PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zen Zelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeburdiah Zappatista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zappatista has chosen Kanye West - Runaway as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Zen Zelli has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zelli
vs
Zappatista

189 cm
25
196 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
199 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Powerful

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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zen Zelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeburdiah Zappatista!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Zelli.
Zelli is looking to clinch but Zappatista is avoiding it.
Zelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zen Zelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good body shot from Zelli.
Zappatista creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zappatista gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Zen Zelli has been cut.
A right hook to the body lands for Zelli.
Zappatista throws an elbow that misses.
Zappatista lands a damaging elbow.
Zelli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zelli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelli misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zappatista lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zelli backwards.
Zappatista misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zelli.
Zappatista trying to land knees to the body.
Zelli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zelli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zappatista blocks a body shot from Zelli.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zappatista.
Zelli misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zelli.
Zelli blocks an elbow strike.
Zappatista pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zelli avoiding damage as Zappatista throws knees to the body.
Zelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zelli.
Zelli cracks Zappatista with a nice body shot.
Zelli misses with a punch on the inside.
Zelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zappatista blocking some punches.
Zelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zappatista struggles to land a body shot inside as Zelli controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelli prevents a body shot from Zappatista.
Zelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zappatista swings wildly with an uppercut but Zelli uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zelli.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zappatista just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zelli's brow.
Zelli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zappatista blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zelli avoiding damage as Zappatista throws knees to the body.
Zappatista lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zappatista throws an elbow that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zelli.
Zelli managing to block the knees to the body from Zappatista.
Zelli throws a punch but it's blocked by Zappatista.
Zelli on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zappatista pushes off an throws an elbow but Zelli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zappatista trying to land knees to the body.
Zappatista throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zappatista just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zelli's brow.
Zelli misses with a body punch.
Zelli managing to block the knees to the body from Zappatista.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zappatista trying to land knees to the body.
Zelli gets through Zappatista's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zappatista blocks an uppercut.
Zappatista throws an elbow that misses.
Zelli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zappatista throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Zelli.
Zelli lands with a short shot to the head.
Zelli gets through Zappatista's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zelli gets through Zappatista's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Zappatista is rocked!
Zappatista missing with knees to the body.
Zappatista is still on wobbly legs! Can Zelli finish him?
Zappatista looks gassed!
Zappatista blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zappatista seems to have recovered his senses.
Zelli lands an uppercut.
Zappatista tries to land knees in the clinch but Zelli avoids the damage to the body.
Zelli scores with a hook to the body.
Zelli avoids a wild elbow strike from Zappatista.
Zappatista throws an elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zelli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zappatista blocks an uppercut.
Zappatista lands a good knee to the midsection. Zelli won't want to take too many of those.
Zelli throws a punch but it's blocked by Zappatista.
Zappatista blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zelli.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zappatista.
Zelli avoids the elbow strike from Zappatista, against the cage.
Zappatista throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zappatista misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zelli.
Zappatista lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zelli lands a shoulder strike.
Zelli can't find room to land a body shot as Zappatista controls the action.
Zelli misses with the head strike.
Zappatista tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zelli avoids it.
Zelli blocks an elbow strike from Zappatista.
Zappatista misses with an elbow strike.
Zappatista lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zelli lands with a right to the head.
Zelli throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zappatista missing with knees to the body.
Zelli avoids a wild elbow strike from Zappatista.
Zelli dodges an elbow strike from Zappatista.
Zelli lands a left hand.
Zelli lands a big right hand that drops Zappatista! The killer instinct kicks in and Zelli finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Zelli!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zen Zelli!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Zen Zelli waved his t-shirt featuring >>> Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 (159++ Recovery)'s logo in front of the cameras.