PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Man Zend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malachy Neill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Zend
vs
Neill

205 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Man Zend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Malachy Neill!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Neill looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Neill wants to stand but Zend has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Neill is working for a submission of some sort.
Neill looks gassed!
Zend looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zend kicks Neill off and gets back to his feet.
Neill shoots in for a double leg but Zend sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Malachy Neill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Zend cracks a nice hook into Neill's ribs.
Zend dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Neill. That did some damage!
Zend lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zend comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Neill avoids the head kick by Zend.
Neill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Man Zend is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zend scores with a nice body kick.
Zend pushes Neill away with a front kick.
Zend displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Neill.
Man Zend has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malachy Neill.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Zend lands.
Neill tries for a takedown but Zend sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Zend - that will leave a mark!
Left hook, right uppercut from Zend.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zend punishes Neill's body with a nice straight punch.
Zend throws a leg kick which misses Neill's front leg but catches the back leg as Neill tries to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Zend finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Zend.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zend lands a with a good body shot.
Zend is looking to slow Neill down with leg kicks.
Zend lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Neill dives in and grabs Zend's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zend pushes down on Neill's head and hops out.
Zend scores with a body shot.

Zend drops Neill with a beautiful combination! Neill stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Zend is looking for the KO!

Neill is rocked!

It looks like Malachy Neill has been cut.
Zend dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Neill. That did some damage!
Neill is still on wobbly legs! Can Zend finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body kick there by Zend.
Neill seems to have recovered his senses.
Zend lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Man Zend dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malachy Neill's cut.
That's time! Zend's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Neill closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zend circles away.
Man Zend is winning the standup battle so far.

Zend sends Neill crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zend is motioning to the referee to let Neill up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Zend throws an overhand right that has Neill reeling! Zend follows up with more punches and Neill is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Man Zend!