PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Ngo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ling's entrance music is Parkway Drive - Hollow Man. A fine choice. The key to victory for Jeff Ling has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ling
vs
Ngo

182 cm
25
188 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
190 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Ngo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngo moves out of range of the strikes.
Ngo fails with a takedown attempt.
Ngo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ling sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ngo somewhat.

Ngo dives in and scores a takedown into Ling's guard.
Ngo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ngo won't allow Ling to sweep him here.
Ngo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ling swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Henry Ngo wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ngo ducks under a wild hook from Ling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngo shoots in for a double leg but Ling sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jeff Ling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Ngo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ling sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ngo somewhat.
Ngo walks into a stiff left hand from Ling.
Ling works Ngo's body with a nice hook.
Ngo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ling scores with a hook.
Ngo throws a head kick that misses.
Ngo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ling misses with a double jab

and Ngo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ling won't be happy with that.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ling is looking for a sweep.
Ngo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ling sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ling tries to buck Ngo off but Ngo is having none of it.
Ngo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ngo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ngo working the body and head with strikes.
Ngo working the head and body with strikes.
Ling is looking for a sweep.

Ngo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ling is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
An elbow from Ngo crashes against the mat.

Ngo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ling has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ling tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ngo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ngo throws an elbow but Ling slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ngo is looking to take a break and control but Ling is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ngo looks up at the clock and then as Ling takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ngo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ling prevents Ngo from moving into mount.

Ngo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ngo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ngo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngo is looking to take a break and control but Ling is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Ngo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ling has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ling is trying to control Ngo's posture but Ngo avoids it.
Ngo looks up at the clock and then as Ling takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ngo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ling gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ngo wants to control the pace but Ling is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Ngo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ngo clinches up against the cage.
Ngo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ling fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ngo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ling but Ling pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ngo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jeff Ling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Ngo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ling connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Horrible takedown by Ngo or perhaps it was just good defense by Ling which made him look bad.
Ling throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice takedown defense from Ling. No joy for Ngo on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ling keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ngo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ling counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jeff Ling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ling dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ngo. That did some damage!
Ngo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ling manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ngo fails with a takedown attempt.
Ling throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ngo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ngo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ling quickly recovers to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ngo is thwarting Ling's attempts to control the position.
Henry Ngo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ngo in particular looking to stall.
Ngo wants to take a breather but Ling is having none of it.
Ling controlling the position well.

Ngo is looking for a kimura here.
Ling trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngo thows a huge punch but Ling dodges it nicely.

Ngo is trying to work for a kimura but Ling is defending well.
Ling has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ngo is working away from the top position though.
Ngo wants to control but Ling is keeping him busy.
Ngo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ngo is keen to just control but Ling is a slippery customer.

Ngo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ling is just riding it out for now. Ngo eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ngo is stalling here. Ling is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ngo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ling has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ngo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ngo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ngo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Ngo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Ngo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ling lands a body shot.
Henry Ngo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ngo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ngo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ling.
Ngo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ling as he jumps to the side.
Ngo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ling circles away.
Jeff Ling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Ngo.
Ngo fails to land the takedown.

Ling gets caught flat footed, as Ngo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ling is on top in guard.
Ngo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ngo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ngo's guard.
Ngo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Ling gets to his feet. Ngo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ngo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ling keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ling misses the shot to the body.
Ling lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Ngo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ngo trying to control but Ling is working from the bottom.
Ngo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ling swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ngo lands a couple of elbows.
Ngo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ling works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ngo postures up in Ling's guard and throws a big left but Ling blocks it.
Ngo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ling wants to sweep but no luck.
Ngo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ling swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ngo chips away with some ground and pound.
Ngo forces his way into half guard.
Jeff Ling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ngo in particular looking to stall.
Ngo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ling does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Ngo.
Ngo thows a huge punch but Ling dodges it nicely.
Ling is staying active underneath Ngo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ngo misses with a head shot. Ling uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ngo passes Ling's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Ngo there.
Ling is looking to improve his position.
Ngo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ngo landing strikes from the mount and Ling is in trouble!
Ling takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ngo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ngo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ling to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ling shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Ngo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ngo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Ngo!
After the big win, Henry Ngo made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors MMA ANIMAL and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.