PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeus Zorrander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nosher Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeus Zorrander had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Zorrander
vs
Powell

194 cm
26
252 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
265 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zeus Zorrander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nosher Powell!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zorrander lands a leg kick that knocks Powell off balance momentarily.
Powell avoids the head kick by Zorrander.
Zorrander throws a solid leg kick but Powell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zorrander.
Powell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zorrander.
Zorrander with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Powell to score with a decent uppercut.
Zorrander thows a body shot but no joy.
Powell is looking to clinch.
Zorrander connects with an inside leg kick.
Zorrander paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've been hearing reports that Zorrander has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zorrander ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Powell moves away.
Zorrander blocks a jab.
Zorrander connects with a body shot that sends Powell's belly button to the back.
Powell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zorrander connects with an inside leg kick.
Powell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Powell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Powell moves out of range of the strikes.
Powell misses with a looping left.
Zeus Zorrander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zorrander scores with the left hand. Powell knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell checks a leg kick nicely.
Zorrander loads up on a big right hand but Powell slips the punch.
Powell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Powell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Powell ducks right into an uppercut from Zorrander.
Zorrander blocks the body kick.
Powell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zorrander. That one must have hurt.
Zorrander lands a nice leg kick that just misses Powell's sensitive parts.
Powell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zorrander.
Zorrander misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powell.
Zorrander just misses with a punch to the body.
Powell drops his hands momentarily and Zorrander takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Powell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zorrander misses the shot to the body.
Zorrander lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zorrander cracks a nice hook into Powell's ribs.
Zorrander connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Powell looks winded!
Zorrander throws a nice outside leg kick.
Powell throws a series of punches but Zorrander avoids them all with ease.
Powell misses with a looping right.

Zorrander cracks Powell with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Zorrander has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Powell to stand back up!

Powell is rocked!
Zorrander fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Powell square on the jaw! Damn, Powell is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zeus Zorrander!
Zeus Zorrander very nearly forgot to thank Conquer amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.