PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Gong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray J (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). J has chosen Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. J has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gong
vs
J

169 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior Gong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray J!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from J as Gong shoots in.
J looks gassed!

Gong drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
J is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gong has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Gong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by J, who protects the arm well.
J pushes Gong away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gong gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gong advances to full mount.

Gong is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but J is surviving well by controlling Gong's body position as best he can.

Gong has control of J's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and J regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gong looking to secure an arm triangle but J defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
J is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Gong is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, J has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Gong working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. J turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Gong off and cradles J's limp body as Gong celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Junior Gong!