|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Mondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and marios zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mondo comes to the cage accompanied by Papa Roach - Last Resort . Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as marios zaromskis enters the cage!
![](../gallery/1/1w3.jpg) |
|
![](../gallery/34/34w17.jpg) |
185 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
|
169 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident |
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Mondo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, marios zaromskis! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mondo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - zaromskis has eaten all the pies! Mondo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mondo misses with a double jab.
zaromskis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
zaromskis decides to stand back up. Mondo throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Mondo throws a series of punches but zaromskis avoids them all with ease. Mondo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mondo paws at him with a jab and circles away. zaromskis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Mondo misses with a two punch combination.
zaromskis misses with a head kick.
zaromskis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mondo.
zaromskis looks for a takedown but Mondo sprawls well. Nick Mondo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of marios zaromskis. Mondo throws a series of punches but zaromskis avoids them all with ease. Mondo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mondo misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters circling a little - zaromskis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. zaromskis throws a sloppy head kick and Mondo moves out of range easily. zaromskis tries to clinch up but Mondo circles away and keeps his distance.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. zaromskis throws a sloppy head kick and Mondo moves out of range easily. zaromskis works Mondo's body with a nice hook. A nice combination there by Mondo.
Mondo throws a nice looking combination but zaromskis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. A combination from Mondo does no damage. A punch combination from Mondo misses. Mondo throws a combination. zaromskis tries to block but a couple of punches get through. zaromskis lands with a kick to the ribs.
zaromskis closes the distance and clinches. zaromskis wants to break free but Mondo has control.
zaromskis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mondo. Mondo swings wildly with an uppercut but zaromskis uses good head movement to avoid it. Mondo throws a head punch that misses. Mondo keeps control of zaromskis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. zaromskis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
zaromskis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mondo just stands there and leans against the cage. zaromskis wants to get back to striking at distance but Mondo won't allow it.
zaromskis breaks from the clinch.
Mondo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mondo misses with a series of wild punches.
Mondo throws a wild combination but nothing lands. zaromskis slips a jab and a cross from Mondo.
zaromskis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. zaromskis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mondo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mondo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by zaromskis. Mondo throws a right and a left that both miss. Mondo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mondo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nick Mondo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. A combination from Mondo does no damage. zaromskis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mondo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and zaromskis counters with a nice kick to the body. Mondo throws a nice looking combination but zaromskis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Nick Mondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. zaromskis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. zaromskis looks gassed!
Mondo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Mondo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mondo wants to pass to mount but zaromskis is defending the position. zaromskis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. zaromskis wants to get back to his feet. Mondo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed zaromskis's head. Mondo tries to pass to full mount but zaromskis defends it. Mondo is thwarting zaromskis's attempts to control the position. Mondo working zaromskis over with strikes. zaromskis is trying to stand up here but Mondo is controlling him well. Mondo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked.gif)
zaromskis is rocked! The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mondo connects with a nice short shot to zaromskis's temple. zaromskis is still in real trouble! Can Mondo finish him? The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Mondo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Mondo lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt zaromskis quite badly. zaromskis pulls Mondo in close trying to recover. Mondo postures up and lands two really hard shots that put zaromskis on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but zaromskis doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Mondo!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
70% |
|
|
|
|
|
|