PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Trejo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hashmallim Zadkiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Trejo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Six Blade Knife. Zadkiel has chosen Morbid Angel - God of emptiness as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Trejo
vs
Zadkiel

191 cm
21
211 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
215 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Trejo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hashmallim Zadkiel!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zadkiel swats away the attempt to clinch by Trejo.
Trejo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zadkiel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Trejo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Trejo enables Zadkiel to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Trejo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Trejo manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Trejo misses with a takedown attempt - Zadkiel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Zadkiel. Those never looked like landing.

Trejo closes the distance and pushes Zadkiel back into the cage.
Trejo trying to land knees to the body.
Trejo is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Trejo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Trejo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Trejo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zadkiel is controlling him.
Trejo pulls Zadkiel in close to his closed guard and prevents Zadkiel from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadkiel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Hashmallim Zadkiel hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Trejo tries to clinch there but Zadkiel circles away.

Zadkiel gets a clinch.
Zadkiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trejo.
Zadkiel looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo tries to pull guard but Zadkiel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Trejo trying to control the position but instead, Zadkiel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trejo into the cage.
Trejo is pressed up against the cage. Zadkiel has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trejo down to the mat. Trejo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Zadkiel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trejo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trejo tries to pull guard but Zadkiel holds him up against the cage and eventually Trejo drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Trejo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trejo tries to score a body lock takedown but Zadkiel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Trejo wants a takedown.
Trejo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zadkiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zadkiel misses with an elbow over the top.
Zadkiel missing with knees to the body.
Trejo trying to land knees to the body.
Trejo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zadkiel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trejo tries to pull guard but Zadkiel holds him up against the cage and eventually Trejo drops back down to his feet.
Trejo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zadkiel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zadkiel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zadkiel is trying to push Trejo away but Trejo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Trejo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trejo lands with a shot to the body.
Trejo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zadkiel's waist but Zadkiel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Trejo off to one side.
Nice takedown defense from Zadkiel. No joy for Trejo on that attempt.
Trejo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zadkiel misses with a straight left.
Trejo is looking to clinch but Zadkiel is avoiding it.
Trejo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zadkiel.
Trejo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zadkiel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Trejo.
Trejo cracks Zadkiel with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trejo darts in and clinches Zadkiel up against the cage.
Zadkiel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zadkiel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zadkiel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Trejo manages to break the clinch.
Zadkiel jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Trejo forces Zadkiel back against the cage and clinches.
Trejo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zadkiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trejo jumps guard but Zadkiel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Trejo manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trejo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trejo doesn't manage to clinch there - Zadkiel circles away.
Trejo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zadkiel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zadkiel throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Trejo drives through and clinches with Zadkiel against the cage.
Zadkiel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trejo tries to pull guard but Zadkiel holds him up against the cage and eventually Trejo drops back down to his feet.

Trejo jumps into guard, dragging Zadkiel to the mat.
Zadkiel trying to control but Trejo is working from the bottom.
Zadkiel slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hashmallim Zadkiel was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Zadkiel moves into the clinch.
Trejo is trying to pull guard but Zadkiel turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zadkiel.
Zadkiel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Trejo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zadkiel backwards.
Trejo gets through Zadkiel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Trejo pulls Zadkiel into guard.
Trejo trying to keep a closed guard but Zadkiel is proving a slippery customer.
Trejo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

We're going to have a standup here because Danny Trejo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Zadkiel gets a clinch.
Danny Trejo has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zadkiel taking a breather.
Trejo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Trejo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zadkiel takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Hashmallim Zadkiel has been cut.
Trejo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Trejo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zadkiel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zadkiel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zadkiel duly obliges.

It looks like Danny Trejo has been cut.
Danny Trejo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trejo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zadkiel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zadkiel avoids the body shot from Trejo.
Zadkiel slaps away a takedown attempt from Trejo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Trejo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trejo tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zadkiel paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Trejo moves into the clinch.

Zadkiel manages to break the clinch.
Trejo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Danny Trejo is winning the standup battle so far.
Trejo connects with a body shot.
Zadkiel has a takedown stuffed.
Zadkiel is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Trejo as Zadkiel shoots in.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch but Zadkiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Trejo has closed the distance and engaged Zadkiel in a clinch.
Zadkiel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zadkiel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trejo tries to score a body lock takedown but Zadkiel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trejo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trejo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Trejo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zadkiel is fighting to break Trejo's control of his arms but Trejo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Danny Trejo wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Trejo throws a head kick but Zadkiel moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Zadkiel pushes Trejo up against the cage in a clinch.
Zadkiel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trejo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trejo tries to land a knee to the head but Zadkiel blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Trejo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Zadkiel closes the distance and clinches.
Trejo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zadkiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trejo presses Zadkiel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trejo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Zadkiel smiles and moves away.
Trejo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Trejo clinches with his opponent.
Zadkiel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trejo avoids it.
Trejo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zadkiel's defenses.
Trejo tries to pull guard but Zadkiel holds him up against the cage and eventually Trejo drops back down to his feet.
Trejo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Zadkiel smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Trejo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zadkiel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zadkiel throws a sloppy head kick and Trejo moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trejo closes the distance and clinches.
Zadkiel avoiding damage as Trejo throws knees to the body.
Zadkiel changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Trejo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Trejo.
Trejo scores with a jab to the body.

Trejo drives through and clinches with Zadkiel against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Trejo breaks from the clinch.
Trejo cracks Zadkiel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Trejo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Trejo lands a good knee to the midsection. Zadkiel won't want to take too many of those.

Trejo jumps guard and drags Zadkiel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zadkiel is fighting to break Trejo's control of his arms but Trejo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Danny Trejo just wasn't active enough.
Trejo thuds his shin into the meat of Zadkiel's side.
Trejo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zadkiel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Trejo somewhat.
Trejo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Trejo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zadkiel sprawls well. Zadkiel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trejo gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zadkiel keeps the fight on the outside.
Trejo lands a head kick. Zadkiel smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That has opened up Hashmallim Zadkiel's cut even more.
Trejo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zadkiel tries to avoid it but Trejo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zadkiel to the ground. Zadkiel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zadkiel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zadkiel misses with the combination.
Trejo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Danny Trejo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trejo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch but Zadkiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Zadkiel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zadkiel can't get the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zadkiel wants a takedown.

Trejo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trejo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zadkiel blocks a head kick by Trejo.
Hashmallim Zadkiel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Trejo.
Zadkiel circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Trejo takes the fight into the clinch.
Zadkiel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trejo is stalling here.
Trejo with a knee to the head.
Trejo unloads a knee to the mid-section.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Trejo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trejo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Trejo!
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