PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Deveon Zelda (ranked 2924 p4p, 2716 weight class) and Kael Gardener (ranked 332 p4p, 311 weight class). Zelda comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique - The Point of No Return. Kael Gardener has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zelda
vs
Gardener

178 cm
19
177
3 - 5 - 0

182 cm
19
175
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Deveon Zelda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kael Gardener!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardener keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gardener missing with a left hand there. Zelda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zelda swings widly with a right hand
and Gardener counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Deveon Zelda has been cut.
Zelda has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Zelda on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Zelda is rocked!
Zelda misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Zelda.
A little jabbing left from Gardener on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gardener wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gardener throws a shot from downtown. Zelda moves away and avoids it.
Zelda throws a shot from downtown. Gardener moves away and avoids it.
Zelda misses with a lunging right hand
and Gardener counters with a nice uppercut.
Zelda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gardener sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gardener scores with a sloppy right hand. Zelda should have avoided that one.
Oh Zelda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Gardener misses its intended target.
Gardener drops Zelda with a naaaaasty hook - Zelda is in real trouble here! Gardener dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kael Gardener!
Kael Gardener seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.