PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Morbius Zod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warrior Andrew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zod
vs
Andrew

175 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morbius Zod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Warrior Andrew!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Andrew. That snapped Zod's head back.
Zod misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andrew lands a really nice looking cross but Zod seems unphased.
Andrew uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zod has time to react.

Zod moves into the clinch.
Andrew managing to block the knees to the body from Zod.

Zod breaks the clinch.
Warrior Andrew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zod shoots in and drives through. Andrew sprawls well.
Andrew cracks Zod with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zod misses with a takedown attempt - Andrew sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Zod moves into range and clinches up with Andrew.

Zod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Andrew misses.
Andrew stalks Zod and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zod's face. Zod staggers backwards, shaken.
Zod takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andrew lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Zod showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Andrew.
Zod takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Andrew cracks Zod with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zod takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zod misses with a wild combination.
Zod fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morbius Zod. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zod throws a right hand that Andrew ducks under and follows up with a left that Andrew also avoids with ease.
Zod slips a straight right by Andrew.
Zod swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrew lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Andrew misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Andrew misses.
Zod shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Andrew as he avoids it easily.
Andrew listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zod avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Andrew misses.
Andrew looks gassed!
Andrew digs a good hook to Zod's body.
Andrew missing with a left hand there. Zod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Zod gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Zod manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Zod has his feet on Andrew's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Andrew might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Andrew swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andrew avoids the body shot from Zod.
Andrew slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Zod fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andrew, pushing him back against the cage.

Zod manages to pull guard.

Zod pushes Andrew off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zod closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zod will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Andrew up against the cage.

Zod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zod slips a jab from Andrew.
Zod misses with a two punch combination.
Zod swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andrew is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zod had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Andrew looks to score with a jab to the body but Zod is just out of range.
Zod misses with a series of wild punches.

Zod gets a clinch.

Zod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andrew jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zod lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrew circles away quickly and effectively.
Zod will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zod throws a right and a left that Andrew avoids nicely.
Zod throws a nice looking combination but Andrew bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zod misses with a two punch combination.
Zod fails to land with a series of punches.
Zod throws a series of punches but Andrew moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zod throws a nice looking combination but Andrew bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zod swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zod looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Zod gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Zod manages to break the clinch.
Andrew is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zod misses with a wild body shot.
Andrew dodges the punch combination from Zod.
Zod tries to bum rush Andrew with a series of wild strikes but Andrew uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zod throws a head kick that misses.
Zod pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zod misses with a series of wild punches.
Zod shoots in for a takedown but Andrew shows good takedown defense.
Zod throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Andrew dodges the punch combination from Zod.
Zod will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zod fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Zod instigates a clinch.

Zod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zod will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andrew showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zod.
Zod goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zod misses with a wild combination.
Zod lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrew circles away quickly and effectively.
Andrew throws a left and a right that both miss

and Zod counters by clinching up.

Zod manages to break the clinch.
Zod lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrew circles away quickly and effectively.

Zod gets a clinch.
Zod is working for takedown but Andrew is calmly controlling the position for now.

Zod has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Andrew uses from the top position.

Zod pushes Andrew off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zod lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrew circles away quickly and effectively.
Zod misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morbius Zod dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zod fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andrew manages to avoid it.
Zod has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Andrew finds it's way round the side to connect with Zod's head.

Zod has managed to clinch.

Zod escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck for Zod with that takedown attempt.
Andrew clobbers Zod with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zod fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Andrew does no damage.
Zod swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zod throws a series of punches but Andrew avoids them all with ease.
Andrew lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Andrew swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zod.
Zod throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andrew moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Zod closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Andrew blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zod stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Zod jumps into guard, dragging Andrew to the mat.
Zod throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Zod pushes Andrew off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zod closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zod lands in his opponent's guard.

Zod gets to his feet. Andrew looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Zod throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andrew.
Zod shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No joy there for Zod, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zod is looking to wear down Andrew with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Andrew checks a low kick from Zod.
Andrew misses with a few strikes there.

Zod clinches.
Zod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Andrew's efforts to push away.
Andrew working hard to break the clinch.
Andrew tries to break free but Zod pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Andrew is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Zod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good work by Andrew as he checks the leg kick.
Andrew blocks a head kick by Zod.
Zod looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zod looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zod lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrew circles away quickly and effectively.

