PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mutt Zatsch (ranked 2697 p4p, 303 weight class) and Peter Zonta (ranked 1990 p4p, 228 weight class). Peter Zonta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zatsch
vs
Zonta

170 cm
23
143 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mutt Zatsch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Zonta!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zatsch just misses with a punch to the body.
Zonta takes a swing at Zatsch's ribcage but misses.
Zonta blocks a jab.
It seemed like Zonta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zatsch drops his hands momentarily and Zonta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zonta throws the left hand but Zatsch avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Zonta.
Zatsch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zonta.
Zatsch lands a jab to the nose.
Zatsch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zonta's head.
Zonta misses with a lunging right hand
and Zatsch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zatsch moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice uppercut lands for Zatsch. That snapped Zonta's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Zatsch forces Zonta back against the cage and clinches.
Zonta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zatsch avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zonta throws an elbow but misses.
Zatsch scores with a knee to the head.
Zatsch utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zonta misses with a punch to the body.
Zonta tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zonta blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zatsch.
Zatsch working aggressively here.
Zatsch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zonta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zonta tries to land knees in the clinch but Zatsch avoids the damage to the body.
Zatsch misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zatsch.
Zatsch has a couple of punches blocked by Zonta.
Zatsch lands with a left to the head.
Zatsch struggles to land a body shot inside as Zonta controls his hands.
Zonta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zonta lands a nice shot to the body.
Zatsch has a couple of punches blocked by Zonta.
Zatsch working aggressively here.
Zonta looking to slow down the pace here.
Zonta tries to work over Zatsch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zatsch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zatsch obliges.
Zonta blocks a body shot from Zatsch.
Zonta misses with a body punch.

Zatsch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zatsch darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zatsch cracks Zonta with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zonta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zatsch.
Zonta swinging wildly here.
Zonta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zatsch misses with a body shot.

Zatsch moves into the clinch.
Zonta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zonta tries to work over Zatsch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zatsch tries to throw a body punch but Zonta avoids it by throwing Zatsch back against the cage.
Zatsch has a couple of punches blocked by Zonta.
Zonta managing to block the knees to the body from Zatsch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zatsch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zatsch struggles to land a body shot inside as Zonta controls his hands.
Zonta misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Zatsch's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zatsch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zatsch misses with a punch on the inside.
Zonta can't find room to land a body shot as Zatsch controls the action.
Zonta tries to work over Zatsch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zonta lands with a light punch inside.
Zonta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zatsch misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zonta.
Zonta blocking some punches.
Zonta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zatsch's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Zatsch.
Zatsch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zonta.
Zatsch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zatsch tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zonta tries to work over Zatsch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zonta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zonta can't find room to land a body shot as Zatsch controls the action.
Zonta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zatsch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zatsch avoids the elbow strike from Zonta, against the cage.
Zonta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees to the body from Zatsch.
Zatsch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zonta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zatsch's elbow.
Zonta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zatsch missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zatsch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zatsch tries to land knees in the clinch but Zonta avoids the damage to the body.
Zonta misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Zatsch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zonta feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zatschs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zatsch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zatsch throws a hook but Zonta avoids it easily.
Zonta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zonta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zatsch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mutt Zatsch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zatsch scores with a punch to the head.
Zonta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zonta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zonta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zatsch lands a nice looking body shot.
Zonta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zatsch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zatsch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Zatsch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zatsch bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zonta's head.
Zatsch misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mutt Zatsch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zatsch scores with a hook.
Zonta staying out of range there.
Zatsch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Zonta.
Zatsch tries to clinch but Zonta is having none of it.
Zonta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zatsch.
Zonta misses with an uppercut.
Zonta throws a hook but Zatsch blocks it.
Zatsch jabs at Zonta's body.
Zonta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zonta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zatsch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zonta throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Zatsch to counter with a crisp jab.
Zonta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zonta misses the jab.
Zatsch slips under a jab from Zonta.
A cross from Zatsch lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zatsch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zonta moves away.
Zatsch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zatsch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zatsch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zonta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mutt Zatsch is winning the standup battle so far.
Zatsch throws a body shot but no joy.
Zatsch lands a jab to the head.
Zatsch slips a straight right by Zonta.
Zatsch cracks Zonta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mutt Zatsch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zatsch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zonta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Zonta.
Zatsch scores with the left hand. Zonta knows he should have avoided that one.
Zonta loads up on a big right hand but Zatsch slips the punch.
Zatsch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zatsch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zonta can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zatsch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zatsch misses with a straight left.
Zonta lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zonta throws a big shot that misses.
Zatsch lands with a hook. Zonta tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zatsch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Zonta on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zonta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zatsch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Zatsch misses.
Zatsch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zontas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zonta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zonta cracks Zatsch with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zatsch thuds a left hand into Zonta's body.
Zatsch misses with a body shot.
Zonta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zatsch has time to react.
Zatsch ducks under a wild hook from Zonta.
Zonta connects with a nice looking jab.
Zonta ducks under a wild hook from Zatsch.
Zatsch lands the left hand.
Zonta walks into a left hand.
Zatsch lands with an overhand left.
Zatsch moves out of range of the strikes.
Zatsch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zatsch. Zonta does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zonta misses with an uppercut.
Zonta might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fighters circling - Zonta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zatsch misses with an uppercut.
Zonta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zatsch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Zatsch misses the target.
Zonta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zatsch moves away.
Zonta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zatsch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zonta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zatsch lunges at Zonta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zonta's hand.
Zatsch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zonta circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice side step and Zonta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zatsch lands a nice shot that snaps Zonta's head back.
A swing and a miss from Zonta.
Zonta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zatsch.
Zatsch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zonta was well out of range. Poor timing from Zatsch.
Zonta wants to counter the offense by Zatsch and move into the clinch position.
Zatsch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Zonta. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zatsch lands a jab to Zonta's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Zonta gets tackled into the cage by Zatsch. Zatsch maintains the clinch.
Zonta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zatsch blocks a body shot from Zonta.
Zonta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Zatsch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zonta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zonta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zatsch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zonta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zonta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zonta slips under a jab.
Zatsch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zonta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zonta displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zonta on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zonta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zatsch.
Zonta throws the left hand but Zatsch avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Zatsch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mutt Zatsch dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Zatsch moves away from the strike by Zonta.
Zonta misses with a straight left.
It looked like Zatsch was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zonta.
Zonta misses with a looping left.
A big right from Zonta misses.
Zonta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zonta slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Zonta.
Zatsch staying out of range there.
Zonta looks to score with a jab to the body but Zatsch is just out of range.
Zatsch slips under a jab from Zonta.
Zonta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zatsch.
Zatsch slips a straight right by Zonta.
Zonta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zonta misses with a hook. Zatsch ducked under it nicely.

