PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Atsi Zweck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zweck kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is RAWR. Aldo has chosen Run This Town as his entrance music. Atsi Zweck has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zweck
vs
Aldo

177 cm
19
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Atsi Zweck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zweck digs a good body shot into Aldo's ribs.
Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zweck.

Aldo clinches with his opponent.
Zweck lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Zweck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aldo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the head.
Zweck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aldo blocks an uppercut.
Zweck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zweck looking to stall.
Aldo stalling in the clinch.
Zweck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Zweck tries to circle away but Aldo has him pinned against the cage.
Aldo prevents Zweck from breaking the clinch.
Aldo can't find room to land a body shot as Zweck controls the action.
Zweck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo lands an elbow inside.
Zweck wants to break free but Aldo has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zweck avoids it.
Zweck scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aldo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zweck's defenses.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zweck is defending well for now.
Zweck stalls.
Zweck misses with a body punch.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Zweck avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zweck is defending well for now.
Aldo misses with a body punch.
Zweck is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Zweck can't break the clinch.
Zweck lands a body shot.
Zweck controlling the action here for a moment.
Aldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Zweck controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands an elbow inside that Zweck shrugs off.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aldo prevents Zweck from breaking the clinch.
Aldo lands an elbow inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Zweck.
Aldo looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zweck working hard to break the clinch.
Aldo throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Zweck.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo misses with a knee to the head.

Zweck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo misses the jab.

Zweck closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zweck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Aldo looking to throw knees to the head but Zweck is blocking nicely.
Zweck wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zweck can't break the clinch.
Zweck is leaning against Aldo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Aldo misses with a knee strike.
Zweck can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.

Zweck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aldo swats away the attempt to clinch by Zweck.
Zweck tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Zweck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Aldo rushes Zweck and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zweck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aldo working Zweck over with knees to the body.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Zweck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aldo lands a slapping body shot.
Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zweck tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.

Zweck moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo looking to throw knees to the head but Zweck is blocking nicely.
Zweck wants to get back to striking at distance but Aldo won't allow it.
Zweck is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Zweck tries to circle away but Aldo has him pinned against the cage.
Zweck lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldo tries a knee to the head but Zweck blocks it.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zweck is trying to push Aldo away but Aldo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Zweck avoids the damage to the body.
Zweck has had enough of the clinch but Aldo keeps him there for the moment.
Aldo has Zweck pressed against the cage, preventing Zweck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Zweck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo prevents Zweck from breaking the clinch.
Zweck is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zweck is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aldo is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atsi Zweck dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zweck motions for Aldo to come forward. Zweck throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Zweck instigates a clinch.
Zweck is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Atsi Zweck has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zweck is defending well for now.
Aldo scores with a shoulder strike.
Zweck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zweck is trying to break free.
Aldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zweck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zweck seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Aldo is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zweck can't break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aldo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zweck's brow.
Zweck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Atsi Zweck has been cut.

Zweck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zweck.

Aldo forces Zweck back against the cage and clinches.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aldo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Zweck.
Aldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Zweck.
Zweck is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.

Zweck breaks from the clinch.
Zweck looks to land a combination but Aldo avoids it well.
Zweck scores with a hook.
Zweck takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Aldo has managed to clinch.
Aldo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aldo throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Zweck's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo looking to throw knees to the head but Zweck is blocking nicely.

Zweck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
A good leg kick by Aldo.
Zweck throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.

Aldo darts in and clinches Zweck up against the cage.
Aldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Zweck controls his hands.

Zweck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zweck misses with a low kick.

Aldo has Zweck up against the cage in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aldo as Zweck tries to tie him up.
Aldo misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Zweck.
Zweck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Zweck avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Zweck.
Zweck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.
Zweck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo can't find room to land a body shot as Zweck controls the action.
Aldo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zweck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aldo scores with a hook to the body.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Zweck's ribcage.
Aldo is trying to stall.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zweck throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zweck lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zweck is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.
Zweck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zweck is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zweck is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aldo throws an elbow but misses.
Zweck tries to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling the position.
Zweck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zweck is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aldo is keeping busy.
A frustrated look appears on Zweck's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo throws an elbow but it misses.
Zweck blocks an uppercut.
Zweck throws a head punch that misses.
Zweck working hard to break the clinch.
Zweck wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zweck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zweck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zweck avoids a wild elbow strike from Aldo.
Aldo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zweck takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jose Aldo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Atsi Zweck's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Zweck wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.

Aldo clinches with his opponent.
Aldo misses with a knee to the head.
Zweck manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Aldo keeps control of Zweck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aldo lands a nice elbow.
Aldo connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zweck avoids it.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo keeps control of Zweck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aldo misses with a knee to the head.
Zweck is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Zweck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.
Zweck trying to control the position but instead, Aldo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zweck into the cage.
Aldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aldo looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zweck blocks a body shot from Aldo.
Aldo tries to throw a body punch but Zweck avoids it by throwing Aldo back against the cage.
Aldo throws an elbow but it misses.
Zweck is trying to break the clinch but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Zweck is looking to break free of the clinch but Aldo has double underhooks.
Aldo has Zweck pressed against the cage, preventing Zweck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zweck is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.
Zweck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aldo misses with an elbow over the top.
Zweck lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zweck wants to break free but Aldo has control.
Zweck tries to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling the position.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Zweck.

Zweck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Aldo clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Zweck blocks with his arms.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but Zweck blocks it.
Zweck is trying to stall.
Aldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zweck is trying to break the clinch but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Zweck digs a right hand into Aldo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aldo's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zweck avoids it.
Zweck is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zweck lands a left hand.
Zweck lands a hook that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Zweck wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zweck avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Zweck working hard to break the clinch.
Aldo keeps control of Zweck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zweck tries to break free but Aldo pushes him back against the cage.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to work over Zweck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zweck wants to break free but Aldo has control.

Zweck breaks the clinch.
Aldo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zweck tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zweck wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.
Zweck misses with a two punch combination.

Zweck rushes Aldo and presses him up against the cage.
Aldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Zweck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zweck fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab from Zweck.
Zweck tries to clinch there but Aldo circles away.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.

Aldo closes the distance and pushes Zweck back into the cage.
A short right from Zweck on the inside.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zweck prevents a body shot from Aldo.
Zweck is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aldo is keeping busy.
Aldo leaning his opponent against the cage.

Zweck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zweck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zweck throws a one two combo.
Aldo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aldo misses with a leg kick.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zweck gets a clinch.
Aldo misses with a knee strike.
Zweck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zweck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aldo backwards.
Aldo scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Atsi Zweck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zweck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atsi Zweck!