PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolf Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Junakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Junakovic will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Zimmerman
vs
Junakovic

198 cm
26
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adolf Zimmerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Junakovic!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junakovic cracks Zimmerman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zimmerman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Junakovic misses with a hook. Zimmerman ducked under it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Junakovic checks a leg kick.
Zimmerman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zimmerman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junakovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Junakovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Junakovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zimmerman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Mario Junakovic has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zimmerman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Junakovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zimmerman misses with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Junakovic.
Zimmerman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Junakovic shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Junakovic showed some decent athleticism there.
Zimmerman is looking to control Junakovic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zimmerman avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junakovic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Junakovic thows a huge punch but Zimmerman dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Junakovic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Junakovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Junakovic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Junakovic throwing shots but Zimmerman is blocking nicely.
Zimmerman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zimmerman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junakovic.
Junakovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zimmerman defending well though.
Zimmerman is trying to get back to full guard.
Junakovic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman taking some punishment here, with Junakovic in his half guard.
Junakovic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zimmerman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Junakovic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Junakovic drops an elbow to the side of Zimmerman's head.
Junakovic thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zimmerman's head.
Junakovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Junakovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Zimmerman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Zimmerman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zimmerman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Junakovic on the ground.
Junakovic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Junakovic thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zimmerman's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junakovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Junakovic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Junakovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Junakovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Junakovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Junakovic.
Junakovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zimmerman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zimmerman is breathing heavily.
Junakovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zimmerman defending well though.
Junakovic drops an elbow to the side of Zimmerman's head.
Junakovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zimmerman defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junakovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Junakovic lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
Junakovic thows a huge punch but Zimmerman dodges it nicely.
Zimmerman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Junakovic.
Junakovic lands strikes from half guard.
Junakovic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Junakovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zimmerman defending well though.
Junakovic drops an elbow to the side of Zimmerman's head.
Junakovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zimmerman defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Junakovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Junakovic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Junakovic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Junakovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Junakovic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zimmerman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Zimmerman drops Junakovic with a beautiful combination! Junakovic stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Zimmerman is looking for the KO!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zimmerman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Junakovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zimmerman throws a right and a left that Junakovic avoids nicely.
Zimmerman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mario Junakovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zimmerman fails in his attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Junakovic.
Adolf Zimmerman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Junakovic with that takedown attempt.
Zimmerman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Junakovic is breathing heavily.
Zimmerman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman lands with a shot to the body.
Junakovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adolf Zimmerman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Junakovic.
Junakovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zimmerman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zimmerman lands with a right and another and another! Junakovic is in big trouble! Zimmerman lands again and this time it's lights out for Junakovic! A quality knockout there for Zimmerman.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Adolf Zimmerman!
Adolf Zimmerman thanked the fans post fight for their support.