PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zbermat Serlal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serlal comes to the cage accompanied by Mortal Kombat . Ales Zhandunka will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Serlal
vs
Zhandunka

205 cm
38
265 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

220 cm
44
291 lbs
40 - 28 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zbermat Serlal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ales Zhandunka!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhandunka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Serlal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zhandunka.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Serlal.
Zhandunka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to the body from Zhandunka misses
and Serlal counters with a nice uppercut.
Serlal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zhandunka tries to avoid it but Serlal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zhandunka to the ground. Zhandunka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Serlal misses with a shot to the body
and Zhandunka counters with a series of strikes. Serlal will be more careful next time no doubt.

Serlal feints and as Zhandunka raises his hands in defense, Serlal changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serlal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zhandunka keeping full guard, as Serlal tries to pass.
Serlal is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serlal passes Zhandunka's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Zhandunka won't allow Serlal to pass to mount.
Serlal throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Zhandunka to regain full guard.
Serlal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zhandunka is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Serlal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zhandunka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zbermat Serlal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhandunka misses the body punch
and Serlal counters with a right hand to the body.
Serlal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zhandunka wants to clinch up but Serlal keeps it at a distance.
Serlal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zhandunka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serlal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhandunka moves away.
Serlal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Serlal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zhandunka.
Serlal defending well as Zhandunka loads up on a big left hand.
Zhandunka swings for the body but Serlal moves out of range.
Serlal blocks a jab.
Zhandunka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Serlal cracks Zhandunka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zhandunka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Serlal avoids the body shot from Zhandunka.
Serlal throws a lazy right hand but Zhandunka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Serlal fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zbermat Serlal. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serlal swings widly with a right hand
and Zhandunka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhandunka avoids the body shot from Serlal.
Zhandunka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serlal.
Serlal scores with a decent looking hook.
Zhandunka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zhandunka there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serlal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Serlal scores with a jab. Zhandunka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zhandunka misses the body punch
and Serlal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Serlal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Serlal feinted with a counter takedown.
Serlal shoots for a double leg takedown but Zhandunka sprawls well. He's pushed Serlal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Zhandunka unleashes a big counter combination but Serlal bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zbermat Serlal dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zhandunka throws a looping overhand right but Serlal ducks down to avoid it.
Serlal looks to throw the jab but Zhandunka is out of range.
Serlal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Ales Zhandunka has been cut.
Zhandunka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Serlal under the eye.
Zhandunka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zhandunka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Serlal looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhandunka is just out of range.
Zhandunka let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Serlal throws a right hand that misses
and Zhandunka counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Serlal ducks under a wild hook from Zhandunka.
Zbermat Serlal is winning the standup battle so far.
Zhandunka throws a good cross that connects.
Serlal misses with a two punch combination.
Zhandunka lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka lands a nice looking body shot.
Serlal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zhandunka.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Serlal is defended easily by Zhandunka.
Serlal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A shot to the body from Zhandunka misses
and Serlal counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Zhandunka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zhandunka throws a series of punches but Serlal moves out of range.
Zhandunka ducks right into an uppercut from Serlal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka walks into a stiff left hand from Serlal.
Serlal misses with a takedown
and Serlal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zhandunka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serlal shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zbermat Serlal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Serlal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zhandunka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Serlal.
Zhandunka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zhandunka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Serlal tries to bum rush Zhandunka with a series of wild strikes but Zhandunka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zhandunka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Serlal circles away quickly and effectively.
Serlal digs a good body shot into Zhandunka's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Serlal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zhandunka.
A lazy left from Zhandunka finds it's target.
Zhandunka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Serlal was well out of range. Poor timing from Zhandunka.
Jab by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zhandunka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serlal.
Serlal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhandunka manages to avoid it.
Zhandunka misses the jab.
Serlal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhandunka manages to avoid it.

Zhandunka gets caught flat footed, as Serlal shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Serlal forces his way into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zhandunka can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Serlal lands a nice short elbow.
Serlal passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zhandunka!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serlal sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Serlal putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Serlal in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Serlal thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Serlal throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Zhandunka because Serlal loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zbermat Serlal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ales Zhandunka'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. And we move into the final round!

Serlal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zhandunka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Serlal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Serlal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zhandunka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Zhandunka. Serlal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Serlal throws a nice looking combination but Zhandunka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Serlal misses with a straight right.
Zhandunka appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Serlal connects with a body shot that sends Zhandunka's belly button to the back.
Serlal throws a body punch but Zhandunka moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Serlal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zhandunka is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Zhandunka misses with a lunging right hand
and Serlal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zhandunka looks to land a right hand but Serlal moved out of range.
Serlal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serlal shoots in looking for a takedown but Zhandunka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Serlal's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Serlal connects with a single shot there.
Zhandunka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Serlal on the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Serlal.
Zhandunka throws an overhand right that lands on Serlal's shoulder, as Serlal tries to avoid the shot.
Zhandunka misses with a shot to the body
and Serlal counters with a left to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Serlal or perhaps it was just good defense by Zhandunka, which made it look bad.
Zhandunka doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.
Serlal misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Zhandunka misses.
Zhandunka dodges the punch combination from Serlal.
A nice side step and Zhandunka releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serlal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zhandunka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Serlal.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zbermat Serlal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Serlal misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zhandunka! But no joy.
Zhandunka misses with an uppercut. Serlal saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Zhandunka misses its intended target.
Zhandunka throws a lazy right hand but Serlal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zhandunka jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serlal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Serlal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zhandunka.
Serlal swings for the body but Zhandunka moves out of range.
Ales Zhandunka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Serlal was well out of range. Poor timing from Zhandunka.
Zhandunka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Serlal misses with a two punch combination.
Serlal misses the shot to the body.
Serlal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhandunka moves away.
Zhandunka is looking to clinch.
Serlal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zhandunka defends it nicely.
Zhandunka punishes Serlal's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka with a hook.
Ales Zhandunka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Serlal lands with a right hand.
Zhandunka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Serlal manages to avoid it.
It looked like Serlal was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Zhandunka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Serlal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Serlal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhandunka was well out of range. Poor timing from Serlal.
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!
Serlal shoots in but Zhandunka avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Serlal is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zhandunka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zbermat Serlal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Serlal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zbermat Serlal!
Our winner, Zbermat Serlal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.