PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zerg Galesic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachariah Nembia (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.

Galesic
vs
Nembia

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 London, Zerg Galesic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zachariah Nembia!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nembia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Galesic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nembia throws a sloppy head kick and Galesic moves out of range easily.
Galesic tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Galesic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Galesic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nembia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Galesic.
Galesic tries to clinch up
and Nembia counters with a nice uppercut.
Galesic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nembia tries to clinch there but Galesic circles away.
Nembia wants to clinch up but Galesic keeps it at a distance.
Nembia tries to clinch but Galesic is having none of it.
Nembia clinches but Galesic breaks the clinch

and Galesic counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nembia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Galesic goes for a takedown attempt but Nembia pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Galesic avoids the head kick by Nembia.
Nembia tries to clinch up
and Galesic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nembia.
Galesic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nembia scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galesic tries to clinch but Nembia moves out of range.
Galesic tries to close the distance and clinch but Nembia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zachariah Nembia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nembia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Galesic counters with a three punch combo that has Nembia backing up. Nembia nods at Galesic to acknowledge the strikes.
Galesic shoots in and drives through. Nembia sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zerg Galesic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nembia throws the kick towards the body but Galesic avoids it.
Nembia throws a sloppy head kick
and Galesic counters with a low kick, right behind Nembia 's knee.
Nembia is looking to clinch.
Nembia tries to clinch up.
Galesic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Nembia. No joy for Galesic on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galesic misses with a takedown
and Nembia counters with an inside leg kick.
Galesic is breathing heavily.
No luck for Galesic with that takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nembia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Galesic keeps the fight on the outside.
Nembia wants to clinch.
Nembia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Galesic tries to keep at a distance but Nembia has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nembia stalling in the clinch.
Nembia prevents a body shot from Galesic.
Nembia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nembia lands an elbow that stopped Galesic in his tracks for a moment.
Nembia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Galesic blocks it with crossed arms.
Nembia leaning his opponent against the cage.

Galesic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nembia avoids the head kick by Galesic.
Nembia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Galesic counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachariah Nembia dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nembia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Galesic misses with a takedown
and Nembia counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nembia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Galesic counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Galesic thuds a left hand into Nembia's body.
Nembia darts in trying to clinch
and Galesic counters with an outside leg kick.
Galesic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nembia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nembia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nembia tries to clinch up but Galesic circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nembia throws a sloppy head kick and Galesic moves out of range easily.
Nembia is breathing heavily.
Nembia tries to clinch up.
Nembia moves in looking to clinch but Galesic pushes him off.
Galesic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Nembia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Galesic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nembia.
Nembia tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Galesic counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Galesic wants to stand but Nembia is controlling his posture from full guard.
Nembia is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galesic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Galesic would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Galesic stands up from Nembia's guard - Galesic perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galesic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nembia but Nembia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zerg Galesic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nembia throws a sloppy head kick and Galesic moves out of range easily.
Nembia stuffs the takedown.
Galesic has a takedown stuffed.
Galesic misses with a double jab.
Galesic lands with a slapping head kick.
Nembia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galesic scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galesic looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nembia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nembia moves in looking to clinch but Galesic pushes him off.
Galesic lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Galesic darts in and clinches Nembia up against the cage.
Nembia stalling against the cage.
Galesic wants to break free but Nembia has control.
The referee calls for Nembia to work.
Nembia stops a takedown attempt from Galesic.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nembia stops a takedown attempt from Galesic.
Nembia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zerg Galesic dominated that second round.
That's time! Galesic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nembia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nembia wants to land a leg kick but Galesic is out of range.
Nembia tries to close the distance and clinch but Galesic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nembia darts in trying to clinch
and Galesic counters with a head kick. That will keep Nembia thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Nembia gets a clinch.
Nembia scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galesic throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nembia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nembia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nembia with a knee to the head.
Nembia tries to land a knee to the head but Galesic blocks with his arms.
Nembia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The is referee keeping an eye on Nembia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galesic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nembia connects with a knee to the head.
Nembia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Galesic's face.
Nembia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Galesic fails to pull guard.
Nembia just leaning against Galesic, taking a breather.
Nembia lands a nice knee to the body.
Nembia leaning against his opponent.
Nembia landing knees to the body.
Nembia misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Galesic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nembia scores with a knee to the head.
Nembia prevents Galesic from breaking the clinch.
Nembia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nembia is stalling here.
Nembia landing knees to the body.
Galesic tries to land a knee to the head but Nembia blocks with his arms.
Nembia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nembia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nembia scores a nice knee to the body.
Nembia stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Zachariah Nembia.
Galesic shoots in for a takedown but Nembia shows good takedown defense.
Nembia doesn't manage to clinch there - Galesic circles away.
Nembia doesn't manage to clinch there - Galesic circles away.
Nembia keeps the fight on the outside.
Nembia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Galesic misses with a kick to the body.
Galesic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zerg Galesic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nembia stuffs the takedown.
Galesic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nembia is fending him off so far but Galesic persists. Nope, Nembia circles away and we're back to standing.
Galesic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nembia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Galesic counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galesic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nembia pinned against the cage. Nembia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nembia tries a head kick but it misses.
Galesic closes the distance but Nembia moves to the side
enabling Nembia to counter with a crisp jab.
Nembia throws a leg kick

and Galesic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Galesic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Galesic can't break the clinch.
Nembia leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nembia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Galesic blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zachariah Nembia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nembia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachariah Nembia!