PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mario Zambrana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Zambrana
vs
Held

185 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Zambrana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcin Held!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zambrana tries to keep at a distance but Held has taken the fight into the clinch.
Held looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Zambrana scores with a shoulder strike.
Zambrana lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Marcin Held has been cut.
A short right from Zambrana on the inside.
Zambrana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zambrana lands an elbow that stopped Held in his tracks for a moment.
Zambrana taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Zambrana blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zambrana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Zambrana has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Zambrana lands a hook that snaps the head of Held backwards.
Zambrana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Helds head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zambrana.

Held is rocked!
Held is pressed against the cage. Zambrana pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Held! Two more big strikes from Zambrana and Held crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mario Zambrana!
An out of breath Mario Zambrana thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.