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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charles Ng (ranked 129 p4p, 15 weight class) and Zang Zhai (ranked 177 p4p, 21 weight class). Ng's entrance music is Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man. A fine choice. Zhai comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sampans kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Ng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Zang Zhai!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ng misses with an uppercut. Zhai saw that one coming.
Zhai scores with a body shot.
Ng takes one to the side of the head.
Ng avoids the head kick by Zhai.
Good exchange - Zhai coming out on top.
Ng takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zhai misses with a body shot.
Ng thuds his right hand into Zhai's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zhai bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ng's head.
Zhai with a hook.
Zhai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zhai throws out a counter right but Ng avoids it with no problem.
Zhai throws a poor cross that misses
and Ng connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhai moves out of range of the body kick from Ng.
Zhai misses with a kick to the body.
Ng defending well as Zhai loads up on a big left hand.
Zhai punishes Ng's body with a nice straight punch.
Zhai connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zhai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ng fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zhai is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng throws a hook but Zhai blocks it.
Ng waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zhai.
The fighters circling - Zhai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ng throwing a counter right hand but Zhai manages to avoid it.
Ng steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zhai. That one must have hurt.
Good leg kick by Zhai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ng will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zhai throws out a loose jab but Ng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ng cracks the inside of Zhai's front leg.
Zhai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zhai throws a punch but it's blocked by Ng.
A nice left hand lands by Zhai.
Zhai works on Ng's body with a couple of short punches.
Ng misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhai.
Zhai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhai lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Zhai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ng lands a knee to the head.
Zhai tries a body shot but Ng blocks it.
Zhai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zhai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zhai lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Zhai.
Ng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zhai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zhai has a couple of punches blocked by Ng.
Zhai misses with a punch on the inside.
Zhai has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zhai prevents a body shot from Ng.
Zhai keeps control of Ng as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zhai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ng backwards.
Ng goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhai pushes Ng back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zhai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Zhai.
Zhai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ng lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng looking to throw knees to the head but Zhai is blocking nicely.
Ng lands a nice knee to the body.
Zhai misses with a punch on the inside.
Zhai lands a shoulder strike.
Zhai misses with a body punch.
Zhai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zhai blocks a body shot from Ng.
A body shot lands from Ng.
Ng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zhai is defending well for now.
Zhai swings wildly with an uppercut but Ng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ng takes a shot to the head.
Ng blocks a body shot from Zhai.
Zhai misses with a punch to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zhai - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ng prevents a body shot from Zhai.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zhai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zhai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhai misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ng scores with a shot to the side of Zhai's head.
Ng lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ng.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ng working aggressively here.
Ng manages to break the clinch.
Zhai throws a body shot but no joy.
Ng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zhai can pounce on him.
A big left from Zhai misses.
Zhai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zhai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zhai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ng has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ng and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ng misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhai takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ng thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Zhai if he has to take too many more of those.
Ng misses with a lunging right hand
and Zhai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zang Zhai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ng slips under a jab.
Zhai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zhai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ng shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zhai connects with the punch.
Ng throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Zhai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ng slips a jab from Zhai.
Ng fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zhai looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ng misses with a leg kick
and Zhai counters with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ng. Those never looked like landing.
Zhai misses with a hook
and Ng counters with an outside leg kick.
Ng ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ng fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zhai looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Zhai scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Charles Ng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhai misses with a low kick.
Ng half committed to a counter leg kick.
Zhai throws a hook but Ng avoids it easily.
Ng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ng. Zhai does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhai checks a leg kick nicely.
Ng keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zhai.
Zhai works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ng scores with a decent looking hook.
Ng digs a good body shot into Zhai's ribs.
Ng misses with a lunging right hand
and Zhai counters with a stiff right hand.
Ng defending well as Zhai loads up on a big left hand.
Ng throws a body shot but no joy.
Zhai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ng.
Ng throws a leg kick but Zhai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ng on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ng throws a body kick that misses.
