PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Junior Zappa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Masques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Masques will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Zappa
vs
Masques

171 cm
23
156 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Zappa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Masques !
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zappa misses with a head kick.
Masques moves out of range of the strikes.
Zappa misses with a straight left.
Masques swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zappa throws a head kick but Masques moves out of range.
Zappa slips a jab from Masques .
Zappa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Masques slips a jab and a cross from Zappa.
Zappa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masques manages to avoid it.
Zappa loads up on a big right hand but Masques slips the punch.
Masques throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zappa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Masques throws a hook to the side of Zappa's head but Zappa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zappa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zappa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masques .
Zappa throws the left hand but Masques avoids the punch easily.
Masques bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zappa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Masques counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zappa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Masques 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masques throws a looping overhand right but Zappa ducks down to avoid it.
Zappa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masques looks to land a right hand but Zappa moved out of range.
Masques moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Masques uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zappa.
Zappa looks to land a left hand but Masques moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Zappa misses.
Masques uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zappa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masques swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zappa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zappa slips a jab and a cross from Masques .
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zappa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zappa looks to throw the jab but Masques is out of range.
Masques scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Masques throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zappa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zappa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masques manages to avoid it.
Masques throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masques misses with an uppercut. Zappa saw that one coming.
Zappa throws a looping overhand right but Masques ducks down to avoid it.
Zappa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice straight punches there by Zappa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zappa.
Masques is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Masques misses the jab.
Zappa throws a hook but Masques blocks it.
Masques lands a jab.
Zappa throws the left hand but Masques avoids the punch easily.
Masques checks the leg kick nicely there.
Masques fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zappa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Masques swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zappa.
Zappa just misses with a punch to the body.
Masques misses with a body punch
and Zappa counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zappa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masques .
Masques misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Masques misses its intended target.
Masques throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zappa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Masques .
Masques misses with an uppercut.
Masques lands with a right hand.
Masques throws the left hand but Zappa avoids the punch easily.
Masques throws out a powerful jab.
Masques takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zappa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zappa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Masques swings for the body but Zappa moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Masques . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Masques .
The fighters circling - Masques throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zappa misses with the combination.
Zappa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Masques looks to land a left hand but Zappa moved out of range nicely.
Masques throws out a loose jab but Zappa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masques misses with a hook.
Zappa misses the body punch
and Masques counters with a stiff right hand.
Masques throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zappa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Masques thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masques walks into a stiff left hand from Zappa.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zappa.
Masques misses with a double jab.
Zappa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Zappa.
Zappa misses with a hook. Masques ducked under it nicely.
Masques misses the jab.
Zappa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good exchange - Masques coming out on top.
Masques takes a swing at Zappa's ribcage but misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Masques .
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Zappa.
Masques works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Masques misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zappa.
Masques connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Masques is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Zappa throws a lazy right hand but Masques sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Masques walks into a jab.
Masques throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masques lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zappa circles away quickly and effectively.
Masques bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zappa lands a body shot.
Zappa loads up on a big right hand but Masques slips the punch.
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Zappa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zappa misses with an uppercut. Masques saw that one coming.
Zappa takes one to the chin there.
Zappa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Masques .
Masques avoids the head kick by Zappa.
Masques dips to his left and cracks Zappa with an uppercut!
Masques throws a body punch but Zappa moves out of range.
A punch combination from Masques misses.
Zappa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Masques clobbers Zappa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zappa throws a right and a left that Masques avoids nicely.
Masques closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Masques lands with a good body shot.
Masques checks a low kick from Zappa.
Masques thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masques blocks a jab.
Zappa looks to score with a jab to the body but Masques is just out of range.
A jab from Masques finds it's way through Zappa's defenses.
Masques takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Masques moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Masques throws a lazy right hand but Zappa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zappa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Zappa defending well as Masques loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Masques misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Masques dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Zappa looks to score with a jab to the body but Masques is just out of range.
Zappa cracks Masques with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Masques works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zappa misses with a few strikes there.
Masques ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zappa misses with a body kick.
Masques slips a jab from Zappa.
Masques throws a jab but it's blocked by Zappa.
Masques misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Masques . Zappa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Masques throws a shot from downtown. Zappa moves away and avoids it.
Masques moves out of range as Zappa throws a body kick.
Masques uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zappa.
Zappa looks to throw the jab but Masques is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zappa.
Zappa throws a jab when Masques was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zappa dodges the punch combination from Masques .
Zappa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Masques .
Zappa misses with a jab to the body
and Masques counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zappa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fighters circling - Masques throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masques moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masques lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zappa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zappa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masques .
Masques throws a hook but Zappa avoids it easily.
Masques looks to land a left hand but Zappa moved out of range nicely.
Masques throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masques scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zappa doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from Zappa finds it's way through Masques 's defenses.
Zappa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Masques .
Zappa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Masques stuns Zappa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zappa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Masques thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zappa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zappa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masques looks to land a left hand but Zappa moved out of range nicely.
Zappa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Masques .
Masques moves out of range of the body kick.
Zappa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masques manages to avoid it.
Zappa wants to land a leg kick but Masques is out of range.
Masques keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Zappa.
Masques slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zappa staying out of range there.
Masques staying out of range there.
Masques jabs Zappa right on the nose. Zappa blinks but takes it well.
Zappa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Zappa misses.
Masques slips under a jab.
Masques slips under a jab.
