PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zen Zelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Carter
vs
Zelli

200 cm
27
193 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
29
198 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zen Zelli!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelli looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.

Carter gets a clinch.
Zelli misses with the head strike.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zelli.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Zelli.
Zelli has Carter pressed against the ropes, preventing Carter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zelli misses with a short punch on the inside.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Zelli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zelli avoids the body shot from Carter.
Zelli blocks a head kick by Carter.
Carter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Zelli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is trying to push Zelli away but Zelli has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Zelli tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Zelli misses with a punch to the body.
Zelli throws an elbow that misses.
Zelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Zelli blocks a low kick nicely.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zelli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zelli.
Carter lands a head kick!
Carter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zelli's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Zelli takes the fight into the clinch.
Carter tries to circle away but Zelli has him pinned against the ropes.
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!
Carter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zelli tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Zelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zelli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carter wants to stall.
Zelli lands a nice uppercut.
Zelli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Carter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zelli avoids it.
Carter really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Carter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelli cracks Carter with a nice body shot.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Zelli, against the ropes.
Carter trying to stall but Zelli improves his position.
Carter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zelli trying to land knees to the body.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Zelli, against the ropes.
Carter is looking to control Zelli's arms but Zelli gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carter has his back to the ropes.
Zelli lands a right hand.
Zelli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zelli scores with a nice hook to the head.

Carter is rocked!
Zelli lands a body shot in the clinch.
Oh Carter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelli lands a body shot.
Zelli lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zelli gets through Carter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zelli lands with a right to the head.
Zelli is working Carter over against the ropes.
Zelli lands a damaging elbow.
Zelli stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carter is looking to control Zelli's arms but Zelli gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carter has his back to the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zelli.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter is pressed against the ropes. Zelli pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Carter! Two more big strikes from Zelli and Carter crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Zen Zelli!
Zen Zelli decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.