PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Viloria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahomet Zuradov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Viloria
vs
Zuradov

168 cm
26
138 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

165 cm
26
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Viloria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mahomet Zuradov!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuradov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zuradov throws a poor cross that misses
and Viloria counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Viloria listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Viloria lands an overhand right.
Zuradov looks to throw the jab but Viloria is out of range.
Viloria misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Zuradov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Viloria fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Zuradov to the ground. Viloria is now in Zuradov's guard.
Viloria throws an elbow that misses. Zuradov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Viloria's guard. Nice move by Zuradov!

Zuradov throwing strikes from guard but Viloria blocks nicely.

Zuradov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Viloria, up you get!
A slow jab from Viloria misses its intended target.
Zuradov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuradov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vilorias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Viloria shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viloria trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Viloria stops Zuradov from standing up.
Viloria connects with a couple of short punches.
Viloria cracks Zuradov with a solid left hand.
Zuradov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Viloria has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Viloria sitting in guard here, content to control.
Viloria postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Viloria stops Zuradov from standing up.
Viloria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zuradov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Viloria working some strikes from top position.
Viloria missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Viloria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zuradov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Viloria with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viloria works over Zuradov with some ground and pound from guard.
Zuradov trying to keep a closed guard but Viloria is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Viloria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Zuradov is looking for a triangle but Viloria pushes his legs off easily.
Viloria scoring with some ground and pound.
Viloria loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Viloria loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Viloria landing some decent shots from guard.
Viloria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Zuradov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zuradov keeping moving, preventing Viloria from controlling successfully.
Viloria looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuradov trying to keep a closed guard but Viloria is proving a slippery customer.
Zuradov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Viloria is controlling him.
Viloria stopping the sweep attempt from Zuradov.
Zuradov wants to stand but Viloria is controlling the position.
Viloria with a nice head shot there.
Viloria loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Viloria trying to control the position from guard on top but Zuradov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Viloria stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zuradov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Viloria cracks Zuradov with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Viloria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zuradov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Viloria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Viloria trying to control but Zuradov is working from the bottom.
Zuradov wants to sweep but no luck.
Zuradov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Viloria is controlling him.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Viloria shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Zuradov's guard.
Zuradov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zuradov wants to stand and escape but Viloria is having none of it.

Zuradov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Viloria throws a strike but Zuradov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Zuradov wants to control from the top but Viloria keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Viloria dominated that round.
That's time! Viloria's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fighters circling - Zuradov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Viloria closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Zuradov is trying to get back to half guard.
Viloria works to advance to full mount. Zuradov defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Viloria has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zuradov's face.
Viloria unloading with bombs!
Viloria fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Viloria prevents Zuradov from getting the reversal.
Viloria looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zuradov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Viloria is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zuradov can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zuradov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Viloria landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viloria with the ground and pound from mount.
Viloria fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zuradov tries to hold on but Viloria postures up.
Viloria landing strikes from the mount and Zuradov is in trouble!
Brian Viloria overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zuradov trying desperately to get to his feet.
Viloria with shots to the head and body - Zuradov looks very uncomfortable down there.

Zuradov is rocked!
Viloria loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Zuradov scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Viloria land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Viloria stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Viloria!
A determined Brian Viloria didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!