PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeburdiah Zappatista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Scotsdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zappatista
vs
Scotsdale

188 cm
22
198 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

194 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Battalion Athletics

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zeburdiah Zappatista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phillip Scotsdale!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scotsdale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zappatista scores with a leg kick.
Scotsdale throws a wild body kick that Zappatista sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Scotsdale.

Zappatista closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zappatista content to control rather than advance.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Scotsdale can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zappatista wants to lay and pray for a moment but Scotsdale keeps working.
Zappatista thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scotsdale's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zappatista is keen to just control but Scotsdale is a slippery customer.
Scotsdale blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zappatista.
Scotsdale keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zappatista passes to full mount!
Zappatista in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zappatista 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.
Zappatista lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zappatista sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista cracks Scotsdale with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zappatista raining down shots from the mount!
Zappatista scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Zappatista working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Scotsdale turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Zappatista off and cradles Scotsdale's limp body as Zappatista celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Zeburdiah Zappatista!