PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Da Jiang (ranked 5 p4p, 43 weight class) and Maurits Assndrop (ranked 1 p4p, 5 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jiang
vs
Assndrop

168 cm
27
155
20 - 1 - 2

168 cm
34
140
28 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Conviction

Shadow Realm Apparel
NARCOS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 1 - 2, fighting out of New York, Da Jiang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Maurits Assndrop!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiang throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Assndrop to counter with a crisp jab.
Assndrop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Assndrop waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jiang.
Jiang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assndrop misses with a low kick.
Jiang misses with an uppercut.
Assndrop connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jiang. Jiang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Assndrop takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Jiang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Assndrop, pushing him back against the cage.
Assndrop has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Jiang looking to stall.
Assndrop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Jiang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Assndrop scores with a shot to the side of Jiang's head.
Assndrop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assndrop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang misses with a body punch.
Assndrop throws a head punch that misses.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assndrop lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assndrop tries to pull guard but Jiang forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Assndrop is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jiang to keep the fight standing.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Jiang misses with a body punch.
Assndrop working aggressively here.
Jiang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Assndrop is defending well for now.
I was talking to Jiang's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jiang lands a right hand.
Assndrop lands with a short shot to the head.
Assndrop misses with a punch on the inside.
Assndrop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jiangs head.
Jiang is looking to control Assndrop's arms but Assndrop gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jiang has his back to the cage.
Assndrop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Assndrop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jiang blocks a body shot from Assndrop.
Jiang blocking some punches.
Jiang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jiang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Assndrop or not.
Assndrop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assndrop swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assndrop backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jiang.
A head punch on the inside from Assndrop fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jiang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Assndrop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Assndrop throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Jiang wants to stall.
Assndrop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Assndrop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Assndrop managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Jiang digs a right hand underneath Assndrop's ribcage. Assndrop let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Assndrop has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Assndrop throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Jiang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jiang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Assndrop is defending well for now.
Assndrop makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jiang lands a knee to the body.
Assndrop looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jiang prevents a body shot from Assndrop.
Jiang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assndrop backwards.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assndrop avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jiang.
Jiang scores a nice knee to the body.
Assndrop misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jiang.
Assndrop avoiding damage as Jiang throws knees to the body.
Jiang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jiang misses with a punch to the body.
Assndrop throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Assndrop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiang is struggling to control the position.
A body shot lands from Jiang.
Assndrop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jiang's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jiang digs a right hand underneath Assndrop's ribcage. Assndrop let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assndrop misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Jiang.
Assndrop takes a shot to the head.
Jiang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Assndrop is defending well for now.
Assndrop is trying to pull guard but Jiang turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Da Jiang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurits Assndrop.
A head punch on the inside from Assndrop fails to land.
Jiang scores a nice knee to the body.
Assndrop throws a head punch that misses.
Jiang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Assndrop in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
Jiang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Assndrops head.
Jiang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jiang misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jiang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jiang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jiang digs a right hand underneath Assndrop's ribcage. Assndrop let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees to the body from Jiang.
Jiang scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Jiang.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Da Jiang dominated that round.
That's time! Jiang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jiang's jab looks to have found its range, popping Assndrop under the eye.
Assndrop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Assndrop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Jiang lands a big head kick that sends Assndrop tumbling to the mat! Jiang takes a step backwards and waves Assndrop back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Assndrop is rocked!

It looks like Maurits Assndrop has been cut.
Jiang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Assndrop can do to turn this around?
Nice body kick from Jiang.
Assndrop is still on wobbly legs! Can Jiang finish him?
Jiang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Assndrop's sensitive parts.
Are you kidding me?! Jiang ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Assndrop clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Da Jiang!
Da Jiang retains his lightweight title!
Da Jiang thanked the fans post fight for their support.