PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nayvy Seal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Zapelini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Zapelini told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Seal
vs
Zapelini

187 cm
18
178 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nayvy Seal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rafael Zapelini!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zapelini clinches with his opponent.
Seal looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Seal is looking to take this one to the mat.
Zapelini throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seals head.
Zapelini lands a left hand.
A short right from Zapelini.
Seal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zapelini.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zapelini creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Seal is rocked!

Zapelini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oh Seal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Zapelini rushes Seal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zapelini stalling in the clinch.
Zapelini lands a big right hand that drops Seal! The killer instinct kicks in and Zapelini finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Zapelini!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Zapelini!