PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Hermann Hoppe (ranked 1096 p4p, 138 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 2203 p4p, 254 weight class). Hoppe's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wind of Change. Masada The Zealot has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hermann Hoppe
vs
The Zealot

173 cm
25
161 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

190 cm
32
162 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Woodshins' Ship

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Hermann Hoppe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoppe misses with a takedown
and The Zealot makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The Zealot lands with a right hand.
Hoppe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Zealot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoppe.
Hoppe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.

Hoppe drives through with a takedown into guard.
The Zealot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hoppe.
The Zealot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hoppe.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoppe looking to sit in guard and control but The Zealot gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw The Zealot working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Hoppe looking for submissions from the bottom but instead The Zealot passes into half guard.

Hoppe looking for submissions off his back.

Hoppe looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The Zealot is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Hoppe looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hoppe 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.

Hoppe is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! The Zealot is tapping! Great win for Hoppe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hans Hermann Hoppe!
A very excited looking Hans Hermann Hoppe rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.