PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ooga Booga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Zahovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ooga Booga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Booga
vs
Zahovic

170 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

GREEN!

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ooga Booga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marko Zahovic!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booga uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zahovic has time to react.
Booga lands with an uppercut that bounces Zahovic off the cage and back into range.

Zahovic gets the takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Booga avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Zahovic.
Booga knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zahovic on the ground.
Zahovic throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Booga struggling a bit here.
Zahovic sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Booga is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Booga defending against the ground and pound.
Zahovic grinds an elbow into Booga's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Booga is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Zahovic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Booga to see if he's OK.
Zahovic is putting a hurting on Booga here, landing some big shots from side control.
Booga is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
An elbow from Zahovic crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahovic landing a few strikes.
Booga takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Booga managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Zahovic.
Zahovic working the head with strikes.
Booga is trying to improve his position.
Zahovic working the body and head with strikes.
Zahovic throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Zahovic looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Booga is avoiding damage well.
Booga is working to avoid the ground and pound but Zahovic connects with a decent elbow.
Booga is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zahovic is chipping away with strikes.
Zahovic throws an elbow but Booga slips to the side and avoids it well.
Zahovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Booga keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zahovic working the ground and pound from side control.
Zahovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Booga keeps working.
Zahovic scoring with punches and elbows.
Booga is trying to control Zahovic's posture but Zahovic avoids it.
Zahovic lands an elbow.
Zahovic scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zahovic scoring with punches and elbows.
Zahovic landing strikes.
Zahovic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Booga parries the strikes from Zahovic easily there. Zahovic is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Booga to escape.
Booga is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Zahovic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Booga takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Booga taking a bit of punishment here - Zahovic scoring with strikes.
Booga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zahovic looks up at the clock and then as Booga takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Zahovic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Booga takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zahovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Booga keeps working.
Zahovic lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Booga is looking for a sweep.
Zahovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on Booga's face as Zahovic controls the position.
Zahovic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Booga to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zahovic in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zahovic trying to control the action but Booga is working from the bottom.
Zahovic connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Booga some visible discomfort.
Zahovic is looking to take a break and control but Booga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zahovic lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zahovic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Zahovic is working Booga over with some ground and pound from side control.
Zahovic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Zahovic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zahovic shoots in but Booga avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fighters circling - Zahovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ooga Booga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Booga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zahovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Booga misses with a wild combination.
Booga throws a series of punches but Zahovic moves out of range.
Booga throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zahovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Ooga Booga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Booga throws a combination. Zahovic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Booga misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Booga throws a series of punches but Zahovic avoids them all with ease.
Zahovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zahovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Booga.
Zahovic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Booga. Booga circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booga displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zahovic.
Booga throws the left hand but Zahovic avoids the punch easily.
Booga scores with a jab to the body.
Zahovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Booga sprawls well. He's pushed Zahovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ooga Booga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marko Zahovic.
Booga loads up on a big right hand but Zahovic slips the punch.
Booga lands a really nice looking cross but Zahovic seems unphased.
Booga misses with a right hand

and Zahovic counters with a takedown into side control.
Booga pushes Zahovic away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Zahovic gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Zahovic cracks Booga with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zahovic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Zahovic cracks Booga with a big right hand but Booga just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zahovic controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zahovic lands a decent elbow from side control.

Zahovic is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Booga is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Booga taking a bit of punishment here - Zahovic scoring with strikes.
Zahovic scoring with punches from side control.
Zahovic lands some shots froms side control.
Zahovic cracks Booga with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zahovic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Zahovic working the ground and pound.

Zahovic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Booga, who protects the arm well.
Zahovic landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booga is working to avoid the ground and pound but Zahovic connects with a decent elbow.
Zahovic lands an elbow.

Zahovic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Booga, who protects the arm well.
Zahovic working the ground and pound.
Zahovic scores with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Booga takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zahovic lands a few punches from side control.

Zahovic has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Booga is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Zahovic yanks on the arm and Booga is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Zahovic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marko Zahovic!
A relieved looking Marko Zahovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.