PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Milan Zitska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kung Lao is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zitska
vs
Lao

167 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Milan Zitska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zitska misses with a wild combination.
Zitska throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zitska works the jab nicely.
Lao slips a jab and a cross from Zitska.
Zitska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lao.
Zitska looks for the body kick but Lao saw that one coming.
Zitska throws a series of punches but Lao moves out of range.
Zitska throws a right hand that Lao ducks under and follows up with a left that Lao also avoids with ease.
Zitska pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zitska throws a right and a left that Lao avoids nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zitska.

It looks like Kung Lao has been cut.
Zitska scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lao doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick misses from Zitska.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitska throws a shot from downtown. Lao moves away and avoids it.
Lao blocks a head kick by Zitska.
Zitska throws a leg kick but Lao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zitska throws a jab but it's blocked by Lao.
Zitska throws a low kick, looking for Lao's leg but Lao calmly moves out of range.
Milan Zitska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zitska throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zitska fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zitska throws a right hand that Lao ducks under and follows up with a left that Lao also avoids with ease.
Zitska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zitska throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Zitska misses.
Zitska throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zitska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zitska swinging wildly here.
Zitska throws a solid leg kick but Lao takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zitska.
Zitska throws a sloppy head kick and Lao moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Zitska.
Zitska sizes up Lao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zitska misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zitska.
Zitska jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Milan Zitska is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zitska.
Zitska misses with a two punch combination.
Zitska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zitska looks to land a combination but Lao avoids it well.
Zitska is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Zitska.
Lao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zitska.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitska misses with the combination.
Zitska takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot by Zitska.
Lao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zitska throws a series of punches but Lao avoids them all with ease.
Zitska misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Zitska.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zitska misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zitska throws a sloppy head kick and Lao moves out of range easily.
Lao slips a jab and a cross from Zitska.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Zitska dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kung Lao's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lao slips a jab and a cross from Zitska.
Zitska throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lao.
Zitska lands with a right hand.
Zitska throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zitska misses with a straight left.
Lao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zitska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lao takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No joy there for Zitska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zitska works Lao's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zitska changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zitska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zitska misses the jab.
Zitska throws a shot from downtown. Lao moves away and avoids it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lao might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Zitska has got the better of the exchanges.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zitska throws a hook to the side of Lao's head but Lao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitska waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lao.
Zitska throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zitska throws a series of punches but Lao avoids them all with ease.
Zitska misses with a straight left.
Zitska throws a body kick that misses.
Zitska fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zitska misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zitska throws a nice looking combination but Lao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zitska tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zitska throws a right and a left that Lao avoids nicely.
Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Zitska does no damage.
Zitska misses with a double jab.
Zitska throws a nice looking combination but Lao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zitska misses with a double jab.
Zitska misses with the combination.
Zitska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Zitska misses.
Zitska looks to score with a jab to the body but Lao is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Zitska.
Zitska swings for the body but Lao moves out of range.
Lao staying out of range there.
Lao walks into a jab.
Zitska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zitska misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Zitska dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kung Lao's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zitska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zitska throws a low kick, looking for Lao's leg but Lao calmly moves out of range.
Zitska misses with the combination.
Zitska throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zitska pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zitska is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lao can do to turn this around?
Lao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zitska misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zitska misses with an uppercut. Lao saw that one coming.
No joy there for Zitska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Zitska does no damage.
Zitska misses with a body kick.
Zitska misses with a few strikes there.
Lao dodges the punch combination from Zitska.
Zitska throws a right and a left that Lao avoids nicely.
Zitska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zitska fails to land with a series of punches.
Zitska misses with a few strikes there.
Zitska misses with a few strikes there.
Milan Zitska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zitska throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitska tried to score with a low kick but Lao checks it.
No joy there for Zitska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circling - Zitska throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zitska misses with a hook. Lao ducked under it nicely.
Milan Zitska is winning the standup battle so far.
Zitska swinging wildly here.
Lao defending well as Zitska loads up on a big left hand.
Zitska misses with a two punch combination.
Zitska loads up on a big right hand but Lao slips the punch.
Lao staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Zitska.
Zitska misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zitska misses with a two punch combination.
Zitska misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zitska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zitska throws a body punch but Lao moves out of range.
Zitska throws a right hand that Lao ducks under and follows up with a left that Lao also avoids with ease.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zitska jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zitska tries to bum rush Lao with a series of wild strikes but Lao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zitska fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitska missing with a left hand there. Lao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zitska throws out the jab.
Lao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zitska.
Zitska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lao moves away.
Zitska throws a body punch but Lao moves out of range.
Zitska looks to land a combination but Lao avoids it well.
A combination from Zitska does no damage.
Zitska throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zitska tries a head kick but it misses.
Zitska takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
Kung Lao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Milan Zitska is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some wild striking there from Zitska.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milan Zitska showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zitska has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight for Milan Zitska!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Milan Zitska!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Milan Zitska!

Milan Zitska wins by unanimous decision!