PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Zook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zook's entrance music is God's Gonna Cut You Down. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Zook
vs
Narvaez

177 cm
31
196 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

191 cm
27
200 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Zook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zook throws a hook but Narvaez blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Zook.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zook was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Zook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Narvaez throws a shot from downtown. Zook moves away and avoids it.
Narvaez throws a lazy uppercut

and Zook counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Narvaez stops a takedown attempt from Zook.
Narvaez is trying to break the clinch but Zook has him pressed against the ropes.
Zook using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Narvaez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Narvaez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Zook misses with some punches.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zook has Narvaez pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Narvaez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Zook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Narvaez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Zook stalling in the clinch.
Narvaez is leaning against Zook and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narvaez misses with a punch to the body.
Zook tries a knee to the head but Narvaez blocks it.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zook is leaning against Narvaez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Narvaez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zook's elbow.
Zook connects with a knee to the head.
Zook misses with the head strike.
Narvaez is working Zook over against the ropes.
Narvaez takes an elbow to the temple.
Zook misses with a punch to the body.
Zook lands an elbow inside.
Zook is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Narvaez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Solomon Zook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Narvaez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zook has Narvaez pressed against the ropes, preventing Narvaez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Narvaez presses Zook against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Narvaez.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Zook takes a shot to the head.
Narvaez pushes Zook back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zook is working for takedown but Narvaez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Narvaez gets through Zook's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zook struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Narvaez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Narvaez lands a left hand.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zook is working for takedown but Narvaez is calmly controlling the position for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Narvaez.
Zook tries to throw a body punch but Narvaez avoids it by throwing Zook back against the ropes.
Zook throws an elbow that misses.

Narvaez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zook swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Narvaez is looking to land body kicks.
Zook tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Narvaez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Narvaez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Solomon Zook has been cut.
Zook swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez throws a body punch but Zook moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a double jab.
Narvaez throws a nice looking combination but Zook bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zook checks the leg kick.
Narvaez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zook tries to clinch up.
Narvaez lands with a shot to the body.

Narvaez gets tackled into the ropes by Zook. Zook maintains the clinch.
Zook is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Narvaez is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narvaez.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zook lands an elbow inside that Narvaez shrugs off.
Zook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Narvaez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narvaez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Narvaez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Narvaez lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zook uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Narvaez.
Narvaez scores with a jab to the body.
Narvaez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zook wants to slow Narvaez down by chopping away at his legs.
Narvaez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zook.
Zook connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zook avoids the body shot from Narvaez.
Zook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Narvaez, as that shot connected.
Narvaez is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Narvaez lands with a nice body kick.
Rafael Narvaez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Narvaez avoids the head kick by Zook.
Narvaez slaps away a takedown attempt from Zook, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Solomon Zook's cut.
That's time! Zook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Narvaez clinches up against the ropes.
Rafael Narvaez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Narvaez stops a takedown attempt from Zook.
Narvaez working hard to break the clinch.
Narvaez digs a right hand underneath Zook's ribcage. Zook let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zook scores with a shot to the side of Narvaez's head.
Zook landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Narvaez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Narvaez tries to keep at a distance but Zook has taken the fight into the clinch.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A knee to the head by Zook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Narvaez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Narvaez catches Zook with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick from Narvaez lands but Zook takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Narvaez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Narvaez misses with an uppercut
and Zook counters with a good, hard body kick but Narvaez shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Narvaez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zook rather than just go for the knockout.
A good leg kick by Narvaez.
Narvaez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Narvaez looks to land a left hand but Zook moved out of range nicely.
Narvaez swings for the body but Zook moves out of range.
Zook tries to clinch but Narvaez is having none of it.

Narvaez has Zook up against the ropes in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Zook.
Zook throws a head punch that misses.
Narvaez lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zook looking for a takedown.
Zook with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Narvaez tries to throw a body punch but Zook avoids it by throwing Narvaez back against the ropes.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zook throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Narvaez.
Zook missing with knees to the body.
Narvaez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zook on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zook drops down looking for an ankle pick but Narvaez pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Solomon Zook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zook tries a head kick but it misses.
Narvaez throws a leg kick which misses Zook's front leg but catches the back leg as Zook tries to avoid it.
Zook tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Narvaez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zook was well out of range. Poor timing from Narvaez.
Zook avoids the head kick by Narvaez.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Zook connects with a leg kick. Narvaez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Narvaez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Narvaez as he connects with a hook.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez avoids the body shot from Zook.
Narvaez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Zook moves into the clinch.
Narvaez missing with knees to the body.
Zook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike.
Narvaez has had enough of the clinch but Zook keeps him there for the moment.
Zook drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Narvaez misses with some punches.
Zook has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Narvaez after a bit of a struggle.
Zook tries to land a knee to the head but Narvaez blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Zook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Narvaez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zook throws a head punch that misses.
Zook swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zook is looking to take this one to the mat.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zook pushes off an throws an elbow but Narvaez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Narvaez working aggressively here.
Narvaez tries a body shot but Zook blocks it.
Narvaez scores with a shot to the side of Zook's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Solomon Zook's cut.
That's time! Zook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Zook defending well as Narvaez loads up on a big left hand.
Narvaez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Narvaez tries to clinch up.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Narvaez throws a hook but Zook avoids it easily.
Zook slips under a jab from Narvaez.
Narvaez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Narvaez cracks the inside of Zook's front leg.
Zook tries to close the distance and clinch up but Narvaez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Narvaez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Narvaez throws an overhand right that lands on Zook's shoulder, as Zook tries to avoid the shot.
Narvaez takes a swing at Zook's ribcage but misses.
Zook moves out of range of the strikes.
Zook will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Narvaez throws an overhand right that lands on Zook's shoulder, as Zook tries to avoid the shot.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a body kick.
Zook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Zook lands a body shot.
Zook closes this distance looking for a takedown but Narvaez circles away.
Narvaez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zook.
Narvaez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Narvaez throws out a powerful jab.
Narvaez misses with a double jab.
Narvaez misses with a double jab.
Rafael Narvaez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Narvaez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Narvaez throws a front kick that sends Zook stumbling back into the ropes.
Narvaez lands the left hand.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Zook drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Narvaez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zook is controlling him.
Zook might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Narvaez trying to control the position.
Zook wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Narvaez working for a triangle but Zook defends it easily.
Zook preventing the sweep.
Zook wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Solomon Zook wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Narvaez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Narvaez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zook slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Narvaez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Narvaez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Solomon Zook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narvaez swinging wildly here.
Narvaez connects with a body shot that sends Zook's belly button to the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Narvaez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Narvaez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Narvaez!