PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Zane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Zane has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Easton's chin.

Easton
vs
Zane

206 cm
24
270 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

188 cm
27
250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Easton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Zane!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Easton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Easton throws an off balance right hand
and Zane counters with a left to the body.
Easton throws a low kick, looking for Zane's leg but Zane calmly moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Zane checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Easton takes a swing at Zane's ribcage but misses.
Easton throws the left hand but Zane avoids the punch easily.
Easton throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Zane to counter with a crisp jab.

Zane has managed to clinch.
Easton lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easton lands a damaging elbow.
Easton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Easton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Easton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Easton throws a combination that misses
letting Zane counter with a right hand.

Easton forces Zane back against the cage and clinches.
Zane tries to break the clinch but Easton is controlling the position.
Zane tries to break free but Easton pushes him back against the cage.
Zane dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Zane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easton backwards.

Easton breaks from the clinch.
Easton misses with a left hand
enabling Zane to counter with a crisp jab.
Easton throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Zane to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Zane as he connects with a hook.
Easton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Easton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Easton looks for the body kick but Zane saw that one coming.
Easton throws a head kick that misses.
Zane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zane looks to land a left hand but Easton moved out of range nicely.
Zane changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Easton is breathing heavily.
Easton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zane loads up on a big right hand but Easton slips the punch.
A shot to the body from Easton misses
and Zane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Easton misses.

Zane moves into range and clinches up with Easton.
Zane can't break the clinch.
Easton wants to stall.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Zane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton takes a shot to the head.
Zane wants to get back to striking at distance but Easton won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easton missing with knees to the body.
Easton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zane or not.
Zane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Easton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zane's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zane.
Easton tries to break free but Zane pushes him back against the cage.
Zane dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Zane is trying to break the clinch but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Easton looking to slow down the pace here.
Zane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zane is looking to break free of the clinch but Easton has double underhooks.
Easton missing with knees to the body.
Zane looking to stall.
Zane dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Zane wants to get back to striking at distance but Easton won't allow it.
Zane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Zane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Easton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Easton finds it's way through Zane's defenses.
Easton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zane throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Easton gets tackled into the cage by Zane. Zane maintains the clinch.
Easton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zane avoids it.
Zane is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Easton tries to break free but Zane pushes him back against the cage.
Easton throws an elbow that misses.
Easton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zane.
Zane avoiding damage as Easton throws knees to the body.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Easton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zane.
Nice body punch from Zane - that landed with a thud.

Zane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Easton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zane to score with a decent uppercut.
Easton swinging wildly here.
Zane lands with an overhand left.
Easton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Zane closes the distance and pushes Easton back into the cage.
Zane working hard to break the clinch.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zane as Easton tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zane throws an overhand right that lands on Easton's shoulder, as Easton tries to avoid the shot.
Easton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zane throws out the jab.
Easton tries to clinch up
and Zane counters with a straight right hand.
Zane is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Easton had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Easton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mark Easton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zane tries to bum rush Easton with a series of wild strikes but Easton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zane connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Zane misses.
Easton moves away from the strike by Zane.
Easton misses with a body shot
and Zane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Zane clinches up with Easton and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easton has Zane pressed against the cage, preventing Zane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Easton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Easton looking to throw knees to the head but Zane is blocking nicely.

Zane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Zane.
Zane misses with a double jab.
Easton throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Zane dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zane looks to throw the jab but Easton is out of range.
Easton tries a low kick but Zane avoids it.
Zane ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Easton.
Easton moves out of range as Zane strikes.
Easton throws an off balance right hand
letting Zane counter with a right hand.
Easton misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Zane to counter with a crisp jab.
Easton throws a chopping leg kick but Zane manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Easton slips a straight right by Zane.
Easton ducks under a wild hook from Zane.
Easton wants to land a leg kick but Zane is out of range.

Zane closes the distance and clinches.
Easton misses with an elbow over the top.
Zane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zane is trying to break the clinch but Easton is controlling him.
Zane swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Easton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Zane closes the distance and pushes Easton back into the cage.
Zane displaying some good clinch control by pressing Easton up against the cage.
Easton trying to land knees to the body.
Easton tries to land knees in the clinch but Zane avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Easton obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Easton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Easton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Easton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Easton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zane is defending well for now.
Zane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Zane. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Zane working hard to break the clinch.
Easton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Eastons head.
Zane avoids the elbow strike from Easton, against the cage.
Zane is trying to break the clinch but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Zane is looking to break free of the clinch but Easton has double underhooks.
Easton has a couple of punches blocked by Zane.

