PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Zeus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Calloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calloway has chosen The Death Symphony as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zeus
vs
Calloway

190 cm
30
300 lbs
16 - 6 - 2

208 cm
31
404 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Zeus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Calloway!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calloway misses with a body shot.
Zeus is looking to clinch but Calloway is avoiding it.
A nice side step and Calloway releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zeus misses with a wild combination.
Zeus throws a series of punches but Calloway avoids them all with ease.

Calloway drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Zeus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Calloway postures up.
Calloway chips away with some ground and pound.

Zeus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Calloway doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Calloway manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zeus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Calloway not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calloway won't allow Zeus to get back to his feet.
Calloway working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zeus's head.
Zeus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Calloway slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Zeus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Calloway can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Calloway looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Calloway's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zeus is looking to stand up but Calloway isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Christopher Zeus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zeus takes a swing at Calloway's ribcage but misses.
Calloway with a poor takedown
and Zeus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Zeus. Calloway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calloway unleashes a big counter combination but Zeus bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Zeus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zeus tries to counter by clinching up but Calloway breaks away and moves out of range.

Calloway pushes Zeus up against the cage in a clinch.
Zeus lands an elbow that stopped Calloway in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mark Calloway has been cut.
Zeus misses with a knee to the head.
Zeus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Zeus.
Calloway looks winded!
Zeus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Zeus.
Zeus lands a shoulder strike.
Zeus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Calloway takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zeus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zeus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Calloway takes a shot to the head.
Zeus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zeus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Calloway's defenses.

Calloway is rocked!
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!
Zeus throws a big uppercut that drops Calloway! More strikes from Zeus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Calloway lies dazed against the cage as Zeus celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christopher Zeus!
After winning the bout, Christopher Zeus thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.