PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Mwamba Kizota (ranked 2954 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reynaldo Zamarripa (ranked 3204 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynaldo Zamarripa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Mwamba Kizota
vs
Zamarripa

179 cm
25
157 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Mwamba Kizota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reynaldo Zamarripa!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kizota manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Zamarripa on his heels. He'll look to pass Zamarripa's guard now, I'm sure.
Zamarripa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Zamarripa will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Zamarripa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Zamarripa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kizota is in close to Zamarripa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zamarripa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Zamarripa lands an upkick as Kizota stands over him.
Kizota postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zamarripa striking off his back but it's not causing Kizota any problems.
Kizota working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zamarripa's head.
Zamarripa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Zamarripa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kizota postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zamarripa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kizota chips away with some ground and pound.

Zamarripa is rocked!
Kizota is looking to work some ground and pound but Zamarripa has wrist control.
Kizota with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Zamarripa is still in real trouble! Can Kizota finish him?
Zamarripa will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kizota scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kizota landing some decent shots from guard.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizota postures up and lands a big shot to Zamarripa's brow.
Zamarripa trying to strike off his back.
Zamarripa throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kizota is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kizota is in close to Zamarripa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zamarripa throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kizota's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom.
Zamarripa thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Zamarripa trying to strike off his back.
Kizota has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kizota makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zamarripa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Zamarripa looks winded!
Kizota connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zamarripa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kizota's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kizota stands up over Zamarripa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zamarripa trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kizota is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zamarripa has momentary wrist control but Kizota slips an elbow through the middle.
Kizota keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zamarripa's head.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom.
Zamarripa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Zamarripa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kizota's guard.

Zamarripa seems to have recovered his senses.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa throws a big right hand that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kizota striking from the bottom.
Kizota working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zamarripa.
Zamarripa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kizota lands a decent shot there.
Kizota looking for a sweep. Not yet Kizota, not yet.
Kizota throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Kizota trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa stands up over Kizota, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zamarripa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kizota punching from the bottom - just letting Zamarripa know he's still in a fight.
Kizota lands a good elbow from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kizota striking off his back but it's not causing Zamarripa any problems.
Zamarripa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kizota will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kizota wants to sweep but no luck.
Kizota preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kizota thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Zamarripa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kizota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zamarripa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kizota lands an upkick as Zamarripa stands over him.
Kizota striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Zamarripa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zamarripa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kizota striking from his own guard.
Kizota knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zamarripa on the ground.
Kizota looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zamarripa throws a big elbow that misses.
Zamarripa throwing strikes from guard but Kizota blocks nicely.
Kizota throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizota lands some strikes from the bottom.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Zamarripa working some strikes from top position.
Zamarripa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kizota throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Zamarripa postures up in Kizota's guard and throws a big left but Kizota blocks it.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Zamarripa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zamarripa won't allow Kizota to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zamarripa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kizota thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kizota lands a decent shot there.
Zamarripa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Kizota throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kizota trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Mwamba Kizota dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zamarripa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kizota is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zamarripa can do to turn this around?
Zamarripa fails with a takedown attempt.
David Mwamba Kizota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kizota closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kizota lands in his opponent's guard.
Kizota is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Zamarripa striking off his back but it's not causing Kizota any problems.
Zamarripa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kizota cracks Zamarripa with a solid left hand.
Kizota working some strikes from top position.
Kizota distracts Zamarripa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kizota stands up over Zamarripa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zamarripa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Zamarripa is breathing heavily.
Zamarripa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kizota is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zamarripa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Zamarripa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kizota landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizota working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zamarripa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Zamarripa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kizota landing with the ground and pound.
Kizota postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kizota postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kizota makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zamarripa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Zamarripa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kizota's guard.

David Mwamba Kizota overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Zamarripa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kizota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kizota avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kizota throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Zamarripa stopping the sweep attempt from Kizota.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zamarripa won't allow Kizota to sweep him here.
Kizota thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Kizota punching to the body, from the bottom.
Kizota tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zamarripa throws a big right hand that misses.
Zamarripa landing with the ground and pound.
Kizota throws a couple of heel strikes.
Zamarripa with a nice head shot there.
Zamarripa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizota on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kizota tries to get out of the position.
Zamarripa is looking to work some ground and pound but Kizota has wrist control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Kizota striking from the bottom here.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Zamarripa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zamarripa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kizota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kizota keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kizota throwing short punches from the bottom.
Kizota striking from the bottom.
Kizota striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Kizota looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zamarripa is one step ahead there.
Zamarripa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zamarripa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Kizota with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Zamarripa can't handle though.
Zamarripa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kizota lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kizota striking from the bottom.
Kizota looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zamarripa is one step ahead there.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zamarripa works over Kizota with some ground and pound from guard.
Kizota avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kizota tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zamarripa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kizota looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zamarripa is one step ahead there.
Kizota striking from the bottom here.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Zamarripa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kizota striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Zamarripa throws a big right hand that misses.
Kizota throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Zamarripa postures up in Kizota's guard and throws a big left but Kizota blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Mwamba Kizota dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Zamarripa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kizota to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kizota chips away with some ground and pound.
Kizota lands a couple of digs.
Zamarripa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kizota's guard.

Zamarripa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizota looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kizota striking off his back but it's not causing Zamarripa any problems.
Kizota is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zamarripa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zamarripa with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zamarripa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kizota throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kizota tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zamarripa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kizota trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamarripa throws a big elbow that misses.
Kizota is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zamarripa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zamarripa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kizota striking from the bottom here.
Zamarripa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kizota preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kizota scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Kizota punching from the bottom.
Zamarripa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kizota striking from the bottom here.
Kizota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zamarripa throwing strikes but missing.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Zamarripa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kizota punching to the body, from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizota lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Zamarripa is looking to work some ground and pound but Kizota has wrist control.
Kizota working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zamarripa.
Zamarripa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kizota throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Kizota looking for a sweep. Not yet Kizota, not yet.
Kizota throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Zamarripa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kizota circles away.

Kizota looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Zamarripa!
Zamarripa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kizota creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Zamarripa misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Zamarripa misses with a strike from the bottom.
Kizota working the ground and pound.
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!
Kizota in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zamarripa is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Zamarripa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Zamarripa is looking to improve his position.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kizota working the head and body with strikes.
Zamarripa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kizota drops an elbow to the side of Zamarripa's head.
Kizota prevents Zamarripa from improving his position.
Kizota looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zamarripa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Kizota there.
Kizota blocks the strikes from Zamarripa.
Kizota blocks the strikes from Zamarripa.
Kizota landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zamarripa punching from the bottom.
Kizota blocks the strikes from Zamarripa.
Kizota working Zamarripa over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zamarripa punching from the bottom.
Zamarripa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Zamarripa punching from the bottom.
Zamarripa is looking for a sweep. Kizota is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zamarripa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Zamarripa tries to get to full guard but Kizota has control of the leg.
Zamarripa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Zamarripa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nice strikes from Kizota there.
Kizota is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kizota lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zamarripa wants to improve his position but Kizota is controlling well.
Reynaldo Zamarripa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Mwamba Kizota is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zamarripa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Mwamba Kizota showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kizota has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Mwamba Kizota!