Easton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Easton scores with a push kick.
Zane checks a low kick from Easton.

Zane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zane blocks the elbow strike.
Easton taking a breather.

Easton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zane throws the left hand but Easton avoids the punch easily.
Jab by Zane.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zane misses with a hook. Easton ducked under it nicely.
Easton throws a leg kick

and Zane moves into the clinch.
Easton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zane avoids it.
Easton missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Easton.
A nice left hand lands by Zane.
Easton scores a nice knee to the body.
Zane is working Easton over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zane is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zane lands with a right to the head.
Easton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zane.
Zane lands a right hand.
A short right from Zane on the inside.
Zane lands a shot to the body.
Zane lands a right hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Easton misses with a body punch.
Zane lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Easton backwards.

Zane breaks the clinch.
A big right from Zane misses.
A big left from Zane misses.
Zane slips a straight right by Easton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easton takes one to the side of the head.
Easton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zane.

Zane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Zane - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Easton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zane is defending well for now.

Zane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Zane.

Zane has Easton up against the cage in a clinch.
Easton trying to land knees to the body.
Easton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zane has had enough of the clinch but Easton keeps him there for the moment.
Easton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Easton manages to break the clinch.
Easton connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Zane. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zane.
Easton stuns Zane with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Zane gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zane managing to block the knees to the body from Easton.
Easton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Frank Zane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Easton.
A shot in the inside from Zane.
Zane is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Zane managing to block the knees to the body from Easton.
Easton keeps control of Zane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Easton wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Zane.
Zane is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Easton missing with knees to the body.
Easton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Zane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Easton obliges.
Easton keeps control of Zane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Zane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Easton tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Zane does it's job there.
Easton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Zane forces Easton back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Zane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Zane lands with an uppercut that bounces Easton off the cage and back into rage.
Easton misses with a shot to the body

and Zane counters by clinching up.
Zane misses with a hook from the clinch.

Easton manages to break the clinch.
Zane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Easton.
Good work by Zane as he checks the leg kick.
Easton misses with an uppercut
and Zane counters with a nice uppercut.
Easton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Zane.

It looks like Mark Easton has been cut.
Zane scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Easton misses with a lunging right hand
and Zane counters with a left to the body.
Zane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zane lands a two punch combo.
Easton drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Easton misses with a low kick.
Frank Zane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zane fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Easton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zane throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Easton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Easton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zane connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Easton scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zane throws a good cross that connects.

Easton is rocked!

Zane rushes Easton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Zane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zane jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oh Easton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zane swinging wildly here.
Easton seems to have got his legs back now.
Zane scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zane lands the left hand.
Easton throws a poor cross that misses

and Zane counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zane.
Zane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Zane.
Zane blocks the elbow strike.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Easton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zane lands with a right to the head.
Easton keeps control of Zane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Zane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Zane.
Easton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zane is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zane lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Zane.
Zane taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Zane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zane avoids the head kick by Easton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zane closes the distance and clinches.

Easton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zane fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by Zane.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easton looks to clinch
and Zane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Zane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Easton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zane blocks it with crossed arms.
Zane pushes Easton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easton prevents Zane from breaking the clinch.
Zane has had enough of the clinch but Easton keeps him there for the moment.
Zane has had enough of the clinch but Easton keeps him there for the moment.
Easton stalling in the clinch but Zane improves position.
Maybe Easton would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Zane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zane tries to stall but Easton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zane is trying to break the clinch but Easton has him pressed against the cage.
Zane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zane lands with a left to the head.

Zane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easton misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Zane catches Easton right on the button with a cross.
A right-left combo lands from Zane.

Easton tries to keep at a distance but Zane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Easton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Easton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zane is looking to control Easton's arms but Easton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zane has his back to the cage.
Easton takes a shot to the head.
Zane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zane stalls.
Easton misses with an elbow strike.
Zane dodges an elbow strike from Easton.
Zane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mark Easton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zane has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Easton tries to land knees in the clinch but Zane avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zane - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Zane breaks from the clinch.
Zane jabs Easton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Easton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - Zane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zane clinches up against the cage.
Zane working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Zane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Zane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Easton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zane.
Easton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zane feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Eastons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Easton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zane wants to clinch up but Easton keeps it at a distance.
Zane throws a hook but Easton blocks it.
A slow jab from Zane misses its intended target.
Zane fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Easton takes one on the button.
Easton throws a right hand that Zane ducks under and follows up with a left that Zane also avoids with ease.
Zane scores with a jab to the head.
Frank Zane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zane scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Zane moves into range and clinches up with Easton.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Zane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zane has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Zane!