PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khuy Vam (ranked 4155 p4p, 4330 weight class) and Zdravko Dren Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vam
vs
Dren Jr

225 cm
18
264
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
25
255
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Khuy Vam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zdravko Dren Jr!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vam fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dren Jr misses with a head kick.
Dren Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vam.
Dren Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vam has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Dren Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vam, pushing him back against the cage.
Vam tries to circle away but Dren Jr has him pinned against the cage.
Dren Jr gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Khuy Vam has been cut.
Vam is looking to break free of the clinch but Dren Jr has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vam is looking to break free of the clinch but Dren Jr has double underhooks.
Dren Jr lands an elbow just above Vam 's eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vam is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Dren Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dren Jr avoids a kick to the body.
Vam misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dren Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Vam pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vam goes for a double leg but Dren Jr avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dren Jr continues to drive forward.
Dren Jr lands with a left to the head.
Vam is looking to break free of the clinch but Dren Jr has double underhooks.
Dren Jr lands with a right to the head.
Vam really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dren Jr cracks Vam with a nice body shot.
Vam is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dren Jr.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dren Jr.

Dren Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dren Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Vam.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dren Jr. That's going to slow Vam down.
Vam doesn't manage to clinch there - Dren Jr circles away.
Dren Jr looks to throw the jab but Vam is out of range.
Vam throws a sloppy head kick and Dren Jr moves out of range easily.
Dren Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Vam's shoulder, as Vam tries to avoid the shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dren Jr lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dren Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vam sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dren Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Dren Jr throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Vam is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zdravko Dren Jr!
Zdravko Dren Jr decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.