PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Irvin Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Zyb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Zyb's choice of entrance music: "Battle" by Gangstarr. Irvin Potter has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Potter
vs
Zyb

157 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

178 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irvin Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Zyb!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter 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.
Zyb tries a low kick but Potter avoids it.
Zyb paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Irvin Potter has been cut.
Zyb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Zyb rushes Potter and presses him up against the cage.

Zyb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zyb. That one must have hurt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Potter.
Potter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zyb.
Potter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zyb. That one must have hurt.
Chris Zyb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Potter.
Potter is breathing heavily.
Zyb uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zyb stuffs the takedown attempt from Potter. Potter gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Irvin Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whack! Zyb lands a heavy head kick that drops Potter. The ref tackles Zyb to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Potter was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Chris Zyb!
After winning the bout, Chris Zyb thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.