PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between The Talisman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven NZonzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Talisman
vs
NZonzi

179 cm
22
158 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

176 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Seven Sins™
Prestige Nutrition (160! $99)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Talisman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven NZonzi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talisman slips a jab from NZonzi.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by NZonzi.
Talisman misses with a few strikes there.
Nice body punch from Talisman.
Talisman slips a straight right by NZonzi.
NZonzi misses with a right hand
and Talisman counters with a straight right hand.
Talisman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch but Talisman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Talisman.
Talisman connects with a looping right hand.
Nice defenses there by Talisman.
A cross from Talisman lands.
NZonzi throws a leg kick that is checked
and NZonzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
NZonzi fails with an attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
NZonzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Talisman takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
NZonzi fails with an attempt to clinch.
NZonzi misses with a right hand
and Talisman counters with a nice uppercut.
Talisman scores with a jab to the head.
NZonzi thows a left - swing and a miss!
NZonzi misses with a straight left.
NZonzi tries to clinch but Talisman moves out of range.
Talisman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from NZonzi.
NZonzi checks a leg kick.
NZonzi throws the left hand but Talisman avoids the punch easily.
Talisman throws a nice looking combination but NZonzi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
NZonzi cracks the inside of Talisman's front leg.
Talisman checks the leg kick.
NZonzi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Talisman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
NZonzi throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Talisman slips under a jab from NZonzi.
A big right from NZonzi misses.
Talisman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Steven NZonzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
NZonzi misses with a straight right.
Jab from Talisman.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Talisman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Talisman lands with a thumping leg kick.
NZonzi throws a jab but it's blocked by Talisman.
Talisman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

NZonzi closes the distance and clinches.
NZonzi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Talisman avoids a wild elbow strike from NZonzi.
NZonzi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Talisman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Talisman presses NZonzi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Talisman blocks an elbow strike.
Talisman tries to work over NZonzi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
NZonzi misses with an elbow strike.
NZonzi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Talisman avoiding damage as NZonzi throws knees to the body.
Talisman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Talisman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Talisman blocks an elbow strike.
Talisman misses with a body punch.
NZonzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Talisman.
NZonzi throws an elbow that misses.
NZonzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
NZonzi blocking some punches.
Talisman lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Talisman.
Talisman lands a body shot.
Talisman lands an uppercut.
NZonzi lands an elbow just above Talisman 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Talisman dodges an elbow strike from NZonzi.
NZonzi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Talisman is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven NZonzi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

NZonzi throws a body punch but Talisman moves out of range.
NZonzi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Talisman moves out of range as NZonzi strikes.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Talisman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Talisman circles away from the clinch attempt.
NZonzi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
NZonzi misses with a straight right.
Talisman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
NZonzi cracks Talisman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
NZonzi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
NZonzi misses with a straight right.
Talisman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but NZonzi checks it well.
Talisman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talisman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from NZonzi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
NZonzi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Talisman throws a jab when NZonzi was well out of range.
Steven NZonzi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
NZonzi works the jab nicely.
NZonzi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Talisman.
NZonzi throws a sloppy head kick and Talisman moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for NZonzi.
Talisman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Talisman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
NZonzi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Talisman. That did some damage!
Talisman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but NZonzi moves away.
Good leg kick by NZonzi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talisman swings for the body but NZonzi moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi misses with an uppercut.
NZonzi misses with an uppercut.
NZonzi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
NZonzi throws a looping overhand right but Talisman ducks down to avoid it.
NZonzi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
NZonzi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Talisman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Talisman does no damage.
NZonzi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Talisman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
NZonzi jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Talisman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
NZonzi is looking to clinch.
NZonzi is looking to clinch but Talisman is avoiding it.
Talisman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Talisman ducks under a wild hook from NZonzi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi scores with a leg kick.
NZonzi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
NZonzi looks for the body kick but Talisman saw that one coming.
NZonzi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Talisman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Talisman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract NZonzi.
NZonzi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
NZonzi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Talisman connects with a good right hand that stumbles NZonzi. NZonzi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
NZonzi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
NZonzi tries to clinch but Talisman moves away
and Talisman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Talisman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by NZonzi.
NZonzi slips under a jab from Talisman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Talisman. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Talisman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Talisman looks to land a combination but NZonzi avoids it well.
Talisman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
NZonzi feints and then cracks Talisman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Talisman down.

NZonzi closes the distance and pushes Talisman back into the cage.
NZonzi throws an elbow but it misses.
Talisman looking to slow down the pace here.
NZonzi looking to throw knees to the head but Talisman is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Talisman stalling in the clinch but NZonzi improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, NZonzi throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven NZonzi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from NZonzi.
NZonzi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Talisman.
A low kick from NZonzi misses
and NZonzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch lands to the side of NZonzi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
NZonzi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
NZonzi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donk. Talisman catches NZonzi right on the button with a cross.
NZonzi is looking to score with low kicks.
NZonzi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
NZonzi tries to clinch up
and Talisman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps NZonzi thinking.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Talisman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
NZonzi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
NZonzi throws a lazy uppercut
and NZonzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Talisman.
Nice uppercut there from NZonzi.
NZonzi tries to clinch but Talisman is having none of it.
Talisman blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Talisman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
NZonzi throws a solid leg kick but Talisman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at NZonzi.
A jab from NZonzi misses.
Talisman lands a jab to NZonzi's midsection.
Talisman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as NZonzi throws out the jab.
Talisman lands with an overhand left.
NZonzi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
NZonzi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
NZonzi just misses with a punch to the body.
Steven NZonzi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talisman with a jab.
Talisman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
NZonzi tries to clinch up but Talisman circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from NZonzi.
An inside leg kick lands from Talisman.
NZonzi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
NZonzi throws a leg kick but Talisman sees it coming and moves out of range.
NZonzi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Talisman on the side of the head.
Jab from NZonzi.
The fighters circling - NZonzi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Talisman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A good leg kick by Talisman.

NZonzi moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi looking to slow down the pace here.
Talisman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Talisman blocks the elbow strike.
NZonzi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Talisman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
NZonzi tries to land knees in the clinch but Talisman avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by NZonzi.
NZonzi pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by NZonzi.
NZonzi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Talisman blocks an elbow strike from NZonzi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
NZonzi looking to throw knees to the head but Talisman is blocking nicely.
NZonzi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Talisman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Talisman lands with a short shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven NZonzi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well NZonzi 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven NZonzi!
After the big win, Steven NZonzi made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Prestige Nutrition (160! $99) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.