PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Christ (ranked 5501 p4p, 5965 weight class) and Zheng Fei (ranked 611 p4p, 628 weight class). 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.

Christ
vs
Fei

190 cm
20
215
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
215
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimbo Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zheng Fei!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fei ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Christ throws a poor cross that misses
and Fei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Christ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fei circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fei! But no joy.
Christ misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fei! But no joy.
Fei takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Christ tries to bum rush Fei with a series of wild strikes but Fei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fei looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.
Christ swings widly with a right hand
and Fei counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ throws a shot from downtown. Fei moves away and avoids it.
Christ misses with a hook
and Fei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christ misses with a left hand
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ connects with a looping right hand.
Christ misses with a series of wild punches.
Jimbo Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fei.
It seemed like Fei was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Fei misses its intended target.
Christ throws an overhand right that lands on Fei's shoulder, as Fei tries to avoid the shot.
Christ is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Christ throws an off balance right hand
and Fei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fei slips a straight right by Christ.
Christ misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Christ misses the target.
Christ misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Fei was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fei has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses the jab.
Christ misses with a jab to the body
and Fei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fei misses with a lunging right hand
and Christ counters with a nice uppercut.
Fei throws a hook but Christ blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Christ misses.
Donk. Christ catches Fei right on the button with a cross.
Christ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fei.
Fei slips a jab from Christ.
Fei throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Christ misses with a hook
and Fei counters with a nice uppercut.
Christ misses with a shot to the body
and Fei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Christ.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei slips a straight right by Christ.
Fei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Fei misses.
Fei moves away from the strike by Christ.
Fei throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Fei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christ throws a lazy uppercut
and Fei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Christ throws a poor cross that misses
and Fei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fei is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Christ had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Fei misses with a straight right.
Christ throws a combination that misses
and Fei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good shot there by Christ.
A combination from Christ does no damage.
Fei looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei loads up on a big right hand but Christ slips the punch.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Christ swings widly with a right hand

and Fei counters with a nice right hand that sends Christ toppling to the canvas! Christ scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fei finish him?!

Christ is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fei counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zheng Fei!
During a confident post fight interview, Zheng Fei thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.