PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Connely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Zook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zook has chosen God's Gonna Cut You Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Connely
vs
Zook

181 cm
26
194 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

177 cm
28
196 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Malicious Intent Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Connely!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Zook!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connely throws a body kick that misses.
Connely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zook was well out of range. Poor timing from Connely.

Zook gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zook.

It looks like Chris Connely has been cut.
Zook lands a nice elbow.
Connely blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Connely on the inside.
Connely misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Connely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zook.
A short uppercut from Connely.
Connely trying to stall but Zook improves his position.
Connely can't find room to land a body shot as Zook controls the action.
Connely blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Connely's brow.
Zook lands an elbow inside.
Zook throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connely lands a left hand.
Connely has Zook pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zook throws an elbow but misses.
Connely throws a head punch that misses.
Zook tries to land knees in the clinch but Connely avoids the damage to the body.
Connely stalling against the cage.
Zook misses with a knee strike.
Zook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zook obliges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Connely.
Connely wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Come on Connely - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Connely's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connely blocks the elbow strike.
Zook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zook lands an elbow inside that Connely shrugs off.

Chris Connely's cut is getting worse.
Connely blocks the elbow strike.
Connely misses with a punch to the body.
Connely has a couple of punches blocked by Zook.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Connely creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Connely dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Connely dodges an elbow strike from Zook.
Zook missing with knees to the body.
Zook blocks an uppercut.
Zook creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Connely's defenses.

Jeez, Chris Connely's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chris Connely's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Solomon Zook!
Solomon Zook is the new middleweight champion!