PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spotted Cow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Also Zarathustra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zarathustra has chosen Red Birds Will Fly Out Of The East And Destroy Paris In A Night as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cow
vs
Zarathustra

180 cm
28
178 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

185 cm
25
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spotted Cow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Also Zarathustra!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Zarathustra misses.

Cow moves into the clinch.
Zarathustra scores with a hook to the body.
Cow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zarathustra.
Knees to the body from Cow.
Zarathustra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zarathustra misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cow.
Cow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zarathustra backwards.
Cow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zarathustra is keeping busy.
Cow lands an elbow that stopped Zarathustra in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Also Zarathustra has been cut.
Cow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarathustra tries to throw a body punch but Cow avoids it by throwing Zarathustra back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra lands an uppercut.
Zarathustra can't find room to land a body shot as Cow controls the action.
Zarathustra avoids a wild elbow strike from Cow.
Cow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zarathustra backwards.
Zarathustra pushes Cow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Cow.
Cow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zarathustra misses with a punch to the body.
Zarathustra misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zarathustra.
Zarathustra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zarathustra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zarathustra blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zarathustra defending well as Cow loads up on a big left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cow. Zarathustra shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zarathustra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cow.
Cow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zarathustra doesn't seem bothered though.
Cow lands a nice shot to the body.
Zarathustra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cow throws a body kick that misses.
Zarathustra ducks under a wild hook from Cow.
Cow tries to clinch up.
Cow is looking to slow Zarathustra down with leg kicks.
Cow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zarathustra has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zarathustra looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cow lands a leg kick that knocks Zarathustra off balance momentarily.
Cow explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Zarathustra misses with a wild body shot.
Zarathustra misses with a double jab
and Cow counters with a slapping leg kick.
A jab from Cow does it's job there.
Zarathustra drops his hands momentarily and Cow takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Spotted Cow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zarathustra in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zarathustra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cow keeps Zarathustra at a distance using the push kick.
Zarathustra takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cow. Cow obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice body kick from Cow.
Cow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zarathustra has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cow.
Cow lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zarathustra's sensitive parts.
Zarathustra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zarathustra scrambles back to his feet.
Cow scoring well with a low kick there.
Cow connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cow lands a nice looking body kick.
That kick from Cow tenderised Zarathustra's leg. Zarathustra is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cow lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spotted Cow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Also Zarathustra's cut.
That's time! Cow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zarathustra takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zarathustra can do to turn this around?
Zarathustra circles away from the clinch attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Cow.
Cow keeps Zarathustra at a distance using the push kick.
Cow dips to his left and cracks Zarathustra with an uppercut!

That has opened up Also Zarathustra's cut even more.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cow throws a quick inside leg kick.

Cow clinches up with Zarathustra and pushes him back against the cage.
Cow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zarathustra is breathing heavily.
Cow stalling against the cage.
Zarathustra tries to work over Cow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cow breaks the clinch.
Cow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cow fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zarathustra.
Spotted Cow is winning the standup battle so far.

Cow moves into range and clinches up with Zarathustra.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cow.
Zarathustra misses with a punch to the body.
Zarathustra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarathustra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cow.

The cut above Also Zarathustra's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A body shot lands from Cow.
Cow scores a nice knee to the body.
Cow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cow lands an elbow that stopped Zarathustra in his tracks for a moment.

Also Zarathustra's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Spotted Cow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cow stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra prevents a body shot from Cow.

Cow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Cow.
Cow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zarathustra has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cow.
Cow is looking to clinch but Zarathustra is avoiding it.
Zarathustra misses with an uppercut. Cow saw that one coming.
Zarathustra takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cow scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cow thows a body kick. Zarathustra tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A good leg kick by Cow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Cow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Spotted Cow!
A very excited looking Spotted Cow made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.