PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamid Zaferani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Draclau
vs
Zaferani

168 cm
29
143 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

170 cm
28
145 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Hamid Zaferani!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draclau lands a head kick. Zaferani smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Draclau closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zaferani circles away.
Draclau staying out of range there.
Zaferani throws a lazy head kick
and Draclau counters with a nice uppercut.
Draclau on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Zaferani thows a body shot but no joy.
Zaferani is looking to land body kicks.
Zaferani scores with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Draclau blocks the low kick.
Zaferani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Draclau throws a lazy head kick
and Zaferani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaferani throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd cheers as Zaferani lands an impressive looking overhand right. Draclau doesn't seem phased though.
Zaferani throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaferani lands a jab to the head.
Draclau throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Zaferani to counter with a crisp jab.
Hamid Zaferani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaferani is looking to slow Draclau down with leg kicks.
Draclau tries to clinch but Zaferani is having none of it.
Zaferani keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A big left from Zaferani misses.
Draclau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Draclau slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Draclau.
Zaferani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Draclau throws out the jab.
Draclau scores with a shot to the body.
Zaferani fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zaferani misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani misses with a hook
and Draclau makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Draclau 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draclau connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaferani throws the left hand but Draclau avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheers as Draclau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zaferani doesn't seem phased though.
Draclau throws a sloppy head kick and Zaferani moves out of range easily.
Zaferani is looking to slow Draclau down with leg kicks.
Zaferani lands a two punch combo.
Zaferani throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Draclau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A low kick from Zaferani is predictable there
and Draclau counters with a low kick, right behind Zaferani 's knee.
Draclau moves out of range as Zaferani strikes.
Zaferani pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Draclau connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zaferani scrambles back to his feet.
Draclau checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Draclau.
Draclau lands a jab.
Draclau tests Zaferani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zaferani throws an overhand right that lands on Draclau's shoulder, as Draclau tries to avoid the shot.
Zaferani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Draclau misses the shot to the body.
Zaferani moves out of range as Draclau strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani lands a jab to the nose.
Zaferani scores with a sloppy right hand. Draclau should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaferani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Draclau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zaferani catches Draclau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zaferani throws a poor cross that misses
and Draclau makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice defenses there by Draclau.
Zaferani misses with the body kick
and Draclau counters with a nice leg kick.
Zaferani is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Draclau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zaferani misses with a lunging right hand
and Draclau counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaferani misses with a straight left.
Zaferani checks the leg kick.
Draclau scores with a jab to the body.
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 Alphons Draclau 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.

Zaferani throws an off balance right hand
and Draclau makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zaferani's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Draclau tries to clinch but Zaferani moves away
and Zaferani counters with a left to the body.
The fighters circling - Zaferani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draclau tries to score with a low kick but Zaferani moves his leg out of the way.
Zaferani misses with an uppercut.
Zaferani misses the jab.
Draclau takes one on the button.
Draclau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaferani.
Zaferani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zaferani with a jab.
Draclau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zaferani checks a low kick from Draclau.
A chopping leg kick lands by Draclau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaferani lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Draclau has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Draclau and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Draclau takes one to the side of the head.
Draclau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaferani stuffs the takedown.
Draclau tries a head kick but it misses.
Draclau turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zaferani lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draclau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zaferani jabs at Draclau's body.
Draclau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zaferani.
A solid body kick from Zaferani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani throws a leg kick
and Draclau counters with an outside leg kick.
Draclau moves out of range of the strikes.
Zaferani is looking to slow Draclau down with leg kicks.
Draclau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zaferani manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Zaferani. Beautiful body shot.
Zaferani misses with an uppercut. Draclau saw that one coming.
A jab from Zaferani finds it's way through Draclau's defenses.
Zaferani connects with a right hand. Draclau shakes it off.
Draclau misses the shot to the body.
Zaferani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaferani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draclau.
Hamid Zaferani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Draclau tries to clinch there but Zaferani circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau moves out of range as Zaferani throws a body kick.
Hamid Zaferani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draclau lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zaferani has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zaferani and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zaferani attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zaferani misses with a kick to the body.
Zaferani tests Draclau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zaferani thows a body kick. Draclau tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Zaferani cracks Draclau with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zaferani lands with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Draclau.
Draclau looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zaferani lands with a shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Zaferani misses
and Draclau counters with a solid body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaferani moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zaferani throws a body punch but Draclau moves out of range.
Zaferani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zaferani lands with a cross.
Zaferani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zaferani throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaferani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draclau tries to clinch there but Zaferani circles away.
Zaferani blocks a head kick by Draclau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamid Zaferani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Zaferani on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zaferani throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draclau counters with a low kick, right behind Zaferani 's knee.
Draclau paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Draclau throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zaferani throws a leg kick but Draclau moved away.
Zaferani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draclau.
Zaferani on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draclau. Draclau obviously looking to wear him down.
Draclau moves in looking to clinch but Zaferani pushes him off.
Zaferani throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draclau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zaferani's knee momentarily.
Zaferani throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Draclau counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Zaferani takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zaferani being controlled here, momentarily.
Zaferani keeping full guard, as Draclau tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zaferani is trying to keep Draclau in close.
Draclau trying to control but Zaferani is working from the bottom.
Draclau trying to move into half guard but instead Zaferani has managed to sweep!
Zaferani is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A head kick by Zaferani misses
and Draclau counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zaferani connects with a right hand. Draclau shakes it off.
Zaferani lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Zaferani misses.
Draclau moves forwards but Zaferani connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Draclau throws a front kick that sends Zaferani stumbling back into the cage.
Draclau moves out of range of the leg kick from Zaferani.
Draclau blocks a jab.
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!
Zaferani thows a leg kick but Draclau checks it

and Draclau counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zaferani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draclau.
Draclau just leaning against Zaferani, taking a breather.
Draclau wants to take the fight to the mat but Zaferani manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Zaferani fails to land.
Zaferani misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draclau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Draclau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaferani can't find room to land a body shot as Draclau controls the action.
Zaferani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Draclau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draclau lands an uppercut.
Zaferani has a couple of punches blocked by Draclau.

Draclau gets control of Zaferani's arms and successfully pulls guard. Draclau will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Draclau is looking to stand up but Zaferani isn't so interested in that idea.
Zaferani looking to sit in guard and control but Draclau gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaferani working a defensive guard here.
Draclau being controlled here momentarily.
Draclau trying to control but Zaferani is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draclau works over Zaferani with some ground and pound from guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alphons Draclau showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Draclau has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Alphons Draclau!