Masques connects with a looping right hand.
Masques scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zappa missing with a left hand there. Masques was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Masques misses with a hook.
Masques slips a straight right by Zappa.
Masques slips a jab from Zappa.
Zappa throws a body punch but Masques moves out of range.
Zappa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zappa misses the jab.
Masques scores with a jab.
Masques misses with a straight right.
Masques throws a jab but it's blocked by Zappa.
A jab from Zappa misses.
Zappa avoids the body shot from Masques .
Zappa throws a right hand that Masques ducks under and follows up with a left that Masques also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masques looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Masques staying out of range there.
Zappa cracks Masques with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Masques slips a jab from Zappa.
Zappa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zappa misses with a hook.
Zappa connects with a looping right hand.
Zappa lands a jab.
Zappa lands a jab to Masques 's midsection.
Masques throws the left hand but Zappa avoids the punch easily.
Masques avoids the body shot from Zappa.
Zappa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Masques bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Masques misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zappa misses with a low kick.
Masques displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zappa throws out the jab.
Zappa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Masques .
A big right from Zappa misses.
Zappa just misses with a punch to the body.
Zappa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zappa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masques moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masques misses with a combination
and Zappa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Zappa.
Zappa misses with a straight left.
Zappa throws a series of punches but Masques moves out of range.
Zappa misses with a head kick.
Zappa ducks under a wild hook from Masques .
Zappa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masques throws out the jab.
Zappa connects with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Masques there.
Zappa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masques .
Zappa tries to score with a low kick but Masques moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Zappa does it's job there.
Nice defenses there by Zappa.
Zappa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Masques .
Zappa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zappa ducks right into an uppercut from Masques .
Zappa ducks under a wild hook from Masques .
Zappa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masques was well out of range. Poor timing from Zappa.
Masques tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zappa was well out of range. Poor timing from Masques .
Masques throws a jab but it's blocked by Zappa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Zappa dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Zappa avoids the body shot from Masques .
Zappa misses with a leg kick.
Masques blocks the body kick.
Andre Masques seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zappa ducks right into an uppercut from Masques .
Masques slips under a jab.
Zappa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zappa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zappa duly obliges.
Zappa connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Zappa misses.
Zappa looks to land a left hand but Masques moved out of range nicely.
Masques displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A slow jab from Zappa misses its intended target.
Zappa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Masques is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zappa.
Zappa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zappa avoids the body shot from Masques .
Zappa misses with a body shot.
Zappa swings for the body but Masques moves out of range.
Zappa misses with a leg kick.
Masques loads up on a big right hand but Zappa slips the punch.
Masques rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zappa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zappa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masques throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zappa dodges the punch combination from Masques .
A shot to de liver by Zappa. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Zappa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masques lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zappa misses with a body kick.
Zappa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Masques misses with a straight left.
Zappa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zappa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zappa looks to land a left hand but Masques moved out of range nicely.
Masques slips a jab from Zappa.
Zappa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Masques throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zappa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masques .
Zappa throws a looping overhand right but Masques ducks down to avoid it.
Zappa misses with a straight left.
Masques lands a jab to the head.
Masques lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Masques on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Masques throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zappa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masques displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zappa throws out the jab.
Zappa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Masques takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Masques blocks a low kick nicely.
Zappa throws a head kick but Masques moves out of range.
Masques cracks Zappa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zappa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masques takes a swing at Zappa's ribcage but misses.
Zappa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masques .
Masques lands with a good body shot.
Zappa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zappa lands a glancing blow to the side of Masques 's head.
Masques swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zappa is looking to score with low kicks.
Zappa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masques moves away.
Masques loads up on a big right hand but Zappa slips the punch.
Masques connects with a nice looking jab.
Masques bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Masques pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Masques moves out of range as Zappa throws a body kick.
A lazy left from Masques finds it's target.
Zappa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masques .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masques blocks the body kick.
Zappa throws out a loose jab but Masques uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zappa throws a lazy right hand but Masques sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zappa throws a jab but it's blocked by Masques .
Zappa tries to land a front kick but Masques steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Masques falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zappa counters with a nice uppercut.
Zappa throws a hook but Masques avoids it easily.
Zappa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zappa misses with a looping right.
Zappa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Masques ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Zappa.
Zappa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Masques counters with a stiff right hand.
Zappa misses with a head kick.
Zappa staying out of range there.
Zappa misses with a looping left.
Zappa ducks under a wild hook from Masques .
A good leg kick by Zappa.
Zappa misses with an uppercut. Masques saw that one coming.
Masques scores with a nice head shot.

That's four 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.
Zappa throws a jab but it's blocked by Masques .
Masques walks into a stiff left hand from Zappa.
Zappa throws an overhand right that lands on Masques 's shoulder, as Masques tries to avoid the shot.
Masques misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zappa. Masques does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zappa throws a body kick that misses.
Masques misses with an uppercut. Zappa saw that one coming.
Masques lands a nice hook to Zappa's body. Zappa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Masques on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Masques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Zappa.
Masques lands a jab-cross combination.
Masques throws an overhand right that lands on Zappa's shoulder, as Zappa tries to avoid the shot.
Zappa is looking to land body kicks.
Masques moves out of range as Zappa throws a body kick.
Zappa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Zappa looks to score with a jab to the body but Masques is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Masques .
Zappa slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Masques .
Masques throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zappa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Masques gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Junior Zappa.
I think Zappa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!