PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Zelenka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kanye West feat Chief Keef, Pusha T, Jadakiss, Big Sean - I Don't Like. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zelenka
vs
Nelson

182 cm
25
163 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

176 cm
29
163 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Zelenka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Byron Nelson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zelenka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson looks to throw the jab but Zelenka is out of range.
Good work by Nelson as he checks the leg kick.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zelenka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nelson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nelson tries to clinch but Zelenka moves out of range.
Nelson throws a jab when Zelenka was well out of range.
Zelenka misses with a wild combination.
Zelenka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zelenka throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Zelenka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson moves out of range of the leg kick from Zelenka.
Nelson tried to score with a low kick but Zelenka checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zelenka.
Nelson misses the shot to the body.
Nelson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Zelenka.
Nelson is looking to score with low kicks.
Nelson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zelenka throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zelenka throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Nelson lands with a right hand.
Nelson throws a head kick but Zelenka moves out of range.
Zelenka throws a leg kick but Nelson moved away.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Zelenka moves away and avoids it.
Nelson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zelenka lands a nice hook to Nelson's body. Nelson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Nelson.
Jan Zelenka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson looks to land a body kick but Zelenka moved away.
Nelson looks for a takedown but Zelenka sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zelenka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelenka ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zelenka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nelson checks a leg kick.
Nelson lands a jab to Zelenka's midsection.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nelson looks to throw the jab but Zelenka is out of range.
Nelson throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Nelson misses the target.
Nelson thows a leg kick but Zelenka checks it
and Zelenka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zelenka cracks the inside of Nelson's front leg.
Nelson throws an overhand right that lands on Zelenka's shoulder, as Zelenka tries to avoid the shot.
Zelenka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nelson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zelenka to the mat! Zelenka manages to get full guard.
Nelson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Zelenka has control of Nelson's left arm, preventing Nelson from doing any damage.
Zelenka keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zelenka throws a leg kick but Nelson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nelson scores with a nice right hand.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zelenka.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nelson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zelenka's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka blocks a head kick by Nelson.
An inside leg kick lands from Zelenka.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zelenka misses with a two punch combination.
Zelenka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nelson misses with an uppercut. Zelenka saw that one coming.
Nelson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zelenka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch lands to the side of Nelson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nelson looks for a takedown but Zelenka sprawls well.
Zelenka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nelson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zelenka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zelenka lands a glancing blow to the side of Nelson's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zelenka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Nelson cracks Zelenka with a good jab.
Zelenka is looking to score with low kicks.
Nelson slips a straight right by Zelenka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Nelson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nelson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zelenka has time to react.
Nelson throws a front kick that sends Zelenka stumbling back into the cage.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nelson scores with a head kick. Zelenka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Decent striking displayed by Nelson there.
Nelson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab by Zelenka.
Zelenka just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Zelenka throws a right and a left that Nelson avoids nicely.
Zelenka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nelson is out of range.
Zelenka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zelenka swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zelenka. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Nelson.
Byron Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelenka avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Zelenka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nelson doesn't seem phased though.
Zelenka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nelson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nelson swings for the body but Zelenka moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Nelson or perhaps it was just good defense by Zelenka which made him look bad.
Zelenka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nelson.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Zelenka works the jab nicely.
Nelson throws a head kick but Zelenka moves out of range.
Zelenka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zelenka throws out the jab.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Zelenka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zelenka duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Zelenka clinches.
Zelenka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nelson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zelenka misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Zelenka.
Nelson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Zelenka controls the action.
Zelenka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Zelenka lands with a right to the head.
Zelenka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zelenka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Nelson.
Zelenka misses with some punches.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Zelenka.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zelenka wants to get back to striking at distance but Nelson won't allow it.
Zelenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Zelenka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Zelenka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zelenka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zelenka.
Zelenka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nelson prevents it.
Zelenka looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Zelenka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zelenka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zelenka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nelson's hands.
Nelson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nelson checks a leg kick.
Zelenka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nelson's head backwards.
Zelenka scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson lands a high kick!
Zelenka keeps the fight on the outside.
Zelenka 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.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jan Zelenka will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Zelenka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.
Nelson throws a low kick, looking for Zelenka's leg but Zelenka calmly moves out of range.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zelenka manages to avoid it.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zelenka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zelenka was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Zelenka cracks the inside of Nelson's front leg.
Zelenka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nelson connects with a solid leg kick.
Nelson misses with a straight right.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick
and Zelenka counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Zelenka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zelenka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zelenka.
Nelson stuns Zelenka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson avoids the body shot from Zelenka.
Nelson misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelenka scores with the left hand. Nelson knows he should have avoided that one.
Zelenka misses with a hook.
Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zelenka is able to avoid easily.
Nelson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zelenka connects with a single shot there.
Zelenka sizes up Nelson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nelson throws a lazy right hand but Zelenka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zelenka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zelenka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nelson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nelson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson throws a jab but it's blocked by Zelenka.
Zelenka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jan Zelenka is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zelenka scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Zelenka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zelenka.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.
Zelenka throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nelson throws a lazy uppercut
and Zelenka counters with a left and a right that stings Nelson.
Zelenka throws a leg kick but Nelson checks it.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson throws a poor cross that misses
and Zelenka counters with a low kick, right behind Nelson 's knee.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nelson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson throws a low kick but Zelenka moves out of range easily.
Nelson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nelson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zelenka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zelenka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Zelenka. Nelson shrugs it off though.
Nelson misses the shot to the body.
Zelenka with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Zelenka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Zelenka's corner calls for a 1-2. Zelenka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zelenka jabs at Nelson's body.

Zelenka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zelenka blocks an elbow strike from Nelson.
Zelenka avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Zelenka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zelenka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zelenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zelenka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zelenka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Zelenka working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Nelson is rocked!

Zelenka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zelenka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka thumps Nelson with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Zelenka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zelenka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nelson at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Zelenka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zelenka manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Zelenka.
Zelenka lunges at Nelson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nelson's hand.
Nelson misses with a hook
and Zelenka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zelenka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nelson.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Zelenka finish him?
A jab from Zelenka misses.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Zelenka closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Zelenka circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zelenka.
Nelson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zelenka is looking to chop away at Nelson's legs.
Zelenka lands a front kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Zelenka showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zelenka 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Zelenka!
An out of breath Jan Zelenka thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.