PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between FOSTER Zwingman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferjand Borkanjd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for FOSTER Zwingman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zwingman
vs
Borkanjd

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

White Gorilla Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, FOSTER Zwingman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ferjand Borkanjd!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borkanjd blocks a head kick by Zwingman.
Zwingman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Borkanjd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zwingman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferjand Borkanjd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borkanjd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borkanjd looks to land a right hand but Zwingman moved out of range.

Zwingman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Borkanjd controlling Zwingman's posture.
Zwingman stopping the sweep attempt from Borkanjd.
Zwingman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zwingman tries to free his leg and advance position but Borkanjd is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borkanjd trying to keep a closed guard but Zwingman is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Borkanjd looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Zwingman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwingman is trying to control. Borkanjd wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zwingman lands with a punch from half guard.
Borkanjd missing with punches from the bottom.
Zwingman trying to control the pace.
Zwingman seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Borkanjd for as long as he can get away with.
Zwingman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Borkanjd is trying to maintain the position but Zwingman is very close to passing his half guard.
Zwingman passes to full mount!
Borkanjd is looking to improve his position but Zwingman isn't that keen on the idea.
Borkanjd tries to hold on but Zwingman postures up.
Zwingman with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Zwingman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zwingman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borkanjd wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Borkanjd tries to hold on but Zwingman postures up.
Borkanjd is desperately trying to improve his position but Zwingman has a good base and remains in mount.
Zwingman working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zwingman raining down shots from the mount!
Borkanjd tries to hold on but Zwingman postures up.
Zwingman looking to finish Borkanjd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borkanjd!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman landing strikes from the mount and Borkanjd is in trouble!
Borkanjd is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zwingman 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.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zwingman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zwingman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Borkanjd looks a forlorn figure.
Zwingman is landing with some decent strikes but Borkanjd is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zwingman controlling his opponent.
Borkanjd tries to lock up and control but Zwingman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zwingman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zwingman landing strikes from the mount and Borkanjd is in trouble!
Borkanjd really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zwingman lands a nice shot to the head.
Zwingman landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zwingman unloading with bombs!
Zwingman lands a heavy elbow.
Zwingman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Borkanjd can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zwingman prevents Borkanjd from getting the reversal.
Borkanjd looks gassed!
Zwingman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zwingman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Borkanjd takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zwingman lands a nice shot to the head.
Zwingman with a couple of short strikes.

Borkanjd is rocked!
Borkanjd tries to lock up and control but Zwingman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zwingman wants to control the pace but Borkanjd is squirming around nicely.
Zwingman scoring with strikes but Borkanjd is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borkanjd is trying to escape the mount.
Borkanjd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zwingman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zwingman lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zwingman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zwingman moves away from the strike by Borkanjd.
Zwingman throws a head kick but Borkanjd moves out of range.
Zwingman throws a sloppy head kick and Borkanjd moves out of range easily.
Borkanjd throws a looping overhand right but Zwingman ducks down to avoid it.
Borkanjd avoids the head kick by Zwingman.
Zwingman tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Borkanjd misses.
Borkanjd thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zwingman throws a head kick that misses.
Zwingman misses with a head kick.
Zwingman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borkanjd.
Borkanjd throws out a loose jab but Zwingman uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borkanjd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zwingman swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Zwingman closes the distance and clinches.
Borkanjd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Borkanjd has a couple of punches blocked by Zwingman.
Zwingman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borkanjd's elbow.
Zwingman is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borkanjd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zwingman is pushing Borkanjd up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zwingman wants a takedown.
Borkanjd prevents a body shot from Zwingman.
Zwingman wants a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zwingman.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zwingman misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Zwingman.
Zwingman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Borkanjd gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for FOSTER Zwingman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zwingman cracks Borkanjd with a nice body shot.
Zwingman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Borkanjd pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zwingman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Borkanjd prevents it.
Zwingman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zwingman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zwingman is trying to drag Borkanjd to the mat but Borkanjd just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A shot in the inside from Borkanjd.
Borkanjd prevents the takedown attempt.
Zwingman can't find room to land a body shot as Borkanjd controls the action.
Borkanjd has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zwingman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zwingman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zwingman wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zwingman wants the takedown. Borkanjd is fighting it off but Zwingman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Borkanjd's guard against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Borkanjd keeping full guard, as Zwingman tries to pass.
Zwingman trying to control but Borkanjd is working from the bottom.
Borkanjd trying to control the position.
Zwingman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zwingman postures up.
Zwingman prevents Borkanjd from getting back to his feet.
Zwingman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Borkanjd keeping full guard, as Zwingman tries to pass.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zwingman ducks under a wild hook from Borkanjd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borkanjd fails with the takedown

and Zwingman decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Borkanjd's guard.
Zwingman stands up over Borkanjd, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zwingman landing with the ground and pound.
Borkanjd trying to keep a closed guard but Zwingman is proving a slippery customer.
Zwingman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Borkanjd's head.
Zwingman postures up.
Zwingman stays in close to Borkanjd's body and controls the position.
Zwingman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Borkanjd pulls Zwingman in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

FOSTER Zwingman dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Zwingman tries a head kick but it misses.
Borkanjd wants to clinch

and Zwingman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Borkanjd won't be happy with that.
Zwingman is looking to take a break and control but Borkanjd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Borkanjd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Borkanjd taking a bit of punishment here - Zwingman scoring with strikes.
Borkanjd takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zwingman cracks Borkanjd with a big elbow.
Zwingman scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Borkanjd to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borkanjd can't do much from the bottom here.
Zwingman lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
FOSTER Zwingman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borkanjd can't do much from the bottom here.
Borkanjd is not content to let Zwingman control the position.
Zwingman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Borkanjd can do to turn this around?
Zwingman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zwingman wants to control but Borkanjd is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Borkanjd can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zwingman working away.
Zwingman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Borkanjd down.
Zwingman tries to advance to mount but can't.
Zwingman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Borkanjd some visible discomfort.
Zwingman is chipping away with strikes.

That's two 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.
Zwingman lands a nice forearm strike.
Borkanjd takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zwingman is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Zwingman's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Zwingman in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Zwingman trying to control the position but Borkanjd is working away.
Zwingman working away.
Zwingman is staying tight to Borkanjd's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Borkanjd can't do much from the bottom here.
Borkanjd takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Borkanjd can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borkanjd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Borkanjd takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zwingman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Borkanjd down.
Zwingman cracks Borkanjd with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zwingman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Borkanjd is trying to control Zwingman's posture but Zwingman avoids it.
Borkanjd takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zwingman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Zwingman is chipping away with strikes.
Zwingman scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Borkanjd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman trying to control the action but Borkanjd is working from the bottom.
Borkanjd can't do much from the bottom here.
Ferjand Borkanjd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Borkanjd gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Zwingman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Borkanjd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zwingman avoids the attempt from Borkanjd to control.
Borkanjd working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
FOSTER Zwingman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zwingman 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... FOSTER Zwingman!