PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Froch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jones Zica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Froch comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched. Zica is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Master of Puppets by Metallica. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Froch
vs
Zica

176 cm
36
167 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

180 cm
33
162 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marlo Froch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jones Zica!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Froch.
Froch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zica was well out of range. Poor timing from Froch.
Zica tries to move into range but Froch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zica slips under a jab.
Froch scoring well with a low kick there.
Zica 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.
Froch moves out of range of the strikes.
Froch tries to clinch up but Zica circles away and keeps his distance.
Zica misses with a hook. Froch ducked under it nicely.
Zica cracks Froch with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Froch throws a series of punches but Zica moves out of range.
Froch dips to his left and cracks Zica with an uppercut!
Zica misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zica takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Zica looks to land a left hand but Froch moved out of range nicely.
Froch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zica misses with a hook. Froch ducked under it nicely.
Froch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Froch drops his hands momentarily and Zica takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zica tries to move into range but Froch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Froch throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Froch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Froch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zica throws out the jab.
Froch walks into a stiff left hand from Zica.
Zica throws the left hand but Froch avoids the punch easily.
Froch misses with a double jab.
Zica dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zica throws a nice outside leg kick.
Froch misses with a straight left.
Froch misses with a wild body shot.

Froch gets a clinch.
Froch leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zica wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Froch misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zica prevents Froch from breaking the clinch.
Froch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Froch throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Zica.
Zica doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Froch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Froch breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Zica.
Zica tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Froch was well out of range. Poor timing from Zica.
Zica circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Froch misses.
Froch slips a straight right by Zica.
Froch looks to land a combination but Zica avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zica misses the shot to the body.
Zica misses with a looping right.
Zica slips a straight right by Froch.
Zica digs a good body shot into Froch's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zica. Froch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Froch throws a shot from downtown. Zica moves away and avoids it.
Zica throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Froch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zica misses with an uppercut. Froch saw that one coming.
Froch blocks a head kick by Zica.
Zica bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Froch's head backwards.
No joy there for Froch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zica walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zica throws a lazy right hand but Froch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Froch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zica.
Zica misses with a straight left.
Zica ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Froch moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Froch shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Froch throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zica slips a jab and a cross from Froch.
Nice shot by Froch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zica. Froch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zica dodges the punch combination from Froch.
Jones Zica seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Froch blocks the leg kick.
Froch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Froch tries to score with a low kick but Zica moves his leg out of the way.
Froch misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Zica misses.
Zica cracks a nice hook into Froch's ribs.
Zica swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Froch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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 Marlo Froch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Froch misses with a combination
and Zica counters with a body kick that stops Froch in his tracks momentarily.
Froch wants to land a leg kick but Zica is out of range.
Zica misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Froch thows a body kick. Zica tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Froch lands a glancing blow to the side of Zica's head.
Zica throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zica swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Froch slips a jab from Zica.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zica 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 Froch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Froch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab from Zica.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Froch!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zica rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Froch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Froch thows a body shot but no joy.
Marlo Froch is winning the standup battle so far.
Zica fails in his attempt to clinch.
Froch misses with a low kick as Zica jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Froch misses with a series of wild punches.
Zica pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zica misses with a jab, cross combination.
Froch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zica.
Froch loads up on a big right hand but Zica slips the punch.
Zica's jab looks to have found its range, popping Froch under the eye.
Froch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zica manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zica tries to clinch but Froch moves out of range.
Zica tries to close the distance and clinch up but Froch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Froch misses with a two punch combination.
Marlo Froch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Froch throws a big shot that misses.
No joy there for Froch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zica throws the left hand but Froch avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Froch connects with a solid leg kick.
Zica misses the jab.
Froch lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Froch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Froch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Zica there.
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!
Froch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zica misses with a looping left.
Froch throws a series of punches but Zica moves out of range.
Zica moves out of range of the leg kick from Froch.
Zica takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zica misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zica looks to land a left hand but Froch moved out of range nicely.

Froch moves into the clinch successfully.
Froch tries to throw a body punch but Zica avoids it by throwing Froch back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Froch has a couple of punches blocked by Zica.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zica.
Froch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zica misses with some punches.
Froch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Froch has had enough of the clinch but Zica keeps him there for the moment.
Zica tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zica misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zica tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Froch's elbow.

Froch breaks the clinch.
Froch staying out of range there.
Froch throws a leg kick which misses Zica's front leg but catches the back leg as Zica tries to avoid it.
Zica lands with a good body shot.
Zica misses with a hook. Froch ducked under it nicely.
Froch misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Froch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zica's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A swing and a miss from Zica.
Zica waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Froch.
Froch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zica misses with a wild body shot.
Zica cracks Froch with a good jab.

Froch moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Froch blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Froch breaks the clinch.
Zica doesn't manage to clinch there - Froch circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Froch. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Zica misses.
Zica paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zica slips a jab and a cross from Froch.
A punch combination from Froch misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jones Zica will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Froch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zica.
Froch throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Froch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zica doesn't seem phased though.
Zica throws a body punch but Froch moves out of range.
Zica throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Froch slips a jab from Zica.
Zica throws a right and a left that Froch avoids nicely.
Zica just misses with a punch to the body.
Froch moves forwards but Zica connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Froch throws a lazy right hand but Zica sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zica scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Zica.
Froch ducks under a wild hook from Zica.
Zica connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Froch's hands.
Froch misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zica looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Froch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zica misses with a few strikes there.
Zica avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zica avoids the head kick by Froch.
Froch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zica takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Froch.
Froch throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Froch misses with a low kick.
Zica has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Froch.
Zica throws a big shot that misses.
Froch misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Froch slips under a jab from Zica.
Zica throws a right hand that misses
and Froch counters with a body kick that stops Zica in his tracks momentarily.
Zica takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Froch cracks Zica with a right hand to the side of the head.

Froch clinches up against the cage.

Froch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Froch cracks the inside of Zica's front leg.
A head kick misses from Froch.
Froch misses with a double jab.
Froch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zica throws a body punch but Froch moves out of range.
Zica stuns Froch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Froch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zica misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Froch lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zica closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Froch moves out of range of the strikes.
Froch takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Froch tries to clinch there but Zica circles away.
Froch is looking to clinch but Zica is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick from Zica misses.
Zica throws a hook but Froch avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zica, as that shot connected.
Froch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zica lands with an uppercut that bounces Froch off the cage and back into range.
Zica moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zica staying out of range there.
Zica swings for the body but Froch moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zica keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Froch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Froch scores with a body shot.
Froch looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Froch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Froch tries to land a leg kick but Zica saw it coming and moves away.

Froch pushes Zica up against the cage in a clinch.
Froch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Froch breaks the clinch.
Zica misses the jab.
Froch lands with a right hand.
Zica lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Froch connects with a right hand. Zica shakes it off.
A punch combination from Froch misses.
Zica swats away the attempt to clinch by Froch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marlo Froch.
Well Froch has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marlo Froch!
Marlo Froch thanked the fans post fight for their support.