PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Hilton Teimosia (ranked 2195 p4p, 273 weight class) and Mario Zambrana (ranked 3985 p4p, 442 weight class). Zambrana has chosen Impact is Imminent as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Teimosia
vs
Zambrana

174 cm
39
193 lbs
39 - 28 - 1

185 cm
25
195 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
RAGS of a RONIN

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 39 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Zambrana!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Teimosia misses.
Teimosia swats away the attempt to clinch by Zambrana.
An attempted straight right counter from Teimosia misses the target.
Teimosia stuns Zambrana with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Teimosia lands a nice shot that snaps Zambrana's head back.
Zambrana is looking to clinch but Teimosia is avoiding it.
Teimosia throws a solid leg kick but Zambrana takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Teimosia.
Hilton Teimosia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zambrana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zambrana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Teimosia scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zambrana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Teimosia.
Zambrana doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Teimosia is looking to clinch but Zambrana is avoiding it.
Zambrana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Teimosia.

Teimosia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zambrana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Teimosia is defending well for now.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Teimosia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zambrana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zambrana lands an elbow that stopped Teimosia in his tracks for a moment.
Teimosia lands a left hand.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teimosia misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zambrana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Teimosia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Zambrana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Teimosia's defenses.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Zambrana.
Zambrana is trying to push Teimosia away but Teimosia has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Zambrana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Teimosia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teimosia lands a nice uppercut.
Teimosia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zambrana or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zambrana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zambrana blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teimosia.
Zambrana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Teimosia managing to block the knees to the body from Zambrana.
Teimosia managing to block the knees to the body from Zambrana.
Zambrana trying to control the position but instead, Teimosia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zambrana into the ropes.
Zambrana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Zambrana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Teimosia drives through and clinches with Zambrana against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hilton Teimosia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Teimosia tries to clinch but Zambrana moves out of range.
Zambrana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zambrana looks to land a left hand but Teimosia moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Teimosia does it's job there.
Teimosia lands a leg kick that knocks Zambrana off balance momentarily.
A big right from Teimosia misses.
Teimosia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zambrana can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Zambrana misses the target.
Teimosia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Mario Zambrana has been cut.
A big left from Zambrana misses.
Zambrana throws a looping overhand right but Teimosia ducks down to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Teimosia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zambrana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teimosia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teimosia blocks a leg kick.
Zambrana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zambrana is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Teimosia with a body shot.
Zambrana clobbers Teimosia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zambrana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teimosia throws out the jab.
Zambrana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teimosia was well out of range. Poor timing from Zambrana.
Teimosia throws a hook to the side of Zambrana's head but Zambrana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zambrana misses with a wild body shot.
Teimosia scores with a jab to the body.
Hilton Teimosia is winning the standup battle so far.
Zambrana misses with a hook. Teimosia ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Teimosia.
Teimosia tried to counter with a leg kick but Zambrana avoided it.
Teimosia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zambrana staying out of range there.
Zambrana throws a big shot that misses.
Zambrana throws a body punch but Teimosia moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zambrana. Teimosia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zambrana slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fighters circling - Zambrana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zambrana misses with a looping left.
Zambrana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Zambrana. Those never looked like landing.

Teimosia moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Teimosia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teimosia scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zambrana.
Zambrana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Teimosia avoids it.
Zambrana blocks a body shot from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with the head strike.
Zambrana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Zambrana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Teimosia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Teimosia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zambrana.
Zambrana avoids the body shot from Teimosia.
Zambrana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teimosia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teimosia wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Zambrana scores with a jab to the head.
Teimosia scores with a decent looking hook.
Zambrana throws a sloppy body shot
and Teimosia counters with a thumping low kick.

Teimosia pushes Zambrana up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zambrana lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mario Zambrana will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mario Zambrana's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Teimosia does it's job there.
Zambrana moves out of range of the body kick.
Zambrana misses with a hook. Teimosia ducked under it nicely.
Zambrana on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Teimosia lands a really nice looking cross but Zambrana seems unphased.
Teimosia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zambrana.
Zambrana throws a head kick but Teimosia moves out of range.
Zambrana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Teimosia is looking to counter the offense by Zambrana and move into the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Zambrana misses.
Zambrana scores with a nice body kick.

Teimosia pushes Zambrana up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zambrana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Teimosia has him pressed against the ropes.
Zambrana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Teimosia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zambrana lands an elbow inside that Teimosia shrugs off.
Teimosia lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Zambrana throws an elbow but misses.
Zambrana with a knee to the head.
Zambrana tries to break free but Teimosia pushes him back against the ropes.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Zambrana controls his hands.
Zambrana can't break the clinch.
Zambrana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teimosia is working Zambrana over against the ropes.
Hilton Teimosia has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zambrana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Teimosia is keeping busy.
Zambrana takes a shot to the head.
Teimosia swings wildly with an uppercut but Zambrana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teimosia can't find room to land a body shot as Zambrana controls the action.
Teimosia misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Teimosia.
Teimosia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zambrana's elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zambrana tries to break free but Teimosia pushes him back against the ropes.
Teimosia working aggressively here.
Zambrana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teimosia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teimosia working aggressively here.
Teimosia lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Zambrana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Teimosia avoids it.
Teimosia presses Zambrana against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zambrana blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zambrana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teimosia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Zambrana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Teimosia.
Teimosia digs a right hand underneath Zambrana's ribcage. Zambrana let out a lung full of air as it connected.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hilton Teimosia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Teimosia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hilton Teimosia!