Zhai connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhai. That's going to slow Ng down.
Zhai lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhai throws a poor cross that misses
and Ng counters with a stiff right hand.
Ng attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ng throws a right hand that misses
and Zhai counters with a stiff right hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Zhai!
Ng scores with a decent looking hook.
Ng uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zhai.
Ng misses the body punch
enabling Zhai to counter with a crisp jab.
Zhai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ng is out of range and Zhai settles back down.
Ng looks to land a left hand but Zhai moved out of range nicely.
A cross from Zhai lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ng.
Ng avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zhai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab by Ng.
Ng shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ng misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhai scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhai.
Ng misses with a wild body shot.
Ng throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhai takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zhai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Zhai.
Ng displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zhai throws out the jab.
Ng avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zhai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ng comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ng swings widly with a right hand
and Zhai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ng throws a leg kick but Zhai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Zhai as he connects with a hook.
Zhai tries a low kick but Ng avoids it.
Ng tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhai was well out of range. Poor timing from Ng.
Ng connects with a leg kick. Zhai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhai chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ng can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ng slips a straight right by Zhai.
Zhai lands with a good body shot.
Ng throws a wild body kick that Zhai sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zhai. Ng does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhai moves out of range of the strikes.
Ng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ng loads up on a big right hand but Zhai slips the punch.
Zhai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ng takes one to the chin there.
Zhai connects with the punch.
Zhai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ng.
Ng throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zhai fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ng misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zang Zhai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ng throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ng throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zhai on the side of the head.
Ng is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zhai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ng in his tracks.
Ng misses with a looping left.
Ng lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zhai looks to throw the jab but Ng is out of range.
Zhai connects with a looping right hand.
Ng goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zhai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ng with a body shot.
Zhai moves out of range of the body kick from Ng.
Zhai moves out of range as Ng throws a body kick.
Ng throws an overhand right that lands on Zhai's shoulder, as Zhai tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ng swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ng takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zhai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ng.
Zhai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ng lands a body shot.
Zhai throws a sloppy body shot
and Ng counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ng throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ng buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zhai bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ng's head.
Zhai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Zhai does it's job there.
Ng throws an overhand right that lands on Zhai's shoulder, as Zhai tries to avoid the shot.
Ng takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zang Zhai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zhai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ng swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zhai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zhai moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Zhai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zhai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ng misses the target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zhai.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhai doesn't manage to clinch there - Ng circles away.
Ng attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ng looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ng scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ng misses with a hook.
Ng fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ng throws an off balance right hand
and Zhai makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ng lands a nice shot to the body.
Zhai bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Zhai takes a swing at Ng's ribcage but misses.
Zhai misses with a wild body shot.
Charles Ng has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zhai throws out a loose jab but Ng uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhai checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zhai defending well as Ng loads up on a big left hand.
Zhai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ng.
Zhai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zhai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ng looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhai, right into the meat.
Zhai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zhai moves out of range of the leg kick from Ng.
Nice uppercut lands for Zhai. That snapped Ng's head back.
Ng takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zhai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Zhai.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zhai checks a leg kick.
Zhai scores with a jab to the body.
Ng misses with a straight left.
Ng uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zhai.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ng lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zhai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zhai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zhai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ng misses with an uppercut
and Zhai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ng takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zhai can pounce on him.
Ng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zhai.
Zhai misses with a body shot.
Ng throws a head kick but Zhai moves out of range.
Zhai loads up on a big right hand but Ng slips the punch.
Nice uppercut there from Zhai.
Ng throws a body shot but no joy.
Ng misses with a body shot
and Zhai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ng takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zhai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ng's calf.
Zhai lands with a nice body punch.
Ng throws a series of punches but Zhai avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ng swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zhai follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Zhai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zang Zhai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zhai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zang Zhai!
Our winner, Zang Zhai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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