PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anatoly Zvezda (ranked 2505 p4p, 1636 weight class) and Roger Field (ranked 205 p4p, 225 weight class). Field has chosen Eastbound and Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zvezda
vs
Field

168 cm
27
153
8 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
161
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

The Pharmacy Phuket
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anatoly Zvezda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roger Field!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Field ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zvezda throws an off balance right hand
and Field counters with a nice body shot.
Zvezda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Field looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Field connects with a body shot that sends Zvezda's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed right hand from Zvezda misses the target.
Field looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Zvezda misses.
Field throws out a counter right but Zvezda avoids it with no problem.
Zvezda definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Field moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Field jabs Zvezda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Field uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zvezda has time to react.
A swing and a miss from Zvezda.
Field fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zvezda throws an overhand right that lands on Field's shoulder, as Field tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zvezda misses with a hook.
Zvezda swings widly with a right hand
and Field counters with a stiff right hand.
Zvezda walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Field changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zvezda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Field jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Field lands with a cross.
Zvezda takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zvezda is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Field's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Zvezda misses with a straight left.
Nice cross by Field.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zvezda misses with a left hand
and Field counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Field uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zvezda.
Field has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zvezda throws a lazy uppercut
and Field counters with a right hand to the body.
Field scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Field slips under a jab.
Zvezda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zvezda looks to throw the jab but Field is out of range.
Field looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Field lands with a nice body punch.
Field lands the left hand.
Field bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Field staying out of range there.
Field lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Zvezda throws a hook but Field avoids it easily.
Field unleashes a big counter combination but Zvezda bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Zvezda throws a lazy uppercut
and Field counters with a nice uppercut.
Field lunges at Zvezda with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zvezda's hand.
Field lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Field bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Field with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zvezda misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Field lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zvezda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A cross from Field lands.
Anatoly Zvezda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Zvezda misses.
Field is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zvezda had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Field dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Field defending well as Zvezda loads up on a big left hand.
Field lands a nice shot to the body.
Zvezda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Field counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Field slips under a jab.
Field keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zvezda.
Field connects with a body shot.
Field connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zvezda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice uppercut there from Zvezda.
Field slips under a jab from Zvezda.
Zvezda throws a right hand that misses
and Field counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Field ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zvezda throws a shot from downtown. Field moves away and avoids it.
Field ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Field scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zvezda moves forwards but Field connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Field moves out of range as Zvezda strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Field! But no joy.
Zvezda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Field on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zvezda misses with a left hand
and Zvezda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zvezda takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Field scores with a jab to the body.
Field scores with a hook to the body. Zvezda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Field scores with a decent looking hook.
Zvezda misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Field ducks under a wild hook from Zvezda.
Decent striking displayed by Field there.
Field punishes Zvezda's body with a nice straight punch.
Field wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zvezda throws an off balance right hand
and Field counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zvezda missing with a left hand there. Field was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Field works Zvezda's body with a nice hook.
Field avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Field clobbers Zvezda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zvezda getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Zvezda misses with a looping left.
Field wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Field fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zvezda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zvezda throws a hook but Field avoids it easily.
Zvezda looks to land a left hand but Field moved out of range nicely.
Zvezda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zvezda throws a jab when Field was well out of range.
Field works Zvezda's body with a nice hook.
Zvezda throws a lazy uppercut
and Field counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Field scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zvezda is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Field clobbers Zvezda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zvezda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zvezda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zvezda there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zvezda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zvezda throws an off balance right hand
and Field connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zvezda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Field dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Field.
Field avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Field works the jab nicely.
Field lands a glancing blow to the side of Zvezda's head.
Field displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Zvezda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Field staying out of range there.
Field keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zvezda.
Field lands a right hook to the body.
Field's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zvezda under the eye.
Field scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Field ducks under a wild hook from Zvezda.
Zvezda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zvezda is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zvezda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Field.
Zvezda misses with a straight left.
Zvezda moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zvezda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Zvezda misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Field dips to his left and cracks Zvezda with an uppercut!
Zvezda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roger Field seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Field staying out of range there.
Field scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zvezda misses with an uppercut
and Zvezda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zvezda misses with a looping left.
Field jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zvezda throws out a loose jab but Field uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Zvezda misses.
A little jabbing left from Field on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zvezda takes one to the chin there.
Zvezda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Field.
Field throws out a counter right but Zvezda avoids it with no problem.
Zvezda throws an overhand right that lands on Field's shoulder, as Field tries to avoid the shot.
Zvezda gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zvezda thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Field ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zvezda takes one to the chin there.
Zvezda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zvezda looks to land a right hand but Field moved out of range.
Field throws a right and a left that Zvezda avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zvezda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Field scores with a hook to the body. Zvezda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zvezda walks into a straight right hand from Field.
Field punishes Zvezda's body with a nice straight punch.
Zvezda misses with a hook.
Zvezda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zvezda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Field bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Field uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zvezda.
Zvezda takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Field ducks under a wild hook from Zvezda.
Field throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zvezda on the side of the head.
Field keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zvezda takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Zvezda is rocked!
Zvezda misses with a straight left.
Field doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zvezda misses the jab.
Field lands with a shot to the body.
Field scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oh Zvezda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Field scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zvezda throws a hook but Field blocks it.
Zvezda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Field counters with a left and a right that stings Zvezda.
Field keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zvezda.
Field lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Zvezda falls backwards - clearly groggy! Field dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Field!
After the big win, Roger Field made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.