PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Haitian Ginger (ranked 2034 p4p, 1525 weight class) and Jinjing Yan (ranked 266 p4p, 208 weight class). Haitian Ginger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ginger
vs
Yan

193 cm
26
185
7 - 4 - 0

184 cm
26
185
9 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haitian Ginger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jinjing Yan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ginger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yan counters with a nice uppercut.
Yan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ginger.
Yan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ginger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ginger swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Yan to counter with a crisp jab.
Yan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - Ginger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yan scores with a jab. Ginger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ginger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yan.
Ginger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Ginger misses the target.
Ginger staying out of range there.
Ginger ducks under a wild hook from Yan.
Ginger tried to counter with a leg kick but Yan avoided it.
Yan throws a shot from downtown. Ginger moves away and avoids it.
Ginger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Jinjing Yan has been cut.
Ginger throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ginger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yan.
Ginger fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yan just manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Yan.
Yan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ginger scoring well with a low kick there.
Yan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ginger throws a leg kick which misses Yan's front leg but catches the back leg as Yan tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yan lands a nice shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ginger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yan throws a big shot that misses.
Yan just misses with a punch to the body.
Yan moves out of range of the leg kick from Ginger.
Ginger jabs Yan right on the nose. Yan blinks but takes it well.
Yan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ginger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ginger connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ginger sends Yan crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ginger is motioning to the referee to let Yan up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Yan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yan throws a poor cross that misses
and Ginger counters with a huge left! Yan is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ginger isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Yan from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ginger!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haitian Ginger!
A victorious Haitian Ginger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.