PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve Zaretski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Andreas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andreas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Leila k - Electric kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Andreas Andreas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zaretski
vs
Andreas

178 cm
21
157 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

178 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

[MMABR] Winners' Supplements
[MMABR] Killer Bee Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Zaretski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andreas Andreas!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andreas fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zaretski. Andreas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaretski moves out of range as Andreas strikes.
Andreas throws a right and a left that Zaretski avoids nicely.
Andreas tries to clinch up but Zaretski circles away and keeps his distance.
Andreas misses the shot to the body.
Andreas misses with the combination.
Zaretski throws a body punch but Andreas moves out of range.
Zaretski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Andreas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andreas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zaretski punishes Andreas's body with a nice straight punch.

Zaretski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Andreas's half guard.

Zaretski is looking for a kimura here.
Zaretski winds up and cracks Andreas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Andreas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zaretski pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Zaretski.
Zaretski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Andreas wants to improve his position but Zaretski is controlling well.
Zaretski is nestled in close to Andreas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Andreas tries to roll over but Zaretski keeps him under control.

Zaretski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Andreas manages to get to full guard.
Zaretski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Andreas can't keep his opponent in guard - Zaretski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zaretski winds up and cracks Andreas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Andreas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Zaretski 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.

Zaretski is trying to work for a kimura but Andreas is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zaretski blocks the strikes from Andreas.
Andreas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zaretski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zaretski's back!

Zaretski defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Andreas's arms.
Andreas looks gassed!
Zaretski manages to reverse the position and now he's in Andreas's guard. Nice work there by Zaretski.

Andreas looking for a guillotine here but Zaretski defends easily.

Andreas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zaretski is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Zaretski chips away with some ground and pound.
Zaretski stopping the sweep attempt from Andreas.
Zaretski slips nicely into half guard.

Andreas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Zaretski there.

Andreas actively working from the bottom here.
Andreas has hold of Zaretski's hands but Zaretski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Andreas has hold of Zaretski's hands but Zaretski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zaretski slips a nice elbow through Andreas's hands, connecting with Andreas's forehead.
Zaretski drops an elbow to the side of Andreas's head.
Andreas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zaretski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zaretski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Andreas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zaretski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zaretski's back!
Zaretski rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Andreas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zaretski missing with punches from the bottom.

Andreas is working for a submission of some sort.
Zaretski manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Zaretski dominated that 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.

Andreas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andreas is looking to clinch.
Zaretski misses with a looping left.
Andreas scores with a decent looking hook.
Andreas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zaretski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Zaretski drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zaretski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zaretski throwing strikes but missing.

Andreas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zaretski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Zaretski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Zaretski cracks Andreas with a solid left hand.
Andreas is breathing heavily.
Zaretski cracks Andreas with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaretski is working Andreas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Andreas is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zaretski is aware though and is defending well.
Zaretski content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zaretski landing some decent shots from guard.
Zaretski passes Andreas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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. Zaretski connects with a nice short shot to Andreas's temple.
Steve Zaretski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Andreas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Andreas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Andreas taking some punishment here, with Zaretski in his half guard.

Andreas looking for submissions off his back.
Andreas is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaretski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Andreas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zaretski with a couple of short strikes.
Andreas is working to get back to half guard.
Andreas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Andreas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Andreas stopping the sweep attempt from Zaretski.
Zaretski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Andreas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Zaretski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaretski slips a nice elbow through Andreas's hands, connecting with Andreas's forehead.

Andreas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Andreas actively working from the bottom here.
Zaretski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Andreas is in trouble now - Zaretski has advanced to mount!
Zaretski cracks Andreas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zaretski with shots to the head and body - Andreas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Andreas slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Andreas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zaretski pulls his head out easily.
Zaretski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Zaretski.
Zaretski lands with a punch from half guard.
Zaretski working the head and body with strikes.
Andreas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zaretski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zaretski's back!
Zaretski rolls, trying to escape but Andreas keeps control of the position.

Andreas is looking for the choke from the back position but Zaretski is controlling his hands well.

Andreas is persistently looking for the submission but Zaretski is defending it well.

Andreas is looking for the choke from the back position but Zaretski is controlling his hands well.

Zaretski preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Andreas.
Andreas is trying to stick to Zaretski's back but Zaretski is turning into Andreas. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Andreas's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Zaretski.

Andreas working for a triangle but Zaretski defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Zaretski dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Zaretski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zaretski throws a body punch but Andreas moves out of range.

Andreas closes the distance and pushes Zaretski back into the cage.
Andreas wants to break the clinch but can't.

Zaretski jumps into guard, dragging Andreas to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Andreas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Zaretski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zaretski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zaretski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zaretski is nestled in close to Andreas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaretski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Andreas has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Zaretski escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Zaretski!
Andreas takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zaretski working the head with strikes.
Zaretski cracks Andreas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Andreas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zaretski lands a decent elbow from side control.
Andreas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Zaretski is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Andreas is trying to escape and Zaretski transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Andreas is forced to tap! Nice work there by Zaretski! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steve Zaretski!