PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Foster Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Zhou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hester
vs
Zhou

174 cm
19
278 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Likes musicals

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Foster Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Zhou!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhou stuffs the takedown.
Zhou swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hester counters with a series of strikes. Zhou will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hester really is a fat lump.

Hester clinches up with Zhou and pushes him back against the cage.
Hester is trying to pull guard but Zhou has him pressed against the cage.
Hester looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hester looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Zhou has picked Hester up - he's going for a ride! Zhou dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Zhou seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

It looks like Foster Hester has been cut.
Zhou is nestled in close to Hester, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zhou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hester with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Hester is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhou controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Hester is out! Zhou gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ray Zhou!
A less than humble Ray Zhou misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.