PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ri Zaadha (ranked 313 p4p, 43 weight class) and Conrad Tama Ginty (ranked 180 p4p, 24 weight class). Tama Ginty has chosen Wear Your Love Like Heaven as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Zaadha
vs
Tama Ginty

189 cm
29
190 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

187 cm
27
189 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ri Zaadha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conrad Tama Ginty!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tama Ginty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zaadha thumps Tama Ginty with a low kick.
A lazy left from Tama Ginty finds it's target.
Tama Ginty misses with a left hand
and Zaadha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zaadha moves out of range of the strikes.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but Zaadha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zaadha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tama Ginty shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zaadha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zaadha connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tama Ginty momentarily.
Tama Ginty scoring well with a low kick there.
Zaadha feints and then cracks Tama Ginty's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tama Ginty down.
Tama Ginty looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaadha works the jab nicely.
Zaadha throws a low kick but Tama Ginty avoids it.
Tama Ginty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zaadha cracks Tama Ginty with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tama Ginty cracks a nice hook into Zaadha's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaadha misses with a looping left.
Tama Ginty stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zaadha wants to land a leg kick but Tama Ginty is out of range.
Zaadha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tama Ginty misses with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zaadha.
Tama Ginty takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zaadha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zaadha avoids the body shot from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha tried to counter with a leg kick but Tama Ginty avoided it.
A punch lands to the side of Tama Ginty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tama Ginty closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zaadha avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zaadha.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaadha throws a leg kick but Tama Ginty sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zaadha throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but Zaadha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zaadha tries to clinch but Tama Ginty moves out of range.
Tama Ginty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but Zaadha checks it.
Zaadha misses with a low kick.
It looks like Zaadha has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Tama Ginty throws the left hand but Zaadha avoids the punch easily.
Zaadha lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Zaadha there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Decent striking displayed by Zaadha there.
Zaadha misses with a hook
and Tama Ginty counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zaadha's knee momentarily.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Zaadha moves out of range of the leg kick from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tama Ginty just manages to avoid it.
Zaadha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tama Ginty scores with a sloppy right hand. Zaadha should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Zaadha.
Zaadha gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tama Ginty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaadha is just out of range.
Tama Ginty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zaadha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big right from Tama Ginty misses.
Zaadha misses with a body shot.
A cross from Tama Ginty lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tama Ginty.
Zaadha thumps Tama Ginty with a low kick.
Zaadha is looking to slow Tama Ginty down with leg kicks.
Zaadha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tama Ginty is out of range and Zaadha settles back down.
Tama Ginty is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zaadha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tama Ginty misses with a looping right.
Zaadha throws a leg kick which misses Tama Ginty's front leg but catches the back leg as Tama Ginty tries to avoid it.
Zaadha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tama Ginty tries to land a front kick but Zaadha steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zaadha slips under a jab.
Zaadha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tama Ginty swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaadha misses with a hook.
Zaadha lands a jab.
Zaadha throws a leg kick but Tama Ginty moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zaadha. Tama Ginty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaadha is looking to chop away at Tama Ginty's legs.
Good work by Tama Ginty as he checks the leg kick.
Tama Ginty blocks a leg kick.
Tama Ginty loads up on a big right hand but Zaadha slips the punch.
Zaadha connects with a solid leg kick.
Tama Ginty blocks a leg kick.
Tama Ginty misses with a kick to the body.
Tama Ginty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zaadha is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaadha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tama Ginty.
It seemed like Tama Ginty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zaadha tries to score with a low kick but Tama Ginty moves his leg out of the way.
Zaadha looks to land a right hand but Tama Ginty moved out of range.
Tama Ginty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tama Ginty will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ri Zaadha dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zaadha is looking to chop away at Tama Ginty's legs.
Zaadha throws a low kick but Tama Ginty avoids it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tama Ginty!
Tama Ginty misses with a straight left.
Tama Ginty looks for the body kick but Zaadha saw that one coming.
Zaadha half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ri Zaadha is winning the standup battle so far.
Tama Ginty lands with a nice body kick.
Tama Ginty listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tama Ginty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaadha.
Tama Ginty appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zaadha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tama Ginty connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zaadha momentarily.
Zaadha misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zaadha. Tama Ginty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tama Ginty appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama Ginty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tama Ginty misses with a body shot.
Zaadha lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zaadha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tama Ginty throws a body punch but Zaadha moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaadha feints and then cracks Tama Ginty's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tama Ginty down.
Tama Ginty misses with a kick to the body.
Zaadha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tama Ginty's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zaadha throws a leg kick
and Tama Ginty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zaadha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Tama Ginty.
Zaadha throws a hook but Tama Ginty avoids it easily.
Zaadha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tama Ginty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zaadha can pounce on him.
Zaadha bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Tama Ginty misses.
The fighters circling - Zaadha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tama Ginty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Zaadha misses with a low kick as Tama Ginty jumps back.
Zaadha throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tama Ginty on the side of the head.
Zaadha attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zaadha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tama Ginty.
Zaadha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tama Ginty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaadha bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tama Ginty's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zaadha in his tracks.
Zaadha throws a lazy right hand but Tama Ginty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zaadha blocks the body kick.
A jab from Tama Ginty finds it's way through Zaadha's defenses.
Tama Ginty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tama Ginty needs to keep his hands up - Zaadha had a free shot at his head there.
Tama Ginty jabs Zaadha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zaadha moves out of range as Tama Ginty strikes.
Zaadha half committed to a counter leg kick.
Zaadha motions for Tama Ginty to come forward. Zaadha throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tama Ginty scores with a hook to the body. Zaadha takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tama Ginty lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zaadha throws a low kick but Tama Ginty avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Tama Ginty misses.
Tama Ginty is looking to slow Zaadha down with leg kicks.
Zaadha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tama Ginty.
Zaadha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tama Ginty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Tama Ginty was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Tama Ginty tenderised Zaadha's leg. Zaadha is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tama Ginty jabs Zaadha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zaadha ducks under a wild hook from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tama Ginty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zaadha.
Tama Ginty throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zaadha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Zaadha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A jab from Tama Ginty misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Tama Ginty misses the target.
Zaadha tries to work over Tama Ginty's front leg with a kick but Tama Ginty checks it.
Zaadha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tama Ginty.
Zaadha misses with a right hand
and Tama Ginty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tama Ginty throws a body kick that misses
and Zaadha counters with a good low kick that Tama Ginty was not able to check.
Tama Ginty throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zaadha.
Zaadha feints and then cracks Tama Ginty's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tama Ginty down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha scores with a shot to the body.
Zaadha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tama Ginty just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaadha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tama Ginty finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty loads up on a big right hand but Zaadha slips the punch.
Tama Ginty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaadha throws a looping overhand right but Tama Ginty ducks down to avoid it.
Zaadha is looking to clinch but Tama Ginty is avoiding it.
Zaadha misses with a hook.
Zaadha throws a big shot that misses.
Zaadha is looking to score with low kicks.
Tama Ginty flicks out a counter leg kick but Zaadha steps away.
Nice uppercut there from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha stuns Tama Ginty with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tama Ginty looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaadha is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conrad Tama Ginty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Zaadha tests Tama Ginty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zaadha throws a lazy uppercut
and Tama Ginty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaadha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tama Ginty on the side of the head.
Tama Ginty scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tama Ginty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zaadha.
Tama Ginty throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zaadha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tama Ginty connects with a jab.
Tama Ginty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tama Ginty takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zaadha uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zaadha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zaadha on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tama Ginty throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zaadha throws a jab but it's blocked by Tama Ginty.
Zaadha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zaadha appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tama Ginty checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tama Ginty follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Tama Ginty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaadha connects with a single shot there.

