PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dom Danky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Zook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danky comes into the arena with Killing In The Name blaring out of the sound system. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Solomon Zook was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Danky
vs
Zook

187 cm
27
192 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

177 cm
36
196 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dom Danky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Solomon Zook!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Danky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zook lands with a cross.
Danky scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zook in his tracks.
Zook tries to clinch but Danky is having none of it.
Danky throws an overhand right that lands on Zook's shoulder, as Zook tries to avoid the shot.
Danky works Zook's body with a nice hook.
Danky throws a jab but it's blocked by Zook.

Zook scores with a takedown into Danky's guard.
Zook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Danky keeping full guard, as Zook tries to pass.
Zook wants to control from the top but Danky keeps moving.
Zook looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zook trying to control but Danky is working from the bottom.
Zook working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Danky's head.
Danky preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zook loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zook throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zook looking to sit in guard and control but Danky gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zook keeping moving, preventing Danky from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dom Danky just wasn't active enough.
Danky scores with a punch to the head.
Zook tries to move into range but Danky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danky misses with a straight left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zook was well out of range. Poor timing from Danky.
Danky tries to work over Zook's front leg with a kick but Zook checks it.
Danky thows a left - swing and a miss!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zook.
Dom Danky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Danky misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zook takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danky cracks the inside of Zook's front leg.

Zook shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Danky napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Zook is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Danky knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Zook has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zook working the ground and pound but Danky is defending the strikes.
Danky wants to control but Zook postures up.
Zook fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Danky dodges the ground and pound from Zook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danky can't do much from the bottom here.
Zook misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danky is trying to escape the position but Zook is controlling the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danky parries the strikes from Zook easily there. Zook is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Danky to escape.
Danky regains half guard, as Zook was trying to land strikes.
Danky wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zook working Danky over with strikes.
Zook not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Danky taking some punishment here, with Zook in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Solomon Zook will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Danky throws a chopping leg kick but Zook manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Danky connects with an inside leg kick.
Zook scores with a nice head shot.
Zook scores with a body shot.
Danky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danky throws a leg kick
and Zook counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danky throws a jab but it's blocked by Zook.
Nice straight punches there by Danky. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Danky.
Dom Danky is winning the standup battle so far.
Danky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zook.
Danky just misses with a punch to the body.
Danky lands with a cross.
Zook moves out of range of the body kick from Danky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zook throws a sloppy head kick
and Zook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zook fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zook throws out a loose jab but Danky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danky throws out a leg kick but Zook moves out of range and Danky only half commits.

Zook shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Danky's guard.
Zook prevents Danky from getting back to his feet.
Zook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zook loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zook looking to sit in guard and control but Danky gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Danky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zook swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danky's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dom Danky has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Zook fails with the takedown.
Dom Danky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danky looks to score with a jab to the body but Zook is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danky misses with a head kick.
Danky scores with a jab.
Danky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Zook crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Danky - the referee stops the clock and Zook gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Danky. Zook manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danky tries to land a leg kick but Zook saw it coming and moves away.
Zook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danky throws out the jab.
Zook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zook misses with an uppercut.
Danky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zook takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zook slips a straight right by Danky.
Zook throws a half hearted mid kick.
Danky connects with an inside leg kick.
Danky throws a wild body kick that Zook sees coming a mile off.
Zook displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danky throws out the jab.
Danky tried to score with a low kick but Zook checks it.
Danky blocks a leg kick.
Zook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danky.

Zook throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Danky was covering up waiting for the punch and Zook finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zook postures up in Danky's guard and throws a big left but Danky blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Danky dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Zook takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Danky connects with a body shot.
Zook blocks a jab.
Danky wants to slow Zook down by chopping away at his legs.
Zook chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Danky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zook.
Danky throws a shot from downtown. Zook moves away and avoids it.
Danky throws a body kick that misses.
Danky misses with the body kick
and Zook counters with a nice body shot.
Zook throws a sloppy head kick and Danky moves out of range easily.
Danky misses with an uppercut. Zook saw that one coming.
Danky throws a hook but Zook avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danky with a nice cross.
Zook misses with a looping left.
Danky connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick from Danky is predictable there

and Zook counters with a single leg into guard. Danky didn't expect that.
Zook working some strikes from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Danky wants to sweep but no luck.
Danky is looking to stand up but Zook isn't so interested in that idea.
Zook postures up.
Zook in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Danky trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zook is working Danky over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zook lands a couple of elbows.
Zook scoring with some ground and pound.
Zook throws a big elbow that misses.
Zook loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Danky keeping moving, preventing Zook from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zook accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zook throwing strikes from guard but Danky blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zook throws a strike but Danky rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Danky postures up.

Solomon Zook has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Danky throws a body punch but Zook moves out of range.
Danky stuffs the takedown attempt from Zook. Zook gets slowly back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Danky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zook on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Zook slips a jab from Danky.
Zook checks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danky takes a swing at Zook's ribcage but misses.
Zook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danky throws a hook but Zook blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danky misses with a straight right.
Danky throws a hook but Zook blocks it.
Danky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

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 Dom Danky.
I think Danky 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!