PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between punishment cruel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quandu Zornach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cruel comes into the arena with Enter Sandman blaring out of the sound system. Zornach has chosen Fight Music - D12 as his entrance music. punishment cruel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

cruel
vs
Zornach

178 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

191 cm
26
184 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, punishment cruel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Quandu Zornach!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cruel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zornach.
Zornach bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zornach lands a jab-cross combination.
Zornach misses with a looping left.
cruel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zornach connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quandu Zornach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cruel checks a leg kick nicely.
Zornach thows a body shot but no joy.
cruel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
cruel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
cruel with a jab.
Zornach takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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!
cruel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zornach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zornach moves out of range of the body kick.
Zornach lands a glancing blow to the side of cruel's head.
cruel throws a head kick that Zornach semi-blocks.

It looks like Quandu Zornach has been cut.
Zornach throws a low kick but it's checked well by cruel.
Zornach takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by cruel.
Zornach misses the jab.
Zornach wants to land a leg kick but cruel is out of range.
Zornach swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and cruel counters with a good, hard body kick but Zornach shrugs it off.
Zornach throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting cruel counter with a right hand.
Zornach looks gassed!
Zornach takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Zornach is rocked!
Zornach throws a head kick that misses
and cruel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zornach's knee momentarily.
Zornach is still on wobbly legs! Can cruel finish him?
cruel throws a sloppy head kick and Zornach moves out of range easily.
cruel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zornach walks into a left hand.

cruel clinches.
cruel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zornach blocks it with crossed arms.
cruel missing with knees to the body.
cruel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zornach seems to have recovered his senses.
cruel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zornach is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zornach jumps guard but cruel stands there with Zornach around his waist. Zornach gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from cruel.
cruel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by cruel.
cruel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zornach's elbow.
Zornach jumps guard but cruel stands there with Zornach around his waist. Zornach gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
cruel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zornach up against the cage.
cruel scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, cruel throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruel lands a right hand.
cruel lands an elbow inside.
Zornach blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zornach takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from cruel.

Zornach pulls guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as cruel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
cruel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zornach is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
cruel stopping the sweep attempt from Zornach.
cruel wants to control from the top but Zornach keeps moving.

cruel gets to his feet - Zornach follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for cruel.
cruel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch but Zornach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
cruel throws a head kick that misses.
Zornach throws a shot from downtown. cruel moves away and avoids it.
cruel with a nice cross.
cruel throws a sloppy head kick and Zornach moves out of range easily.
Zornach misses with a looping right.
cruel misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Zornach throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zornach. cruel does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zornach scores with a nice strike.
Zornach throws the left hand but cruel avoids the punch easily.
Zornach thows a leg kick but cruel checks it
and cruel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
cruel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zornach in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

punishment cruel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach's cut.
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.

cruel scores with a jab.
Zornach throws a left and a right that both miss
and cruel counters with a thumping low kick.
cruel misses with a head kick.
Zornach blocks a head kick by cruel.
punishment cruel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
cruel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
cruel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zornach can pounce on him.
Zornach loads up on a big right hand but cruel slips the punch.
cruel checks a leg kick nicely.
Zornach lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
cruel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Zornach.
Zornach is breathing heavily.
Zornach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
cruel lands a front kick.
cruel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zornach.
cruel cracks Zornach with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
cruel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zornach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zornach throws an overhand right that lands on cruel's shoulder, as cruel tries to avoid the shot.

cruel instigates a clinch.
cruel digs a right hand into Zornach's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zornach's gas tank.
cruel pushes Zornach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
cruel pressing his opponent against the cage.

cruel pulls guard successfully.
cruel is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
cruel wants to sweep but no luck.

cruel working for a triangle but Zornach defends it easily.
cruel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zornach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zornach trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zornach preventing the sweep.
cruel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zornach accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

cruel forces Zornach back against the cage and clinches.
cruel lands a left hand.
cruel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zornach tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. cruel smiles and moves away.
A low kick from Zornach misses

and cruel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zornach tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. cruel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Zornach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
cruel trying to land knees to the body.
Zornach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruel misses with a short punch on the inside.

Zornach jumps guard and drags cruel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Zornach 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.
Zornach is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
cruel wants to stand but Zornach has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Zornach has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zornach has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but cruel has passed into side control.
Zornach is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Zornach works his way to full guard. Good work.
cruel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zornach is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zornach is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. cruel is aware though and is defending well.
cruel wants to stand but Zornach is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

cruel stands up from Zornach's guard - cruel perhaps looking for a knockout.
Zornach misses with a double jab.
cruel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zornach's head.
Zornach swings for the body but cruel moves out of range.
Zornach throws a hook but cruel avoids it easily.
Zornach tries to bum rush cruel with a series of wild strikes but cruel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
cruel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zornach swats away the attempt to clinch by cruel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

punishment cruel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Quandu Zornach's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

cruel misses the body punch
and Zornach counters with a low kick, right behind cruel 's knee.
cruel cracks Zornach with an open hand slap.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zornach. That's going to slow cruel down.
A looping hook to the body misses from cruel. Zornach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zornach throws the left hand but cruel avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from cruel.
Zornach avoids the head kick by cruel.
Zornach pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zornach takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Zornach lands with a good body shot.
Zornach throws a leg kick that is checked
and cruel counters with a nice uppercut.
cruel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zornach looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zornach swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cruel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zornach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cruel moves out of range as Zornach strikes.
cruel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A low kick from Zornach is predictable there
and cruel counters with a good, hard body kick but Zornach shrugs it off.
Zornach slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zornach showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from cruel.
cruel is looking to clinch but Zornach is avoiding it.
cruel takes one on the button.
cruel throws a leg kick which misses Zornach's front leg but catches the back leg as Zornach tries to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for cruel.
punishment cruel is winning the standup battle so far.
Zornach blocks a head kick by cruel.

cruel clinches.
cruel slowing the pace effectively.
Quandu Zornach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zornach backwards.
cruel pushes Zornach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zornach tries to pull guard but cruel holds him up against the cage and eventually Zornach drops back down to his feet.
cruel is trying to stall.
cruel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zornach.
Zornach tries to pull guard but cruel won't allow it.
cruel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zornach is defending well for now.
cruel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
cruel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
cruel misses with a hook to the ribs.
cruel has a couple of punches blocked by Zornach.
cruel with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zornach fails to pull guard.
punishment cruel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quandu Zornach.
Zornach tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. cruel smiles and moves away.
Zornach misses with a leg kick
enabling cruel to counter with a crisp jab.
Zornach takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
cruel throws a body kick that misses.
cruel fails with an attempt to clinch.
cruel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
cruel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A combination from Zornach does no damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - cruel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zornach pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
cruel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zornach uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zornach paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cruel slips a jab from Zornach.
Zornach throws a leg kick
and cruel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zornach misses with a leg kick
and cruel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zornach throws a lazy head kick
and cruel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
cruel misses with a double jab
and Zornach counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
cruel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
cruel tries to clinch there but Zornach circles away.
cruel checks a low kick from Zornach.
A slapping body kick lands there for cruel.
Zornach has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from cruel.
cruel fails to land with a series of punches.
cruel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
cruel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
punishment cruel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Zornach does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Quandu Zornach.
Well cruel 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... punishment cruel!