PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balance Neut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yauri Qzatzl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neut comes into the arena with We're Not Gonna Take It blaring out of the sound system. Qzatzl has chosen From the mountains as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Neut
vs
Qzatzl

189 cm
29
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

191 cm
26
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp
Sport Support

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Alpha Male

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Balance Neut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Yauri Qzatzl!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neut digs a good body shot into Qzatzl's ribs.
Neut scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Qzatzl dodges the punch combination from Neut.
Qzatzl misses with a hook.
Qzatzl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neut manages to avoid it.
Neut takes a swing at Qzatzl's ribcage but misses.
Neut misses with a few strikes there.
Qzatzl has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Qzatzl crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Neut - the referee stops the clock and Qzatzl gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Neut. Qzatzl manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Neut takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Neut moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Neut avoids the body shot from Qzatzl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Neut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Qzatzl takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Neut fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Qzatzl manages to avoid it.
Neut uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Qzatzl.
Qzatzl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Neut.
Neut uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Qzatzl.
Qzatzl scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Qzatzl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neut was well out of range. Poor timing from Qzatzl.
Qzatzl walks forward, straight into a front kick from Neut.
Neut avoids the body shot from Qzatzl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qzatzl misses with a straight left.
Qzatzl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neut.
Qzatzl blocks a head kick by Neut.
Neut scores with a decent looking hook.
Neut throws a wild body kick that Qzatzl sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Qzatzl. Neut does a little dance to reset his feet.
Qzatzl stuns Neut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Qzatzl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neut circles away quickly and effectively.
Neut throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Qzatzl.
Qzatzl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neut.
Qzatzl misses with a wild body shot.
Qzatzl takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Neut scores with a jab. Qzatzl acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Qzatzl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neut was well out of range. Poor timing from Qzatzl.
Qzatzl misses with a wild combination.
Neut lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neut scores with a push kick.
Qzatzl throws a hook but Neut avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neut takes a swing at Qzatzl's ribcage but misses.
Qzatzl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Qzatzl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neut.
Danga de danga de dang - Neut scores with a four punch combination!

Neut instigates a clinch.
Neut is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Qzatzl pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Qzatzl tries to work over Neut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Neut prevents a body shot from Qzatzl.
Qzatzl misses with a punch to the body.
Qzatzl doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Qzatzl manages to break the clinch.
Qzatzl cracks Neut with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Neut tries to clinch up but Qzatzl circles away and keeps his distance.
Neut misses with a few strikes there.
Neut digs a good body shot into Qzatzl's ribs.
Qzatzl lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qzatzl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neut moves away.
Neut is looking to wear down Qzatzl with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Neut takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Neut takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Qzatzl throws a good cross that connects.
Neut bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Qzatzl's head.

Neut rushes Qzatzl and presses him up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Qzatzl.
Qzatzl lands a hook that snaps the head of Neut backwards.

Qzatzl breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neut tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qzatzl connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neut thuds his shin into the meat of Qzatzl's side.
Qzatzl misses with a wild combination.
Neut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Qzatzl lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Qzatzl.
Neut dips to his left and cracks Qzatzl with an uppercut!
Good standup being displayed there by Qzatzl as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neut with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Qzatzl to score with a decent uppercut.
Neut throws a head kick that Qzatzl semi-blocks.
Neut misses with a double jab.
Qzatzl misses with a wild body shot.
Neut throws a head kick but Qzatzl moves out of range.
Qzatzl misses with the combination.
Neut takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Neut misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neut misses with a head kick.
Qzatzl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Neut lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Neut throws a series of punches but Qzatzl moves out of range.
Qzatzl is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Neut had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Qzatzl blocks a head kick by Neut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Qzatzl takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Qzatzl misses with a body shot.
Qzatzl misses with a body shot.
Neut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Balance Neut will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Neut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Qzatzl swats away the attempt to clinch by Neut.
Neut takes a swing at Qzatzl's ribcage but misses.
Qzatzl just misses with a punch to the body.
Neut throws a body kick that misses.
Qzatzl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neut throws a right hand that Qzatzl ducks under and follows up with a left that Qzatzl also avoids with ease.
Qzatzl connects with a single shot there.
Yauri Qzatzl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qzatzl scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Neut misses with a body shot.
Qzatzl takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some wild striking there from Neut.
Qzatzl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Neut stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Neut walks into a stiff left hand from Qzatzl.
Neut takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Qzatzl lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neut throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qzatzl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neut.
Neut takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Qzatzl connects with a body shot that sends Neut's belly button to the back.
Neut gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Qzatzl.
Qzatzl takes a swing at Neut's ribcage but misses.
Qzatzl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Neut throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Neut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Qzatzl looks to land a right hand but Neut moved out of range.
Neut takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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!
Qzatzl looks to score with a jab to the body but Neut is just out of range.
Qzatzl comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice shot by Qzatzl.
Neut works the jab nicely.
Neut misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Qzatzl changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Qzatzl lands with a nice body punch.
Qzatzl closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qzatzl thuds his right hand into Neut's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Neut checks the leg kick nicely there.
Qzatzl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neut moves away.
Good work by Neut as he checks the leg kick.
Qzatzl shoots in for a takedown but Neut shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Qzatzl is breathing heavily.
Qzatzl swats away the attempt to clinch by Neut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Neut, as that shot connected.
Neut with a hook.
Qzatzl looks to score with a jab to the body but Neut is just out of range.
Neut jabs Qzatzl right on the nose. Qzatzl blinks but takes it well.
Neut scoring well with a low kick there.

Neut lands a left and a right that send Qzatzl crashing to the mat, dazed. Neut thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Qzatzl is rocked!
Qzatzl scores with a body shot.
Qzatzl is still on wobbly legs! Can Neut finish him?
Neut lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Qzatzl circles away quickly and effectively.
Neut throws a head kick but Qzatzl moves out of range.
A slow jab from Qzatzl misses its intended target.
Neut lands a nice shot that snaps Qzatzl's head back.
Neut takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Neut looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neut misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Qzatzl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Neut throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Qzatzl stumbling backwards into the cage! Qzatzl bounces back off the cage towards Neut, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Neut lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Neut celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Balance Neut!
A victorious Balance Neut thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.