PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Zodd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Ziggy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zodd's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Welcome to the jungle by Guns and Roses. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zodd
vs
Ziggy

198 cm
22
278 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

203 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Zodd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Ziggy!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ziggy tries to clinch but Zodd is having none of it.
Ziggy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zodd shoots in but no luck this time.
Ziggy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Zodd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zodd keeps the fight on the outside.
Zodd tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ziggy swivels and escapes.
Ziggy lands a high kick!
Ziggy connects with a high kick.
Zodd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ziggy wants to clinch.
Ziggy closes the distance and clinches up with Zodd, looking for a takedown. Ziggy pushes Zodd against the cage but Zodd circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Zodd closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ziggy can't do much from the bottom here.
Zodd could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The ground and pound from Zodd seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziggy is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Zodd asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ziggy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ziggy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Zodd is controlling him well.
Zodd sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ziggy is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zodd taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zodd advances to full mount.
Zodd thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Zodd can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ziggy is looking to escape.
Zodd 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zodd with good strikes from the mount here!
Zodd controlling the pace for now.
Zodd is breathing heavily.

Zodd has hold of Ziggy's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ziggy manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ziggy is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zodd is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ziggy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ziggy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zodd. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ziggy trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ziggy tries to lock up and control but Zodd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zodd content just to control the position here.
Ziggy wants to control but Zodd is having none of it.
Ziggy is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Zodd controlling from the full mount.
Zodd lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ziggy hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ziggy avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zodd.
Zodd tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zodd throwing strikes here but Ziggy is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zodd looking to control but Ziggy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ziggy tries to lock up and control but Zodd gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ziggy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zodd wants to control the pace but Ziggy is squirming around nicely.
Zodd throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Zodd controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zodd swats away the attempt to clinch by Ziggy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ziggy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ziggy with a poor takedown

and Zodd holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ziggy stalling in the clinch but Zodd improves position.
Ziggy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ziggy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ziggy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ziggy tries to land a knee to the head but Zodd blocks with his arms.
Zodd struggles to land a body shot inside as Ziggy controls his hands.
Zodd can't get the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Ziggy.
Ziggy is trying to break the clinch but Zodd has him pressed against the cage.
Ziggy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ziggy tries to pull guard but Zodd holds him up against the cage and eventually Ziggy drops back down to his feet.
George Zodd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Ziggy.
Ziggy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zodd blocks it with crossed arms.
Ziggy is trying to break the clinch but Zodd has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziggy stops a takedown attempt from Zodd.
Ziggy is working for takedown but Zodd is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ziggy wants to get back to striking at distance but Zodd won't allow it.
Ziggy landing knees to the head.
Ziggy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Zodd is rocked!
Ziggy lands a knee to the head.
Oh Zodd is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ziggy lands a big knee! That's hurt Zodd! Oh, he's all over the place! Ziggy lands another knee that sends Zodd to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Ziggy!