PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Avery Nijholt (ranked 3002 p4p, 385 weight class) and Chara Zaad (ranked 2965 p4p, 381 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Nijholt
vs
Zaad

178 cm
20
176 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

192 cm
21
210 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellraiser FightGear

IniTech Nutrition

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Avery Nijholt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chara Zaad!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nijholt punishes Zaad's body with a nice straight punch.
Nijholt takes a swing at Zaad's ribcage but misses.
Nijholt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zaad moves away.
Nijholt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nijholt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nijholt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Nijholt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nijholt.
Zaad is trying to break the clinch but Nijholt has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Zaad - that landed with a thud.
Nijholt blocking some punches.
Nijholt is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaad is trying to push Nijholt away but Nijholt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nijholt.
Nijholt blocks a body shot from Zaad.
Nijholt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nijholt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zaad or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nijholt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zaad or not.
Nijholt misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nijholt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Nijholt is trying to trip Zaad. He has hold of a leg but Zaad is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nijholt persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Nijholt postures up.
Nijholt stays in close to Zaad's body and controls the position.

Nijholt gets to his feet. Zaad looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Zaad gets tackled into the cage by Nijholt. Nijholt maintains the clinch.
Nijholt lands with a short shot to the head.
Nijholt misses with some punches.
Zaad prevents a body shot from Nijholt.
Nijholt has a couple of punches blocked by Zaad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nijholt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zaad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Nijholt fails to land.
Nijholt throws a head punch that misses.
Nijholt misses with a punch on the inside.
Nijholt throws a head punch that misses.
Zaad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nijholt backwards.
Zaad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nijholt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaad working aggressively here.
Nijholt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nijholt lands a nice shot to the body.
Zaad misses with a body punch.
Zaad can't find room to land a body shot as Nijholt controls the action.
Zaad has had enough of the clinch but Nijholt keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nijholt misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nijholt throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaad.
Nijholt misses with some punches.
Nijholt misses with a body punch.
Nijholt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nijholt misses with a punch to the body.
Nijholt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nijholt can't find room to land a body shot as Zaad controls the action.
Nijholt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nijholt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Nijholt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nijholt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nijholt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zaad or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nijholt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nijholt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nijholt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Zaad working hard to break the clinch.
Nijholt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nijholt misses with a punch on the inside.
Nijholt gets through Zaad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Zaad.
Zaad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Zaad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nijholt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nijholt scores with a shot to the side of Zaad's head.
Nijholt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avery Nijholt dominated that round.
That's time! Nijholt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zaad throws a right hand that Nijholt ducks under and follows up with a left that Nijholt also avoids with ease.
Nijholt throws an off balance right hand
letting Zaad counter with a right hand.

Zaad lands a left and a right that send Nijholt crashing to the mat, dazed. Zaad thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Nijholt is rocked!

It looks like Avery Nijholt has been cut.
Zaad takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oh Nijholt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Nijholt rushes Zaad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nijholt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nijholt seems to have got his legs back now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nijholt.
Nijholt swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaad uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nijholt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zaad blocking some punches.
Nijholt has Zaad pressed against the cage, preventing Zaad from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zaad cracks Nijholt with a nice body shot.
Nijholt misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nijholt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaad backwards.
Nijholt misses with the head strike.
Nijholt working aggressively here.
Nijholt throws a head punch that misses.
Nijholt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zaad can do to turn this around?
Nijholt blocks an uppercut.
Avery Nijholt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nijholt tries to throw a body punch but Zaad avoids it by throwing Nijholt back against the cage.
A short right from Nijholt on the inside.
Nijholt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nijholt misses with the head strike.
Zaad taking a breather.
Nijholt prevents a body shot from Zaad.
Nijholt is trying to drag Zaad to the mat but Zaad just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nijholt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nijholt goes for a takedown attempt but Zaad pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zaad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nijholt moves to clinch but Zaad breaks away
and Zaad counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Nijholt misses the target.
Nijholt connects with a right hand. Zaad shakes it off.
Zaad lands with an uppercut that bounces Nijholt off the cage and back into range.
Avery Nijholt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nijholt closes the distance but Zaad moves to the side
and Zaad counters with a crisp right that sends Nijholt to the canvas! Zaad follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chara Zaad!
Chara Zaad very nearly forgot to thank IniTech Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Avery Nijholt spoke after the fight, saying 'This guy was the better fighter tonight, and deserved the win. I will go back to train harder and come back better than ever'.