PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hey Zues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyquan Zaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zues
vs
Zaal

194 cm
21
280 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
247 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Knockout power

GREEN!160

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hey Zues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyquan Zaal!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zues is looking to clinch but Zaal is avoiding it.
Zues keeps Zaal at a distance using the push kick.

Zaal clinches up with Zues and pushes him back against the cage.
Zues throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zaal blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zues avoiding damage as Zaal throws knees to the body.
Zues connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zaal's face.

It looks like Tyquan Zaal has been cut.
Zues unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zaal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zues trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaal looking to stall.
Zues is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
Zues gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zaal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zues avoiding damage.
Zaal managing to block the knees to the body from Zues.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the head but Zues blocks with his arms.
Zues throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zaal blocks it with crossed arms.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but Zaal blocks with his arms.
Zaal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zaal tries a knee to the head but Zues blocks it.
Zaal is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaal avoids it.
Zues lands a damaging elbow.
I was talking to Zues's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.
Zues with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zaal just leaning against Zues, taking a breather.
Zaal tries to stall but Zues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the head but Zues blocks with his arms.
Zues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zues misses with a knee to the head.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
Zaal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zues has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaal misses with a knee to the head.
Zues lands an elbow inside.
Zues throws an elbow that misses.
Zues tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zues with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaal landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zues is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Zues - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Zaal taking a breather.
Zaal tries to land knees in the clinch but Zues avoids the damage to the body.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zaal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zues is defending well for now.
Zaal tries to land knees in the clinch but Zues avoids the damage to the body.
Zues lands an elbow inside.
Zues misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaal avoiding damage as Zues throws knees to the body.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.
Zues taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zaal obliges.
Zaal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zues blocks it with crossed arms.
Zaal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zues is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zaal.
Zues with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Zues.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zues managing to block the knees to the body from Zaal.
Zues scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaal utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zues landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zues lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Zues.
Zues connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zaal's face.
Zues connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zaal's face.
Zues comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zues missing with knees to the body.
Zaal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zues landing knees to the head.
Zaal is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaal with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zues is pushing Zaal up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zues avoiding damage as Zaal throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hey Zues dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyquan Zaal's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zaal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zues misses with a body shot

and Zaal counters by clinching up.
Zues looking to throw knees to the head but Zaal is blocking nicely.
Zues using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zaal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zaal looking to throw knees to the head but Zues is blocking nicely.
Zaal has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zues seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Zaal can turn it around.
Zaal putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zues in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zaal avoiding damage as Zues throws knees to the body.
Zues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zues is defending well for now.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hey Zues has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zaal blocks an elbow strike.
Zues tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.
Zues looking to throw knees to the head but Zaal is blocking nicely.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zaal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zaal misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zues managing to block the knees to the body from Zaal.
Zues looking to throw knees to the head but Zaal is blocking nicely.
Zues throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zaal missing with knees to the body.
Zaal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zues avoiding damage as Zaal throws knees to the body.
Zues throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
Zaal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zues stalls.
Zues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zaal is defending well for now.
Zues creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zaal's defenses.
Zaal missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zues just leaning against Zaal, taking a breather.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zues missing with knees to the body.
Zues misses with a knee strike.
Zues looking to throw knees to the head but Zaal is blocking nicely.
Zues trying to land knees to the body.
Zaal with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zaal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zues is defending well for now.
Zaal taking a breather.
Zaal managing to block the knees to the body from Zues.
Zues trying to land knees to the body.
Zaal managing to block the knees to the body from Zues.
Zaal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zues.
Zues tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaal avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zues throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zaal throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zues blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zues with a knee to the head.
Zaal being controlled against the cage.
Zaal connects with a knee to the head.
Zaal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zues is keeping busy.
Zaal misses with a knee strike.
Zaal lands a good knee to the midsection. Zues won't want to take too many of those.
Zaal working Zues over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaal tries to stall but Zues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaal misses with a knee to the head.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.
Zues using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zaal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zaal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zues.
Zaal lands a good knee to the midsection. Zues won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaal with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zaal lands a knee to the head.
Zues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaal avoids it.
Zaal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zues.
Zaal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zues takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zues landing knees to the head.
Zaal is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zues is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Zaal to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaal working Zues over with knees to the body.
Zaal avoiding damage as Zues throws knees to the body.
Zues tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaal avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyquan Zaal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyquan Zaal's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Zues walks into a stiff left hand from Zaal.
Zues misses the shot to the body.
Zues throws a leg kick which misses Zaal's front leg but catches the back leg as Zaal tries to avoid it.
Zaal misses with a double jab.
Zaal scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Zues misses.
Zaal works Zues's body with a nice hook.

Zaal has managed to clinch.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but Zaal blocks with his arms.
Zaal takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zaal trying to land knees to the body.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but Zaal blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zues as Zaal tries to tie him up.
Zues blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zues managing to block the knees to the body from Zaal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zues trying to land knees to the body.
Zaal looking to throw knees to the head but Zues is blocking nicely.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.
Zues managing to block the knees to the body from Zaal.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaal wants to stall.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaal avoiding damage as Zues throws knees to the body.
Zues tries to land a knee to the head but Zaal blocks with his arms.
Zues tries a knee to the head but Zaal blocks it.
Zaal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaal with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zaal putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zues in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zaal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zues avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaal tries to stall but Zues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaal is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Zues has denied him.
Zues stalling in the clinch but Zaal improves position.
Zaal using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaal unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zues lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zaal crunches a lovely knee into Zues's ribcage.
Zues being controlled against the cage.
Zaal stalling in the clinch but Zues improves position.
Zues is stalling here.
Zaal trying to stall but Zues improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tyquan Zaal.
Zues buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zaal checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zues.
Zues throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zaal slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zues misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zaal blocks a head kick by Zues.
Zaal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Zaal closes the distance and pushes Zues back into the cage.
Zues tries a knee to the head but Zaal blocks it.
Zaal trying to land knees to the body.
Zaal trying to land knees to the body.
Zues on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zues looking to throw knees to the head but Zaal is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zues crunches a lovely knee into Zaal's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaal looking to throw knees to the head but Zues is blocking nicely.
Zaal trying to control the position but instead, Zues has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zaal into the cage.
Zues throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zaal scores a nice knee to the body.
Zues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zaal.
Zues with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zaal tries to stall but Zues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zues misses with a knee to the head.
Zues trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaal lands a good knee to the midsection. Zues won't want to take too many of those.
Zaal lands a nice knee to the body.
Zaal looking to slow down the pace here.
Zues connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyquan Zaal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zaal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyquan Zaal!
Tyquan Zaal decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.