PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Styill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lloyd zak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Styill might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Many Men. zak is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: strenght to go on - rise against. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Styill
vs
zak

185 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Styill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, lloyd zak!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
zak fails with the takedown.
Styill misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Styill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from zak.
Styill throws a leg kick which misses zak's front leg but catches the back leg as zak tries to avoid it.
Styill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by zak.
zak shoots and misses
and Styill counters with an inside leg kick.
Greg Styill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lloyd zak.
zak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
zak throws the left hand but Styill avoids the punch easily.
Styill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from zak.
zak misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
zak fails with the takedown

and Styill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

zak breaks the clinch.
lloyd zak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Styill lands with a kick to the temple. zak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Styill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but zak manages to avoid it.

Styill moves into range and clinches up with zak.
A frustrated look appears on zak's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Styill keeps control of zak as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Styill tries to throw a body punch but zak avoids it by throwing Styill back against the cage.
zak wants a takedown.
zak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Styill smiles and moves away.
Styill shoots in but no luck this time.
Styill scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A punch combination from zak misses.
zak keeps the fight on the outside.
Styill is looking to clinch.
zak gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Styill counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
zak looks gassed!
Styill lets loose with a powerful body kick. zak will feel that in the morning.

zak feints and as Styill raises his hands in defense, zak changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
zak throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Styill wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styill looking to hit a scissor sweep but zak is one step ahead there.
zak thows a big elbow that misses.
zak has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Styill is proving hard to escape from.

Styill kicks zak off and gets to his feet.
zak misses with a takedown attempt
and Styill counters with a thumping low kick.

Styill takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Styill scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
zak is trying to break free.
zak blocks an elbow strike.
Styill tries a knee to the head but zak blocks it.
Styill lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Styill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Styill is working for takedown but zak is calmly controlling the position for now.
Styill is trying to work for a single leg takedown but zak pulls him back up using the underhooks.

zak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
zak shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Styill counters with a good low kick that zak was not able to check.
Styill cracks zak with a right hand to the side of the head.
zak with a lazy takedown attempt
and Styill makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. zak really felt that one!

Styill closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming zak to the mat! zak manages to get full guard.
Styill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Styill trying to control but zak is working from the bottom.
zak is trying to keep Styill in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styill makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Styill throws a big right hand that misses.
zak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Styill.
Styill postures up and lands a big shot to zak's brow.
Styill tries to free his leg and advance position but zak is retaining full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
zak misses with a takedown attempt

and Styill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Styill.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Styill trying to control the position from guard on top but zak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Styill dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

zak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Styill but Styill pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Styill connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Styill.
Styill paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Styill tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but zak swivels and escapes.
zak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Styill circles away.

Styill drives through with a takedown into guard.
Styill looking to sit in guard and control but zak gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
zak throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Styill trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styill keeping moving, preventing zak from controlling successfully.
Styill is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
zak thows a big elbow that misses.
zak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Styill is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Styill keeping moving, preventing zak from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Styill fails in his attempt to clinch.
zak with a lazy takedown attempt

and Styill moves into the clinch.
Greg Styill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lloyd zak.
zak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Styill taking a breather.
Styill prevents zak from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Styill's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Styill wants a takedown.
Styill trying to land knees to the body.
Styill trying to land knees to the body.
Styill pushes zak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Styill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

zak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

zak scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
zak trying to control from half guard but Styill is working away.

zak stands up out of the half guard.
zak looks for a takedown but Styill sprawls well.
An inside leg kick lands from Styill.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from zak.
Styill lands with a kick to the temple. zak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Styill throws a leg kick which misses zak's front leg but catches the back leg as zak tries to avoid it.

Styill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with zak, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by zak.
Styill tries to throw a body punch but zak avoids it by throwing Styill back against the cage.

zak breaks the clinch.
zak defending well as Styill loads up on a big left hand.
zak misses with a takedown attempt
and Styill counters with an outside leg kick.
Styill throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Styill, right into the meat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from zak.

Styill forces zak back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
zak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

zak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
zak circles away from the clinch attempt

so zak counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Styill manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
zak is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Styill there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Styill throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for zak because Styill loaded up on that one.
Styill dominating with strikes here.
zak wants to hold on but Styill pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but lloyd zak will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

zak fails with the takedown
and Styill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Styill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Styill shoots and misses
and zak counters with a right hand to the body.

Styill has closed the distance and engaged zak in a clinch.
zak fails to pull guard.
zak is trying to break the clinch but Styill has him pressed against the cage.

zak manages to break the clinch.

zak closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Styill to the mat! Styill manages to get full guard.
zak trying to control the position from guard on top but Styill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Styill wants to get back to his feet but zak is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Styill keeping full guard, as zak tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Styill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zak lands a couple of elbows.
zak working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Styill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Styill trying to keep a closed guard but zak is proving a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
zak has his takedown stuffed
and Styill counters with a head kick. That will keep zak thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Greg Styill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lloyd zak.
Nice sprawl there from Styill as zak shoots in.

Styill forces zak back against the cage and clinches.

zak manages to break the clinch.
Styill buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
zak shoots in and drives through. Styill sprawls well.

Styill clinches.

zak breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Styill.
zak shoots in looking for a takedown. Styill tries to sprawl out of it but zak keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Styill manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Styill moves into the clinch.
Styill goes for a takedown in the clinch but zak prevents it.
Styill prevents zak from breaking the clinch.
zak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Styill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with zak's elbow.

zak pulls Styill into guard.
Styill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Styill trying to control but zak is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styill sitting in guard, not really doing much.

zak pushes Styill off and scrambles back to his feet.

zak closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on zak's face as he tries to break the clinch.

zak breaks the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Styill, right into the meat.
No joy there for Styill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Styill keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

zak looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Styill!
zak throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Styill gets back to half guard.
Styill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from zak.
Styill is refusing to be controlled, as zak sits in half guard.
Styill blocking the ground and pound attempt from zak.
zak is keen to just control but Styill is a slippery customer.
lloyd zak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Styill trying to control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
lloyd zak comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think zak has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... lloyd zak!