PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Fitzsimmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzsimmons comes to the cage accompanied by Rule Britannia. Zivic has chosen La La Girl by Paffendorf as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fitzsimmons
vs
Zivic

188 cm
31
211 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

185 cm
40
216 lbs
52 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Fitzsimmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 52 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fritzie Zivic!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic throws a leg kick
enabling Fitzsimmons to counter with a crisp jab.
Zivic catches Fitzsimmons with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Jim Fitzsimmons has been cut.
Fitzsimmons throws a body shot but no joy.
Zivic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zivic misses with a left hand
and Fitzsimmons counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zivic throws a right and a left that Fitzsimmons avoids nicely.
Fitzsimmons avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zivic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zivic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fitzsimmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zivic throws an off balance right hand
and Fitzsimmons counters with a leg kick.
Fitzsimmons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zivic throws out the jab.
Zivic lands with a right hand.
Fitzsimmons lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Zivic.
Zivic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fitzsimmons counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zivic tries to clinch up
and Fitzsimmons counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Fitzsimmons slams his shin into Zivic's torso.
Zivic avoids a kick to the body.
Fitzsimmons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zivic throws out the jab.
Fitzsimmons swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zivic misses with a lunging right hand
and Zivic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fitzsimmons thuds his shin into the meat of Zivic's side.
Fitzsimmons on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fitzsimmons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zivic.
Fitzsimmons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fitzsimmons misses with a right hand
and Zivic counters with a nice body shot.
Fitzsimmons takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Zivic gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zivic tries to work over Fitzsimmons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zivic working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzsimmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Fitzsimmons.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zivic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzsimmons lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons lands a left hand.
Zivic prevents a body shot from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zivic or not.
Zivic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zivic.
I was talking to Fitzsimmons's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fitzsimmons prevents a body shot from Zivic.
Fitzsimmons misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons blocks a body shot from Zivic.
Zivic tries to work over Fitzsimmons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzsimmons.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzsimmons controls the action.

Fitzsimmons's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fitzsimmons throws a nice looking combination but Zivic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Fitzsimmons counters with a body kick that stops Zivic in his tracks momentarily.
Zivic digs a good body shot into Fitzsimmons's ribs.
Zivic looks to score with a jab to the body but Fitzsimmons is just out of range.
Fitzsimmons dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zivic. That did some damage!
Zivic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fitzsimmons connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zivic scrambles back to his feet.
Zivic swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fitzsimmons makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zivic moves out of range of the leg kick from Fitzsimmons.
Zivic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fitzsimmons throws a quick counter kick to the body but Zivic avoids it.
Fitzsimmons looks to throw a body kick
and Zivic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fitzsimmons fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zivic.
Zivic looks to clinch
and Fitzsimmons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zivic misses with a straight left.
Zivic connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzsimmons misses with a body shot.
Zivic swings for the body but Fitzsimmons moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Fitzsimmons.
Zivic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fitzsimmons.
A slow jab from Zivic misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Zivic misses its intended target.
Fitzsimmons avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zivic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Zivic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zivic scores with a jab. Fitzsimmons acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic tries to close the distance and clinch but Fitzsimmons swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fitzsimmons swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zivic throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Fitzsimmons to counter with a crisp jab.
Fitzsimmons checks a low kick from Zivic.
Fitzsimmons swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Zivic moves into the clinch successfully.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zivic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fitzsimmons blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Fitzsimmons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Fitzsimmons's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zivic slips a jab from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons dodges the punch combination from Zivic.
Zivic throws a sloppy body shot
and Fitzsimmons counters with a one-two to the body.
Fitzsimmons cracks Zivic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zivic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fitzsimmons under the eye.
Fitzsimmons misses with a leg kick.
Fitzsimmons catches Zivic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zivic misses with a hook to the body
and Fitzsimmons counters with a nice leg kick.
Zivic misses with a series of wild punches.
Fitzsimmons's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zivic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fitzsimmons scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zivic throws a solid leg kick but Fitzsimmons takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zivic.
Fitzsimmons appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Zivic misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fitzsimmons circles away quickly and effectively.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Fitzsimmons counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fitzsimmons misses with a body shot.
Fitzsimmons looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fitzsimmons misses with a low kick.
Zivic misses with an uppercut
and Fitzsimmons counters with a straight right hand.
Fitzsimmons lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zivic takes a step back to recover.
A telegraphed right hand from Fitzsimmons misses the target.
Zivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fitzsimmons is looking to counter punch.
Fitzsimmons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zivic can do to turn this around?
Zivic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fitzsimmons connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zivic scores with a sloppy right hand. Fitzsimmons should have avoided that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zivic.
Zivic just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zivic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fitzsimmons moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic takes a swing at Fitzsimmons's ribcage but misses.
Zivic looks to score with a jab to the body but Fitzsimmons is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Fitzsimmons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzsimmons throws a quick counter kick to the body but Zivic avoids it.
Zivic jabs Fitzsimmons to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zivic throws out a loose jab but Fitzsimmons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zivic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fitzsimmons scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zivic in his tracks.
Zivic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fitzsimmons.
Zivic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fitzsimmons on the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zivic.
Fitzsimmons lands a jab to Zivic's midsection.
Fitzsimmons defending well as Zivic loads up on a big left hand.
Fitzsimmons looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Zivic misses with an uppercut
and Fitzsimmons counters with a left and a right that stings Zivic.
Zivic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zivic is breathing heavily.
Zivic is looking to clinch.
Fitzsimmons circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fitzsimmons looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Fitzsimmons. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fitzsimmons.
Zivic misses with an uppercut. Fitzsimmons saw that one coming.
It appears Fitzsimmons was looking to counter with a kick there.
Fitzsimmons connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fitzsimmons scores with a jab.
Zivic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fitzsimmons misses the jab.
Zivic throws out a counter right but Fitzsimmons avoids it with no problem.
Fitzsimmons getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Zivic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Fitzsimmons feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Zivic sprawling to the canvas! Zivic rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Fitzsimmons finish him?!

