PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rex Botic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buddi Zoom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoom has chosen Thunder Struck - ACDC as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Botic
vs
Zoom

190 cm
32
175 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

169 cm
30
168 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rex Botic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buddi Zoom!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zoom misses with a low kick.
Zoom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zoom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Botic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Botic avoids the head kick by Zoom.
Zoom throws a right hand that Botic ducks under and follows up with a left that Botic also avoids with ease.

Botic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Botic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Zoom tries to improve position but can't.

Botic is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Zoom has escaped the position, nice work there.
Zoom is trying to get back to half guard.

Botic is trying to get an arm triangle but Zoom is defending well.
Zoom regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Botic is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zoom sees it coming and defends easily.

Botic seems to be working for a kimura but Zoom defends the submission attempt.
Zoom wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Botic is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Zoom is just riding it out for now. Botic eventually gives up the hold.
Zoom gets full guard.
Zoom looking to hit a scissor sweep but Botic is one step ahead there.
Zoom bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Botic's guard.
Zoom stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Botic swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Zoom drops back looking for a leg! Botic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Botic manages to kick Zoom off! Zoom jumps back into Botic's guard.

Zoom drops back looking for a leg! Botic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Botic manages to kick Zoom off! Zoom jumps back into Botic's guard.
Botic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Botic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Zoom can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Zoom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zoom working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zoom is in close to Botic's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Zoom thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Botic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zoom doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Zoom manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Zoom thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Botic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zoom won't allow Botic to sweep him here.
Botic is working hard here to advance position.
Zoom scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoom throwing strikes from guard but Botic blocks nicely.
Zoom is working Botic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zoom forces his way into half guard.

Zoom is working for a kimura but Botic is defending it quite comfortably.

Zoom is trying for a kimura here. Botic looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Zoom wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Buddi Zoom!
Buddi Zoom decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.