PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sung Puckett (ranked 7499 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anubis Zeus (ranked 8251 p4p, 0 weight class). Sung Puckett has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Puckett
vs
Zeus

210 cm
21
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sung Puckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anubis Zeus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puckett is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Zeus.
Zeus with a lazy takedown attempt

and Puckett moves into the clinch.

Puckett manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Puckett seems keen to control Zeus's posture.
Puckett is trying to keep Zeus in close.

Puckett had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zeus defends it easily.
Zeus working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zeus trying to stand up but can't free himself from Puckett's guard.
Puckett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zeus manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puckett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Puckett is in close to Zeus's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Puckett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Zeus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Puckett has managed to get both his arms back between Zeus's legs - danger averted.
Puckett 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.
Puckett stands up over Zeus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Puckett is working Zeus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zeus looking to control.
Zeus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Puckett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Puckett lands a couple of digs.
Zeus trying to control the position.
Zeus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Zeus wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Zeus holds on and takes a little breather.
Puckett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zeus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Puckett really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Puckett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zeus's head.
Zeus looking to control.
Zeus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zeus trying to keep a closed guard but Puckett is proving a slippery customer.
Puckett works over Zeus with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Puckett is working Zeus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puckett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Puckett postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Puckett working some strikes from top position.
Zeus looking to control.
Puckett is in close to Zeus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Puckett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Puckett throws a big elbow that misses.
Puckett is looking to work some ground and pound but Zeus has wrist control.
Zeus is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Zeus working for a triangle but Puckett defends it easily.
Puckett cracks Zeus with a solid left hand.
Zeus is looking to stand up but Puckett isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puckett prevents Zeus from getting back to his feet.
Puckett postures up and lands a big shot to Zeus's brow.
Puckett connects with a couple of short punches.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Puckett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Puckett is working Zeus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puckett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zeus pulls Puckett in to control the position.
Puckett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puckett won't allow Zeus to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puckett distracts Zeus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Puckett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puckett with a nice head shot there.
Puckett content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sung Puckett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zeus shoots and misses
and Puckett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Puckett.
We've been informed that Zeus has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Puckett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Puckett. No joy for Zeus on that attempt.
Puckett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sung Puckett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anubis Zeus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Puckett clinches with his opponent.

Zeus breaks from the clinch.
Zeus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Puckett is fending him off so far but Zeus persists. Nope, Puckett circles away and we're back to standing.

Puckett gets a double leg takedown into Zeus's guard.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Puckett postures up.
Puckett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zeus working a defensive guard here.
Zeus is breathing heavily.
Puckett lands a couple of elbows.
Zeus has momentary wrist control but Puckett slips an elbow through the middle.
Puckett landing some decent shots from guard.
Zeus is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Zeus looking to control.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zeus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Puckett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Puckett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Puckett connects with a couple of short punches.
Zeus wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Puckett manages to pass to side control.
Zeus has hold of Puckett's hands but Puckett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puckett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Zeus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Puckett scores with a couple of nice shots.
Puckett prevents Zeus from standing back up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Puckett connects with a nice short shot to Zeus's temple.
Zeus has hold of Puckett's hands but Puckett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Puckett is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Zeus pushes Puckett off looking to stand but Puckett dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckett lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Puckett there.
Puckett lands strikes from half guard.
Puckett will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Zeus wants to control but Puckett is keeping busy.

Puckett is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zeus sees it coming and defends easily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Puckett connects with a nice short shot to Zeus's temple.
Puckett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Puckett connects with a nice short shot to Zeus's temple.

Puckett is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Zeus doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Puckett.
Puckett lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zeus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Zeus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Puckett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Puckett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zeus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puckett is thwarting Zeus's attempts to control the position.
Puckett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zeus wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sung Puckett dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Zeus with a lazy takedown attempt
and Puckett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zeus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Puckett tries to counter with a takedown but Zeus is quick to defend against it.
Zeus missing with a left hand there. Puckett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Puckett was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Puckett avoids the head kick by Zeus.
Puckett attempts a counter takedown but Zeus avoids it well and moves away.
Zeus throws a head kick that misses.
Zeus fails with an attempt to clinch.

Puckett moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Puckett manages to break the clinch.
Puckett slaps away a takedown attempt from Zeus, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Zeus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zeus tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Puckett defends well and Zeus ends up having to push Puckett into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Puckett tries to counter with a takedown but Zeus is quick to defend against it.
Sung Puckett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anubis Zeus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeus tries for a takedown but Puckett sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Puckett rushes Zeus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zeus tries to circle away but Puckett has him pinned against the cage.
Puckett jumps guard but Zeus stands there with Puckett around his waist. Puckett gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Puckett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zeus just stands there and leans against the cage.

Puckett jumps into guard, dragging Zeus to the mat.
Puckett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zeus manages to get himself to full guard.

Puckett cracks Zeus with a solid left hand.
Puckett with a nice head shot there.
Puckett works over Zeus with some ground and pound from guard.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Puckett postures up.
Zeus has momentary wrist control but Puckett slips an elbow through the middle.
Puckett is working Zeus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puckett working some strikes from top position.
Puckett connects with a couple of short punches.
Puckett is working Zeus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puckett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sung Puckett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Puckett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Puckett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puckett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Puckett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Puckett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Puckett cracks Zeus with a solid left hand.
Puckett works over Zeus with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Puckett postures up.
Puckett scoring with some ground and pound.
Puckett is in close to Zeus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Puckett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Puckett lands a couple of elbows.
Puckett with a nice head shot there.
Puckett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Puckett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zeus seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Puckett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Zeus is looking for a triangle here but Puckett uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Puckett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Zeus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckett cracks Zeus with a big right hand but Zeus just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zeus taking punishment in the form of punches.
Zeus on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Puckett's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Puckett working the body and head with strikes.
Puckett trying to control the action but Zeus is working from the bottom.
Puckett in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Anubis Zeus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sung Puckett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Puckett landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sung Puckett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Puckett 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sung Puckett!