PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amir Zukic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zukic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 50 cent - Many man. Musashi has chosen Andrea Bocelli- Time to Say Goodbye as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zukic
vs
Musashi

173 cm
25
159 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

182 cm
24
170 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Zukic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zukic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Musashi.
Zukic cracks the inside of Musashi's front leg.

Musashi rushes Zukic and presses him up against the cage.
Musashi works on Zukic's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zukic.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Musashi lands with a short shot to the head.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Musashi can't find room to land a body shot as Zukic controls the action.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Zukic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Musashi tries a body shot but Zukic blocks it.
Musashi trying to control the position but instead, Zukic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Musashi into the cage.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zukic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Musashi tries to work over Zukic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Musashi is struggling to control the position.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zukic takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi stalling against the cage.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Musashi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Musashi pushes Zukic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Musashi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Zukic breaks from the clinch.
Zukic scores with a jab to the body.
Musashi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zukic.
Musashi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zukic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Musashi looks gassed!

A big head kick from Zukic and Musashi is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Musashi is rocked!

It looks like Miyamoto Musashi has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zukic wants to control from the top but Musashi keeps moving.
Musashi is still in real trouble! Can Zukic finish him?
Musashi wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Zukic is now in half guard.
Zukic wants to pass the guard but Musashi is defending well.
Musashi seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zukic wants to control but Musashi is keeping him busy.
Zukic wants to free his trapped foot but Musashi is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Zukic is working for a kimura but Musashi is defending it quite comfortably.
Musashi is looking for a sweep. Zukic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Zukic is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Musashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zukic was well out of range. Poor timing from Musashi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zukic throws a low kick but Musashi moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zukic. That's going to slow Musashi down.
Zukic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Musashi.
Zukic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Musashi doesn't manage to clinch there - Zukic circles away.
Musashi throws a series of punches but Zukic avoids them all with ease.

Musashi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zukic tries to circle away but Musashi has him pinned against the cage.

Zukic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zukic cracks the inside of Musashi's front leg.
Musashi misses with a straight right.
Musashi misses with a wild body shot.
Zukic wants to land a leg kick but Musashi is out of range.
Zukic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Zukic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Zukic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musashi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Zukic is looking to land body kicks.
Musashi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A good leg kick by Zukic.
Zukic motions for Musashi to come forward. Zukic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Musashi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Musashi checks a leg kick nicely.
Zukic throws a push kick but Musashi slaps the foot to one side.
Musashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zukic shoots for a double leg takedown but Musashi sprawls well. He's pushed Zukic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zukic.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Musashi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zukic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zukic throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Zukic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miyamoto Musashi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zukic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zukic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Musashi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zukic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zukic misses with a leg kick.
Zukic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musashi but Musashi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Musashi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zukic.
Musashi checks the leg kick.
Zukic cracks a nice hook into Musashi's ribs.
Zukic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Musashi's corner calls for a 1-2. Musashi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Amir Zukic is winning the standup battle so far.
Zukic fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amir Zukic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zukic. That's going to slow Musashi down.
Musashi is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zukic. That's going to slow Musashi down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zukic lands with a kick to the temple. Musashi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Amir Zukic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zukic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Zukic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zukic.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Zukic is defended easily by Musashi.
Zukic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Musashi was well out of range. Poor timing from Zukic.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zukic throws a leg kick but Musashi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Musashi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zukic.
Zukic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zukic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Musashi tries to clinch up but Zukic circles away and keeps his distance.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zukic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zukic.
Musashi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zukic.
Zukic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zukic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Musashi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An inside leg kick lands from Zukic.
Zukic is looking to slow Musashi down with leg kicks.
Zukic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zukic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Musashi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zukic. Zukic obviously looking to wear him down.
Zukic throws a wild body kick that Musashi sees coming a mile off.
Zukic throws a sloppy head kick and Musashi moves out of range easily.
Zukic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zukic throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Zukic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Musashi checks a leg kick nicely.
Zukic lands a head kick. Musashi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Musashi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miyamoto Musashi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zukic chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Zukic fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Musashi sprawls well initially but Zukic persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Zukic controlling the pace.

Zukic is looking for a kimura here.
Zukic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Musashi can do to turn this around?

Musashi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zukic pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zukic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Musashi wants to control but Zukic passes into side.

Zukic tries for a kimura but Musashi is defending well.
Musashi is trying to improve his position.

Zukic thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Musashi tries to bench press Zukic off him but Zukic keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Zukic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miyamoto Musashi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Zukic throws a push kick but Musashi slaps the foot to one side.

Musashi clinches up against the cage.
Musashi tries to throw a body punch but Zukic avoids it by throwing Musashi back against the cage.
Musashi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zukic backwards.
Musashi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Musashi just leaning against Zukic, taking a breather.
Musashi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zukic backwards.
Musashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by Zukic.
Musashi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Musashi fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zukic turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Musashi is looking to regain half guard here but Zukic keeps moving and retains side control.
Musashi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Musashi struggling a bit here.

Zukic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Musashi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Zukic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Musashi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Musashi manages to get back to half guard.

Zukic is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Zukic is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Musashi wants to get back to full guard.

Musashi is defending against the submission attempts here by Zukic.
Musashi is looking to control Zukic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Musashi avoid being mounted?
Musashi tries to roll over but Zukic keeps him under control.

Musashi looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Zukic pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zukic is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Musashi has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Zukic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Musashi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Musashi shrugs it off.
Musashi is wriggling around trying to escape.

Zukic is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Zukic!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Amir Zukic!