PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve French (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mao Zedong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think French might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hunters. This should be fireworks!

French
vs
Zedong

188 cm
22
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve French!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mao Zedong!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
French lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Mao Zedong has been cut.
French slips a jab and a cross from Zedong.
French lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
French works the jab nicely.

Zedong is rocked!

French cracks Zedong with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Zedong looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can French finish him?
Zedong is still on wobbly legs! Can French finish him?
French throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
French blocks a jab.
French scores with a leg kick.
Zedong seems to have recovered his senses.

French moves into the clinch.
French is leaning against Zedong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zedong looks gassed!
French pushes Zedong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
French lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zedong working hard to break the clinch.
French pushes Zedong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
French lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from French.
French is leaning against Zedong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
French lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
French slowing the pace effectively.
A right handed body shot lands from French.
French lands a shot to the body.
French works on Zedong's body with a couple of short punches.
French digs a right hand into Zedong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zedong's gas tank.
Stalling in the clinch from French.
A short right hand to the side of the head by French.
French lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
French lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from French.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
French leaning his opponent against the cage.
French lands a shoulder strike.
French lands a left hand.
French works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
French lands a body shot.
Zedong swings wildly with an uppercut but French uses good head movement to avoid it.
French displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zedong up against the cage.
French scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zedong has had enough of the clinch but French keeps him there for the moment.
French lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zedong or not.
French stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
French pushes Zedong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by French.
French lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
French lands with a light punch inside.
French slows down the pace here.
A right hook to the body lands for French.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
French is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
French lands with a left to the head.
A short left from French.
French is working Zedong over against the cage.
French works on Zedong's body with a couple of short punches.
French lands a body punch.
French lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
French works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
French stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
French lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.
French scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve French dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mao Zedong's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

French looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zedong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zedong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from French.
French throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

French clinches up with Zedong and pushes him back against the cage.
French lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zedong.
A nice left hand lands by French.
French scores with a shot to the side of Zedong's head.
French lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from French.
French makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zedong is breathing heavily.
French lands a shoulder strike.
French throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
French working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
French lands a body shot.
French works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
French is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zedong can do to turn this around?
French working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
French lands an uppercut.
French drops Zedong with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Zedong is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Steve French!
A victorious Steve French thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.