PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chara Zaad (ranked 5358 p4p, 104 weight class) and German Cordova (ranked 7107 p4p, 115 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zaad
vs
Cordova

192 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

174 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chara Zaad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, German Cordova!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaad throws a body shot but no joy.
Zaad walks into a left hand.
A nice combination there by Zaad.

It looks like German Cordova has been cut.
Cordova looks to land a combination. Zaad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jab from Zaad.

Cordova is rocked!
Cordova fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zaad has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Cordova instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaad blocks a body shot from Cordova.
Zaad has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cordova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cordova lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Zaad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cordova working aggressively here.
Cordova tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cordova misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Cordova.
Zaad prevents a body shot from Cordova.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad misses with a punch to the body.
Zaad is trying to force a seperation but Cordova has the dominant position.
Cordova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cordova works on Zaad's body with a couple of short punches.
Zaad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zaad takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cordova.
Zaad slowing the pace effectively.
Cordova goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaad tries to work over Cordova's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cordova.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cordova.
Cordova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaad stalling.
Zaad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaad blocking some punches.
Cordova digs a right hand underneath Zaad's ribcage. Zaad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cordova throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaad.
Cordova lands a shot to the body.
Cordova misses with a punch to the body.
Cordova scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cordova scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaad prevents a body shot from Cordova.
Cordova tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Cordova as the two fighters clinch.
Cordova lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zaad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cordova keeps control of Zaad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zaad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaad throws a punch but it's blocked by Cordova.
Cordova works on Zaad's body with a couple of short punches.
Cordova lands with a right to the head.
Zaad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cordova has him pressed against the cage.
Zaad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zaad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cordova lands a nice uppercut.
Cordova fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cordova has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zaad seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cordova can turn it around.
A right handed body shot lands from Cordova.
Cordova working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cordova misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cordova lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaad backwards.
Cordova lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cordova lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordova digs a right hand into Zaad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zaad's gas tank.
Zaad trying to control the position but instead, Cordova has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zaad into the cage.
Cordova lands a shot to the body.
Cordova lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cordova lands with a right to the head.
Cordova lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zaad backwards.
Zaad blocks an uppercut.
Cordova working aggressively here.
Cordova is working Zaad over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cordova.
Zaad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cordova prevents Zaad from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

German Cordova dominated that round.
The cut man is working on German Cordova's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cordova pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zaad is out of range and Cordova settles back down.
Cordova scores with a hook to the body. Zaad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cordova lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zaad throws a right hand that misses
and Cordova counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zaad misses with a jab to the body
and Cordova counters with a nice uppercut.
Zaad takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cordova throws a low kick but Zaad avoids it.
Cordova throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cordova lands a nice shot to the body.
Zaad fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Zaad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cordova misses with a combination
letting Zaad counter with a right hand.
Cordova has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zaad misses with a two punch combination.
Cordova throws out a counter right but Zaad avoids it with no problem.
Cordova closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A punch lands to the side of Zaad 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cordova scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordova bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zaad throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Cordova to counter with a crisp jab.
Cordova jabs Zaad to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cordova scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zaad in his tracks.

Zaad is rocked!
Cordova connects with a body shot.
Oh Zaad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cordova pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zaad is out of range and Cordova settles back down.
Cordova lands with a right and another and another! Zaad is in big trouble! Cordova lands again and this time it's lights out for Zaad! A quality knockout there for Cordova.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). German Cordova!