PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zachariah Snook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shang Tsung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Zachariah Snook has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Zachariah Snook seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Snook
vs
Tsung

190 cm
25
221 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
266 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zachariah Snook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shang Tsung!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsung lands with an uppercut that bounces Snook off the cage and back into rage.
Snook motions for Tsung to come forward. Snook throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tsung rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Snook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tsung throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Snook misses with a head kick.
Snook scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsung misses with an attempted mid kick.
A low kick from Tsung misses
and Snook makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Snook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tsung.
Snook avoids the head kick by Tsung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snook rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsung moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tsung thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Snook if he has to take too many more of those.
Snook stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tsung.

Snook has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tsung prevents the takedown attempt.
Snook tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tsung wants to get back to striking at distance but Snook won't allow it.
Snook misses with an elbow over the top.
Snook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Shang Tsung has been cut.
Tsung misses with a short punch on the inside.
Snook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snook pushes off an throws an elbow but Tsung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Snook - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tsung trying to stall but Snook improves his position.
Snook using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tsung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Snook misses with a knee to the head.
Snook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsung.
Tsung looking to stall.
Snook throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tsung is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Snook tries to work over Tsung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsung is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Snook is keeping busy.
Snook is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tsung pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zachariah Snook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snook wants a takedown but no success here.
Snook is breathing heavily.
Tsung misses with the head strike.
Snook keeps control of Tsung as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsung blocks an elbow strike from Snook.
Snook throws an elbow but it misses.
Snook has a couple of punches blocked by Tsung.
Snook lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Snook.
Snook trying to land knees to the body.
Snook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tsung is defending well for now.
Tsung content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tsung misses with a punch on the inside.
Tsung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tsung is defending well for now.
Snook blocks a body shot from Tsung.
Snook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tsung avoids it.
Snook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tsung throws a punch but it's blocked by Snook.
Snook misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tsung dodges an elbow strike from Snook.
Snook comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Snook with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Snook.
With the fighters up against the cage, Snook throws an elbow but misses.
Tsung avoiding damage as Snook throws knees to the body.
Tsung looking to stall.
Tsung misses with the head strike.
Snook blocks a body shot from Tsung.
Tsung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snook using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Snook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tsung's brow.
Tsung wants to get back to striking at distance but Snook won't allow it.
Snook pushes off an throws an elbow but Tsung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tsung trying to control the position but instead, Snook has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tsung into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shang Tsung will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shang Tsung'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.

Tsung chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Snook moves into range and clinches up with Tsung.
Snook lands an elbow just above Tsung 's eye.
Snook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsung.
Tsung dodges an elbow strike from Snook.
Snook trying to land knees to the body.
Tsung can't find room to land a body shot as Snook controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tsung.
Snook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Snook misses with a knee to the head.
Snook misses with an elbow over the top.
Snook misses with a knee to the head.
Snook tries to land knees in the clinch but Tsung avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Tsung fails to land.
Snook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tsung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Snook tries to land knees in the clinch but Tsung avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snook scores a nice knee to the body.
Snook tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Snook tries for a takedown but Tsung manages to get underhooks.
Tsung is trying to push Snook away but Snook has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tsung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snook keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tsung's efforts to push away.
Snook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsung is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tsung misses with a punch to the body.
Tsung misses with a punch on the inside.
Tsung managing to block the knees to the body from Snook.
Snook tries to land a knee to the head but Tsung blocks with his arms.
Tsung takes an elbow to the forehead.
Snook with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tsung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snook throws an elbow but it misses.
Snook throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tsung avoids the elbow strike from Snook, against the cage.
Tsung tries to work over Snook's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsung dodges an elbow strike from Snook.
Tsung blocks an elbow strike.
Snook lands an elbow just above Tsung 's eye.
Tsung trying to stall but Snook improves his position.
Snook swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tsung wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsung.
Snook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tsung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tsung is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Snook throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tsung blocks it with crossed arms.
Snook tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tsung misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snook misses with an elbow over the top.
Tsung misses with the head strike.
Tsung avoids a wild elbow strike from Snook.
Snook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Snook throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tsung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tsung blocks the elbow strike.
Snook tries a knee to the head but Tsung blocks it.
Tsung wants to stall.
Snook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsung.
Snook misses with an elbow strike.
Snook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snook with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Snook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tsung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Snook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tsung taking a breather.
Snook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsung tries to work over Snook's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsung is trying to maintain a safe position but Snook gets an underhook and turns Tsung into the cage.
Snook throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tsung blocks the elbow strike.
Snook prevents Tsung from breaking the clinch.
Tsung has had enough of the clinch but Snook keeps him there for the moment.
Tsung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Snook is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tsung blocks the elbow strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Snook utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tsung blocks an elbow strike from Snook.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Snook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tsung's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shang Tsung showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shang Tsung's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A good leg kick by Tsung.
Tsung throws a leg kick but Snook sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shang Tsung seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsung throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Snook swings for the body but Tsung moves out of range.
Snook pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tsung tried to score with a low kick but Snook checks it.
Tsung throws a sloppy head kick and Snook moves out of range easily.

Snook pushes Tsung up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tsung avoids the elbow strike from Snook, against the cage.
Tsung is trying to maintain a safe position but Snook gets an underhook and turns Tsung into the cage.
Snook throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snook creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tsung's defenses.
Tsung misses with a punch to the body.
Tsung misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Snook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tsung's brow.
Snook misses with an elbow over the top.
Tsung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snook tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snook pushes off an throws an elbow but Tsung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Snook tries to land knees in the clinch but Tsung avoids the damage to the body.
Tsung has had enough of the clinch but Snook keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Snook throws an elbow but misses.
Snook changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tsung fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tsung lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shang Tsung is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tsung throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tsung scores with a leg kick.
Tsung throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tsung checks a leg kick.
Snook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snook just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsung moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tsung turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tsung connects with a leg kick. Snook looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zachariah Snook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tsung.
Tsung looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tsung plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Zachariah Snook has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsung keeps Snook at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snook takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tsung looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Snook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snook blocks a head kick by Tsung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tsung.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tsung.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsung tries to land a front kick but Snook steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tsung lands a leg kick that knocks Snook off balance momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shang Tsung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tsung winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shang Tsung!