PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Dren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnaldo Schiwazinega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dren
vs
Schiwazinega

194 cm
24
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
238 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zdravko Dren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arnaldo Schiwazinega!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schiwazinega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dren fails to land with a series of punches.
Dren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Schiwazinega 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.
Dren could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Schiwazinega keeps the fight on the outside.
Schiwazinega comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dren misses with a body kick.
Schiwazinega stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dren.
Dren moves in looking to clinch but Schiwazinega pushes him off.
Dren misses with a double jab.
Zdravko Dren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schiwazinega blocks a head kick by Dren.
Dren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dren tries to work over Schiwazinega's front leg with a kick but Schiwazinega checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiwazinega leaves Dren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dren wants to clinch up but Schiwazinega keeps it at a distance.
Dren misses with an uppercut. Schiwazinega saw that one coming.
Dren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dren throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dren misses with a body shot.
Schiwazinega scores with a nice strike.
Dren shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Schiwazinega pinned against the cage. Schiwazinega gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Schiwazinega has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dren is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schiwazinega scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dren looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Dren misses.
Dren ducks right into an uppercut from Schiwazinega.
Arnaldo Schiwazinega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dren gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Dren tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Schiwazinega is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Dren buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Dren!! Dren is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Schiwazinega throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnaldo Schiwazinega!