PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ZyD XyD Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Michaels
vs
XyD Iii

170 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
20
291 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brad Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, ZyD XyD Iii!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
XyD Iii throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
XyD Iii with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
XyD Iii feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michaels's calf.
XyD Iii thumps Michaels with a low kick.
XyD Iii scoring well with a low kick there.
XyD Iii turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before XyD Iii can pounce on him.
XyD Iii feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
XyD Iii connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
XyD Iii throws a quick inside leg kick.
XyD Iii scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by XyD Iii.
XyD Iii thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Michaels if he has to take too many more of those.
Michaels is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
XyD Iii fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by XyD Iii.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
XyD Iii throws a quick inside leg kick.
XyD Iii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and XyD Iii counters with an inside leg kick.
ZyD XyD Iii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by XyD Iii there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by XyD Iii. That's going to slow Michaels down.
A solid body kick from XyD Iii.
Good leg kick by XyD Iii there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by XyD Iii.
XyD Iii feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
XyD Iii scores with a leg kick.
XyD Iii connects with an inside leg kick.
Michaels steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from XyD Iii. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
XyD Iii lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
XyD Iii connects with an inside leg kick.
Michaels takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
XyD Iii turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
XyD Iii lands a leg kick that knocks Michaels off balance momentarily.
XyD Iii lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
XyD Iii lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michaels's sensitive parts.
Michaels doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for XyD Iii.
Michaels takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before XyD Iii can pounce on him.
XyD Iii throws a front kick that sends Michaels stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from XyD Iii, right into the meat.
Michaels will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for XyD Iii.
XyD Iii throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Brad Michaels has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for XyD Iii.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

XyD Iii has closed the distance and engaged Michaels in a clinch.
XyD Iii lands a damaging elbow.
XyD Iii lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Michaels is rocked!
XyD Iii lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Michaels is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
XyD Iii is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting on XyD Iii's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels wants to take the fight to the mat but XyD Iii manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
XyD Iii will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Michaels up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by XyD Iii.
A nice glancing elbow lands by XyD Iii.
Clinched against the cage, XyD Iii lands a big elbow that drops Michaels! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Michaels is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). ZyD XyD Iii!
A relieved looking ZyD XyD Iii thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.