PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mansor Zorlac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zorlac
vs
Kamara

190 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
240 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mansor Zorlac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zorlac tries for a takedown but Kamara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zorlac fails with a takedown attempt.
Zorlac looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kamara misses with an uppercut.
Zorlac jabs Kamara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kamara throws a big shot that misses.
Kamara stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mansor Zorlac. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Zorlac has closed the distance and engaged Kamara in a clinch.
Kamara leaning against his opponent.

Kamara is fighting off a takedown attempt but Zorlac is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kamara to the mat. Kamara regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Kamara looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kamara is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kamara is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Zorlac trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zorlac is looking to work some ground and pound but Kamara has wrist control.
Kamara utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zorlac postures up.
Zorlac in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zorlac has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Zorlac postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zorlac throwing strikes from guard but Kamara blocks nicely.
Kamara is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zorlac accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kamara is trying to keep Zorlac in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zorlac shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kamara defends it nicely.
Zorlac ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kamara loads up on a big right hand but Zorlac slips the punch.
Kamara misses with a looping left.
Kamara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zorlac circles away quickly and effectively.
Kamara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zorlac shoots in for a takedown but Kamara shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kamara defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zorlac.
Zorlac is breathing heavily.
A big right from Kamara misses.
A jab from Kamara misses.
Zorlac uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamara.
Zorlac appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zorlac bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zorlac has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Mansor Zorlac has been cut.
Zorlac tries for a takedown but Kamara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zorlac misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zorlac uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kamara.

Zorlac closes the distance and pushes Kamara back into the cage.
Kamara is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kamara looking for a takedown.
Kamara has a couple of punches blocked by Zorlac.
Kamara avoiding damage.
Zorlac blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Zorlac pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kamara scores with a shot to the body.
Zorlac changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kamara tries to avoid it but Zorlac manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kamara to the ground. Kamara escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Kamara misses its intended target.
Kamara throws a jab but it's blocked by Zorlac.
Zorlac slips a straight right by Kamara.
Zorlac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Kamara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zorlac shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kamara sprawls well. Kamara wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zorlac gets slowly back to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Kamara.
A swing and a miss from Kamara.
Zorlac throws a big counter combination but Kamara scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamara jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kamara might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Zorlac fails with the takedown
and Kamara counters with a nice uppercut.
Kamara goes for a double leg but Zorlac avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Zorlac continues to drive forward.
Kamara misses with a looping right.
Kamara connects with a jab.

Zorlac is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Kamara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mansor Zorlac'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.

Zorlac tries for a takedown but Kamara circles away easily
and Kamara counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Zorlac is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kamara ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Zorlac's jaw. Zorlac's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Kamara does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Kamara!