PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ares Zylo (ranked 2867 p4p, 335 weight class) and Bryan Beckett (ranked 4113 p4p, 455 weight class). Beckett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dhal Jaun Main-Akshay Kumar & Ileana D'cruz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zylo
vs
Beckett

188 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ares Zylo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Beckett!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zylo closes the distance and pushes Beckett back into the cage.
Zylo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zylo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beckett blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Beckett.
Zylo with a knee to the head.
Zylo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zylo misses with a knee to the head.
Zylo tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckett avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zylo.
Zylo has a couple of punches blocked by Beckett.
Zylo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beckett avoids it.
Beckett avoiding damage as Zylo throws knees to the body.
Beckett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zylos head.
Nice body punch from Beckett.
Zylo tries a knee to the head but Beckett blocks it.
Zylo missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zylo tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckett avoids the damage to the body.
Zylo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zylo stalling against the cage.
Zylo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Beckett's face.
We've been hearing reports that Zylo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beckett avoiding damage as Zylo throws knees to the body.
Beckett looking to throw knees to the head but Zylo is blocking nicely.
Beckett has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zylo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Beckett can turn it around.
A right hand to the body from Beckett.
Zylo jumps guard but Beckett turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Zylo has Beckett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Beckett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Beckett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zylo stalling in the clinch.
Beckett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beckett is leaning against Zylo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zylo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zylo misses with the head strike.
Beckett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beckett.
Beckett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zylo blocks a body shot from Beckett.
Zylo has Beckett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Beckett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ares Zylo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beckett working aggressively here.
Beckett struggles to land a body shot inside as Zylo controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zylo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beckett.
Beckett lands a right hand.
Zylo misses with a knee to the head.
Beckett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Beckett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beckett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Zylo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zylo lands a nice short elbow.
Beckett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beckett blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zylo.
Beckett won't allow Zylo to pass to mount.
Zylo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zylo is keen to just control but Beckett is a slippery customer.
Zylo sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zylo thows a huge punch but Beckett dodges it nicely.
Zylo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zylo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zylo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ground and pound from Zylo.
Zylo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Zylo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zylo lands with a punch from half guard.
Zylo working Beckett over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zylo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Beckett does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zylo works his way into side control.
Zylo works to advance to full mount. Beckett defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Beckett is in a horrible position here. Zylo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Beckett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zylo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zylo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zylo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zylo avoids the attempt from Beckett to control.
A nice elbow there by Zylo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Zylo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zylo gets a double leg takedown into Beckett's guard.
Zylo throwing strikes from guard but Beckett blocks nicely.
Zylo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Zylo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beckett keeping full guard, as Zylo tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zylo distracts Beckett with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Beckett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zylo content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zylo landing some decent shots from guard.
Beckett can't keep his opponent in guard - Zylo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zylo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Beckett!
Zylo lands a heavy elbow.
Zylo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beckett hang on?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Beckett can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zylo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett is in a horrible position here. Zylo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zylo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zylo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beckett can do to turn this around?
Zylo unloading with bombs!
Zylo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zylo lands a couple of good shots and Beckett has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Beckett is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zylo lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Beckett hold on?!
Beckett is still in real trouble! Can Zylo finish him?
Zylo looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Zylo lands shots to the head and Beckett turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ares Zylo!
An out of breath Ares Zylo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.