Zonta tries to keep at a distance but Zatsch has taken the fight into the clinch.

Zatsch breaks from the clinch.
Zatsch moves away from the strike by Zonta.
Zatsch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zatsch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Zatsch.
Zatsch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zonta.
Zatsch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zatsch misses with a body shot.
Zonta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zonta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zatsch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zatsch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zatsch lands with a shot to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Zatsch here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Zatsch throws a shot to the body.
Zatsch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zonta was well out of range. Poor timing from Zatsch.
Zatsch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zatsch lands a jab.
Zatsch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zatsch ducks under a wild hook from Zonta.
Zatsch walks into a jab.
Zatsch connects with a body shot that sends Zonta's belly button to the back.
Zatsch lands a slapping body shot.
Zonta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zatsch counters with a nice uppercut.
Zatsch misses with a body shot.
Zatsch throws a hook but Zonta avoids it easily.
Zonta catches Zatsch with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zatsch with a jab.
Zatsch scores with a body shot.
Zatsch scores with a nice head shot.
Good shot there by Zonta.
Peter Zonta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zatsch cracks Zonta with a good jab.
Zatsch throws a poor cross that misses
and Zonta counters with a stiff right hand.
Zatsch is looking to clinch but Zonta is avoiding it.
Zonta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zatsch works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zonta misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zatsch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zonta works Zatsch's body with a nice hook.
Zatsch tests Zonta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zatsch scores with a decent looking hook.
Zonta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zonta walks into a left hand.
Zonta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zonta lands with a shot to the body.
Zonta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zatsch slips under a jab.
Zonta misses with a body shot.
Zonta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zatsch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zonta throws out a loose jab but Zatsch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zatsch connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Zatsch misses.
Zatsch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zonta connects with a jab.
Zatsch wants to clinch up but Zonta keeps it at a distance.
Zonta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zatsch sizes up Zonta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zonta throws a lazy right hand but Zatsch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zonta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zatsch to score with a decent uppercut.
Zatsch scores with a jab to the head.
Zonta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zatsch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zatsch scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zonta darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Zatsch is rocked!
Zatsch lands a nice shot that snaps Zonta's head back.
Oh Zatsch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zonta throws out a loose jab but Zatsch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zatsch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zonta throws a hook but Zatsch blocks it.
It looked like Zatsch was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zonta.
Zatsch tries to clinch but Zonta moves out of range.

Zatsch moves into the clinch.
Mutt Zatsch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zatsch can't find room to land a body shot as Zonta controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mutt Zatsch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zatsch 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mutt Zatsch!