PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaijah Louiseau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zimmerman
vs
Louiseau

197 cm
23
232 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
22
218 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Zimmerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Isaijah Louiseau!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louiseau throws a looping overhand right but Zimmerman ducks down to avoid it.
Louiseau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zimmerman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Louiseau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zimmerman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louiseau loads up on a big right hand but Zimmerman slips the punch.
Zimmerman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Louiseau. That did some damage!
Jab from Zimmerman.
Zimmerman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Louiseau is looking to clinch.
Zimmerman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Isaijah Louiseau has been cut.
Zimmerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Louiseau is just out of range.
Louiseau blocks the body kick.
Zimmerman tries to work over Louiseau's front leg with a kick but Louiseau checks it.
A nice side step and Louiseau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Louiseau throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Louiseau looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman is looking to land body kicks.
Louiseau doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Louiseau tries to clinch but Zimmerman moves out of range.
We've been told by Zimmerman's head coaches at London MMA Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zimmerman throws a body punch but Louiseau moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zimmerman, as that shot connected.
Frankie Zimmerman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Louiseau misses with a looping left.
Louiseau tries to score with a low kick but Zimmerman moves his leg out of the way.
Zimmerman blocks a low kick nicely.
Zimmerman swings for the body but Louiseau moves out of range.
Zimmerman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zimmerman misses with a low kick.
Zimmerman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zimmerman throws a leg kick but Louiseau sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Louiseau moves out of range as Zimmerman throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zimmerman. Louiseau does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louiseau moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zimmerman moves out of range of the body kick from Louiseau.
Louiseau takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zimmerman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zimmerman swings for the body but Louiseau moves out of range.
Zimmerman throws a body shot but no joy.
Louiseau feints the counter takedown.
Zimmerman swings for the body but Louiseau moves out of range.
Zimmerman is looking to wear down Louiseau with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zimmerman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louiseau manages to avoid it.
Zimmerman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Louiseau wants to clinch up but Zimmerman keeps it at a distance.
Louiseau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zimmerman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louiseau ducks under a wild hook from Zimmerman.
Louiseau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zimmerman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Louiseau.
Louiseau fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zimmerman with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louiseau misses with a straight right.
Louiseau closes the distance but Zimmerman moves to the side
and Zimmerman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zimmerman just misses with a punch to the body.
Louiseau on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Louiseau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zimmerman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Louiseau walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zimmerman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zimmerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Louiseau is just out of range.
Louiseau swinging wildly here.
Zimmerman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Louiseau.

Louiseau clinches up with Zimmerman and pushes him back against the cage.

Zimmerman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zimmerman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Louiseau is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louiseau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zimmerman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Zimmerman swats away the attempt to clinch by Louiseau.
Zimmerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Louiseau is just out of range.
Zimmerman misses with an uppercut. Louiseau saw that one coming.
Zimmerman connects with an inside leg kick.
Louiseau shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Zimmerman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Zimmerman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louiseau is looking to clinch.
Louiseau throws a leg kick
and Zimmerman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zimmerman.
Zimmerman checks the leg kick.
Jab from Zimmerman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Zimmerman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Isaijah Louiseau's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Louiseau misses with a head kick.
Louiseau avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Louiseau is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Zimmerman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Louiseau is rocked!
A jab from Zimmerman misses.
Zimmerman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Louiseau takes a step back to recover.
Zimmerman misses with a low kick.
Louiseau wants to clinch.
Louiseau doesn't manage to clinch there - Zimmerman circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louiseau misses with a looping left.
Zimmerman scoring well with a low kick there.
A shot to the body from Louiseau misses

and Zimmerman moves into the clinch.

Zimmerman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zimmerman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman lands a jab to the nose.
Louiseau misses with a low kick.
Zimmerman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Louiseau pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Isaijah Louiseau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louiseau throws a head kick that misses.
Zimmerman is looking to counter with a body kick.
Louiseau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zimmerman moves away.
Zimmerman wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Zimmerman looks to land a body kick but Louiseau moved away.
Despite the aggression on Louiseau's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Louiseau throws a hook but Zimmerman avoids it easily.
Louiseau moves in looking to clinch but Zimmerman pushes him off.
Zimmerman swats away the attempt to clinch by Louiseau.
Louiseau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zimmerman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zimmerman cracks Louiseau with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Louiseau looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Zimmerman finish him?
Louiseau is still on wobbly legs! Can Zimmerman finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Zimmerman.
Zimmerman ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Louiseau's jaw. Louiseau's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Zimmerman does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frankie Zimmerman!
Frankie Zimmerman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.