PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roby Leed (ranked 3390 p4p, 3316 weight class) and Dave Zaroni (ranked 422 p4p, 410 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Leed
vs
Zaroni

180 cm
25
170
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roby Leed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Zaroni!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leed tries to clinch but Zaroni is having none of it.
Zaroni tries to counter by closing the distance.
Zaroni lands a glancing blow to the side of Leed's head.
A right-left combo lands from Zaroni.

It looks like Roby Leed has been cut.
Leed is looking to clinch.
Leed moves in looking to clinch but Zaroni pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zaroni! But no joy.
Leed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zaroni! But no joy.
Zaroni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Leed.

Leed gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Leed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zaroni is struggling to control the position.
Zaroni lands with a left to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Leed has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Zaroni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Leed backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaroni lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaroni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Leed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leed throws a series of punches but Zaroni avoids them all with ease.
Leed tries to clinch up.
A jab from Zaroni finds it's way through Leed's defenses.
Leed on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Leed takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Zaroni tries to keep at a distance but Leed has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zaroni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Leed backwards.
Zaroni lands a left hand.
Leed tries to break the clinch but Zaroni is controlling the position.
Zaroni lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leed tries to break free but Zaroni pushes him back against the cage.
Zaroni scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaroni throws a punch but it's blocked by Leed.
Leed wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zaroni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zaroni holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zaroni scores with a hook to the body.
Leed working hard to break the clinch.
Zaroni lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Zaroni.
Leed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zaroni has him pressed against the cage.
Leed blocks an uppercut.
Leed can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaroni effectively controlling the action here.
Zaroni working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zaroni cracks Leed with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Zaroni - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Zaroni on the inside.
Zaroni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leed backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zaroni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zaroni misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Zaroni.
Leed takes a shot to the head.
Leed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zaroni is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaroni works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Zaroni.
Zaroni lands with a light punch inside.
Zaroni lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaroni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zaroni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leed backwards.
Zaroni lands with a light punch inside.
Zaroni lands a shot to the body.
Leed is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaroni creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaroni lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zaroni is stalling here.
Zaroni lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Zaroni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roby Leed's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Leed needs to keep his hands up - Zaroni had a free shot at his head there.
Zaroni lands with an overhand left.
Dave Zaroni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Leed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zaroni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roby Leed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leed throws a big shot that misses.
Zaroni keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Leed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Zaroni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Leed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zaroni scores with a jab.
Leed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Zaroni - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaroni connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zaroni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leed just misses with a punch to the body.
Zaroni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Leed. Leed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Leed takes a swing at Zaroni's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leed tries a head kick but it misses.
Zaroni tests Leed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zaroni lands a nice shot that snaps Leed's head back.

Leed is rocked!

Zaroni gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Zaroni.
Zaroni lands a right hand that snaps the head of Leed backwards.
Zaroni lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zaroni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Leed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zaroni lands with a short shot to the head.
Zaroni misses with some punches.
Leed seems to have got his legs back now.
Still in the clinch, Zaroni scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaroni lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Zaroni.
Zaroni lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Leed to his knees! Zaroni keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Zaroni!
A relieved looking Dave Zaroni thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.