Zod rushes Andrew and presses him up against the cage.
Zod wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morbius Zod. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Zod breaks from the clinch.
Zod fails to land with a series of punches.
Zod walks into a left hand.
Zod swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andrew lands a two punch combo.
Andrew throws a one two combo.
Andrew misses with the combination.

Zod has closed the distance and engaged Andrew in a clinch.

Zod breaks from the clinch.
Zod misses with a few strikes there.
Andrew scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zod takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Zod - that landed with a thud.
Andrew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Andrew wants to get back to striking at distance but Zod won't allow it.
Zod digs a right hand into Andrew's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Andrew's gas tank.
Zod tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andrews head.

Zod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zod takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Andrew cracks Zod with a good jab.
Zod takes a jab right on the kisser.
Andrew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andrew misses with a wild combination.
Zod misses with a double jab.
Zod fails with the takedown.
Zod throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Zod is defended easily by Andrew.
Zod with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Andrew to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Zod has managed to clinch.

Zod pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zod fails to land with a series of punches.
Andrew connects with a single shot there.
A nice combination there by Andrew.
Zod drops his hands momentarily and Andrew takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zod looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zod throws a head kick that misses.
Zod slips a jab from Andrew.
Zod shoots in but no luck this time.
Zod throws a right hand that Andrew ducks under and follows up with a left that Andrew also avoids with ease.
Andrew tests Zod's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Andrew misses with a double jab.
Andrew slips a jab and a cross from Zod.
Zod has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zod throws a right and a left that Andrew avoids nicely.
Zod defending well as Andrew loads up on a big left hand.
Andrew lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zod throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Andrew misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morbius Zod dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Zod.
Andrew scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zod is looking to score with low kicks.
Andrew lands a lovely overhand right.
Zod misses with a series of wild punches.
Zod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Andrew.
Zod tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Zod closes the distance and clinches.
Zod misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andrew.
Zod creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Andrew wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zod has him pressed against the cage.

Zod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zod will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morbius Zod is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrew lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Zod has closed the distance and engaged Andrew in a clinch.
Zod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Andrew's efforts to push away.
Andrew is trying to break free.

Zod breaks the clinch.
Zod looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zod tries to bum rush Andrew with a series of wild strikes but Andrew uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Zod.

Zod drives through and clinches with Andrew against the cage.

Zod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zod throws a right and a left that Andrew avoids nicely.
Zod takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zod ducks right into an uppercut from Andrew.
Zod rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Andrew moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Zod does no damage.
Andrew throws a hook to the side of Zod's head but Zod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zod misses with a wild combination.
Zod throws a series of punches but Andrew moves out of range.

Zod clinches up with Andrew and pushes him back against the cage.
Zod keeps control of Andrew as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zod goes for a takedown in the clinch but Andrew prevents it.

Zod's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Zod.
Andrew looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Warrior Andrew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zod shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Andrew slaps away a takedown attempt from Zod, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morbius Zod. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zod has a takedown stuffed.
A punch combination from Andrew misses.
Andrew waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zod.
Zod slips a jab and a cross from Andrew.
A combination from Zod does no damage.
Andrew will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andrew throws a series of punches but Zod moves out of range.
No joy there for Zod, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andrew slips a jab and a cross from Zod.
Zod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Andrew.
Zod tries to score a power double leg takedown but Andrew sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zod somewhat.
Andrew misses with a few strikes there.
Andrew keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zod throws a nice looking combination but Andrew bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zod. Andrew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zod lands a high kick!
Andrew tries to bum rush Zod with a series of wild strikes but Zod uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zod misses with a two punch combination.
Andrew cracks Zod with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zod throws the kick towards the body but Andrew avoids it.
A combination from Zod does no damage.
Andrew stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zod throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andrew lands with a hook. Zod tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
No joy there for Zod, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zod misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andrew showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zod.
A big left from Andrew misses.
Zod throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zod is trying hard to land a takedown here. Andrew sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from Andrew misses.

Zod closes the distance and pushes Andrew back into the cage.
Morbius Zod is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Andrew working hard to break the clinch.
Zod keeps control of Andrew as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Zod jumps into guard, dragging Andrew to the mat.

Zod is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Zod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Zod decides to pull guard.

Zod scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Zod misses with a series of wild punches.
Andrew is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zod.
Andrew throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zod.
Zod misses with a double jab.
Zod throws a series of punches but Andrew moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morbius Zod showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zod, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morbius Zod!