PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Faustos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Zizzmen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faustos comes into the arena with Heartbeats blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Faustos
vs
Zizzmen

188 cm
22
209 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
29
220 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Black Market Pharmacy and Laundromat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Faustos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Zizzmen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faustos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zizzmen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Faustos tries to avoid it but Zizzmen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Faustos to the ground. Faustos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A jab from Faustos misses.
Faustos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faustos staying out of range there.
Faustos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Faustos wants to slow Zizzmen down by chopping away at his legs.
Zizzmen loads up on a big right hand but Faustos slips the punch.
Faustos slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faustos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zizzmen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zizzmen lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Zizzmen. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zizzmen throws an overhand right that lands on Faustos's shoulder, as Faustos tries to avoid the shot.
Faustos throws out a powerful jab.

Zizzmen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Faustos's half guard.
Faustos is trying to maintain the position but Zizzmen is very close to passing his half guard.
Zizzmen slips a nice elbow through Faustos's hands, connecting with Faustos's forehead.
Faustos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Faustos is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zizzmen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Faustos's head.
Zizzmen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zizzmen tries to stand but can't do so whilst Faustos controls his leg.
Faustos is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen is looking to take a break and control but Faustos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Faustos trying to control from the bottom.
Zizzmen is trying to control the action in half guard but Faustos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Faustos wants to slow Zizzmen down by chopping away at his legs.
Zizzmen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faustos.
Faustos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Faustos avoids it really well and circles away.
Diego Faustos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Zizzmen.
Faustos throws a hook to the side of Zizzmen's head but Zizzmen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen slips a straight right by Faustos.

Zizzmen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Faustos quickly recovers to half guard.
Zizzmen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Faustos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Faustos trying to control but Zizzmen postures up.
Zizzmen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Faustos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zizzmen is working away from the top position though.
Faustos tries to get to full guard but Zizzmen has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Faustos's head.
Faustos trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Faustos controlling the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Diego Faustos.
Zizzmen ducks under a wild hook from Faustos.
Faustos avoids the body shot from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Faustos throws an overhand right that lands on Zizzmen's shoulder, as Zizzmen tries to avoid the shot.
Zizzmen takes a swing at Faustos's ribcage but misses.
Zizzmen misses with a hook to the body
and Faustos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faustos. Zizzmen does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Zizzmen dominated that round.
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.

Faustos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Faustos lands a nice shot that snaps Zizzmen's head back.
Faustos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Diego Faustos has been cut.
Faustos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zizzmen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faustos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zizzmen misses with a body shot.
Faustos looks to clinch

and Zizzmen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zizzmen.
Faustos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen - that landed with a thud.
Faustos letting Zizzmen take a breather here.
Faustos lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zizzmen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Zizzmen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Zizzmen tries to stand but Faustos is controlling his head.
Faustos is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Faustos is trying to get back to half guard.
I wouldn't like to be where Faustos is right now.
Faustos defending against the ground and pound.
Faustos tries to improve position but can't.

Zizzmen stands up.
Faustos jabs Zizzmen to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen blocks a jab.
Zizzmen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Faustos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Zizzmen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Faustos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Faustos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Faustos misses with a body shot
and Zizzmen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zizzmen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Faustos is fending him off so far but Zizzmen persists. Nope, Faustos circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos looks to throw the jab but Zizzmen is out of range.
Faustos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faustos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zizzmen.
Faustos misses with a leg kick.
Faustos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faustos throws a looping overhand right but Zizzmen ducks down to avoid it.
Zizzmen looks to throw the jab but Faustos is out of range.
Zizzmen is looking to clinch but Faustos is avoiding it.
Zizzmen looks for a takedown but Faustos sprawls well.
Zizzmen ducks under a wild hook from Faustos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Faustos as he connects with a hook.
Faustos throws a front kick aimed at Zizzmen's knee but Zizzmen avoids it well.
Zizzmen lands with a right hand.
Diego Faustos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faustos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zizzmen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Zizzmen.
Faustos connects with the punch.
Faustos slips under a jab from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faustos.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faustos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zizzmen.
Faustos misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Zizzmen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Diego Faustos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Faustos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Faustos tries to bum rush Zizzmen with a series of wild strikes but Zizzmen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faustos stuffs the takedown attempt from Zizzmen. Zizzmen gets slowly back to his feet.
Faustos misses the jab.
Zizzmen slips a jab from Faustos.
Zizzmen shoots in for a double leg but Faustos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Joey Zizzmen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zizzmen looks to land a left hand but Faustos moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faustos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Faustos misses with a straight left.
Faustos stuns Zizzmen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faustos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zizzmen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zizzmen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slow jab from Faustos misses its intended target.
Zizzmen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faustos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zizzmen misses with a looping left.
Zizzmen scores with a sloppy right hand. Faustos should have avoided that one.
Faustos moves out of range of the strikes.

Zizzmen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Faustos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faustos throws an overhand right that lands on Zizzmen's shoulder, as Zizzmen tries to avoid the shot.
Zizzmen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen dives in and grabs Faustos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Faustos pushes down on Zizzmen's head and hops out.
Diego Faustos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Zizzmen.
Zizzmen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Faustos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zizzmen moves away.
Faustos throws a shot from downtown. Zizzmen moves away and avoids it.
Faustos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Faustos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diego Faustos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faustos scores with a jab.
A jab from Zizzmen misses.
Faustos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zizzmen.
Faustos lands with an uppercut that bounces Zizzmen off the cage and back into rage.
Zizzmen cracks Faustos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Faustos.
Faustos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Faustos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Faustos throws a series of punches but Zizzmen avoids them all with ease.
Faustos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zizzmen misses with a straight left.
Joey Zizzmen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faustos. Zizzmen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zizzmen throws a shot from downtown. Faustos moves away and avoids it.
Zizzmen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Faustos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faustos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zizzmen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Faustos tries to avoid it but Zizzmen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Faustos to the ground. Faustos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Faustos throws the left hand but Zizzmen avoids the punch easily.
Faustos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faustos clobbers Zizzmen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego Faustos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Faustos missing with a left hand there. Zizzmen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Zizzmen clinches with his opponent.
Zizzmen avoids the elbow strike from Faustos, against the cage.
Faustos scores with a hook to the body.
Faustos cracks Zizzmen with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faustos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zizzmens head.
Faustos lands a body punch.
Faustos scores with a shoulder strike.
Faustos pushes Zizzmen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Faustos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Faustos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Faustos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Faustos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zizzmen 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Zizzmen!