PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Itsik Obas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and FOSTER Zwingman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obas comes to the cage accompanied by Perfect Gentelman. Zwingman has chosen Caravan Palace - Clash as his entrance music. 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 FOSTER Zwingman was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Obas
vs
Zwingman

205 cm
30
220 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

190 cm
32
215 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conquer

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itsik Obas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, FOSTER Zwingman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zwingman misses with a looping right.
Zwingman checks the leg kick.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zwingman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zwingman looks to throw the jab but Obas is out of range.

Zwingman tries to keep at a distance but Obas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Obas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zwingman avoids it.
Our sources have told us that Obas has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Obas missing with knees to the body.
Obas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Obas trying to stall but Zwingman improves his position.
Zwingman throws a punch but it's blocked by Obas.
Still in the clinch, Zwingman scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Zwingman fails to land.
Obas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.
Zwingman misses with a punch on the inside.
Obas working Zwingman over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obas lands a knee to the body.
Zwingman looks winded!
The referee is keeping an eye on Obas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like FOSTER Zwingman has been cut.
Obas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Obas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zwingman's face.
A head punch on the inside from Zwingman fails to land.
Obas lands a nice elbow.
Obas lands a good knee to the midsection. Zwingman won't want to take too many of those.
Obas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zwingman's defenses.
Zwingman misses with a punch on the inside.
Zwingman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obas obliges.
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!
Obas crunches a lovely knee into Zwingman's ribcage.
Obas lands a good knee to the midsection. Zwingman won't want to take too many of those.
Obas landing knees to the head.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Obas lands an elbow that stopped Zwingman in his tracks for a moment.
Zwingman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Obas lands an elbow inside.
Obas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Obas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Obas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Obas lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Obas.
Zwingman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Obas lands an elbow just above Zwingman 's eye.

That has opened up FOSTER Zwingman's cut even more.
Obas lands a damaging elbow.
Obas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Obas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.
Zwingman is trying to break the clinch but Obas is controlling him.
Obas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Obas landing knees to the body.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the temple.
Obas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Obas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Obas lands a knee to the body.
Obas lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obas obliges.
Zwingman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Obas.
Obas scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zwingman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Obas working Zwingman over with knees to the body.
Obas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zwingman's defenses.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Obas working Zwingman over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obas obliges.
Obas lands an elbow just above Zwingman 's eye.
Obas effectively controlling the action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Obas.
Obas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.
Obas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above FOSTER Zwingman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Zwingman shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obas stalling.
Zwingman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Obas landing knees to the body.
Obas lands an elbow just above Zwingman 's eye.
Zwingman tries to circle away but Obas has him pinned against the cage.
Obas with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obas obliges.
Obas looking to slow down the pace here.
Obas lands a damaging elbow.
Obas crunches a lovely knee into Zwingman's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Obas.
Obas lands an elbow inside.

FOSTER Zwingman's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Obas obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Obas.
Obas lands a nice knee to the body.
Obas stalling the fight.
Obas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itsik Obas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on FOSTER Zwingman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Obas throws a sloppy head kick and Zwingman moves out of range easily.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zwingman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Obas wants to clinch
and Zwingman counters with a nice body shot.
Zwingman has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Obas is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Zwingman takes a swing at Obas's ribcage but misses.
Obas tries to clinch but Zwingman moves out of range.
Zwingman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zwingman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Obas tries to clinch there but Zwingman circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zwingman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zwingman can do to turn this around?
Zwingman keeps the fight on the outside.
Obas wants to clinch but Zwingman slips to the side
enabling Zwingman to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Obas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Obas landing knees to the body.
Zwingman is breathing heavily.
Zwingman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Obas.
Knees in the clinch landing for Obas.
A bit of stalling here from Obas.
Obas lands a knee to the body.
Obas lands a knee to the head.
Obas lands a good knee to the midsection. Zwingman won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zwingman takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at FOSTER Zwingman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Itsik Obas!
After winning the bout, Itsik Obas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.