PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Wank (ranked 24718 p4p, 25371 weight class) and Zimba Zimbawa (ranked 691 p4p, 677 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wank
vs
Zimbawa

225 cm
19
205
4 - 8 - 0

193 cm
18
205
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tank Wank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zimba Zimbawa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Wank with that takedown attempt.
Wank dives in and grabs Zimbawa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zimbawa pushes down on Wank's head and hops out.

Wank decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wank is thwarting Zimbawa's attempts to control the position.
Zimbawa is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Wank is staying active.
Wank not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Wank is working for a submission of some sort.
Zimbawa is trying is best to control the position here.
Wank really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wank is trying to control the action in half guard but Zimbawa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zimbawa is trying to control but can't.
Wank throwing shots but Zimbawa is blocking nicely.
Wank not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zimbawa is pressing down on Wank's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wank loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zimbawa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Wank has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Zimbawa content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wank on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zimbawa thows a huge punch but Wank dodges it nicely.
Wank wants to get back to full guard.
Wank is working hard here to advance position.

Zimbawa is trying to work for a kimura but Wank is defending well.
Zimbawa stops Wank from getting back to his feet.

Zimbawa is looking for a kimura but Wank is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zimbawa to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wank wants to get back to his feet.
Wank on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wank tries to get out of the position.

Zimbawa seems to be looking for submissions.
Zimbawa blocks the strikes from Wank.
Wank knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zimbawa on the ground.

Zimbawa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wank is trying to stand up here but Zimbawa is controlling him well.
Zimbawa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimbawa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wank with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wank wants to control but Zimbawa is keeping busy.
Zimbawa wants to pass to mount but Wank is defending the position.

Zimbawa in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Wank tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Zimbawa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Zimba Zimbawa!