PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Cady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stelian Zeklos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeklos has chosen Du Riechst So Gut as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cady
vs
Zeklos

180 cm
21
224 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
219 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Cady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stelian Zeklos!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeklos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zeklos lands with a slapping head kick.
Zeklos is looking to slow Cady down with leg kicks.
Zeklos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cady if he has to take too many more of those.
A slow jab from Cady misses its intended target.
A good leg kick by Zeklos.
A left lands for Zeklos.
Zeklos misses with the combination.
Zeklos ducks under a wild hook from Cady.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Zeklos.
Cady misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zeklos.
Zeklos misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeklos throws a sloppy head kick and Cady moves out of range easily.

Zeklos clinches up against the cage.
Cady takes a shot to the head.
Zeklos working aggressively here.
Cady working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeklos keeps control of Cady as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zeklos tries to throw a body punch but Cady avoids it by throwing Zeklos back against the cage.
Zeklos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cady is defending well for now.
Zeklos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cady misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zeklos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zeklos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zeklos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Zeklos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cady is trying to break free.
Zeklos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cady's efforts to push away.
Zeklos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zeklos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zeklos lands a shoulder strike.
Cady tries to throw a body punch but Zeklos avoids it by throwing Cady back against the cage.
Zeklos digs a right hand into Cady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cady's gas tank.
Cady has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cady prevents a body shot from Zeklos.
Cady blocks an elbow strike.
Cady tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cady tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zeklos's elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeklos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cady backwards.
Zeklos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cady takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Max Cady has been cut.
Cady blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cady tries to break free but Zeklos pushes him back against the cage.
Zeklos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cady is looking to break free of the clinch but Zeklos has double underhooks.
Cady blocks an uppercut.
Zeklos lands an elbow inside.
Cady wants to get back to striking at distance but Zeklos won't allow it.
Zeklos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cady blocks a body shot from Zeklos.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zeklos.
Cady blocks an elbow strike from Zeklos.
Zeklos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cady backwards.
Zeklos misses with some punches.
Zeklos lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zeklos.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zeklos throws an elbow but misses.
Cady lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cady misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeklos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cadys head.
Zeklos misses with the head strike.
Cady wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Zeklos.
Zeklos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zeklos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zeklos lands an elbow that stopped Cady in his tracks for a moment.
Zeklos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cady can't find room to land a body shot as Zeklos controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cady.
Cady lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cady prevents a body shot from Zeklos.
Cady blocking some punches.
Cady working hard to break the clinch.
Zeklos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Zeklos.
Zeklos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cady is breathing heavily.
Cady takes a shot to the head.
Cady takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeklos lands with a right to the head.
Zeklos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cady's efforts to push away.
Cady tries to break free but Zeklos pushes him back against the cage.
Zeklos lands a damaging elbow.
Cady working hard to break the clinch.
Zeklos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cady wants to break free but Zeklos has control.
Cady tries to work over Zeklos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zeklos lands a shot to the body.
Zeklos lands with a light punch inside.
Nice elbow from Zeklos.
Zeklos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zeklos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zeklos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeklos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cady backwards.
Zeklos lands a left hand.
Zeklos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zeklos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zeklos pushes Cady back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stelian Zeklos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Cady's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zeklos lands with a kick to the temple. Cady shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from Cady misses.
Zeklos lands a front kick.
Zeklos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cady's calf.
Cady throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zeklos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zeklos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cady.
Zeklos lands a nice looking body kick.
Zeklos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cady.
Zeklos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zeklos scores with a nice body kick.
Zeklos scores with a jab. Cady acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeklos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cady sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zeklos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cady.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeklos scores with a head kick. Cady tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cady walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cady avoids a kick to the body.
Zeklos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zeklos throws a nice looking combination but Cady bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cady tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Zeklos in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Zeklos keeps Cady at a distance using the push kick.
Good leg kick by Zeklos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zeklos throws a body kick that misses.
Cady fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zeklos manages to avoid it.
Zeklos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zeklos thuds his shin into the meat of Cady's side.
Cady will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cady takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cady takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zeklos lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeklos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cady.
Zeklos leaves Cady with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Cady misses its intended target.
Cady throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zeklos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zeklos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zeklos tries to clinch up but Cady circles away and keeps his distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zeklos.
Stelian Zeklos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zeklos.
Zeklos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cady circles away quickly and effectively.
A solid body kick from Zeklos.
Cady throws a jab when Zeklos was well out of range.
Zeklos throws a looping overhand right but Cady ducks down to avoid it.
Cady takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zeklos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeklos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cady is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zeklos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zeklos lands a head kick. Cady smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cady blocks a head kick by Zeklos.

