PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Pleasures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zen Zelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pleasures
vs
Zelli

174 cm
37
158 lbs
31 - 20 - 0

189 cm
36
198 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Alpha Male

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pleasures!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Zen Zelli!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pleasures fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Zen Zelli has been cut.
Pleasures fails with the takedown.
Pleasures has been working on his balance at Soul Supremacy - UK, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Zelli.
Pleasures throws a poor cross that misses
and Zelli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zelli has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zelli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pleasures.
Pleasures misses with a looping right.
Pleasures walks into a jab.
Pleasures throws a leg kick
and Zelli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zelli blocks the body kick.
Pleasures is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zelli.
John Pleasures seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pleasures throws a lazy uppercut
and Pleasures takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pleasures feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zelli's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zelli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pleasures throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pleasures.
Pleasures throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pleasures throws a poor cross that misses
and Zelli counters with a one-two to the body.
Pleasures shoots in looking for a takedown but Zelli manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pleasures's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pleasures throws a head kick that misses
and Zelli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pleasures misses with a left hand
and Zelli counters with a stiff right hand.
Zelli checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pleasures is defended easily by Zelli.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Pleasures. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pleasures. Zelli does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pleasures.
Zelli blocks a jab.
Zelli misses with a few strikes there.
Pleasures lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zelli moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pleasures circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Zelli to the canvas! Zelli doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Pleasures keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Pleasures!
Jumping up and down and very excited, John Pleasures waved his t-shirt featuring DJs Locker's logo in front of the cameras.