PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Mensah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barcuha Zver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mensah comes to the cage accompanied by Pour Some Sugar On Me. Zver has chosen Ya Zverj Borcuha as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mensah
vs
Zver

175 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenneth Mensah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barcuha Zver!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mensah tries a head kick but it misses.
Mensah throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mensah misses with an uppercut
letting Zver counter with a right hand.
Zver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mensah manages to avoid it.
Zver misses with a looping left.
Mensah throws a poor cross that misses

and Zver counters with a shoot takedown. Mensah fights it but they end up in guard.
Mensah on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mensah tries to get out of the position.
Zver is in close to Mensah's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zver passes into half guard.
Zver is nestled in close to Mensah, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zver working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mensah tries to get to full guard but Zver has control of the leg.
Zver perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Zver is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zver looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mensah looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mensah taking some punishment here, with Zver in his half guard.

Mensah is rocked!
Zver scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Mensah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mensah has hold of Zver's hands but Zver slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zver is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mensah is just riding it out for now. Zver eventually gives up the hold.
Mensah taking some punishment here, with Zver in his half guard.
Mensah is trying to stand.
Mensah seems to have got his legs back now.
Zver is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mensah is trying to stand back up but Zver is controlling him

Zver is looking for a kimura here.
Zver working Mensah over with strikes.
Mensah is trying to stand back up but Zver is controlling him
Zver slips a nice elbow through Mensah's hands, connecting with Mensah's forehead.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zver wants to take a breather but Mensah is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mensah is trying to stand up here but Zver is controlling him well.
Mensah is breathing heavily.

Zver is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mensah defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zver wants to take a breather but Mensah is having none of it.

Zver is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mensah has managed to free his arm - good work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mensah tries to kick Zver off but Zver keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Zver seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Mensah is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Barcuha Zver!