PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Neal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zz Top (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Neal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lamb of God - Grace. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Neal
vs
Top

188 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Neal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zz Top!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Neal scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Top is staying active underneath Neal, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Top is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Neal working over Top with some ground and pound. Top looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Neal working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Top blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neal.
Top wants to get back to full guard.
Top blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neal.

Top is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Neal pulls his head out easily.
Top taking some punishment here, with Neal in his half guard.

Top looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Top looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neal lands with a punch from half guard.
Neal seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Top tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Top with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Neal seems to be working for a kimura but Top defends the submission attempt.

Top looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neal 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.
Nice strikes from Neal there.
Neal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Top with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Top looking for submissions off his back.
Neal working Top over with strikes.

Top is rocked!
Neal working Top over with strikes.
Top is still in real trouble! Can Neal finish him?
Neal working Top over with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neal scores with a big shot! Top's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Top! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Neal!