PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mika Zibanejadass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ahern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Zibanejadass
vs
Ahern

170 cm
22
144 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
137 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Malicious Intent Fight Gear

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mika Zibanejadass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Ahern!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahern shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zibanejadass sprawls well. Zibanejadass wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ahern gets slowly back to his feet.
Zibanejadass misses with a hook
and Ahern counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zibanejadass thinking.

Zibanejadass closes the distance and clinches.
Zibanejadass gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ahern with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ahern takes an elbow to the temple.
Ahern drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zibanejadass gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zibanejadass misses with a punch on the inside.
Zibanejadass gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zibanejadass using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ahern looks gassed!
Ahern is trying to pull guard but Zibanejadass turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mika Zibanejadass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Ahern.
Zibanejadass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zibanejadass unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ahern lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zibanejadass connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Zibanejadass.

Zibanejadass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zibanejadass gets the takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Zibanejadass takes a little break here. Ahern wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ahern tries to bench press Zibanejadass off him but Zibanejadass keeps the position.
Ahern struggling a bit here.
Zibanejadass advances to full mount.
Zibanejadass takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zibanejadass's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ahern really wants to buck Zibanejadass off and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahern wants to control but Zibanejadass is having none of it.
Zibanejadass takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zibanejadass unloads with some shots from mount but Ahern bucks and avoids them well.
Zibanejadass controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mika Zibanejadass.

Zibanejadass has closed the distance and engaged Ahern in a clinch.
Zibanejadass landing knees to the head.
Zibanejadass throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ahern tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Zibanejadass smiles and moves away.
Zibanejadass is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mika Zibanejadass dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A big left from Zibanejadass misses.
Jack Ahern seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zibanejadass throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ahern misses with a takedown attempt - Zibanejadass sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zibanejadass 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.
Zibanejadass is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ahern fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zibanejadass, pushing him back against the cage.
Zibanejadass lands a good knee to the midsection. Ahern won't want to take too many of those.
Ahern is breathing heavily.
Zibanejadass landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Zibanejadass breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zibanejadass tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahern checks a low kick from Zibanejadass.

Zibanejadass closes the distance and pushes Ahern back into the cage.
Ahern trying to control the position but instead, Zibanejadass has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ahern into the cage.
Zibanejadass utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zibanejadass scores a nice knee to the body.
Zibanejadass is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zibanejadass lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zibanejadass is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zibanejadass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahern takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zibanejadass utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zibanejadass's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zibanejadass lands a nice knee to the body.
Ahern wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zibanejadass has him pressed against the cage.
Zibanejadass scores a nice knee to the body.
Zibanejadass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zibanejadass slows down the pace here.
Zibanejadass lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zibanejadass lands a nice knee to the body.

Zibanejadass breaks from the clinch.
Zibanejadass tries a head kick but it misses.
Mika Zibanejadass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zibanejadass thows a left - swing and a miss!

Zibanejadass looking to score a takedown here. Ahern is defending well but Zibanejadass drives through and ends up in Ahern's guard.
Ahern can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Zibanejadass controls the pace.
Zibanejadass has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ahern preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zibanejadass trying to control but Ahern is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Mika Zibanejadass wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ahern with a poor takedown
and Zibanejadass counters with a left and a right that stings Ahern.

Ahern is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Zibanejadass shoots in and bounces Ahern off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ahern is still in real trouble! Can Zibanejadass finish him?
Zibanejadass sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ahern's guard.
Zibanejadass works his way into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zibanejadass has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ahern!
Zibanejadass controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mika Zibanejadass dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ahern keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zibanejadass throws out a leg kick but Ahern moves out of range and Zibanejadass only half commits.
Ahern throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ahern defending well as Zibanejadass loads up on a big left hand.

Zibanejadass darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ahern can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ahern is looking to get back to full guard here but Zibanejadass has managed to pass to side control instead.
Ahern takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zibanejadass advances to full mount.
Mika Zibanejadass overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zibanejadass takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zibanejadass putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zibanejadass content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahern is in a horrible position here. Zibanejadass smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zibanejadass tries to push Ahern's head away but Ahern is holding on tight.
Zibanejadass lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Zibanejadass lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zibanejadass takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahern wants to control but Zibanejadass is having none of it.
Zibanejadass controlling from the full mount.
Mika Zibanejadass is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mika Zibanejadass wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Zibanejadass closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ahern's guard.
Ahern can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Zibanejadass controls the pace.
Zibanejadass slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Zibanejadass controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Zibanejadass stands up and beckons Ahern to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mika Zibanejadass showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zibanejadass 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mika Zibanejadass!