PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zé Jiurgite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and FOSTER Zwingman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zwingman has chosen Caravan Palace - Clash as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zé Jiurgite had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jiurgite
vs
Zwingman

193 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Stonewall

Stonewall
Hopkins Athletics

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zé Jiurgite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, FOSTER Zwingman!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zwingman is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jiurgite's half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Zwingman lands strikes from half guard.
Zwingman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jiurgite's head.
Zwingman throwing shots but Jiurgite is blocking nicely.
Zwingman throwing shots but Jiurgite is blocking nicely.
Zwingman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zwingman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zwingman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zwingman prevents Jiurgite from improving his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Zwingman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jiurgite defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jiurgite looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwingman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zwingman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zwingman throws a strike but Jiurgite avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Zwingman stopping the sweep attempt from Jiurgite.
Zwingman throwing strikes from guard but Jiurgite blocks nicely.
Zwingman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jiurgite utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiurgite has momentary wrist control but Zwingman slips an elbow through the middle.
Zwingman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zwingman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jiurgite utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zwingman landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zwingman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jiurgite utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zwingman throwing strikes but missing.
Zwingman postures up in Jiurgite's guard and throws a big left but Jiurgite blocks it.
Zwingman distracts Jiurgite with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zwingman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman working some strikes from top position.
Zwingman is working Jiurgite over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zwingman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zwingman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zwingman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jiurgite works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zwingman throws a strike but Jiurgite rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jiurgite won't allow Zwingman to sweep him here.
Zwingman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jiurgite manages to get himself to full guard.
Zwingman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zwingman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zwingman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zwingman cracks Jiurgite with a solid left hand.
Zwingman is working Jiurgite over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zwingman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zwingman slips nicely into half guard.
Jiurgite is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zwingman scores with a couple of nice shots.

Jiurgite is rocked!
Zwingman drops an elbow to the side of Jiurgite's head.
Oh Jiurgite is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zwingman lands with a punch from half guard.
Jiurgite trying to control from the bottom.
Zwingman lands a big elbow - Jiurgite is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Zwingman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). FOSTER Zwingman!
FOSTER Zwingman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hopkins Athletics for their support in the buildup to the fight.