PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zen Zelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paige kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Led Zeppelin- Immigrant Song. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Zen Zelli enters the cage!

Paige
vs
Zelli

188 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Paige!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zen Zelli!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paige avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paige throws a head kick but Zelli moves out of range.
Zelli moves in looking to clinch but Paige pushes him off.
Zelli looks to land a combination but Paige avoids it well.
Paige delivers a nice body kick.
Zelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paige swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paige throws a push kick but Zelli slaps the foot to one side.
Zelli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paige.
Zelli wants to clinch.
Paige looks to land a body kick but Zelli moved away.
Zelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paige throws a series of punches but Zelli avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Zelli.
Zelli wants to clinch.
Paige circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zelli shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Paige but Paige pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zelli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Paige circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paige swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zelli slips a jab and a cross from Paige.
Paige tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zelli lands a two punch combo.
Zelli moves in looking to clinch but Paige pushes him off.
Zelli tries to clinch up.
Zelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paige scores with a kick to the body.
Paige throws a series of punches but Zelli avoids them all with ease.
Zen Zelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zelli is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelli looks to land a combination but Paige avoids it well.
Zelli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paige tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Paige.
Zelli dives in and grabs Paige's left leg, looking for a takedown. Paige pushes down on Zelli's head and hops out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zelli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paige connects with an inside leg kick.
Paige swinging wildly here.
Paige will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paige fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zelli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paige tries a head kick but it misses.
Paige throws a head kick that misses.
Zelli misses with a series of wild punches.
Zelli misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Paige.
A swing and a miss from Paige.
Paige loads up on a big right hand but Zelli slips the punch.
Zelli fails to land with a series of punches.
Zelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zelli wants to clinch up but Paige keeps it at a distance.
Paige fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zelli is out of range.
Paige misses with an uppercut. Zelli saw that one coming.
Paige keeps the fight on the outside.
Paige keeps the fight on the outside.
Paige looks for the body kick but Zelli saw that one coming.
Zelli is looking to clinch.
Zelli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paige has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Zelli is looking to clinch but Paige is avoiding it.
Zelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paige throws a head kick but Zelli moves out of range.
Paige leaves Zelli with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Chris Paige has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zen Zelli.
Zelli misses with the combination.
Zelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Paige swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zelli tries to clinch but Paige is having none of it.
Paige throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zelli fails to land with a series of punches.
Zelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Paige swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paige throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zelli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Paige 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.

Zelli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zelli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zelli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zelli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zelli fails with the takedown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Paige.
Paige lands with a nice body kick.
Zelli tries to bum rush Paige with a series of wild strikes but Paige uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Paige throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Zelli stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Paige follows into mount!

Zelli is rocked!

It looks like Zen Zelli has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paige loads up with a big shot that hurts Zelli! He's pulled Paige in close but Paige has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Zelli survive? More strikes from Paige and Zelli is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chris Paige!