PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zuese Zorro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Carson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Zuese Zorro has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Zuese Zorro seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Zorro
vs
Carson

195 cm
30
220 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

190 cm
28
240 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zuese Zorro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Carson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carson looks to land a body kick but Zorro moved away.
Zorro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters circling a little - Carson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Carson throws a low kick but Zorro avoids it.

Zorro takes the fight into the clinch.
Zorro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carson is trying to break free.
Zorro landing knees to the body.
Carson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carson misses with a punch on the inside.
Zorro lands an elbow inside that Carson shrugs off.
Carson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carson looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zorro lands an elbow inside.
Carson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carson can't break the clinch.

Zorro gets a trip takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Zorro is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zorro decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Zorro slips under a jab.
Carson swinging wildly here.
Carson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Carson avoids the head kick by Zorro.
Carson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Carson blocks a head kick by Zorro.
Carson throws a body kick that misses

and Zorro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Carson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zorro.

Zorro successfully pulls guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson controlling from the top position.

Zorro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Carson is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zorro wants to sweep but no luck.
Carson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Carson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Zorro looking for a guillotine here but Carson defends easily.

Carson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Carson misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Zorro checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Carson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zorro is out of range.
Carson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zorro closes the distance and pushes Carson back into the cage.
Zorro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carson avoids it.
Zorro tries to land knees in the clinch but Carson avoids the damage to the body.
Carson tries to break the clinch but Zorro is controlling the position.
Zorro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carson misses with a punch to the body.
Zorro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zorro tries to land knees in the clinch but Carson avoids the damage to the body.
Carson avoids the elbow strike from Zorro, against the cage.
Zorro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carson tries to work over Zorro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zorro missing with knees to the body.
Carson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carson is trying to break the clinch but Zorro is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zorro obliges.
Carson trying to stall but Zorro improves his position.
Zorro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Carson smiles and moves away.
Carson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zorro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zorro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zorro avoids the body shot from Carson.
Carson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carson thows a leg kick but Zorro checks it
and Zorro counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zorro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Carson tries to avoid it but Zorro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Carson to the ground. Carson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zuese Zorro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zorro moves in looking to clinch but Carson pushes him off.
Zorro moves out of range of the body kick from Carson.
Carson misses with a leg kick
and Zorro counters with a head kick.
Zorro lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zorro has a takedown stuffed.
Zorro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carson swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zuese Zorro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Carson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Zorro closes the distance and clinches.
Zorro lands an elbow inside that Carson shrugs off.
Carson tries to stall but Zorro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Carson managing to block the knees to the body from Zorro.
Zorro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carson wants to get back to striking at distance but Zorro won't allow it.
Zorro lands a knee to the head.
Zorro missing with knees to the body.
Zorro lands an elbow just above Carson 's eye.
Carson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Zorro pulls guard successfully.
Zorro keeping moving, preventing Carson from controlling successfully.
Zorro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Carson pushing down on Zorro's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zorro's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zorro is trying to get back to full guard.
Zorro manages to get to full guard.
Carson stops Zorro from standing up.
Zorro keeping moving, preventing Carson from controlling successfully.

Carson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Zorro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Zorro pushes Carson up against the cage in a clinch.
Zorro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zorro jumps guard but Carson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Carson tries to break the clinch but Zorro is controlling the position.
Carson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zorro tries a knee to the head but Carson blocks it.
Zorro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carson to keep the fight standing.
Carson has had enough of the clinch but Zorro keeps him there for the moment.
Zorro keeps control of Carson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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!
Zorro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carson walks away with a smile on his face. Zorro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zuese Zorro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zorro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zorro 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.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zorro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carson misses with a head kick.
Carson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carson scoring well with a low kick there.
Scott Carson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick by Zorro misses
and Carson counters with a nice leg kick.
Zorro shoots in and drives through. Carson sprawls well.
Carson tries a head kick but it misses.
Scott Carson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zorro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zorro wants to clinch.
Zorro misses with a body kick.
Carson digs a good hook to Zorro's body.
Zorro 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.
Zuese Zorro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zorro tries to clinch up.
Carson thows a body shot but no joy.
Carson avoids the head kick by Zorro.
Zorro wants to clinch.
Carson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zorro dives in for a single leg takedown but Carson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carson is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Zorro drags the fight down to the ground.
Carson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Carson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Scott Carson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Carson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zorro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Carson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zorro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Carson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Carson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zorro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zorro checks the leg kick.
Carson throws a right hand that Zorro ducks under and follows up with a left that Zorro also avoids with ease.
Carson throws a wild body kick that Zorro sees coming a mile off.
Zorro blocks the body kick.

Zorro drives through and clinches with Carson against the cage.
Zorro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zorro.
Zorro crunches a lovely knee into Carson's ribcage.
Zorro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zorro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zorro connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zorro obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zorro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zorro obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zorro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zorro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zorro fails to pull guard.
Zorro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carson tries to break the clinch but Zorro is controlling the position.
Zorro missing with knees to the body.

Zorro jumps guard and drags Carson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Zorro wants to stand and escape but Carson is having none of it.

Carson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Carson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zorro shoots in but no luck this time.
Carson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carson avoids the head kick by Zorro.
A head kick misses from Carson.
Zorro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zorro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
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!

Carson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Zorro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carson throws the kick towards the body but Zorro avoids it.
Zorro wants to clinch up but Carson keeps it at a distance.

Carson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zorro to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zorro wanted to stand there but Carson had control of the position.
Zorro preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carson pushes Zorro off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Zorro throws a head kick but Carson moves out of range.

Zorro drives through with a takedown into Carson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Zorro wanted to stand there but Carson had control of the position.

Zorro drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Carson dives on top into guard.

Carson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Zorro has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Carson has managed to get both his arms back between Zorro's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Zorro is working an open guard so Carson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zorro blocks the body kick.
Carson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zorro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Carson as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zuese Zorro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zorro tries to clinch there but Carson circles away.
Zorro blocks a head kick by Carson.
No luck for Zorro with that takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carson throws a nice looking combination but Zorro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zorro has a takedown stuffed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zuese Zorro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zorro 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zuese Zorro!
Zuese Zorro seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.