PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ship (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mana Ching (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ship
vs
Ching

195 cm
25
261 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roman Ship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mana Ching!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ship throws a right and a left that Ching avoids nicely.
Ching shoots in for a takedown but Ship shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ship shoots in looking for a takedown. Ching tries to sprawl out of it but Ship keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ching manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ching doesn't manage to clinch there - Ship circles away.
Ching misses with the combination.

Ship gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ship decides to pull guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ching is fighting to break Ship's control of his arms but Ship is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ship looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ship looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ching is defending well. Ship quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ching has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Ship celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roman Ship!