PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hassan Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo Zarco will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Justice
vs
Zarco

207 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hassan Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Zarco!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarco misses with a low kick.
Justice checks a leg kick nicely.

Justice looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Justice is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Justice slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Zarco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Justice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zarco is looking to stand up but Justice isn't so interested in that idea.
Justice will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Justice drops back looking for a leg! Zarco is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zarco manages to kick Justice off! Justice jumps back into Zarco's guard.
Justice won't allow Zarco to get back to his feet.

Justice gets to his feet - Zarco follows without any prompting.
Zarco misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zarco throws a leg kick but Justice moved away.
Justice avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zarco digs a good body shot into Justice's ribs.
Justice shoots in but no luck this time.
Zarco throws a series of punches but Justice avoids them all with ease.
Jab by Zarco.
Zarco with a hook.
Justice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hassan Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarco fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Zarco does no damage.
Zarco lands a two punch combo.
Zarco scores with a nice head shot.
Zarco lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zarco.
Zarco displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justice dodges the punch combination from Zarco.
Zarco misses with a two punch combination.
Justice really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Zarco looks winded!
The crowd cheers as Zarco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Justice doesn't seem phased though.
Zarco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarco stalks Justice and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Justice's face. Justice staggers backwards, shaken.

Justice is rocked!
Justice dives in for a single leg takedown but Zarco sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Oh Justice is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zarco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zarco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Justice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zarco is pawing at Justice, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Justice's nose. Justice is badly hurt! Zarco pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Justice tries desperately to hold on but Zarco is relentless in his assault! As Justice receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Zarco away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Zarco!