Zeklos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zeklos throws an elbow but it misses.
Zeklos digs a right hand underneath Cady's ribcage. Cady let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zeklos misses with some punches.
Zeklos scores with a shot to the side of Cady's head.
Zeklos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeklos lands with a left to the head.
Cady wants to get back to striking at distance but Zeklos won't allow it.
Cady tries to circle away but Zeklos has him pinned against the cage.
Zeklos lands with a right to the head.
Cady tries a body shot but Zeklos blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Zeklos.
A shot in the inside from Zeklos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeklos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zeklos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stelian Zeklos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Zeklos.
Zeklos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zeklos working Cady over with knees to the body.
A short right from Zeklos.
Zeklos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zeklos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zeklos lands an elbow that stopped Cady in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zeklos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zeklos lands a nice elbow.
Zeklos landing knees to the body.
Zeklos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zeklos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeklos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zeklos.

Max Cady's cut is getting worse.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zeklos.
Zeklos scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stelian Zeklos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Cady's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Zeklos is looking to slow Cady down with leg kicks.
Zeklos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cady on the side of the head.
Cady avoids the head kick by Zeklos.
Cady has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zeklos.
Cady looks to land a left hand but Zeklos moved out of range nicely.
Zeklos throws a leg kick which misses Cady's front leg but catches the back leg as Cady tries to avoid it.
Zeklos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zeklos throws a body punch but Cady moves out of range.
Cady misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Cady.
A jab lands there for Cady.
Zeklos scores with a spinning back kick!
Zeklos moves in looking to clinch but Cady pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Zeklos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeklos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeklos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zeklos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cady was well out of range. Poor timing from Zeklos.
Zeklos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zeklos missing with a left hand there. Cady was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zeklos.
Cady misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zeklos.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zeklos.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zeklos.
Cady takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zeklos cracks the inside of Cady's front leg.
Cady misses with a two punch combination.
Zeklos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Stelian Zeklos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cady takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeklos lands a head kick. Cady smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zeklos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Zeklos!
Zeklos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cady.
Zeklos delivers a nice body kick.
Zeklos connects with a leg kick. Cady looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Zeklos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cady is trying to break free.
Zeklos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zeklos lands with a short shot to the head.
Cady takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zeklos lands a right hand.
Cady misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Zeklos on the inside.
Zeklos lands an elbow that stopped Cady in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zeklos.
A right hand to the body from Zeklos.
Zeklos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cady's defenses.
Zeklos lands an elbow inside that Cady shrugs off.
A short right from Zeklos.
Still in the clinch, Zeklos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zeklos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Cady is trying to push Zeklos away but Zeklos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zeklos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zeklos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cady backwards.
Zeklos lands with a right to the head.
Cady misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeklos lands a damaging elbow.
Zeklos pushes Cady back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zeklos lands a left hand.
Zeklos presses Cady against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zeklos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cady's face.
Zeklos throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cady looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cady avoids a wild elbow strike from Zeklos.
Cady takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cady avoids the elbow strike from Zeklos, against the cage.
Zeklos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cady's efforts to push away.
Zeklos lands a left hand.
Zeklos misses with an elbow over the top.
Zeklos misses with an elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from Zeklos as the two fighters clinch.
Zeklos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cady backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Zeklos.
Zeklos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cady or not.
Zeklos lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeklos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Zeklos.
Zeklos presses Cady against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Max Cady has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stelian Zeklos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cady swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stelian Zeklos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zeklos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stelian Zeklos!
Stelian Zeklos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.