PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xian Jinxi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jinxi comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To Violence - Lord Quas. Fantana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Many Men. Brian Fantana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jinxi
vs
Fantana

181 cm
21
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

168 cm
34
153 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brute

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Xian Jinxi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jinxi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fantana has time to react.
A cross from Jinxi lands.
Fantana looks to score with a jab to the body but Jinxi is just out of range.
Fantana throws the left hand but Jinxi avoids the punch easily.
Jinxi lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fantana gets the takedown into side control.
Jinxi can't do much from the bottom here.
Jinxi is looking for a sweep.
Jinxi wants to control but Fantana postures up.
Jinxi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fantana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fantana working away.
Jinxi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fantana.
Jinxi can't do much from the bottom here.
Fantana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana cracks Jinxi with a big elbow.
Jinxi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fantana on the ground.
Jinxi can't do much from the bottom here.
Fantana connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jinxi some visible discomfort.
Jinxi dodges the ground and pound from Fantana.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jinxi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fantana off and has taken his back!
Jinxi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fantana is trapped and Jinxi is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Fantana tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Fantana is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jinxi cracks Fantana with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jinxi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant 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.
Jinxi looking to control but Fantana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jinxi avoids the attempt from Fantana to control.

Jinxi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jinxi looking to control but Fantana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jinxi lands a big shot there that rocks Fantana but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Jinxi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jinxi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantana is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jinxi wants to control the pace but Fantana is squirming around nicely.
Fantana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jinxi landing punches.
Jinxi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fantana is desperately trying to improve his position but Jinxi has a good base and remains in mount.
Jinxi misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jinxi unloads with some shots from mount but Fantana bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantana holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jinxi tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jinxi controlling the pace for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fantana wants to control but Jinxi is having none of it.
Fantana is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fantana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jinxi landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jinxi looking to control but Fantana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xian Jinxi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fantana fails to land the takedown.
Fantana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jinxi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jinxi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jinxi tries a low kick but Fantana avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Jinxi. Beautiful body shot.
Jinxi scores with a jab. Fantana acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jinxi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jinxi thows a body shot but no joy.
Jinxi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantana is breathing heavily.
Jinxi lands with a good body shot.
Jinxi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jinxi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jinxi throws a lazy right hand but Fantana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jinxi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jinxi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fantana's sensitive parts.
Fantana moves forwards but Jinxi connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Fantana is rocked!
Jinxi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantana is still on wobbly legs! Can Jinxi finish him?
BOOM! Jinxi lands a beautiful left hook that drops Fantana. Fantana tries to recover but Jinxi is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Fantana lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xian Jinxi!