PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Aragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Zanotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zanotto has chosen Ben Zanotto -by- Rancid as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aragon
vs
Zanotto

180 cm
27
188 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

183 cm
36
195 lbs
27 - 18 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Aragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Zanotto!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aragon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zanotto.
Aragon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the body from Zanotto misses
and Aragon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zanotto's knee momentarily.
Zanotto swats away the attempt to clinch by Aragon.
Aragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zanotto.
Zanotto feints the counter takedown.
Zanotto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zanotto missing with a left hand there. Aragon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zanotto lands a right hook to the body.
Zanotto swings for the body but Aragon moves out of range.
Aragon connects with a leg kick. Zanotto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zanotto throws out a loose jab but Aragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aragon tries a head kick but it misses.
Zanotto connects with a nice looking jab.
Zanotto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zanotto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zanotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Aragon throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aragon tries a low kick but Zanotto avoids it.
Zanotto throws a body punch but Aragon moves out of range.
Zanotto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Aragon pinned against the cage. Aragon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zanotto misses with an uppercut. Aragon saw that one coming.
Zanotto moves out of range of the leg kick from Aragon.
Zanotto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aragon throws a nice looking combination but Zanotto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice shot by Aragon.
Zanotto looks to score with a jab to the body but Aragon is just out of range.
Aragon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zanotto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Aragon's head.
Ben Zanotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aragon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zanotto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diego Aragon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zanotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aragon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aragon tries to clinch there but Zanotto circles away.
Zanotto dips to his left and cracks Aragon with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zanotto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aragon on the side of the head.
Aragon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zanotto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aragon cracks Zanotto with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zanotto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zanotto.
Nice shot by Zanotto.
Zanotto lands with an uppercut that bounces Aragon off the cage and back into range.
Zanotto takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zanotto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zanotto is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aragon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zanotto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aragon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zanotto misses the shot to the body.
Aragon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Zanotto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aragon scores with a jab to the body.
Zanotto misses with a lunging right hand
and Aragon counters with a big head kick but Zanotto shrugs it off.
Aragon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Aragon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zanotto.
Aragon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zanotto lands with a shot to the body.
Zanotto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zanotto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Aragon clinches up with Zanotto and pushes him back against the cage.
Aragon lands with a light punch inside.
Aragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Aragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto with a jab.
Zanotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aragon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zanotto digs a good hook to Aragon's body.
Aragon is looking to clinch.
Zanotto clobbers Aragon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Aragon tries a head kick but it misses.
Aragon slips under a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aragon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aragon misses with a hook.
Zanotto changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Zanotto needs to keep his hands up - Aragon had a free shot at his head there.
Zanotto with a jab.
Zanotto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aragon.
Aragon appears to be looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Zanotto will probably get the nod.
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.

A slapping leg kick lands for Aragon.
Aragon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zanotto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aragon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zanotto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Aragon moves forwards but Zanotto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Zanotto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aragon checks a leg kick.
Aragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zanotto.
Aragon appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zanotto scores with a nice right hand.
Zanotto scores with a body shot.
Zanotto looks to land a left hand but Aragon moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zanotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aragon moves away.
Zanotto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aragon manages to avoid it.
Aragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zanotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Zanotto looks to move away, Aragon throws a big counter combo bu Zanotto just gets out of the way.
Zanotto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aragon.
Zanotto changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanotto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aragon walks into a stiff left hand from Zanotto.
Zanotto dips to his left and cracks Aragon with an uppercut!

Aragon closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aragon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aragon.
Aragon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aragon lands a nice knee to the body.
Zanotto wants to break the clinch but can't.

Aragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zanotto lands with a shot to the body.
Zanotto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Aragon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zanotto.
Aragon throwing a counter right hand but Zanotto manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aragon tries to clinch but Zanotto is having none of it.
Zanotto misses with a body shot.
Ben Zanotto seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aragon cracks Zanotto with a good jab.
Aragon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Aragon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zanotto misses with an uppercut. Aragon saw that one coming.
Zanotto throws a body shot but no joy.
Zanotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aragon moves away.
Zanotto lands with a cross.
Aragon cracks the inside of Zanotto's front leg.
Aragon slips under a jab from Zanotto.
Zanotto misses with a leg kick.
Aragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Zanotto finds it's way through Aragon's defenses.
Aragon misses with a head kick.
Zanotto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Aragon misses with a body shot.
Aragon throws a leg kick which misses Zanotto's front leg but catches the back leg as Zanotto tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zanotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zanotto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zanotto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aragon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aragon connects with a high kick.
Aragon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A low kick from Aragon is predictable there

and Zanotto counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Aragon!
Zanotto postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Aragon is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Zanotto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zanotto with the ground and pound but Aragon regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Zanotto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aragon's head.
Aragon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zanotto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zanotto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zanotto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aragon is looking to escape.
Zanotto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zanotto misses with a head shot. Aragon uses the momentum to regain guard.
Aragon has momentary wrist control but Zanotto slips an elbow through the middle.
Zanotto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aragon wants to get back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Zanotto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Zanotto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Zanotto gets tackled into the cage by Aragon. Aragon maintains the clinch.
Zanotto gets through Aragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zanotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zanotto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good body shot from Aragon.
Zanotto misses with a punch on the inside.

Zanotto tightens his grip and picks Aragon up, before dumping him to the ground. Aragon manages to land in guard.
Zanotto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zanotto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zanotto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zanotto throwing strikes but missing.
Zanotto won't allow Aragon to get back to his feet.
Zanotto throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanotto throws a strike but Aragon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Aragon wants to stand and escape but instead Zanotto has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Zanotto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aragon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zanotto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zanotto trying to control the position from guard on top but Aragon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zanotto content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zanotto throws a strike but Aragon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Zanotto trying to control the position.
Ben Zanotto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto pulls Aragon in close to his closed guard and prevents Aragon from doing any damage or advancing position.
Zanotto working a defensive guard here.

Aragon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Diego Aragon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aragon thuds his right hand into Zanotto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zanotto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto misses with a takedown attempt - Aragon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aragon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zanotto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zanotto throws a hook to the side of Aragon's head but Aragon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aragon is looking to chop away at Zanotto's legs.
Zanotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aragon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A big left from Aragon misses.
Aragon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zanotto dives in for a single leg takedown but Aragon sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Zanotto lands with a good body shot.
Aragon tries a low kick but Zanotto avoids it.
Zanotto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Zanotto coming out on top.
Nice uppercut lands for Aragon. That snapped Zanotto's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zanotto misses with a looping left.
Zanotto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zanotto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Aragon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Aragon throws a head kick but Zanotto moves out of range.
Zanotto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Aragon with a body shot.
Aragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zanotto.
Aragon looks to land a left hand but Zanotto moved out of range nicely.
Aragon throws a head kick but Zanotto moves out of range.

Zanotto gets a double leg takedown into Aragon's guard.

Aragon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Aragon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Zanotto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zanotto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Zanotto!
After the big win, Ben Zanotto made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Diego Aragon spoke after the fight, saying 'That sucked! I ain't doing so hot at the top level of the game.'.