PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Emong Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhou Fei Chi Song (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salvacion comes into the arena with I'm bringing it blaring out of the sound system. Zhou Fei Chi Song will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Salvacion
vs
Fei Chi Song

178 cm
19
153 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
31
154 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emong Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zhou Fei Chi Song!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Salvacion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fei Chi Song swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salvacion throws a nice looking combination but Fei Chi Song bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Fei Chi Song.
No luck for Salvacion with that takedown attempt.

Fei Chi Song darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Salvacion has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fei Chi Song is working away from the top position though.
Salvacion keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Salvacion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Salvacion tries to get out of the position.
Fei Chi Song throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fei Chi Song wants to control but Salvacion is keeping him busy.
Fei Chi Song misses with a head shot. Salvacion uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Salvacion's head.
Salvacion pulls Fei Chi Song in close to prevent any damage.
Fei Chi Song throwing strikes from guard but Salvacion blocks nicely.
Fei Chi Song lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salvacion looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fei Chi Song is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fei Chi Song missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Salvacion pushes Fei Chi Song off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song works the jab nicely.
Salvacion shoots in looking for a takedown. Fei Chi Song tries to sprawl out of it but Salvacion keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fei Chi Song manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fei Chi Song throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Fei Chi Song throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Salvacion tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fei Chi Song is in Salvacion's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fei Chi Song is looking to work some ground and pound but Salvacion has wrist control.
Fei Chi Song working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fei Chi Song postures up in Salvacion's guard and throws a big left but Salvacion blocks it.
Fei Chi Song postures up in Salvacion's guard and throws a big left but Salvacion blocks it.
Fei Chi Song throws a big right hand that misses.
Fei Chi Song scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Salvacion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fei Chi Song has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song trying to control but Salvacion is working from the bottom.
Fei Chi Song working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Salvacion's head.
Salvacion wants to sweep but no luck.
Salvacion is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fei Chi Song loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fei Chi Song is looking to stand up but Salvacion won't let him.
Fei Chi Song throwing strikes from guard but Salvacion blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fei Chi Song accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salvacion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Salvacion is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fei Chi Song pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Salvacion is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fei Chi Song wants to control from the top but Salvacion keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Salvacion misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhou Fei Chi Song dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Salvacion misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Salvacion looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salvacion throwing strikes but missing.
Fei Chi Song tries to strike from the bottom.
Salvacion landing some decent shots from guard.
Salvacion stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fei Chi Song swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fei Chi Song manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salvacion manages to get himself to full guard.
Salvacion manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fei Chi Song manages to get himself to full guard.
Salvacion controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Salvacion is controlling him.
Fei Chi Song throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Salvacion wants to control from the top but Fei Chi Song keeps moving.
Salvacion scoring with some ground and pound.
Salvacion landing with the ground and pound.

Fei Chi Song is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Fei Chi Song escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song looks to land a combination but Salvacion avoids it well.
Fei Chi Song just misses with a punch to the body.
Salvacion shoots in for a takedown but Fei Chi Song shows good takedown defense.
Fei Chi Song shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Salvacion defends it nicely.
Salvacion tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fei Chi Song throws a jab but it's blocked by Salvacion.
Fei Chi Song shoots in but no luck this time.
Salvacion on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Salvacion shoots in and drives through. Fei Chi Song sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emong Salvacion. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Salvacion changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fei Chi Song looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salvacion throws an elbow but Fei Chi Song slips to the side and avoids it well.
Salvacion scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fei Chi Song takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Salvacion lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song is trying to control Salvacion's posture but Salvacion avoids it.
Salvacion scores with punches from side control.
Salvacion is chipping away with strikes.
Salvacion scores with a couple of short elbows.
Salvacion scoring with punches from side control.
Salvacion working the head and body with strikes.
Salvacion lands a few punches from side control.
Fei Chi Song takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fei Chi Song is looking to reverse the position.
Salvacion is putting a hurting on Fei Chi Song here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Check out the look on Salvacion's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Salvacion sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fei Chi Song is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Salvacion scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fei Chi Song to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fei Chi Song keeps working.
Salvacion lands a nice forearm strike.
Salvacion working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fei Chi Song manages to get back to half guard.
Salvacion drops an elbow to the side of Fei Chi Song's head.
Fei Chi Song works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emong Salvacion dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fei Chi Song will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salvacion avoids the body shot from Fei Chi Song.
Salvacion doesn't manage to clinch there - Fei Chi Song circles away.

Fei Chi Song gets caught flat footed, as Salvacion shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Salvacion content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salvacion wants to control from the top but Fei Chi Song keeps moving.
Salvacion has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Fei Chi Song has his feet on Salvacion's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Salvacion moves away from the strike by Fei Chi Song.
Fei Chi Song stuffs the takedown attempt from Salvacion. Salvacion gets slowly back to his feet.
Fei Chi Song throws a right hand that Salvacion ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvacion also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fei Chi Song misses with a wild body shot.

Salvacion gets the takedown into side control.
Salvacion looks up at the clock and then as Fei Chi Song takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Salvacion smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fei Chi Song regains half guard.
Salvacion slips a nice elbow through Fei Chi Song's hands, connecting with Fei Chi Song's forehead.
Salvacion thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fei Chi Song's head.
Emong Salvacion overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salvacion seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Salvacion scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Salvacion there.
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!
Fei Chi Song throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Salvacion not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salvacion is nestled in close to Fei Chi Song, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Salvacion in particular looking to stall.
Salvacion is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvacion landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Fei Chi Song looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fei Chi Song takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Salvacion takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Salvacion is controlling the pace.
Salvacion seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fei Chi Song does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Salvacion winds up and cracks Fei Chi Song with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Salvacion in particular looking to stall.
Salvacion thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Salvacion trying to control from Fei Chi Song's half guard. Fei Chi Song has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Salvacion wants to control from the top but Fei Chi Song keeps moving.
Salvacion working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fei Chi Song wants to sweep but no luck.
Salvacion connects with a couple of short punches.

Salvacion is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Fei Chi Song has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Salvacion is looking to defend but Fei Chi Song has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Salvacion! Fei Chi Song pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Salvacion taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Zhou Fei Chi Song!
During a confident post fight interview, Zhou Fei Chi Song thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.