PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Zumo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralfson Calvacante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calvacante has chosen Go to sleep bitch as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zumo
vs
Calvacante

182 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
24
145 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Zumo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ralfson Calvacante!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calvacante throws a series of strikes that have Zumo backpedaling.
Calvacante is looking to clinch.
Calvacante slaps away a takedown attempt from Zumo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Zumo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Calvacante as he avoids it easily.

Zumo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zumo throwing shots but Calvacante is blocking nicely.
Zumo prevents Calvacante from standing back up.
Zumo working Calvacante over with strikes.
Zumo stops Calvacante from getting back to his feet.
Zumo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Calvacante pushes Zumo off looking to stand but Zumo dives back in and keeps control.
Zumo is trying to control the action in half guard but Calvacante is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Calvacante pushes Zumo off looking to stand but Zumo dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zumo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Calvacante is trying to stand.
Nice strikes from Zumo there.
Calvacante tries to kick Zumo off but Zumo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Zumo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Calvacante told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Calvacante wants to get back to his feet.
Zumo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Calvacante's head.
Zumo working Calvacante over with strikes.
Zumo thows a huge punch but Calvacante dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvacante has hold of Zumo's hands but Zumo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zumo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Calvacante is rocked!
Zumo lands a big elbow - Calvacante is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Zumo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Zumo!
A relieved looking Jeff Zumo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.