PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cai Jia (ranked 3151 p4p, 339 weight class) and Steve Pick (ranked 5639 p4p, 493 weight class). Steve Pick told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jia
vs
Pick

172 cm
26
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cai Jia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Pick!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pick wants to clinch up but Jia keeps it at a distance.
Jia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Picks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pick tries to close the distance and clinch but Jia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pick walks into a jab.
Pick tries to clinch there but Jia circles away.
Jia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pick drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jia scores with a nice strike.
Jia connects with a right hand. Pick shakes it off.
Jia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pick darts in trying to clinch
and Jia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jia lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Pick goes down and covers up as Jia starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cai Jia!