PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Zedowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peekah Chou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Zedowski
vs
Chou

182 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

225 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Murder Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steven Zedowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peekah Chou!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zedowski tries to bum rush Chou with a series of wild strikes but Chou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Zedowski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Chou!
Chou squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Chou avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zedowski.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Zedowski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chou can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Chou avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zedowski.

Zedowski jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Chou is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Chou and Zedowski has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Chou really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zedowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zedowski throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Chou is not content to let Zedowski control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zedowski working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Zedowski advances nicely into full mount.
Zedowski misses with a head shot.
Zedowski moves to the back position.

Zedowski looking to break Chou's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Chou remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Zedowski will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
A lull in the action here.
Zedowski lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Chou hold on?!
Chou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Zedowski is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Chou is defending well though. Zedowski let's go of the attempt for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zedowski has got one arm under Chou's chin. This could be trouble... Chou trying to control the other hand but Zedowski gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Chou has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Steven Zedowski!