PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Zamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van damm's entrance music is Life Goes On. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Zamora's choice of entrance music: Nirvana - Lake of Fire. 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.

Van damm
vs
Zamora

198 cm
36
200 lbs
30 - 22 - 0

188 cm
27
186 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tong Van damm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Zamora!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zamora swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van damm scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Van damm sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Zamora to the ground! Van damm dives into full mount looking to finish!

It looks like Danny Zamora has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van damm trying to control but Zamora is having none of it.
Van damm throwing strikes here but Zamora is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zamora blocking the ground and pound.
Zamora is looking to improve his position but Van damm isn't that keen on the idea.
Van damm has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zamora regains half guard.
Van damm missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamora is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zamora preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Van damm passes to full mount!
Van damm wants to control the pace but Zamora is squirming around nicely.
Van damm is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Zamora is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Van damm! Zamora is hurt baaadly! Van damm is firing away with more strikes - Zamora is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tong Van damm!
A very excited looking Tong Van damm made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.