PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zombo Axe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rony Axe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zombo Axe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Axe
vs
Axe

180 cm
25
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zombo Axe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rony Axe!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rony Axe ducks under a wild hook from Zombo Axe.
Rony Axe wants to clinch
letting Zombo Axe counter with a right hand.
Rony Axe scores with a head kick.
Rony Axe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Zombo Axe misses the target.

Zombo Axe closes the distance and pushes Rony Axe back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rony Axe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rony Axe is trying to maintain a safe position but Zombo Axe gets an underhook and turns Rony Axe into the cage.
Rony Axe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zombo Axe lands an elbow just above Rony Axe 's eye.

It looks like Rony Axe has been cut.
Zombo Axe just leaning against Rony Axe, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rony Axe.
Rony Axe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zombo Axe is defending well for now.
Rony Axe misses with a knee to the head.
Zombo Axe lands with a left to the head.
Rony Axe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rony Axe tries to land a knee to the head but Zombo Axe blocks with his arms.
Zombo Axe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rony Axe looking to throw knees to the head but Zombo Axe is blocking nicely.
Zombo Axe scores a nice knee to the body.
Rony Axe looks gassed!
Rony Axe looking to stall.
Zombo Axe tries to land a knee to the head but Rony Axe blocks with his arms.
Rony Axe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zombo Axe avoids it.
Rony Axe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zombo Axe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rony Axe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zombo Axe effectively controlling the action here.
Zombo Axe working Rony Axe over with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zombo Axe.
Rony Axe blocks the elbow strike.
Zombo Axe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rony Axe tries to stall but Zombo Axe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zombo Axe scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Zombo Axe.
Nice elbow from Zombo Axe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombo Axe leaning against his opponent.
Rony Axe throws an elbow but it misses.

Zombo Axe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zombo Axe throws a body punch but Rony Axe moves out of range.

Zombo Axe clinches with his opponent.
Zombo Axe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Come on Zombo Axe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short left from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe stalling against the cage.

Zombo Axe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rony Axe slips under a jab.
Zombo Axe throws a hook but Rony Axe blocks it.
Rony Axe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rony Axe misses with a wild combination.
Zombo Axe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zombo Axe misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Zombo Axe moves into the clinch successfully.
Rony Axe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zombo Axe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rony Axe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zombo Axe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rony Axe is looking to control Zombo Axe's arms but Zombo Axe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rony Axe has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zombo Axe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rony Axe's cut.
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.

Zombo Axe scores with a body shot.
Zombo Axe takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Zombo Axe moves into the clinch.
Rony Axe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zombo Axe trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe lands an uppercut.
Rony Axe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zombo Axe's face.
Zombo Axe is pushing Rony Axe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rony Axe is breathing heavily.
Rony Axe lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rony Axe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stalling in the clinch from Zombo Axe.
Rony Axe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zombo Axe avoiding damage.
Zombo Axe presses Rony Axe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rony Axe tries to land a knee to the head but Zombo Axe blocks with his arms.

Zombo Axe breaks from the clinch.
Rony Axe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zombo Axe.

Zombo Axe drives through and clinches with Rony Axe against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zombo Axe breaks the clinch.
Zombo Axe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rony Axe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rony Axe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Rony Axe.

Zombo Axe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zombo Axe leaning his opponent 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!
Zombo Axe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rony Axe or not.
Zombo Axe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rony Axe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zombo Axe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rony Axe misses with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe gets through Rony Axe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zombo Axe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zombo Axe lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zombo Axe missing with knees to the body.
Zombo Axe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe is leaning against Rony Axe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zombo Axe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Zombo Axe.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zombo Axe.
Rony Axe blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zombo Axe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rony Axe's brow.
Zombo Axe is struggling to control the position.
Rony Axe takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rony Axe looking to slow down the pace here.
Zombo Axe slowing the pace effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zombo Axe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zombo Axe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rony Axe's cut.
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!

Rony Axe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rony Axe throws a sloppy head kick and Zombo Axe moves out of range easily.
Rony Axe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rony Axe ducks under a wild hook from Zombo Axe.
Rony Axe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zombo Axe lands with a hook. Rony Axe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zombo Axe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rony Axe can do to turn this around?
Rony Axe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Zombo Axe forces Rony Axe back against the cage and clinches.
Zombo Axe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zombo Axe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zombo Axe.

Zombo Axe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zombo Axe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rony Axe circles away quickly and effectively.
Zombo Axe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rony Axe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zombo Axe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zombo Axe scores with a nice right hand.
Rony Axe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rony Axe gets tackled into the cage by Zombo Axe. Zombo Axe maintains the clinch.
Zombo Axe avoiding damage.

Zombo Axe manages to break the clinch.
Zombo Axe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rony Axe is out of range and Zombo Axe settles back down.
Rony Axe takes one to the chin there.
Zombo Axe scores with a body shot.
Rony Axe moves forwards but Zombo Axe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zombo Axe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Rony Axe tries to keep at a distance but Zombo Axe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zombo Axe stalling in the clinch.

Zombo Axe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zombo Axe throws a low kick but Rony Axe avoids it.
Zombo Axe blocks a head kick by Rony Axe.
Good exchange - Zombo Axe coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Zombo Axe gets a clinch.
Rony Axe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zombo Axe looking to throw knees to the head but Rony Axe is blocking nicely.

Zombo Axe manages to break the clinch.
Rony Axe darts in trying to clinch
letting Zombo Axe counter with a right hand.
Donk. Zombo Axe catches Rony Axe right on the button with a cross.

Zombo Axe rushes Rony Axe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rony Axe trying to stall but Zombo Axe improves his position.
A short uppercut from Zombo Axe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombo Axe leaning against his opponent.
Zombo Axe misses with an elbow strike.
Rony Axe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zombo Axe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zombo Axe lands a damaging elbow.
Rony Axe tries to land knees in the clinch but Zombo Axe avoids the damage to the body.

Zombo Axe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Zombo Axe.
Nice shot lands for Zombo Axe.
Zombo Axe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Zombo Axe clinches.
Rony Axe tries to land knees in the clinch but Zombo Axe avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rony Axe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zombo Axe effectively controlling the action here.
Zombo Axe seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rony Axe throws an elbow that misses.
Zombo Axe holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Zombo Axe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rony Axe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zombo Axe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rony Axe throws a head kick that misses.
Rony Axe tries to move into range but Zombo Axe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zombo Axe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zombo Axe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zombo Axe!