PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Stephenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mazingar Zee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stephenson
vs
Zee

196 cm
19
346 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darrell Stephenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mazingar Zee!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zee tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stephenson swivels and escapes.
Zee tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Stephenson defends well and Zee ends up having to push Stephenson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Stephenson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Zee shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stephenson defends it nicely.
Darrell Stephenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mazingar Zee.

Stephenson scores with a takedown into Zee's guard.
Zee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stephenson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stephenson is working Zee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stephenson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stephenson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephenson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zee has momentary wrist control but Stephenson slips an elbow through the middle.
Zee is looking to sweep but instead, Stephenson has passed into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stephenson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stephenson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stephenson.
Stephenson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stephenson working Zee over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stephenson lands a nice short elbow.
Stephenson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stephenson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stephenson thows a huge punch but Zee dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zee trying to control but Stephenson postures up.
Ground and pound from Stephenson.
Stephenson winds up and cracks Zee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stephenson drops an elbow to the side of Zee's head.
Zee trying to control but Stephenson postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stephenson lands a nice short elbow.
Stephenson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stephenson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stephenson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stephenson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zee wants to control but Stephenson is keeping busy.
Zee is looking for a sweep. Stephenson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stephenson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zee trying to hold on to Stephenson's head to control him but Stephenson postures up.
Zee wants to improve his position but Stephenson is controlling well.
Zee has hold of Stephenson's hands but Stephenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stephenson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stephenson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zee taking some punishment here, with Stephenson in his half guard.
Zee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Stephenson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stephenson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stephenson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stephenson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zee's head.
Zee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stephenson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stephenson is breathing heavily.
Stephenson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zee working a defensive guard here.
Zee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zee controls Stephenson momentarily but Stephenson frees himself.
Stephenson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zee's head.
Zee looking to control.
Stephenson throwing strikes but missing.
Zee working a defensive guard here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stephenson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stephenson wants it to stay on the feet.
Mazingar Zee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zee lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Stephenson goes down and covers up as Zee starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mazingar Zee!