PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fransuave Doobney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alen Zalac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doobney comes to the cage accompanied by L_TIz# . Zalac has chosen Kanye West - Amazing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Alen Zalac has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doobney
vs
Zalac

182 cm
30
234 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

186 cm
27
260 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fransuave Doobney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Zalac!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Doobney darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Doobney seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Doobney stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Zalac to get to his feet.

Doobney looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Doobney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Doobney wants to stand and escape but instead Zalac has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Doobney lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Zalac!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doobney sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Doobney content just to control the position here.
Doobney prevents Zalac from getting the reversal.
Doobney breaks from Zalac's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Doobney trying to control but Zalac is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doobney controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Doobney is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Zalac tries to clinch but Doobney is having none of it.
Zalac fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Doobney gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Doobney pushes off an throws an elbow but Zalac leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Doobney jumps into guard, dragging Zalac to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doobney is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Doobney content to control rather than advance.
Doobney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Doobney takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Doobney throwing shots but Zalac is blocking nicely.
Doobney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Doobney is working for a kimura but Zalac is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Doobney stands up from half guard.

Doobney looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doobney slows the pace down in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fransuave Doobney dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Doobney instigates a clinch.

Doobney manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Doobney throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Doobney pulls Zalac in to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zalac trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zalac wants to control from the top but Doobney keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Fransuave Doobney.
Zalac closes the distance and clinches up with Doobney, looking for a takedown. Zalac pushes Doobney against the cage but Doobney circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fransuave Doobney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Doobney scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doobney trying to control the action but Zalac is working from the bottom.
Zalac managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Doobney.
Zalac struggling a bit here.
Zalac looks to move to half guard but instead Doobney has passed into mount! Damn!
Doobney takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Doobney scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zalac?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Doobney is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Zalac has a takedown stuffed.
Zalac tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Doobney counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Doobney controlling from the top position.
Doobney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doobney throws a big right hand that misses.
Doobney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doobney trying to control the position from guard on top but Zalac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doobney passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Doobney is looking to take a break and control but Zalac is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doobney working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doobney working the ground and pound.
Fransuave Doobney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doobney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zalac keeps working.
Doobney scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zalac to see if he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zalac is being controlled here.
Zalac is trying to buck Doobney off.
Zalac strikes from the bottom but Doobney takes advantage and advances to full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doobney takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fransuave Doobney dominated that second round.
That's time! Doobney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Zalac gets caught napping as Doobney dives in and scores a takedown. Zalac manages to retain guard.

Doobney stands up and waves to Zalac to follow him.
Doobney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zalac can do to turn this around?
Zalac shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Doobney counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Doobney passes to side control.
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!
Doobney wants to control but Zalac is keeping him busy.
A lull in the action here as Doobney stalls from top position.
Doobney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zalac keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doobney working the ground and pound from side control.

Doobney stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Doobney decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Doobney is taking a breather. Zalac says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Zalac looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Zalac takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zalac is in trouble now - Doobney has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doobney takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doobney seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zalac for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zalac tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Doobney controlling the position easily from mount.

We're going to have a standup here because Fransuave Doobney wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Doobney closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Zalac quickly recovers to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zalac is defending against the submission attempts here by Doobney.
Zalac is looking to improve his position.

Doobney decides to stand and escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zalac doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Doobney moves into the clinch.

Doobney manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Alen Zalac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fransuave Doobney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Doobney seems keen to control Zalac's posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fransuave Doobney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Doobney 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fransuave Doobney!