PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Travis Zangief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dutch Slammin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zangief comes to the cage accompanied by We Own It. The crowd seem to be enjoying Slammin's choice of entrance music: 'I Can't Stop Smiling' by Velocity Girl. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zangief
vs
Slammin

170 cm
21
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis Zangief!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dutch Slammin!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slammin throws a good cross that connects.

Zangief clinches up with Slammin and pushes him back against the cage.
Zangief tries to throw a body punch but Slammin avoids it by throwing Zangief back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Slammin.
Slammin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zangief misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zangief avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zangief putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Slammin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zangief throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zangief - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zangief landing knees to the body.
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!
Zangief tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zangief tries to land knees in the clinch but Slammin avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zangief.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slammin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zangief landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zangief misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slammin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zangief stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zangief lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zangief.
Zangief is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Slammin is trying to break free.
Slammin managing to block the knees to the body from Zangief.
Slammin is looking to break free of the clinch but Zangief has double underhooks.
Zangief is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Slammin is defending well for now.
Zangief crunches a lovely knee into Slammin's ribcage.
Slammin tries to break the clinch but Zangief is controlling the position.
Zangief misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Zangief - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slammin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zangief is keeping busy.
Slammin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zangief softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zangief softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zangief just leaning against Slammin, taking a breather.
Slammin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zangief landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Slammin looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zangief.
Slammin can't break the clinch.
Zangief using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zangief is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Slammin prevents a body shot from Zangief.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zangief leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zangief misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slammin.
Zangief using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zangief lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Slammin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zangief lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Slammin or not.
Slammin takes a shot to the head.
Zangief unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slammin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Slammin tries to work over Zangief's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zangief working Slammin over with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Slammin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zangief lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zangief landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zangief landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zangief putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Slammin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zangief lands a good knee to the midsection. Slammin won't want to take too many of those.
Zangief unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zangief holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Good body shot from Zangief.
Zangief has Slammin pressed against the cage.
Zangief creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Slammin's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Slammin fails to land.
Zangief manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Zangief dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A right-left combo lands from Slammin.
A nice combination there by Slammin.
Zangief takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zangief fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zangief tries to clinch up.

Zangief moves into the clinch.
Zangief trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zangief.
Zangief lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Slammin trying to stall but Zangief improves his position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zangief.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zangief.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zangief.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zangief leaning against his opponent.

Zangief drops Slammin with a big knee straight up the middle! Slammin is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Slammin is rocked!

It looks like Dutch Slammin has been cut.
Slammin misses with a double jab.
Slammin is still on wobbly legs! Can Zangief finish him?
Slammin is breathing heavily.
Zangief tries a head kick but it misses.

Zangief moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slammin tries to circle away but Zangief has him pinned against the cage.
Zangief lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zangief just leaning against Slammin, taking a breather.
Zangief landing knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zangief creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zangief lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Slammin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zangief pushes Slammin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zangief.
Zangief lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Slammin to his knees! Zangief keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Zangief!
Post fight, Travis Zangief took to the microphone: 'I would like to climb up the ladder and face top guys'.