PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Unang Zemin (ranked 802 p4p, 1250 weight class) and Black Heart (ranked 64 p4p, 93 weight class). Zemin comes into the arena with 부모님 은혜 blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zemin
vs
Heart

169 cm
29
135
17 - 13 - 1

177 cm
29
144
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Unang Zemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Black Heart!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zemin drives through and clinches with Heart against the cage.
Zemin just leaning against Heart, taking a breather.
Heart avoiding damage as Zemin throws knees to the body.
Zemin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Heart up against the cage.
A short right from Zemin.
Heart on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heart is looking to control Zemin's arms but Zemin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heart has his back to the cage.
Heart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heart can't find room to land a body shot as Zemin controls the action.
Heart has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zemin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zemin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heart backwards.
Heart gets through Zemin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin trying to land knees to the body.
Heart stalling.
Zemin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heart backwards.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heart's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Heart blocking some punches.
Zemin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heart avoids it.
Heart trying to stall but Zemin improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Zemin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Zemin scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart slowing the pace effectively.
Heart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heart slowing the pace effectively.
Heart misses with an elbow over the top.
Heart lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zemin backwards.
Zemin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zemin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heart is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Heart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heart looking to throw knees to the head but Zemin is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heart dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zemin misses with the head strike.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heart is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heart is trying to maintain a safe position but Zemin gets an underhook and turns Heart into the cage.
Zemin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heart content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin dodges an elbow strike from Heart.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zemin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Heart's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Heart just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zemin's brow.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zemin is leaning against Heart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.
Heart stalling against the cage.
Heart blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zemin.
Zemin stalls.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Unang Zemin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heart ducks under a wild hook from Zemin.
The fighters circling - Zemin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heart looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Heart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zemin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zemin throws a jab but it's blocked by Heart.

Heart forces Zemin back against the cage and clinches.
Zemin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heart blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Zemin.
Zemin gets through Heart's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zemin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zemin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heart stalling.
Zemin looking to throw knees to the head but Heart is blocking nicely.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heart misses with an elbow over the top.
Zemin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heart lands a nice shot to the body.
Heart is stalling here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heart.
Heart looking to throw knees to the head but Zemin is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Zemin to work.
Heart is trying to maintain a safe position but Zemin gets an underhook and turns Heart into the cage.
Zemin misses with some punches.
Heart's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Heart stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heart looking to slow down the pace here.
Heart stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Black Heart.

Zemin moves into the clinch successfully.
Heart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heart is looking to control Zemin's arms but Zemin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heart has his back to the cage.
Zemin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heart backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Zemin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.
Zemin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zemin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heart.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heart blocks it with crossed arms.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heart controlling the action here for a moment.
Zemin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zemin throws a head punch that misses.
Zemin lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Black Heart has been cut.
Zemin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heart's elbow.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zemin.
Zemin prevents a body shot from Heart.
Unang Zemin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heart taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Zemin tries a knee to the head but Heart blocks it.
Heart blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Zemin misses with some punches.
Heart is trying to drag Zemin to the mat but Zemin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Heart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zemin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zemin pushes Heart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zemin dodges an elbow strike from Heart.
Heart's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zemin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Unang Zemin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Black Heart's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Zemin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Heart counters with a series of strikes. Zemin will be more careful next time no doubt.

Zemin darts in and clinches Heart up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zemin scores with a shot to the side of Heart's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Zemin tries a knee to the head but Heart blocks it.
Zemin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heart backwards.
Heart is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart trying to control the position but instead, Zemin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Heart into the cage.
Zemin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Heart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin pushes off an throws an elbow but Heart leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zemin lands a left hand.
Heart stalling in the clinch.
Heart tries to stall but Zemin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Heart blocking some punches.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Heart leaning against his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Heart.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zemin.
Heart scores with a shot to the side of Zemin's head.
Zemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zemin misses with a punch on the inside.
Zemin misses with a punch on the inside.
Zemin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Zemin on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Zemin avoiding damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Heart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Heart tries to land knees in the clinch but Zemin avoids the damage to the body.
Zemin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heart takes a shot to the head.
Heart misses with a knee strike.
Zemin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zemin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zemin lands a left hand.
Zemin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heart backwards.
Zemin landing knees to the body.
Zemin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Heart uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart has Zemin pressed against the cage.
Zemin controlling the action here for a moment.
Zemin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zemin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heart can do to turn this around?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zemin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zemin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zemin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zemin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zemin working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heart.
Black Heart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Unang Zemin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zemin avoids a wild elbow strike from Heart.

And that's the end of the fight!
Unang Zemin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zemin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Unang Zemin!