PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zbynek Taticzek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taticzek comes to the cage accompanied by Feuer Frei. Zaromskis has chosen Moment of Peace as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Martin Zaromskis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Taticzek
vs
Zaromskis

183 cm
28
184 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

183 cm
36
176 lbs
29 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zbynek Taticzek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Zaromskis!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taticzek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Taticzek has taken the fight to the clinch.
Taticzek misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taticzek tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaromskis avoids the damage to the body.
Zaromskis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taticzek has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Zaromskis throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Zaromskis.
Taticzek lands with a light punch inside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zaromskis has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Taticzek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taticzek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taticzek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taticzek scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaromskis.
Taticzek with a knee to the head.
Taticzek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taticzek digs a right hand underneath Zaromskis's ribcage. Zaromskis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaromskis.
A right handed body shot lands from Taticzek.
Zaromskis looks winded!
A short right from Taticzek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taticzek misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Taticzek.
Taticzek with a knee to the head.

It looks like Martin Zaromskis has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Zaromskis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taticzek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taticzek landing knees to the head.
Taticzek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zaromskis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taticzek lands a knee to the body.
Zaromskis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaromskis prevents a body shot from Taticzek.
Zaromskis struggles to land a body shot inside as Taticzek controls his hands.
Zaromskis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taticzek misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Taticzek.
Zaromskis lands a body shot.
Zaromskis has a couple of punches blocked by Taticzek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taticzek throws a head punch that misses.
Zaromskis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taticzek with a knee to the head.
Taticzek tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaromskis avoids the damage to the body.
Taticzek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taticzek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zaromskis managing to block the knees to the body from Taticzek.
Zaromskis has a couple of punches blocked by Taticzek.
Zaromskis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zaromskis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zaromskis swings wildly with an uppercut but Taticzek uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Taticzek.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taticzek.
Zaromskis avoiding damage as Taticzek throws knees to the body.
Zaromskis lands with a left to the head.
Taticzek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taticzek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaromskis blocks a body shot from Taticzek.
Taticzek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taticzek trying to land knees to the body.
Zaromskis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taticzek backwards.
Taticzek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zaromskis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taticzeks head.
Zaromskis throws a punch but it's blocked by Taticzek.
Taticzek lands a knee to the body.
Zaromskis misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Taticzek has a couple of punches blocked by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaromskis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taticzek's elbow.
Zaromskis looking to slow down the pace here.

Zaromskis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taticzek wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis keeps Taticzek at a distance using the push kick.
Taticzek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Zaromskis.

Taticzek closes the distance and clinches.
Zaromskis cracks Taticzek with a nice body shot.
Zaromskis can't find room to land a body shot as Taticzek controls the action.
Zaromskis misses with the head strike.
Zaromskis lands an uppercut.
Taticzek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zaromskis managing to block the knees to the body from Taticzek.
Zaromskis avoiding damage as Taticzek throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaromskis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taticzek as Zaromskis tries to tie him up.
Taticzek prevents a body shot from Zaromskis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zbynek Taticzek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Zaromskis's cut.
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.

