PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Zola (ranked 645 p4p, 502 weight class) and Blitz Krieg (ranked 21 p4p, 19 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zola might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to For Heavy Metal we will die!. On his way into the cage it seems that Gorgon Zola has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Gorgon Zola seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Zola
vs
Krieg

193 cm
38
267
14 - 14 - 0

225 cm
32
300
23 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Zola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blitz Krieg!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zola lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Krieg at a distance.
Krieg misses with the combination.
Krieg shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zola eats them both and turns towards Krieg to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Gorgon Zola has been cut.
Zola misses with a looping right.
Krieg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Krieg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zola slips a jab and a cross from Krieg.
Zola appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zola with a nice cross.
Krieg has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Krieg throws a combination that misses
and Zola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Blitz Krieg has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zola slips a jab and a cross from Krieg.
Zola clobbers Krieg with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Krieg swinging wildly here.
Blitz Krieg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krieg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krieg throws a right and a left that Zola avoids nicely.
Krieg throws a right and a left that Zola avoids nicely.
Zola thinks about countering with a head kick.
Zola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zola connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola slips a jab and a cross from Krieg.
Nice body punch from Zola.
Krieg swinging wildly here.

Zola gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Zola's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Zola misses.
Zola avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krieg misses with a double jab
and Zola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krieg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krieg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Krieg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krieg has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Krieg there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zola scores with a nice strike.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zola.
Zola avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zola works Krieg's body with a nice hook.
Krieg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zola counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No joy there for Krieg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zola is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krieg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from Zola on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Krieg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zola counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krieg looks winded!
Krieg throws a right and a left that Zola avoids nicely.
Krieg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zola throws out the jab.
It looks like Zola has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Zola lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zola keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Krieg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zola.
Krieg swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zola is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Krieg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Krieg misses with a series of wild punches.
Zola throws a quick inside leg kick.
Krieg falls off balance throwing a combination

and Zola counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krieg tries a body shot but Zola blocks it.
Krieg has a couple of punches blocked by Zola.
Zola is struggling to control the position.
Zola scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zola - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zola lands an uppercut.
The referee calls for Zola to work.
Zola slows down the pace here.

Zola pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krieg throws a combination that misses
and Zola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Krieg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krieg throws a right hand that Zola ducks under and follows up with a left that Zola also avoids with ease.
Krieg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krieg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zola.
Zola cracks Krieg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krieg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krieg misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krieg misses with a double jab
and Zola counters with an outside leg kick.
Zola misses with a straight left.
Zola misses with a looping right.
Krieg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zola swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Krieg displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Krieg misses with a combination
and Zola counters with a nice uppercut.
Zola misses with an uppercut. Krieg saw that one coming.

Zola forces Krieg back against the cage and clinches.
Krieg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Zola pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krieg misses with a double jab
letting Zola counter with a right hand.
Krieg throws a nice looking combination but Zola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Zola does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorgon Zola dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Krieg lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice cross by Zola.
Krieg misses with the combination.
Blitz Krieg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Krieg.
Krieg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gorgon Zola is winning the standup battle so far.
Krieg misses with a combination

and Zola counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zola.
Krieg misses with a punch on the inside.
Krieg is trying to push Zola away but Zola has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Krieg working aggressively here.
Krieg tries to throw a body punch but Zola avoids it by throwing Krieg back against the cage.
Good body shot from Zola.
Zola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Krieg tries to work over Zola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zola pushes Krieg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zola softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Krieg is breathing heavily.
Krieg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zola just leaning against Krieg, taking a breather.
Zola effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zola.
Krieg tries to work over Zola's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Zola - that landed with a thud.
Zola scores with a shoulder strike.
Zola has Krieg pressed against the cage.
A short right from Zola on the inside.
Zola just leaning against Krieg, taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zola.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gorgon Zola.
Some wild striking there from Zola.
Krieg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zola misses with an uppercut.
Krieg is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zola fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Krieg on the side of the head.
Zola listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Krieg!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krieg throws a series of punches but Zola avoids them all with ease.
Zola tries to bum rush Krieg with a series of wild strikes but Krieg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krieg throws a combination that misses
and Zola makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zola takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice uppercut there from Zola.
Krieg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krieg's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zola connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Krieg scrambles back to his feet.
Krieg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zola throws out the jab.
Krieg throws a combination that misses
and Zola counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zola digs a good hook to Krieg's body.
Zola catches Krieg with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Krieg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krieg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That has opened up Blitz Krieg's cut even more.
Zola connects with a nice looking jab.
Krieg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zola connects with a looping right hand.
Zola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Zola misses its intended target.
Krieg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krieg misses with a jab, cross combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Zola misses the target.
Zola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zola tests Krieg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krieg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zola scoring well with a low kick there.
Zola misses with a straight right.
Krieg misses with a series of wild punches.
Krieg blocks a jab.
Zola bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Krieg's head backwards.
No joy there for Krieg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Krieg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zola counters with a nice uppercut.
Krieg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zola misses with a few strikes there.
Zola connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krieg needs to keep his hands up - Zola had a free shot at his head there.
Donk. Zola catches Krieg right on the button with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krieg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zola throws a jab when Krieg was well out of range.
Krieg moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Zola misses.
Krieg misses with a series of wild punches.
Zola is looking for a counter combo.
Nice defenses there by Krieg.
Krieg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zola circles away quickly and effectively.
Krieg misses with a double jab.
Zola seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Krieg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zola counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zola. That's going to slow Krieg down.
Krieg tries to bum rush Zola with a series of wild strikes but Zola uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zola fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body punch from Zola.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krieg walks into a left hand.
Zola swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Krieg ducks under a wild hook from Zola.
Zola feints and then cracks Krieg's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krieg down.
Zola misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorgon Zola dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Krieg throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krieg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Zola rushes Krieg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zola holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Zola breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krieg throws a nice looking combination but Zola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Zola misses.
Krieg unleashes a big counter combination but Zola bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Good exchange - Zola coming out on top.
Krieg shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zola eats them both and turns towards Krieg to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Krieg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zola.
Zola is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krieg can do to turn this around?
Zola cracks Krieg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krieg unleashes a big counter combination but Zola bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krieg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zola.
Krieg misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Krieg.

Zola has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krieg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krieg backwards.
Zola lands with a short shot to the head.

Zola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zola throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zola dips to his left and cracks Krieg with an uppercut!

The cut above Blitz Krieg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Krieg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Krieg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krieg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zola circles away quickly and effectively.
Krieg misses with a double jab
enabling Zola to counter with a crisp jab.
Krieg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zola was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zola scores with a nice strike.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zola.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zola scores with a crisp jab that stopped Krieg in his tracks.
Good exchange - Zola coming out on top.

Krieg is rocked!
Zola looks to land a combination. Krieg sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Krieg is still on wobbly legs! Can Zola finish him?
Krieg on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Blitz Krieg's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Zola looks to land a left hand but Krieg moved out of range nicely.
Blitz Krieg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zola lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab from Zola.
Krieg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zola feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Krieg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zola circles away quickly and effectively.
Zola closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Krieg stalks Zola and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zola's face. Zola staggers backwards, shaken.
Zola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krieg throws a counter combo.
Zola missing with a left hand there. Krieg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zola lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Krieg goes down and covers up as Zola starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gorgon Zola!
Gorgon Zola bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Blitz Krieg spoke after the fight, saying 'I might have lost the fight but I haven't lost the war! I will seek vengeance!'.