PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frederick Zwirn (ranked 919 p4p, 824 weight class) and Greg Fitzgerald (ranked 124 p4p, 108 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fitzgerald's choice of entrance music: It's Bedtime by Ninja Sex Party. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Greg Fitzgerald was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Zwirn
vs
Fitzgerald

174 cm
33
162
14 - 7 - 0

225 cm
29
169
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frederick Zwirn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Greg Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zwirn tries to clinch there but Fitzgerald circles away.
Zwirn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fitzgerald.
Zwirn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fitzgerald.

Zwirn clinches up with Fitzgerald and pushes him back against the cage.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Zwirn throws an elbow that misses.
Zwirn blocks a body shot from Fitzgerald.
Zwirn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fitzgerald backwards.
Zwirn misses with an elbow over the top.
Zwirn takes a shot to the head.
Zwirn misses with some punches.
Fitzgerald dodges an elbow strike from Zwirn.
Fitzgerald avoids a wild elbow strike from Zwirn.
Zwirn lands a damaging elbow.
Fitzgerald dodges an elbow strike from Zwirn.
Zwirn is struggling to control the position.
Fitzgerald lands a nice shot to the body.
Zwirn takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zwirn lands an elbow inside.
A short left from Fitzgerald.
Zwirn blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwirn pushes Fitzgerald back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zwirn pushes off an throws an elbow but Fitzgerald leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fitzgerald struggles to land a body shot inside as Zwirn controls his hands.
Zwirn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zwirn lands an elbow inside.
Zwirn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fitzgerald's defenses.
Zwirn blocks a body shot from Fitzgerald.
Zwirn throws an elbow but it misses.
Fitzgerald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zwirn has him pressed against the cage.
Zwirn pushes Fitzgerald back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fitzgerald blocks an elbow strike from Zwirn.
Fitzgerald blocks the elbow strike.
Zwirn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zwirn blocks an uppercut.
Zwirn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fitzgerald blocks a body shot from Zwirn.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zwirn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fitzgerald's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zwirn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fitzgerald's brow.
Zwirn gets through Fitzgerald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zwirn misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fitzgerald as Zwirn tries to tie him up.
Fitzgerald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zwirn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zwirn prevents Fitzgerald from breaking the clinch.
Zwirn keeps control of Fitzgerald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zwirn.

Fitzgerald is rocked!

It looks like Greg Fitzgerald has been cut.
Zwirn throws an elbow but it misses.
Fitzgerald is still on wobbly legs! Can Zwirn finish him?
Zwirn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fitzgerald's defenses.
Fitzgerald is trying to break the clinch but Zwirn is controlling him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zwirn lands an elbow just above Fitzgerald 's eye.
A short body shot lands from Fitzgerald as the two fighters clinch.
Zwirn lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fitzgerald.
Zwirn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zwirn misses with an elbow over the top.
Fitzgerald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zwirn misses with an elbow over the top.
Zwirn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zwirn has Fitzgerald pressed against the cage, preventing Fitzgerald from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fitzgerald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zwirn misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald takes an elbow to the temple.
A short uppercut from Fitzgerald.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Fitzgerald breaks from the clinch.
Zwirn drops Fitzgerald with a huge uppercut! Fitzgerald drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Zwirn is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frederick Zwirn!
After winning the bout, Frederick Zwirn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Greg Fitzgerald was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm not getting any younger. But I got a lot of contract left. Looking to make one last push for a title. '.