PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Onufry Zagloba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zagloba
vs
Bourne

176 cm
30
245 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

200 cm
25
284 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Onufry Zagloba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zagloba just misses with a punch to the body.
Zagloba throws a series of punches but Bourne avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bourne, right into the meat.
Bourne looks to score with a jab to the body but Zagloba is just out of range.
Bourne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bourne slips a jab from Zagloba.
Bourne misses with a wild body shot.
Bourne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zagloba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zagloba stuns Bourne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bourne tries to land a leg kick but Zagloba saw it coming and moves away.
Zagloba swings for the body but Bourne moves out of range.
Zagloba looks to throw the jab but Bourne is out of range.
Zagloba throws an off balance right hand
and Bourne counters with a straight right hand.
Zagloba fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bourne avoids it really well and circles away.
Bourne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Bourne misses.
A leg kick checked by Bourne.
Bourne slips under a jab from Zagloba.
Zagloba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bourne.
Zagloba connects with a body shot that sends Bourne's belly button to the back.
Bourne misses the shot to the body.
Bourne looks to land a right hand but Zagloba moved out of range.
Zagloba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bourne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bourne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bourne throws a leg kick which misses Zagloba's front leg but catches the back leg as Zagloba tries to avoid it.
Zagloba fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Onufry Zagloba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zagloba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourne stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bourne wants it to stay on the feet.
Zagloba jabs Bourne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bourne throws a jab but it's blocked by Zagloba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zagloba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zagloba checks a leg kick nicely.
Zagloba misses the body punch
and Bourne counters with a head kick.
Bourne throws a low kick but Zagloba avoids it.
Zagloba misses with a low kick as Bourne jumps back.
Zagloba thows a body shot but no joy.
Zagloba is looking to wear down Bourne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bourne lands a jab to the nose.
Zagloba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bourne moves away.
Bourne throws a wild body kick that Zagloba sees coming a mile off.
Bourne throws a looping overhand right but Zagloba ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Bourne misses its intended target.
Bourne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zagloba counters with a straight right hand.
Bourne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bourne throws a leg kick but Zagloba moved away.
Good work by Zagloba as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zagloba throws a looping overhand right but Bourne ducks down to avoid it.
Zagloba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bourne.
Zagloba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Bourne misses.
Zagloba misses with a looping left.
Bourne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bourne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bourne. Zagloba shrugs it off though.
Bourne feints and then cracks Zagloba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zagloba down.
Bourne thows a body kick. Zagloba tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bourne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zagloba is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zagloba fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Onufry Zagloba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bourne's corner calls for a 1-2. Bourne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
John Bourne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bourne swats away the attempt to clinch by Zagloba.
Bourne throws out a leg kick but Zagloba moves out of range and Bourne only half commits.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zagloba ducks right into an uppercut from Bourne.
Zagloba misses with an uppercut. Bourne saw that one coming.
Zagloba wants to clinch up but Bourne keeps it at a distance.
Bourne moves out of range of the leg kick from Zagloba.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Zagloba. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nice takedown defense from Bourne. No joy for Zagloba on that attempt.
Bourne throws a leg kick but Zagloba sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zagloba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bourne defending well as Zagloba loads up on a big left hand.
Bourne slips under a jab.
Zagloba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zagloba avoids a kick to the body.
Zagloba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bourne keeps the fight on the outside.
Zagloba throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bourne dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zagloba throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bourne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zagloba fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bourne avoids it really well and circles away.
Bourne scores with a jab.
A big left from Zagloba misses.
Zagloba cracks Bourne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bourne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zagloba shoots in but no luck this time.
Bourne lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bourne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zagloba under the eye.
Bourne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zagloba manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bourne checks a leg kick.
Bourne connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zagloba blocks a low kick nicely.
Bourne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zagloba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bourne throws a series of punches but Zagloba avoids them all with ease.
Zagloba takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bourne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zagloba's head.
Bourne misses with a low kick.
Bourne throws a wild body kick that Zagloba sees coming a mile off.
Zagloba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
John Bourne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bourne misses with a body kick.
Zagloba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bourne. Bourne obviously looking to wear him down.
Zagloba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bourne has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourne throws a shot from downtown. Zagloba moves away and avoids it.

Zagloba forces Bourne back against the cage and clinches.
Bourne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bourne throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bourne avoiding damage as Zagloba throws knees to the body.
Bourne managing to block the knees to the body from Zagloba.
Bourne dodges an elbow strike from Zagloba.
Zagloba misses with a knee strike.
Bourne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bourne works on Zagloba's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Bourne - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bourne.
Zagloba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bourne avoids it.
Bourne avoiding damage as Zagloba throws knees to the body.
Bourne tries a body shot but Zagloba blocks it.
Bourne tries to work over Zagloba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bourne lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bourne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zagloba tries to land a knee to the head but Bourne blocks with his arms.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bourne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zagloba throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Bourne.

Zagloba is rocked!
Bourne pushes Zagloba against the cage. Bourne is working some dirty boxing. Bourne pushes off with a quick right hook! Zagloba goes down! Zagloba tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Bourne moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bourne!