PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nova Zigaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zigaman comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Breathe. Quanero comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 537 CUBA kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Julio Quanero will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Zigaman
vs
Quanero

203 cm
24
287 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
250 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nova Zigaman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Quanero!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quanero tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quanero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zigaman attempts a counter takedown but Quanero avoids it well and moves away.
Zigaman lands a jab.

Zigaman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Quanero manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Quanero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Zigaman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zigaman is working hard here to advance position.
Quanero is trying to control the action in half guard but Zigaman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zigaman wants to get back to full guard but Quanero has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaman is looking to reverse the position.
Zigaman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zigaman gets full guard.
Quanero trying to control but Zigaman is working from the bottom.
Quanero preventing the sweep.
Quanero wants to control from the top but Zigaman keeps moving.
Zigaman wants to sweep here but Quanero controlling him for the moment.

Zigaman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Quanero gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Zigaman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman prevents Quanero from improving his position.
Zigaman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Quanero on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Zigaman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Zigaman stops Quanero from getting back to his feet.
Zigaman lands with a punch from half guard.
Zigaman wants to control but Quanero is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quanero is trying to stand.
Zigaman prevents Quanero from improving his position.
Quanero is refusing to be controlled, as Zigaman sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quanero on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Zigaman there.
Well, if Zigaman is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Quanero is in trouble now - Zigaman has advanced to mount!
Zigaman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zigaman controlling from mount.
The referee warns Quanero that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Zigaman is working for a guillotine from mount but Quanero frees his head quite easily.
Zigaman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zigaman trying to control but Quanero is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman breaks from Quanero's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Quanero is squirming around, avoiding Zigaman's attempts to control the action.

Zigaman working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Quanero is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zigaman scoring with strikes but Quanero is staying in there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quanero tries to reverse the position but Zigaman maintains control.

Zigaman looking for a guillotine from mount but Quanero is having none of it.
Zigaman cracks Quanero with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nova Zigaman!
Post fight, Nova Zigaman took to the microphone: '5 and zero... is there anyone out there in my league? This is my world and he just like everyone else doesn't deserve to be in it. Right now you're looking at the very best in the world! Game on.'.