PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Az Anubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeburdiah Zappatista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anubis
vs
Zappatista

181 cm
26
200 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
198 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Az Anubis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeburdiah Zappatista!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anubis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zappatista looks for the body kick but Anubis saw that one coming.
Anubis avoids the body shot from Zappatista.
Anubis tries to clinch there but Zappatista circles away.
Zappatista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anubis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zappatista on the side of the head.
Zappatista takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zappatista misses with a wild combination.
Zappatista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anubis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Anubis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anubis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zappatista.
Zappatista blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zappatista motions for Anubis to come forward. Zappatista throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis wants to clinch up but Zappatista keeps it at a distance.
Anubis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zappatista misses with a body shot.
Anubis is looking to score with low kicks.
Zappatista lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zappatista misses with a kick to the body.
Zappatista lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Anubis misses with a wild combination.
Zappatista scores with a hook to the body. Anubis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zappatista buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zappatista wants to land a leg kick but Anubis is out of range.
Anubis swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista throws a sloppy head kick and Anubis moves out of range easily.
Zappatista scoring well with a low kick there.
Az Anubis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab from Anubis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zappatista uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anubis.
Anubis defending well as Zappatista loads up on a big left hand.
Anubis avoids a kick to the body.
Zappatista fails with a takedown attempt.
Anubis throws a leg kick which misses Zappatista's front leg but catches the back leg as Zappatista tries to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Anubis blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Anubis misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big left from Zappatista misses.
Anubis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zappatista to score with a decent uppercut.
Anubis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zappatista misses with a looping left.
Zappatista throws a jab but it's blocked by Anubis.
Anubis tries to bum rush Zappatista with a series of wild strikes but Zappatista uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zappatista tries a head kick but it misses.
Anubis throws a series of punches but Zappatista avoids them all with ease.
Zappatista misses the jab.
Zappatista throws a hook to the side of Anubis's head but Anubis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anubis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Az Anubis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista walks forward, straight into a front kick from Anubis.
Zappatista moves out of range of the strikes.
Anubis swings for the body but Zappatista moves out of range.
Good work by Anubis as he checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zappatista looks to score with a jab to the body but Anubis is just out of range.
Zappatista throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anubis misses with a double jab.
A head kick by Zappatista misses
and Anubis counters with a nice leg kick.
Zappatista throws a hook but Anubis blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zappatista connects with an inside leg kick.
Zappatista misses with a body kick.
Zappatista pivots, looking for a leg kick but Anubis is out of range and Zappatista settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeburdiah Zappatista dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zappatista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anubis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Az Anubis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zappatista has a takedown stuffed.
Anubis misses with a straight left.
Anubis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zappatista throws a body punch but Anubis moves out of range.
Good shot there by Anubis.
Zappatista misses with an uppercut.
Anubis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Anubis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zappatista's head.
Anubis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Anubis tries to clinch there but Zappatista circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zappatista under the eye.
Anubis slips under a jab from Zappatista.
Anubis throws a combination. Zappatista tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A combination from Anubis does no damage.
Anubis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anubis avoids a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Anubis blocks the leg kick.
Anubis cracks Zappatista with a right hand to the side of the head.

Anubis darts in and clinches Zappatista up against the cage.
Zappatista fails to pull guard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zappatista fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zappatista can't find room to land a body shot as Anubis controls the action.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Zappatista blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zappatista lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zappatista is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zappatista throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Anubis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Anubis tries a knee to the head but Zappatista blocks it.
Zappatista can't get the takedown.
Az Anubis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zeburdiah Zappatista.
Zappatista tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anubis avoids it.

Zappatista manages to break the clinch.

Anubis drives through and clinches with Zappatista against the cage.
Zappatista on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Anubis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anubis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anubis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anubis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Anubis pushes off an throws an elbow but Zappatista leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Anubis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zappatista looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anubis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anubis presses Zappatista against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Zappatista is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Anubis can't fight it off and eventually Zappatista manages to take the fight to the floor. Anubis looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zappatista won't allow Anubis to sweep him here.
Anubis controls Zappatista momentarily but Zappatista frees himself.
Anubis is really struggling to control Zappatista but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis wants to stand and escape but Zappatista is having none of it.
Anubis keeping moving, preventing Zappatista from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Anubis throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anubis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anubis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zappatista was well out of range. Poor timing from Anubis.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zappatista fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anubis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anubis connects with an inside leg kick.
Anubis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Az Anubis dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Anubis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zappatista throws a poor cross that misses
and Anubis counters with a head kick. That will keep Zappatista thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zappatista.
Zappatista pushes Anubis away with a front kick.
Zappatista shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Anubis defends it nicely.
Az Anubis is winning the standup battle so far.
Zappatista will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anubis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zappatista will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anubis throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zappatista scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anubis just misses with a punch to the body.
Zappatista throws a sloppy head kick and Anubis moves out of range easily.
Zappatista keeps Anubis at a distance using the push kick.
Anubis moves in looking to clinch but Zappatista pushes him off.
Zappatista thuds a left hand into Anubis's body.
Zappatista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anubis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anubis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zappatista doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zappatista takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A bone on bone clash there as Anubis blocks the leg kick.
A combination from Zappatista does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Zappatista tenderised Anubis's leg. Anubis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Anubis connects with a jab.
Anubis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zappatista backs up against the cage.
Anubis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anubis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zappatista.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anubis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anubis misses with an uppercut. Zappatista saw that one coming.
Anubis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zappatista.
A punch combination from Anubis misses.
Zappatista blocks a head kick by Anubis.
Nice body punch from Zappatista.
Zappatista lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista looks to land a body kick but Anubis moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Zappatista.
Anubis moves out of range as Zappatista strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Zappatista.
Zappatista tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anubis cracks Zappatista with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zappatista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anubis tries to close the distance and clinch but Zappatista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anubis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anubis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zappatista.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zappatista. Anubis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zappatista on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anubis misses with a two punch combination.

Zappatista closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Anubis to the mat! Anubis manages to get full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anubis working a defensive guard here.
Zappatista thows a big elbow that misses.
Zappatista engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Zappatista throwing strikes from guard but Anubis blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anubis has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Zappatista has passed into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zeburdiah Zappatista comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zappatista has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Az Anubis!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Az Anubis!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Az Anubis!

Az Anubis wins by unanimous decision!