Zaadha gets a clinch.
Tama Ginty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zaadha's elbow.
Tama Ginty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaadha backwards.
Zaadha cracks Tama Ginty with a nice body shot.
Zaadha tries to work over Tama Ginty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tama Ginty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zaadha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tama Ginty swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Tama Ginty manages to break the clinch.
Tama Ginty moves out of range of the leg kick from Zaadha.
Tama Ginty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaadha.
Tama Ginty moves away from the strike by Zaadha.
Tama Ginty lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tama Ginty swats away the attempt to clinch by Zaadha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaadha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tama Ginty has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tama Ginty and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tama Ginty misses the jab.
Tama Ginty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaadha.
Zaadha tries to land a leg kick but Tama Ginty saw it coming and moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Zaadha tenderised Tama Ginty's leg. Tama Ginty is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tama Ginty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zaadha misses with a lunging right hand
and Tama Ginty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaadha's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tama Ginty under the eye.
Zaadha fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tama Ginty checks it well.
Zaadha ducks under a wild hook from Tama Ginty.
Zaadha blocks a head kick by Tama Ginty.
Zaadha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tama Ginty manages to avoid it.
Zaadha moves out of range of the body kick from Tama Ginty.
Tama Ginty throws a body punch but Zaadha moves out of range.
Tama Ginty misses with a left hand
and Zaadha counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tama Ginty lands a leg kick that knocks Zaadha off balance momentarily.
Zaadha tries to land a leg kick but Tama Ginty saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd cheers as Zaadha lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tama Ginty doesn't seem phased though.
Tama Ginty throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zaadha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zaadha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tama Ginty's calf.
Tama Ginty tries a low kick but Zaadha avoids it.
Zaadha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tama Ginty.
A big right from Tama Ginty misses.
Tama Ginty connects with an inside leg kick.
Tama Ginty takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tama Ginty clobbers Zaadha with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tama Ginty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zaadha misses with a hook.
Tama Ginty throws a leg kick
and Zaadha counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha moves out of range of the strikes.
Tama Ginty throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zaadha stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaadha moves out of range of the body kick.
Tama Ginty checks a low kick from Zaadha.
Zaadha lands with a right hand.
Tama Ginty throws a push kick but Zaadha slaps the foot to one side.
Tama Ginty misses with a straight right.
Zaadha slips a straight right by Tama Ginty.
Zaadha misses with a hook.
Tama Ginty changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaadha lands a jab.
Zaadha lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Tama Ginty checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zaadha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tama Ginty on the side of the head.

Zaadha moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Conrad Tama Ginty.
I think Tama Ginty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conrad Tama Ginty!
A relieved looking Conrad Tama Ginty thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.