PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zack Zanujze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Arthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zanujze comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac-Tupac Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find. Arthur has chosen Remember The Name - Fort Minor as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zanujze
vs
Arthur

205 cm
26
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

160 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Zack Zanujze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Arthur!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arthur swinging wildly here.
Zanujze fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Arthur has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Arthur instigates a clinch.
Arthur leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Arthur.
Zanujze wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zanujze really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Arthur misses with a punch to the body.
Arthur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arthur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arthur keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zanujze's efforts to push away.
Zanujze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Arthur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zanujze tries to break the clinch but Arthur is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanujze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arthur tries to stall but Zanujze uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arthur throws an elbow but misses.
A body shot lands from Arthur.
Zanujze blocks a body shot from Arthur.
Arthur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arthur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zanujze is trying to break the clinch but Arthur has him pressed against the cage.
Arthur tries to throw a body punch but Zanujze avoids it by throwing Arthur back against the cage.
Zanujze blocks a body shot from Arthur.
Arthur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zanujze blocks the elbow strike.
Arthur pushes Zanujze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Arthur misses with the head strike.
Arthur struggles to land a body shot inside as Zanujze controls his hands.
Zanujze tries to break the clinch but Arthur is controlling the position.
Arthur scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanujze is looking to break free of the clinch but Arthur has double underhooks.
Arthur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Arthur pushes off an throws an elbow but Zanujze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Arthur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Arthur misses with a body punch.
Zanujze is trying to break free.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zanujze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Arthur throws a head punch that misses.
Zanujze misses with the head strike.
Arthur blocks a body shot from Zanujze.
Arthur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zanujze tries to break free but Arthur pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Zanujze's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zanujze tries a body shot but Arthur blocks it.
Zanujze struggles to land a body shot inside as Arthur controls his hands.
Zanujze is trying to force a seperation but Arthur has the dominant position.
Arthur prevents Zanujze from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Zanujze fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Arthur throws an elbow but misses.
Zanujze lands a shoulder strike.

Zanujze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zanujze looks to throw the jab but Arthur is out of range.
Arthur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arthur punishes Zanujze's body with a nice straight punch.
Arthur shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Arthur misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zanujze counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Arthur misses the target.
Arthur looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zanujze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arthur moves away.
Arthur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zanujze's head backwards.
Zanujze throws a hook but Arthur blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanujze on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zanujze throws a front kick aimed at Arthur's knee but Arthur avoids it well.
Arthur on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zanujze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arthur missing with a left hand there. Zanujze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arthur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Arthur connects with a jab.
Zanujze thows a body shot but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arthur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arthur misses with a jab, cross combination.

Arthur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zanujze, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Arthur dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Arthur works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zanujze lands with a hook. Arthur tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arthur misses with a looping left.
Zanujze throws a shot from downtown. Arthur moves away and avoids it.
Nice body kick from Zanujze.
Arthur wants to clinch.
Zanujze ducks under a wild hook from Arthur.
Zanujze throws the kick towards the body but Arthur avoids it.
Arthur throws the left hand but Zanujze avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arthur throws a body punch but Zanujze moves out of range.
Zanujze lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Arthur is rocked!
Arthur ducks into an uppercut from Zanujze and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zack Zanujze!
A very excited looking Zack Zanujze made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.