PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zotea Xiabo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and This Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This Guy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Xiabo
vs
Guy

190 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zotea Xiabo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, This Guy!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy tries to clinch up but Xiabo circles away and keeps his distance.

Xiabo gets a clinch.
Guy has Xiabo pressed against the cage, preventing Xiabo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Xiabo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guy lands an elbow just above Xiabo 's eye.
A knee to the head by Guy.
Xiabo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Guy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Guy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guy tries to land a knee to the head but Xiabo blocks with his arms.
Guy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Xiabo.
Guy lands with a light punch inside.
Guy lands an elbow inside.
Xiabo tries to circle away but Guy has him pinned against the cage.
Xiabo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Guy walks away with a smile on his face. Xiabo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Guy has managed to clinch.
A short body shot lands from Guy as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy lands an elbow just above Xiabo 's eye.
Xiabo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Xiabo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiabo takes a knee to the side of the body.

Guy manages to break the clinch.
Guy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Guy moves into the clinch.

Guy drops Xiabo with a big knee straight up the middle! Xiabo is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Xiabo is rocked!

It looks like Zotea Xiabo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oh Xiabo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Xiabo tries to pull guard but Guy holds him up against the cage and eventually Xiabo drops back down to his feet.
Xiabo seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zotea Xiabo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guy digs a right hand into Xiabo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Xiabo's gas tank.

Guy breaks from the clinch.

Guy moves into range and clinches up with Xiabo.

Guy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Xiabo in his tracks.
Guy misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guy gets a clinch.
Guy works on Xiabo's body with a couple of short punches.
Guy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guy tries to land a knee to the head but Xiabo blocks with his arms.
Guy landing knees to the head.
Guy misses with a knee to the head.
Guy lands a knee to the head.
Guy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Xiabo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Guy manages to break the clinch.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Xiabo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Xiabo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Guy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Xiabo keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Guy as Xiabo shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy connects with a solid leg kick.
Guy wants to clinch.

Guy clinches up against the cage.
Guy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Xiabo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Guy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Guy obliges.
A knee to the head by Guy.
Guy lands a good knee to the midsection. Xiabo won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Guy.
Guy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Xiabo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guy moves in looking to clinch but Xiabo pushes him off.
Guy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This Guy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Xiabo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guy tries to clinch there but Xiabo circles away.
Xiabo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Guy lands a damaging elbow.
Guy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Guy.

Guy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Guy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guy tries to clinch up but Xiabo circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

This Guy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zotea Xiabo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Guy tries to clinch there but Xiabo circles away.
Xiabo has a takedown stuffed.

Xiabo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Guy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Xiabo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Guy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Guy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Xiabo is controlling him well.
Guy is looking to regain half guard here but Xiabo keeps moving and retains side control.

Xiabo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Guy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Guy is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy can't do much from the bottom here.

Xiabo is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Guy is trying to escape and Xiabo transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Guy is forced to tap! Nice work there by Xiabo! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zotea Xiabo!
An out of breath Zotea Xiabo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.