PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gianmarco Zaniboni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong Su han (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Su han is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Enter Sandman - Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zaniboni
vs
Su han

175 cm
26
149 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

168 cm
26
151 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gianmarco Zaniboni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kong Su han!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Su han moves out of range as Zaniboni strikes.
Zaniboni misses with a body shot.
Su han tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zaniboni paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zaniboni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Su han looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zaniboni throws a leg kick which misses Su han's front leg but catches the back leg as Su han tries to avoid it.
Zaniboni lands with an uppercut that bounces Su han off the cage and back into range.
Zaniboni keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zaniboni looks for a takedown but Su han sprawls well.
Su han moves away from the strike by Zaniboni.
Su han pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zaniboni fails with a takedown attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Su han. Zaniboni shrugs it off though.
Su han throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaniboni misses with a wild combination.
Su han lands a nice looking body kick.

Su han closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Zaniboni.
Su han utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Zaniboni manages to break the clinch.
Su han uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni thuds his right hand into Su han's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Su han takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zaniboni throws a lazy right hand but Su han sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zaniboni thows a body shot but no joy.
Su han tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Su han throws a leg kick but Zaniboni moved away.
Zaniboni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Su han.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaniboni avoids the head kick by Su han.
Su han explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Su han checks the leg kick nicely there.
Su han takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Su han sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zaniboni takes a swing at Su han's ribcage but misses.
Su han tries to clinch up.
Zaniboni misses with a body shot.
Su han slaps away a takedown attempt from Zaniboni, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gianmarco Zaniboni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Su han scores with a leg kick.
Su han throws a leg kick which misses Zaniboni's front leg but catches the back leg as Zaniboni tries to avoid it.
Su han throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zaniboni thuds a left hand into Su han's body.
Su han slips a straight right by Zaniboni.
Su han tries to clinch but Zaniboni moves out of range.
Su han walks into a left hand.
Zaniboni misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Zaniboni misses.
Zaniboni throws a low kick but it's checked well by Su han.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick from Su han lands but Zaniboni takes it in his stride.
Su han tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaniboni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Su han rushes Zaniboni and presses him up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zaniboni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zaniboni pushes Su han back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Su han lands a nice knee to the body.
Su han takes an elbow to the temple.

Zaniboni drags the fight down to the ground.

Su han decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Zaniboni, up you get!
Zaniboni misses with a wild body shot.
Zaniboni lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaniboni misses with a double jab.
Zaniboni takes a swing at Su han's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Su han gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zaniboni.
Nice body kick there by Su han.
Su han tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaniboni misses with a wild body shot.
Zaniboni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Su han.
Su han tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zaniboni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Su han scores with a kick to the body.
Kong Su han is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zaniboni thows a body shot but no joy.
Su han fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kong Su han seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaniboni misses with a looping right.
Su han closes the distance but Zaniboni moves to the side
and Zaniboni counters with a nice uppercut.
Zaniboni is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Su han lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zaniboni's sensitive parts.
Zaniboni throws a jab when Su han was well out of range.
Zaniboni will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Su han is looking to clinch but Zaniboni is avoiding it.
Zaniboni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Su han fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni tries a low kick but Su han avoids it.
Su han tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Su han thumps Zaniboni with a low kick.
Su han tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Su han keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Su han throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Zaniboni connects with a right hand. Su han shakes it off.
Su han throws a solid leg kick but Zaniboni takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Su han.
Zaniboni throws a lazy uppercut

and Su han counters by moving into the clinch.
Su han lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Gianmarco Zaniboni has been cut.
Su han lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Su han.
Su han is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zaniboni is defending well for now.
Zaniboni is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
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!
Zaniboni misses with a punch to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Zaniboni on the inside.
Zaniboni can't find room to land a body shot as Su han controls the action.
Su han tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaniboni avoids the damage to the body.
Su han throws an elbow but it misses.
Su han tries to land a knee to the head but Zaniboni blocks with his arms.
Zaniboni is trying to stall.
Su han throws an elbow that misses.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.
Zaniboni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zaniboni stalling.
Su han pushes off an throws an elbow but Zaniboni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Zaniboni on the inside.
Su han working Zaniboni over with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Su han misses with a knee strike.
Zaniboni can't find room to land a body shot as Su han controls the action.
Zaniboni looking to slow down the pace here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Su han letting Zaniboni take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gianmarco Zaniboni.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Zaniboni.
Zaniboni working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Su han manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Su han kicks off Zaniboni and gets to his feet.
Zaniboni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaniboni tries for a takedown but Su han sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Su han throws a push kick but Zaniboni slaps the foot to one side.
Su han uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Su han swivels and escapes.
Zaniboni takes a swing at Su han's ribcage but misses.
Su han lands a front kick.
Zaniboni is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Su han. That's going to slow Zaniboni down.
Zaniboni throws a hook to the side of Su han's head but Su han sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Su han fails in his attempt to clinch.
Su han lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Su han!
Zaniboni throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Su han throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Su han tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zaniboni is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Su han is looking to clinch.
Zaniboni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Su han tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zaniboni swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Zaniboni tries to score a power double leg takedown but Su han sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zaniboni somewhat.
Su han wants to clinch.
Su han moves out of range as Zaniboni strikes.
Zaniboni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Su han moves away.
Zaniboni throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Su han counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zaniboni's knee momentarily.
Su han doesn't manage to clinch there - Zaniboni circles away.

Su han instigates a clinch.
Zaniboni is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Su han lands an elbow just above Zaniboni 's eye.
Su han throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zaniboni blocks it with crossed arms.
Zaniboni dodges an elbow strike from Su han.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kong Su han will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gianmarco Zaniboni's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zaniboni thows a body shot but no joy.
Zaniboni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Su han tries to clinch but Zaniboni moves out of range.
Su han moves in looking to clinch but Zaniboni pushes him off.
Zaniboni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Su han moves away.
Su han keeps Zaniboni at a distance using the push kick.

Su han takes the fight into the clinch.
Su han misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Su han as Zaniboni tries to tie him up.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Zaniboni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zaniboni trying to control the position but instead, Su han has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zaniboni into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Su han looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaniboni managing to block the knees to the body from Su han.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Su han blocks a body shot from Zaniboni.
Kong Su han seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zaniboni takes an elbow to the temple.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zaniboni misses with a punch on the inside.
Su han scores a nice knee to the body.
Zaniboni stalling in the clinch but Su han improves position.
Su han creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zaniboni's defenses.
Zaniboni throws an elbow that misses.
Su han blocks a body shot from Zaniboni.
Zaniboni is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zaniboni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Su han landing knees to the body.
Su han prevents Zaniboni from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Su han pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Su han is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Su han.
Zaniboni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zaniboni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zaniboni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Su han lands an elbow inside that Zaniboni shrugs off.
Su han misses with a knee to the head.
Su han landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Su han lands an elbow that stopped Zaniboni in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
Su han landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Su han lands an elbow inside that Zaniboni shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Su han.
A knee to the head by Su han.

Zaniboni is rocked!
Su han landing knees to the body.
Oh Zaniboni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Su han putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zaniboni in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Su han lands an elbow just above Zaniboni 's eye.
Su han lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Su han has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Zaniboni - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Su han, and another! Zaniboni is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Kong Su han!
Kong Su han took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.