PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Temujin Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Zed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black's entrance music is Dropkick murphys - drink and fight. A fine choice. Angelo Zed has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Black
vs
Zed

185 cm
26
200 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

187 cm
23
199 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Temujin Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Angelo Zed!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zed thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Black if he has to take too many more of those.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zed darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zed lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Black tries to clinch there but Zed circles away.
Black shoots in and drives through. Zed sprawls well.
Zed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Black stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zed throws a series of punches but Black moves out of range.

Black closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zed to the mat! Zed manages to get full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zed has his hands on Black's head, controlling the position.
Zed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Black throws a big right hand that misses.
Zed looking for a sweep. Not yet Zed, not yet.
Zed keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Zed is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Black wants to pass the guard but Zed is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black landing with the ground and pound.
Black has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Black cracks Zed with a solid left hand.
Black preventing the sweep.
Zed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zed wants to sweep but no luck.
Black scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zed is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Black is controlling him.
Black postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Black missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zed wants to sweep here but Black controlling him for the moment.
Black throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zed is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zed is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zed preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Black drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Black jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Zed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zed trying to control the position here.
Black stopping the sweep attempt from Zed.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zed keeping full guard, as Black tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zed has control of Black's left arm, preventing Black from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Angelo Zed was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Zed throws a leg kick but Black moved away.
Zed slaps away a takedown attempt from Black, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Zed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Black.
The fighters circle momentarily. Black darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Black slips a straight right by Zed.
Zed ducks right into an uppercut from Black.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Zed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black misses with a looping right.
Zed misses with a hook.
Black is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zed sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Temujin Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black throws a wild body kick that Zed sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zed can pounce on him.
Zed lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Black's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Black scrambles back to his feet.
Zed scores with a crisp jab that stopped Black in his tracks.
Zed connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Black throws a jab when Zed was well out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Black scores with a four punch combination!
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black tries to clinch but Zed moves out of range.

Black darts in and clinches Zed up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Zed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zed misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Black's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Come on Black - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Zed.
Black is trying to stall.

Zed breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Temujin Black will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Temujin Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left and a right from Zed both land. Nice combination.
Zed cracks Black with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Black is rocked!
Zed throws a shot to the body.
Oh Black is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zed fakes the body blow, causing Black to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Black goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Angelo Zed!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Angelo Zed made sure he mentioned [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available*, along with how happy he was to win his fight.