's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Partridge is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jingzhong Xin!