PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evan Zoplias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoplias comes to the cage accompanied by ABC-Jackson 5. Ryan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zoplias
vs
Ryan

185 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Hellbent
King of Clothes

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evan Zoplias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan misses with a wild combination.
Zoplias doesn't manage to clinch there - Ryan circles away.
Zoplias tries to clinch there but Ryan circles away.
Zoplias doesn't manage to clinch there - Ryan circles away.
Ryan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Evan Zoplias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan throws a right hand that Zoplias ducks under and follows up with a left that Zoplias also avoids with ease.
Ryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ryan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice cross by Ryan.
Zoplias tries to close the distance and clinch but Ryan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ryan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zoplias is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ryan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan throws a jab but it's blocked by Zoplias.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zoplias is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Zoplias.
Zoplias tries to clinch up.
Zoplias wants to clinch up but Ryan keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ryan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ryan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Zoplias.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Zoplias controls his hands.
Ryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zoplias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ryan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ryan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ryan works on Zoplias's body with a couple of short punches.
Zoplias has a couple of punches blocked by Ryan.
Zoplias makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zoplias lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zoplias misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zoplias.
Zoplias misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Zoplias.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ryan.
Zoplias misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Ryan.
Zoplias lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ryan or not.
Ryan blocks an uppercut.
Ryan blocking some punches.
Ryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ryan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ryan blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ryan.
Ryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zoplias working aggressively here.
Ryan lands with a left to the head.
Zoplias scores with a shoulder strike.
Zoplias working aggressively here.
Zoplias throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.
Ryan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Zoplias fails to land.
Ryan scores with a hook to the body.
Ryan lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Zoplias.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Zoplias.
Nice body punch from Ryan - that landed with a thud.
Zoplias goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Zoplias is rocked!
Ryan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oh Zoplias is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zoplias is breathing heavily.
Ryan creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Zoplias with a big uppercut! Zoplias tries to clinch up but Ryan pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Zoplias to the mat! Zoplias covers up and Ryan unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jimmy Ryan!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jimmy Ryan waved his t-shirt featuring Hellbent 's logo in front of the cameras.