Zivic is rocked!

It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
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!
Zivic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fitzsimmons counters with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons scores with a punch to the head.
Zivic lands a lovely overhand right.
Zivic moves in looking to clinch but Fitzsimmons pushes him off.
Fitzsimmons takes a swing at Zivic's ribcage but misses.
Fitzsimmons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zivic.
Zivic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons misses with a straight left.
Zivic misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzsimmons uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zivic.
Zivic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fitzsimmons takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zivic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fitzsimmons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Fitzsimmons dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Fitzsimmons keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zivic.
Zivic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fitzsimmons is out of range and Zivic settles back down.
Fitzsimmons swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fitzsimmons takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fitzsimmons moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fitzsimmons misses with an uppercut. Zivic saw that one coming.
A solid body kick from Fitzsimmons.
Zivic has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Fitzsimmons.
Zivic scores with a jab to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fitzsimmons.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zivic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fitzsimmons dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zivic. That did some damage!
Fitzsimmons connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zivic thows a leg kick but Fitzsimmons checks it
enabling Fitzsimmons to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons lands with a good body shot.
Jim Fitzsimmons is winning the standup battle so far.
Zivic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Fitzsimmons counters with a straight right hand.
Zivic digs a good hook to Fitzsimmons's body.
Fitzsimmons with a hook.
Zivic is still on wobbly legs! Can Fitzsimmons finish him?
Zivic throws a body shot but no joy.
Zivic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Zivic seems to have recovered his senses.
Fitzsimmons misses the shot to the body.
Zivic misses with an uppercut

and Fitzsimmons counters with a nice right hand that sends Zivic toppling to the canvas! Zivic scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fitzsimmons finish him?!
Zivic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zivic throws a poor cross that misses
and Fitzsimmons counters with a huge left! Zivic is in big trouble! He's backing up but Fitzsimmons isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Zivic from any more damage. A dominating finish by Fitzsimmons!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Fitzsimmons!
Jim Fitzsimmons took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'A jolly good scrap, old chum! I say, will you join me for a spot of gin and tonic?'.