PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Juan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Zombie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Juan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Juan
vs
Zombie

179 cm
25
168 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

167 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Fast

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Knox Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Juan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Russian Zombie!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juan throws a low kick but Zombie moves out of range easily.
Zombie throws a right and a left that Juan avoids nicely.
Zombie misses with the combination.
Zombie jabs at Juan's body.
Juan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zombie tries to avoid it but Juan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zombie to the ground. Zombie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Juan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Juan lands with a slapping head kick.
Zombie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zombie scores with a hook to the body. Juan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zombie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Juan slips under a jab.
Zombie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Juan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kick In The Nutz Gym (14 Elite Coaches, Low Cap) in the buildup to the fight.
Juan misses with a double jab
and Zombie counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juan moves away from the strike by Zombie.
Zombie scores with a nice strike.
Zombie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Juan's head backwards.

Juan is rocked!
Russian Zombie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juan avoids the body shot from Zombie.
Oh Juan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Juan looks to land a left hand but Zombie moved out of range nicely.
Juan seems to have got his legs back now.
Juan tries to close the distance and clinch but Zombie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zombie checks a low kick from Juan.
Zombie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Juan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Oooooh!!! Zombie has knocked Juan down with a huge combo! Zombie steps away and waves a wobbly Juan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
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!
Juan slips under a jab from Zombie.
Juan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zombie's waist but Zombie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Juan off to one side.
Zombie misses with a series of wild punches.
Zombie slips a straight right by Juan.
Juan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zombie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zombie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Juan misses with a head kick.
Zombie throws a nice looking combination but Juan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juan tries a head kick but it misses.
Zombie lands a jab to Juan's midsection.
Zombie checks a low kick from Juan.
Zombie lands with a right hand.
Zombie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zombie is out of range and Juan settles back down.
Zombie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Juan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zombie pinned against the cage. Zombie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Juan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Juan.
Juan throws out a loose jab but Zombie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zombie avoids the head kick by Juan.
A jab from Zombie does it's job there.

Juan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Zombie!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie regains half guard.

Juan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Zombie is looking to control Juan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zombie avoid being mounted?

Juan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Zombie has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juan prevents Zombie from standing back up.
Juan wants to free his trapped foot but Zombie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Zombie is trying to get back to full guard.

Zombie is defending against the submission attempts here by Juan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zombie!
Juan wants to take his opponent's back but Zombie doesn't allow it.

Juan looking for a guillotine from mount but Zombie is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Juan looking for a guillotine from mount but Zombie is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Zombie dominated that 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.

Juan lands a leg kick that knocks Zombie off balance momentarily.
Juan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zombie.
Juan staying out of range there.
Zombie avoids the head kick by Juan.
Zombie stuffs the takedown.
Juan misses with a kick to the body
letting Zombie counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zombie checks a leg kick.
Zombie misses with a two punch combination.
Juan throws a head kick that misses.
Juan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juan throws a head kick that misses.
Juan walks into a left hand.
Zombie takes a kick to the side of the head.
Juan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Zombie but Zombie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Juan throws a sloppy head kick and Zombie moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Juan on the side of the head.
Zombie throws a hook but Juan avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Zombie as he connects with a hook.
Juan misses with a body kick.
Zombie scores with a hook.
Juan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Juan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zombie throws a lazy right hand but Juan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Juan lands with a hook. Zombie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Juan connects with a solid leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Zombie. Beautiful body shot.
Zombie circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Juan to the canvas! Juan doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Zombie keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian Zombie!