PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emory Majors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zen Zelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Majors
vs
Zelli

187 cm
31
190 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

189 cm
31
198 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Malicestar

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emory Majors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zen Zelli!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelli stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zelli wants it to stay on the feet.
Zelli misses with the combination.
Majors dives in and grabs Zelli's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zelli pushes down on Majors's head and hops out.

Majors drives through with a takedown into guard.
Majors postures up in Zelli's guard and throws a big left but Zelli blocks it.
Majors working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Majors is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zelli preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Majors trying to control the position from guard on top but Zelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zelli utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Majors trying to control the position from guard on top but Zelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Majors is looking to work some ground and pound but Zelli has wrist control.
Zelli preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Majors throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Majors 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.
Majors in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zelli can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Majors controls the pace.
Majors stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Majors connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelli preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Majors landing some decent shots from guard.
Majors lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Majors accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Majors with a flurry of punches that miss.
Majors throws a big elbow that misses.
Zelli wants to stand up but Majors is controlling him.
Majors trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zelli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Majors.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Majors postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Majors.
Majors wants to control from the top but Zelli keeps moving.
Majors throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Majors chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Majors passes Zelli's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Majors passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zelli!
Majors landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Majors lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Zelli is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Majors postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Zelli out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Majors goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Emory Majors!
A very excited looking Emory Majors made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.