PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultimate Hellbane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellbane comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ultimate Hellbane is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zarco
vs
Hellbane

172 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

150 cm
31
170 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Zarco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ultimate Hellbane!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hellbane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zarco misses the jab.
Zarco lands a high kick!
Zarco misses with a straight left.
Hellbane drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Zarco defends it well.

Hellbane shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Zarco manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hellbane trying to control the position from guard on top but Zarco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hellbane is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zarco controls Hellbane momentarily but Hellbane frees himself.
Hellbane wants to control from the top but Zarco keeps moving.

Zarco is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hellbane is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarco seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Zarco wants to sweep but no luck.
Zarco managing to control the position.
Hellbane connects with a couple of short punches.
Zarco not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zarco keeping moving, preventing Hellbane from controlling successfully.
Zarco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hellbane Rushes Zarco and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Zarco is up against the ropes and has nowhere to go. Hellbane Piles on the pressure and Zarco crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ultimate Hellbane!
Ultimate Hellbane is the new welterweight champion!
As Ultimate Hellbane got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Sign on for title fight > forget to train > profit, apparently!'.