PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between rumbao zed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonying Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

zed
vs
Ling

200 cm
22
256 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, rumbao zed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tonying Ling!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
zed shoots in and drives through. Ling sprawls well.
zed misses with a wild combination.
zed tries to clinch but Ling is having none of it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by zed.
Ling is looking for a sweep.
Ling is trying to control zed's posture but zed avoids it.
Ling is looking for a sweep.
Ling is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked zed off and has taken his back!
Ling scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ling missing with strikes.
Can zed hold on?! Ling is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Ling scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

zed is rocked!
zed trying to control but not successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Ling. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Oh zed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Ling. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Ling. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

It looks like rumbao zed has been cut.
zed tries to roll but Ling sticks to his back.
zed trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Ling trying to control momentarily.
Ling lands punches and elbows.
zed trying to control the position but Ling manages to sink in the hooks.
zed is breathing heavily.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Ling. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Ling controlling the positon.
A lull in the action here.
Ling connects with a big shot to the side of zed's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling throwing damaging strikes from the back! zed could be in trouble here!
Ling lands shots from the back.
Ling has good solid back control here.
zed knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ling on the ground.
zed covers up after that shot from Ling.
Ling has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ling is looking for the choke from the back position but zed is controlling his hands well.
zed seems to have got his legs back now.
Ling tries to keep control of the position but zed is staying busy.
Ling punishes zed with strikes from the back mount.
Ling lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Ling lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns zed.
zed grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
zed covers up after that shot from Ling.
Ling has good solid back control here.
Ling throwing damaging strikes from the back! zed could be in trouble here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can zed hold on?!
zed tries to roll but Ling sticks to his back.
Ling trying to control.
Ling is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Ling gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Ling gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Ling apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Ling clinches but zed breaks the clinch

and zed counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by zed.
Ling tries to land a sweep but no joy.
zed controls from within his opponent's guard.

zed decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

zed closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - zed lands in his opponent's guard.
zed is stalling in the full guard.
zed has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ling has momentary wrist control but zed slips an elbow through the middle.
Ling wants to stand up but zed is controlling him.
zed stays in close to Ling's body and controls the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ling keeping moving, preventing zed from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ling throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from zed.
zed advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonying Ling dominated that round.
The cut man is working on rumbao zed's cut.
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.

zed drives through with a takedown into guard.
zed trying to control but Ling is working from the bottom.
Ling wants to sweep but no luck.
Ling keeping full guard, as zed tries to pass.
zed wants to control from the top but Ling keeps moving.
zed might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tonying Ling has got the better of the ground game so far.
zed wants to pass the guard but Ling is keeping the position.
Ling working a defensive guard here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
zed connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zed tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Ling counters by clinching up.
zed slows down the pace here.
Ling looking to slow down the pace here.
Come on Ling - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ling stops a takedown attempt from zed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
zed prevents a body shot from Ling.

zed gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ling regains guard.
Ling manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ling lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ling has isolated one of zed's arms. zed looking to fight him off but Ling twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tonying Ling!