PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ZaZa Mutombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasheed Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mutombo comes to the cage accompanied by Wyclef Jean - 911. Willis has chosen Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Mutombo
vs
Willis

185 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
27
200 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, ZaZa Mutombo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Willis!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutombo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Willis misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Willis misses.
Mutombo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mutombo lands a glancing blow to the side of Willis's head.
Willis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Willis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mutombo throws out the jab.
Mutombo misses with an uppercut. Willis saw that one coming.
Mutombo throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mutombo looks to land a left hand but Willis moved out of range nicely.
Mutombo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Willis.
Mutombo blocks the body kick.
A head kick by Willis misses
and Mutombo counters with a good low kick that Willis was not able to check.
Mutombo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mutombo lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Mutombo tenderised Willis's leg. Willis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mutombo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Willis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mutombo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mutombo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
Willis moves away from the strike by Mutombo.
Willis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Willis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mutombo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Willis is rocked!
Mutombo scores with a leg kick.
Willis is still on wobbly legs! Can Mutombo finish him?
Mutombo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Willis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Mutombo sends Willis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Mutombo is motioning to the referee to let Willis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Mutombo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mutombo misses with a looping left.
Willis seems to have recovered his senses.
Mutombo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Willis switches off momentarily and Mutombo cracks him with a monster right hand! Willis topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Mutombo dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Mutombo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). ZaZa Mutombo!
During a confident post fight interview, ZaZa Mutombo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.