Taticzek swings widly with a right hand

and Zaromskis counters with a takedown into side control.
Zaromskis trying to control the action but Taticzek is working from the bottom.
Taticzek regains half guard.
Zaromskis trying to mount his opponent but Taticzek defends it.
Zaromskis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taticzek keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taticzek tries to roll over but Zaromskis keeps him under control.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Martin Zaromskis.
Taticzek misses with a few strikes there.
Taticzek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaromskis.
Taticzek digs a good hook to Zaromskis's body.
Taticzek moves out of range of the leg kick from Zaromskis.
Zbynek Taticzek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taticzek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zaromskis.
Taticzek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taticzek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaromskis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis tried to score with a low kick but Taticzek checks it.
Taticzek takes a swing at Zaromskis's ribcage but misses.
Taticzek throws a series of punches but Zaromskis avoids them all with ease.
Taticzek lands a head shot.
Zaromskis misses with a kick to the body.
Zaromskis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taticzek jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zaromskis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Taticzek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Taticzek works on Zaromskis's body with a couple of short punches.
Taticzek misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaromskis takes a shot to the head.
Taticzek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zaromskis misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taticzek.
Zaromskis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zaromskis throws a punch but it's blocked by Taticzek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis tries to throw a body punch but Taticzek avoids it by throwing Zaromskis back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Taticzek.
Zaromskis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taticzek lands with a light punch inside.
Taticzek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taticzek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zaromskis stalling.
Zaromskis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zaromskis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taticzek's elbow.
Zaromskis lands a nice uppercut.
Taticzek looking to throw knees to the head but Zaromskis is blocking nicely.
Zaromskis scores with a nice hook 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!
Zaromskis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Taticzek.
Zaromskis blocks an uppercut.
Zaromskis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taticzek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taticzek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zaromskis tries a body shot but Taticzek blocks it.
Taticzek scores with a shot to the side of Zaromskis's head.
Taticzek swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaromskis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaromskis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zaromskis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zaromskis managing to block the knees to the body from Taticzek.
Zaromskis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaromskis misses with a punch to the body.
Taticzek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taticzek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taticzek tries to land a knee to the head but Zaromskis blocks with his arms.
Zaromskis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Taticzek.
Zbynek Taticzek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taticzek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zbynek Taticzek dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martin Zaromskis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Zaromskis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taticzek lands the left hand.
Taticzek moves out of range of the leg kick from Zaromskis.
Taticzek dips to his left and cracks Zaromskis with an uppercut!
Taticzek blocks the body kick.

Taticzek pushes Zaromskis up against the cage in a clinch.
Zaromskis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaromskis misses with a body punch.
Taticzek lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaromskis backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taticzek.
Taticzek tries to work over Zaromskis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taticzek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zaromskis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Taticzek.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taticzek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaromskis backwards.
A short left from Taticzek.
Taticzek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taticzek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaromskis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taticzek blocking some punches.
Taticzek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Taticzek.
Taticzek works on Zaromskis's body with a couple of short punches.
Taticzek gets through Zaromskis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taticzek landing knees to the body.
Zaromskis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taticzek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taticzek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taticzek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taticzek tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaromskis avoids the damage to the body.
Taticzek blocking some punches.
Zaromskis misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis scores with a shot to the side of Taticzek's head.
Zaromskis managing to block the knees to the body from Taticzek.
Zaromskis wants to get back to striking at distance but Taticzek won't allow it.
Taticzek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Taticzek fails to land.
Taticzek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taticzek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Taticzek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taticzek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Taticzek prevents a body shot from Zaromskis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taticzek.
Taticzek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taticzek misses with a knee strike.
Taticzek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zaromskis throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Taticzek.
Taticzek lands a right hand.
Taticzek connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taticzek.
Zbynek Taticzek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taticzek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taticzek lands with a left to the head.
Martin Zaromskis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taticzek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zaromskis can do to turn this around?
Zaromskis throws a punch but it's blocked by Taticzek.
Taticzek working Zaromskis over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Taticzek.
Taticzek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaromskis backwards.
Taticzek blocks an uppercut.
Taticzek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Zaromskis is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taticzek lands a good knee to the midsection. Zaromskis won't want to take too many of those.
Zaromskis is still on wobbly legs! Can Taticzek finish him?
Zaromskis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taticzek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zaromskis backwards.
Zaromskis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaromskis swings wildly with an uppercut but Taticzek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaromskis seems to have recovered his senses.
Taticzek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taticzek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zaromskis backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaromskis misses with the head strike.
Taticzek blocks an uppercut.
Taticzek scores with a hook to the body.
Taticzek tries a knee to the head but Zaromskis blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zbynek Taticzek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Taticzek, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zbynek Taticzek!
Zbynek Taticzek decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.