PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ziko Igwe (ranked 3567 p4p, 4994 weight class) and Josiah Ng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Igwe
vs
Ng

177 cm
25
135
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
135
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ziko Igwe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josiah Ng!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Igwe dips to his left and cracks Ng with an uppercut!
Igwe throws a jab when Ng was well out of range.
Ng changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Igwe as Ng shoots in.
The fighters circling - Igwe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ng walks into a straight right hand from Igwe.

Ng shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ng showed some decent athleticism there.
Ng is thwarting Igwe's attempts to control the position.
Igwe is looking to improve his position.
Ng thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Ng is trying to work for a kimura but Igwe is defending well.
Igwe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Igwe is refusing to be controlled, as Ng sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Igwe is controlling Ng's trapped leg to prevent Ng from advancing to side control.

Ng is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Igwe defends it well.
Igwe is doing well to control the position and prevent Ng from advancing to side control.
Ng thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ng thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ng is trying to control the action in half guard but Igwe is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ng not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ng prevents Igwe from improving his position.
Ng has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ng is looking for a kimura but Igwe is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ng to get the leverage.
Igwe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Igwe kicks Ng off and gets back to his feet.
Igwe lands with an overhand left.
Ng looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ng pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ng gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Ng is rocked!
Ng tries to clinch up.
Ng is still on wobbly legs! Can Igwe finish him?
Ng slips a jab from Igwe.
Ng seems to have recovered his senses.
Igwe connects with a right hand. Ng shakes it off.

Igwe cracks Ng with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ng looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Igwe finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng shoots in for a takedown but Igwe shows good takedown defense.
Igwe fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Ng out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ziko Igwe!