PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Crash (ranked 2995 p4p, 2598 weight class) and Da Jiang (ranked 347 p4p, 312 weight class). Joey Crash looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Crash
vs
Jiang

175 cm
23
168
5 - 5 - 1

168 cm
21
155
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joey Crash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crash throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiang.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jiang. Crash does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jiang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jiang with a nice cross.
Jiang with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jiang throws a predictable looking body shot
and Crash counters with a straight right hand.
Jiang misses with a lunging right hand
and Crash counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crash tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crash throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crash slips under a jab.
Da Jiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jiang throws a series of punches but Crash avoids them all with ease.
Jiang throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Crash counters with a straight right hand.
Crash throws a hook but Jiang avoids it easily.
It seemed like Jiang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jiang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick lands for Jiang.
Jiang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jiang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crash sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jiang clinches up against the cage.
Jiang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jiang throws a punch but it's blocked by Crash.
A nice left hand lands by Jiang.
Crash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Crash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jiang lands with an uppercut that bounces Crash off the cage and back into range.
Jiang thows a leg kick but Crash checks it
and Crash counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crash has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jiang finds it's way round the side to connect with Crash's head.

Crash is rocked!
Jiang is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Crash hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Da Jiang!