PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Puff Grandpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Grandpa
vs
Zarco

172 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Puff Grandpa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Zarco!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grandpa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zarco as he jumps to the side.

Grandpa takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zarco lands a nice shot to the body.
Zarco holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zarco tries to stall but Grandpa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zarco prevents the takedown attempt.
Zarco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Zarco - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zarco takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zarco trying to control the position but instead, Grandpa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zarco into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Zarco.

Grandpa takes the fight into the clinch.
Zarco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zarco wants to stall.
Zarco misses with a body punch.
Zarco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grandpa tries to work over Zarco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Zarco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grandpa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandpa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Zarco has Grandpa pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Zarco's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A short right from Zarco.
Zarco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zarco effectively controlling the action here.
The referee calls for Zarco to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Zarco.
Grandpa shoots for a takedown but Zarco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zarco steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Grandpa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puff Grandpa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grandpa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zarco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pedro Zarco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grandpa gets the takedown into side control.
Zarco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Grandpa.
Zarco tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Grandpa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Grandpa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grandpa with good strikes from the mount here!
Grandpa raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grandpa looking to control but Zarco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've been informed that Zarco has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Grandpa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Grandpa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grandpa with shots to the head and body - Zarco looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grandpa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grandpa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grandpa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zarco is squirming around, avoiding Grandpa's attempts to control the action.
Grandpa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zarco looks a forlorn figure.

Zarco is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Grandpa.
Zarco is still in real trouble! Can Grandpa finish him?
Grandpa controlling from the full mount.
Grandpa 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.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grandpa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zarco is in a horrible position here. Grandpa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grandpa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Grandpa unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Zarco wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Grandpa celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Puff Grandpa!