PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zach Collins (ranked 3275 p4p, 4535 weight class) and Jon Targaryen (ranked 333 p4p, 413 weight class). Targaryen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. boom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Collins
vs
Targaryen

175 cm
26
155
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
26
153
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zach Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Targaryen!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Targaryen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Collins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Targaryen throws a right hand that misses

so Collins counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Targaryen wants to get back to his feet but Collins passes into half guard.

Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.
Targaryen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Collins.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.
Collins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Targaryen defending well though.
Collins lands strikes from half guard.
Collins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Collins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Collins slips a nice elbow through Targaryen's hands, connecting with Targaryen's forehead.
Targaryen taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Targaryen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Collins.
Targaryen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Collins.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.
Targaryen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Collins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Targaryen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Collins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Collins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Collins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Collins scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Collins seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Targaryen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Collins.
Collins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Collins prevents Targaryen from improving his position.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.

Collins is looking for a kimura but Targaryen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Collins to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Collins.
Collins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Collins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins thows a huge punch but Targaryen dodges it nicely.
Collins drops an elbow to the side of Targaryen's head.
Targaryen has hold of Collins's hands but Collins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Collins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Collins working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Targaryen taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Collins drops an elbow to the side of Targaryen's head.
Collins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Collins dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Collins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Targaryen throws a poor cross that misses

and Collins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Collins.
Targaryen wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Collins manages to pass to side control.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Targaryen can do to turn this around?

Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Targaryen's head.
Collins throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Collins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Targaryen taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Collins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins is nestled in close to Targaryen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins works his foot free and advances to mount.
Collins lands a big elbow.
Collins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Collins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Targaryen taking shots to the head.

Targaryen is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Targaryen covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Collins!
A very excited looking Zach Collins rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
The defeated Jon Targaryen had this to say: 'until next time'.