PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yaroslav Zozulya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutierrez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Booyaka 619. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Zozulya
vs
Gutierrez

182 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yaroslav Zozulya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oscar Gutierrez!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zozulya swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gutierrez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gutierrez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gutierrez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zozulya. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zozulya is pulling down on Gutierrez's head to control his posture.
Zozulya is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zozulya looking for a sweep. Not yet Zozulya, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gutierrez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zozulya is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zozulya is really struggling to control Gutierrez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gutierrez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Zozulya tries for a takedown but Gutierrez circles away easily
and Gutierrez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zozulya tries to clinch there but Gutierrez circles away.
Gutierrez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gutierrez.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gutierrez!
Gutierrez rushes Zozulya and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Zozulya is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Gutierrez piles on the pressure and Zozulya crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Gutierrez!
After winning the bout, Oscar Gutierrez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.