PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Zabuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Goliathus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goliathus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hollywood Undead- Bitches . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zabuza
vs
Goliathus

178 cm
22
165 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

176 cm
21
167 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Zabuza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Goliathus!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goliathus throws a wild body kick that Zabuza sees coming a mile off.
Brian Goliathus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zabuza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Goliathus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zabuza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Goliathus can pounce on him.
Zabuza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Zabuza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Goliathus looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Goliathus takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Goliathus wants to get back to his feet but Zabuza drags him back down.
Zabuza cracks Goliathus with a big elbow.
Zabuza 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.
Zabuza working the ground and pound.
Zabuza lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zabuza working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goliathus is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Zabuza asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Zabuza working the head with strikes.
Goliathus pushes Zabuza away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zabuza gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Goliathus is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goliathus is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Zabuza has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Zabuza in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Goliathus is trying to get back to his feet.
Goliathus looks gassed!
Zabuza working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Goliathus pushes Zabuza away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zabuza gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Zabuza in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Zabuza working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Goliathus is working to avoid the ground and pound but Zabuza connects with a decent elbow.
Zabuza working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Goliathus is rocked!
Zabuza connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Goliathus some visible discomfort.
Goliathus is still in real trouble! Can Zabuza finish him?
Zabuza is putting a hurting on Goliathus here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zabuza advances to mount.
Zabuza landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goliathus squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Zabuza landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zabuza lands a nice shot to the head.
Zabuza looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zabuza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zabuza won't let Goliathus get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Goliathus seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zabuza cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Goliathus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zabuza with good strikes from the mount here!
Goliathus wants to try and get back to his feet.
Goliathus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zabuza unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Goliathus wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Zabuza celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Zabuza!