PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Zerguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laz Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Zerguson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zerguson
vs
Jr

190 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Zerguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laz Jr!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zerguson to score with a decent uppercut.
Zerguson misses with a two punch combination.
Jr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zerguson misses with a wild body shot.
Horrible takedown by Jr or perhaps it was just good defense by Zerguson which made him look bad.
No joy there for Zerguson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zerguson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jr shoots in and drives through. Zerguson sprawls well.
Bruno Zerguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Laz Jr.
Jr misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Jr.
Jr thuds a left hand into Zerguson's body.
Good leg kick by Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zerguson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zerguson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jr manages to avoid it.
Zerguson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jr thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Zerguson if he has to take too many more of those.
Zerguson drops his hands momentarily and Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zerguson misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr defending well as Zerguson loads up on a big left hand.
Zerguson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jr counters with a body kick.
Zerguson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zerguson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jr scrambles back to his feet.
Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zerguson is breathing heavily.
Jr with a hook.
Zerguson walks into a straight right hand from Jr.

Zerguson gets caught flat footed, as Jr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zerguson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jr cracks Zerguson with a solid left hand.
Zerguson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jr.
Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zerguson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zerguson tries to get out of the position.
Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jr works over Zerguson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr stops Zerguson from standing up.
Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Zerguson's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Zerguson wants to stand up but Jr is controlling him.
Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jr forces his way into half guard.
Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jr working Zerguson over with strikes.
Zerguson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jr.
Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jr stands up and beckons Zerguson to join him on the feet.
Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zerguson. That did some damage!
Jr throws a leg kick which misses Zerguson's front leg but catches the back leg as Zerguson tries to avoid it.
Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zerguson down.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jr cracks Zerguson with a big right hand but Zerguson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jr misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Jr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jr lands some shots froms side control.
Jr scoring with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zerguson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr advances nicely into full mount.
Jr lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Zerguson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jr with the ground and pound from mount.
Jr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zerguson's face.
Jr raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jr breaks from Zerguson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jr landing strikes from the mount.
Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
Zerguson is bucking up trying to escape but Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zerguson looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Zerguson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zerguson?
Jr punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zerguson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Jr lands a heavy elbow.

Zerguson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jr with good strikes from the mount here!
Zerguson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zerguson taking shots to the head.
Oh Zerguson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jr working the ground and pound effectively.
Zerguson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jr working Zerguson over with strikes here.
Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zerguson is bucking up trying to escape but Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jr lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Jr.
Jr landing shots from mount.
Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Jr.
Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jr with shots to the head and body - Zerguson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jr unloading with bombs!
Zerguson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jr's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Laz Jr!