PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robert Zhirkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Goodbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goodbody comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slim Goodbody theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Zhirkov
vs
Goodbody

180 cm
27
139 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

178 cm
22
146 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Zhirkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Slim Goodbody!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhirkov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jab from Zhirkov.
Zhirkov loads up on a big right hand but Goodbody slips the punch.

Goodbody gets a clinch.
Zhirkov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Goodbody is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Goodbody lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Goodbody is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zhirkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Goodbody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goodbody throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zhirkov is working for takedown but Goodbody is calmly controlling the position for now.
Zhirkov takes an elbow to the temple.
Zhirkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Goodbody.
Goodbody connects with a knee to the head.
Zhirkov tries to break the clinch but Goodbody is controlling the position.
Zhirkov is trying to break free.
Goodbody unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zhirkov tries for a takedown but Goodbody manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Zhirkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goodbody landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zhirkov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goodbody misses with an elbow over the top.
Goodbody connects with a knee to the head.
Zhirkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goodbody crunches a lovely knee into Zhirkov's ribcage.
Zhirkov pushes Goodbody back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Goodbody blocks an uppercut.
Zhirkov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goodbody lands a nice elbow.
Zhirkov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zhirkov has had enough of the clinch but Goodbody keeps him there for the moment.
Zhirkov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodbody using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zhirkov is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zhirkov managing to block the knees to the body from Goodbody.
Zhirkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Goodbody.
Goodbody lands a nice knee to the body.
Goodbody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zhirkov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zhirkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Goodbody.
Goodbody lands a damaging elbow.
Goodbody blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goodbody lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zhirkov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zhirkov struggles to land a body shot inside as Goodbody controls his hands.
Goodbody landing knees to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Goodbody lands a nice knee to the body.
Zhirkov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Goodbody gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Goodbody unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zhirkov tries to circle away but Goodbody has him pinned against the cage.

Zhirkov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zhirkov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Goodbody fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zhirkov, pushing him back against the cage.
Zhirkov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Goodbody pulls his leg out and moves away.
Zhirkov keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Goodbody misses.
Goodbody lands with a nice body punch.
Goodbody tries to clinch up but Zhirkov circles away and keeps his distance.
Goodbody misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Goodbody misses with a leg kick.

Zhirkov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Goodbody did well to prevent Zhirkov getting side control.
Goodbody wants to get back to full guard.
Goodbody avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zhirkov.
Goodbody blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zhirkov.
Zhirkov trying to mount his opponent but Goodbody defends it.
Zhirkov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhirkov trying to mount his opponent but Goodbody defends it.
Zhirkov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zhirkov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Goodbody trying to hold on to Zhirkov's head to control him but Zhirkov postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zhirkov misses with a looping right.
Goodbody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zhirkov swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Zhirkov gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goodbody moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhirkov trying to control but Goodbody is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zhirkov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zhirkov throws a big right hand that misses.
Zhirkov throwing strikes but missing.
Zhirkov with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhirkov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Goodbody working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zhirkov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slim Goodbody dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zhirkov blocks a head kick by Goodbody.
Goodbody with a nice cross.
Zhirkov lands a jab to the head.
Zhirkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goodbody.
Goodbody ducks under a wild hook from Zhirkov.

Goodbody has managed to clinch.
Zhirkov scores with a shot to the side of Goodbody's head.
Goodbody blocks an uppercut.
Goodbody landing knees to the body.
Zhirkov takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zhirkov.
Goodbody is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Goodbody lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Goodbody tries to land knees in the clinch but Zhirkov avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Goodbody.
Zhirkov wants to break free but Goodbody has control.
Zhirkov looking to stall.
Goodbody using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zhirkov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zhirkov.
Goodbody lands a damaging elbow.
Zhirkov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goodbody is breathing heavily.
A short left from Zhirkov.

Zhirkov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zhirkov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Goodbody's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodbody misses the shot to the body.
Zhirkov misses with a two punch combination.
Goodbody throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zhirkov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Goodbody is rocked!
Zhirkov tries a head kick but it misses.
Goodbody is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhirkov finish him?
Goodbody tries to close the distance and clinch but Zhirkov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goodbody seems to have recovered his senses.
Goodbody takes one on the button.
Goodbody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zhirkov.

Zhirkov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Goodbody is refusing to be controlled, as Zhirkov sits in half guard.

Zhirkov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Zhirkov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhirkov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goodbody manages to get to full guard.
Zhirkov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zhirkov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodbody keeping full guard, as Zhirkov tries to pass.
Zhirkov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zhirkov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Zhirkov connects with a right hand. Goodbody shakes it off.
Goodbody throws a body punch but Zhirkov moves out of range.
Zhirkov lands a body shot.
Goodbody moves in looking to clinch but Zhirkov pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Zhirkov.
Goodbody throws a sloppy head kick and Zhirkov moves out of range easily.
Goodbody looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zhirkov connects with a single shot there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Zhirkov breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhirkov drops Goodbody with a naaaaasty hook - Goodbody is in real trouble here! Zhirkov dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Zhirkov!