PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyjoto Maskida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Zork (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maskida might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall. Zork has chosen Rise Against - Behind Closed Doors as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sal Zork was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Maskida
vs
Zork

178 cm
22
162 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
24
160 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Fenrir Fightgear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyjoto Maskida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sal Zork!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zork throws a shot from downtown. Maskida moves away and avoids it.
Maskida missing with a left hand there. Zork was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Maskida misses the target.
Maskida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Maskida.
Maskida throws a shot from downtown. Zork moves away and avoids it.

Zork rushes Maskida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maskida tries to pull guard but Zork won't allow it.
Maskida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maskida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Maskida jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zork walks away with a smile on his face. Maskida gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyjoto Maskida. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Zork moves into the clinch.
Maskida misses with a punch on the inside.

Zork drags the fight down to the ground.
Maskida won't allow Zork to get back to his feet.
Maskida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maskida trying to control but Zork is working from the bottom.
Maskida 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.
Zork trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Zork pulls Maskida in close to prevent any damage.
Maskida wants to control from the top but Zork keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maskida won't allow Zork to sweep him here.
Zork utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maskida scores with a sloppy right hand. Zork should have avoided that one.

Maskida tries to keep at a distance but Zork has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maskida is looking to break free of the clinch but Zork has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Zork.

Zork pulls guard effortlessly.
Zork tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Maskida drops back looking for a leg! Zork is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zork manages to kick Maskida off! Maskida jumps back into Zork's guard.
Zork looking to control.

Maskida drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Zork manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Maskida has Zork in his guard.

Maskida is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zork is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zork is working Maskida over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zork stands and throws Maskida's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Zork wants to control but Maskida is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maskida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maskida regains half guard.
Zork takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Maskida looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Zork perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maskida is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zork pulls his head out easily.
Maskida is breathing heavily.
Zork uses his free foot to push down on Maskida's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Maskida.
Zork fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zork cracks Maskida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maskida tries to improve his position but instead Zork has taken his back!
Maskida is really stuck here.
Zork cracks Maskida with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Maskida from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Zork is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Maskida up.

Zork looking for the choke but no joy.

Zork has managed to slip his arm under Maskida's chin. This could be all over... yep, Maskida is tapping out! Submission win for Zork.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sal Zork!