PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zac Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zimmerman comes to the cage accompanied by That Aint My America - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Bobby Lashley is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zimmerman
vs
Lashley

189 cm
20
230 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
255 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zac Zimmerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lashley shoots in looking for a takedown. Zimmerman tries to sprawl out of it but Lashley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zimmerman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lashley looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Lashley doesn't manage to clinch there - Zimmerman circles away.

Zimmerman drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zimmerman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zimmerman distracts Lashley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zimmerman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lashley trying to control the position.
Zimmerman lands a couple of digs.
Zimmerman connects with a couple of short punches.
Zimmerman is working Lashley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zimmerman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zimmerman lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zimmerman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lashley's head.
Zimmerman pushing down on Lashley's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Zimmerman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zimmerman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zimmerman uses his free foot to push down on Lashley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lashley.
Zimmerman with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman landing shots from mount.
Zimmerman unloading with bombs!
Zimmerman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Zimmerman landing punches.
Zimmerman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lashley is in a horrible position here. Zimmerman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zimmerman breaks from Lashley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zimmerman lands a heavy elbow.
Zimmerman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Zimmerman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zimmerman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zimmerman lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
BOOM! Zimmerman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zimmerman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lashley hang on?
Zimmerman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zimmerman raining down shots from the mount!
Zimmerman dominating with strikes here.
Zimmerman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zimmerman lands a nice shot to the head.
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zimmerman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Zimmerman lands a heavy elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lashley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zimmerman breaks from Lashley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Zimmerman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lashley is looking to improve his position but Zimmerman isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Zimmerman connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zimmerman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zimmerman lands a nice shot to the head.
Lashley working to try and regain half guard.
Zimmerman working the ground and pound effectively.
Zimmerman lands a heavy elbow.
Zimmerman with good strikes from the mount here!
Zimmerman scoring with strikes but Lashley is staying in there.
Zimmerman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lashley's face.
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zimmerman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zimmerman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lashley's face.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman unloading with bombs!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lashley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zimmerman with shots to the head and body - Lashley looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zimmerman looking to finish Lashley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lashley!
Lashley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zimmerman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zimmerman lands with some strikes.
Zimmerman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zimmerman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Zimmerman lands with some strikes.
Lashley is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zimmerman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lashley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zac Zimmerman dominated that round.
That's time! Zimmerman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zimmerman is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lashley's half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zimmerman lands a nice short elbow.
Zac Zimmerman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zimmerman working over Lashley with some ground and pound. Lashley looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Zimmerman working Lashley over with strikes.
Zimmerman slips a nice elbow through Lashley's hands, connecting with Lashley's forehead.
Zimmerman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zimmerman works his way into side control.
Zimmerman lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lashley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Zimmerman in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zimmerman lands a few punches from side control.
Lashley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lashley is looking to regain half guard here but Zimmerman keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley taking punishment in the form of punches.
Zimmerman lands an elbow.
Zimmerman lands a few punches from side control.
Zimmerman lands some shots froms side control.
Zimmerman working the ground and pound from side control.
Zimmerman lands a decent elbow from side control.
Zimmerman working the head with strikes.
Zimmerman is chipping away with strikes.
Lashley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Zimmerman is chipping away with strikes.
Lashley takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zimmerman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Zimmerman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lashley can do to turn this around?
Zimmerman working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Zimmerman working the ground and pound.
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with a big right hand but Lashley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zimmerman scoring with punches and elbows.
Zimmerman is putting a hurting on Lashley here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zimmerman working the ground and pound.
Lashley misses with a strike from the bottom.
Zimmerman lands a nice forearm strike.
Zimmerman advances to mount.
Lashley taking shots to the head.
Zimmerman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lashley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Zimmerman. What's that going to do exactly?
Lashley is in a horrible position here. Zimmerman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Zimmerman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zimmerman landing shots from mount.
Zimmerman with good strikes from the mount here!
Zimmerman with good strikes from the mount here!
Zimmerman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lashley tries to lock up and control but Zimmerman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lashley is bucking up trying to escape but Zimmerman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lashley is trying to stand up.
Zimmerman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lashley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lashley is in a horrible position here. Zimmerman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zimmerman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman is landing with some decent strikes but Lashley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zimmerman unloading with bombs!
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zimmerman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lashley's face.
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lashley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zimmerman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lashley taking shots to the head.
Zimmerman lands a big elbow.
Zimmerman breaks from Lashley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lashley bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lashley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zac Zimmerman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Zimmerman misses with a takedown attempt - Lashley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zimmerman misses with a takedown attempt

and Lashley counters with a shoot takedown. Zimmerman fights it but they end up in guard.
Zimmerman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zimmerman slips a nice elbow through Lashley's hands, connecting with Lashley's forehead.
Zimmerman slips a nice elbow through Lashley's hands, connecting with Lashley's forehead.
Zimmerman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Zimmerman connects with a nice short shot to Lashley's temple.
Zimmerman moves into full mount! Lashley won't be happy about that!
Zimmerman looking to finish Lashley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lashley!
Zimmerman breaks from Lashley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Zimmerman landing punches.
Lashley taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zimmerman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zimmerman avoids the attempt from Lashley to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zimmerman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zimmerman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zimmerman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lashley hang on?
Zimmerman working Lashley over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Zimmerman.
Lashley is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lashley tries to lock up and control but Zimmerman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zimmerman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lashley's face.
Zimmerman landing strikes from the mount and Lashley is in trouble!
Zimmerman scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lashley is bucking up trying to escape but Zimmerman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Zimmerman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zimmerman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zimmerman is landing with some decent strikes but Lashley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zimmerman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zimmerman with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Lashley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zimmerman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lashley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Zimmerman landing shots from mount.
Lashley really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zimmerman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman with shots to the head and body - Lashley looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Zimmerman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zimmerman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zimmerman scoring with strikes but Lashley is staying in there.
Zimmerman lands a nice shot to the head.
Zimmerman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zimmerman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lashley can't escape the position.
Zimmerman unloading with bombs!
Zimmerman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zimmerman working Lashley over with strikes here.
Zimmerman scoring with strikes but Lashley is staying in there.
Lashley tries to lock up and control but Zimmerman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zimmerman landing strikes from the mount.
Zimmerman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Zimmerman landing strikes from the mount.
Zimmerman dominating with strikes here.
Zimmerman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman landing strikes from the mount and Lashley is in trouble!
Bobby Lashley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zimmerman cracks Lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zimmerman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Zimmerman dominating with strikes here.
Zimmerman with a couple of short strikes.
Zimmerman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zimmerman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lashley's face.
Zimmerman with the ground and pound from mount.
Zac Zimmerman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zimmerman working Lashley over with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zac Zimmerman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zimmerman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zac Zimmerman!