PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eusebio Zapata (ranked 1710 p4p, 219 weight class) and Rocco Dangerfield (ranked 279 p4p, 39 weight class). Dangerfield has chosen Immortal - All Shall Fall as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rocco Dangerfield enters the ring!

Zapata
vs
Dangerfield

167 cm
27
174 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

168 cm
27
180 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Eusebio Zapata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocco Dangerfield!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Zapata.

Dangerfield closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dangerfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zapata misses with a punch to the body.
Zapata swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dangerfield is leaning against Zapata and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zapata blocks a body shot from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield tries to work over Zapata's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dangerfield scores with a hook to the body.
Dangerfield prevents a body shot from Zapata.
Dangerfield tries to throw a body punch but Zapata avoids it by throwing Dangerfield back against the ropes.
Dangerfield lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dangerfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Dangerfield gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dangerfield throwing strikes but missing.
Dangerfield in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dangerfield lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dangerfield slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dangerfield has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zapata managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dangerfield.
Dangerfield sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Zapata is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dangerfield is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Zapata will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dangerfield is putting a hurting on Zapata here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zapata is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dangerfield connects with a decent elbow.
Dangerfield sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Zapata is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dangerfield misses with the ground and pound.
Dangerfield misses with the ground and pound.
Dangerfield throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The referee asks Dangerfield politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dangerfield prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dangerfield happy to just control the position for now.

Dangerfield is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Zapata has escaped the position, nice work there.

Dangerfield tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dangerfield trying to control the position but Zapata is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield cracks Zapata with a big elbow.
Dangerfield lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dangerfield working the body and head with strikes.
Dangerfield landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Zapata takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Dangerfield.
Zapata knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dangerfield on the ground.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound but Zapata is defending the strikes.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound.
Dangerfield trying to control the action but Zapata is working from the bottom.
Dangerfield throws an elbow but Zapata slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dangerfield wants to control but Zapata is keeping him busy.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Zapata is not content to let Dangerfield control the position.
Dangerfield postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dangerfield fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Dangerfield is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Zapata knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Dangerfield dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dangerfield waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zapata.
Zapata misses with a looping left.
Zapata bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dangerfield slips under a jab from Zapata.
Zapata just misses with a punch to the body.
Dangerfield clobbers Zapata with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zapata throws a lazy right hand but Dangerfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Dangerfield takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Zapata creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zapata lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dangerfield backwards.
Zapata prevents the takedown attempt.
A shot in the inside from Zapata.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zapata tries to work over Dangerfield's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zapata swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dangerfield scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
Zapata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Dangerfield.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zapata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zapata struggles to land a body shot inside as Dangerfield controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dangerfield.
Zapata swings wildly with an uppercut but Dangerfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dangerfield pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Zapata.
Zapata fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dangerfield has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A hook to the body from Zapata.
Zapata tries to work over Dangerfield's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dangerfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Zapata controls his hands.
Rocco Dangerfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dangerfield looking for a takedown.
Dangerfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dangerfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Zapata controls his hands.
Dangerfield blocks a body shot from Zapata.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zapata.
Zapata throws a punch but it's blocked by Dangerfield.
Dangerfield misses with some punches.
Dangerfield lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zapata or not.
Dangerfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Zapata.
Dangerfield throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield tries to work over Zapata's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zapata lands a body punch.
Dangerfield lands a nice uppercut.
Zapata throws a head punch that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Dangerfield gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Zapata regains guard.
Dangerfield wants to control from the top but Zapata keeps moving.
Dangerfield passes Zapata's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dangerfield seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dangerfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dangerfield looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zapata with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dangerfield missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dangerfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zapata is refusing to be controlled, as Dangerfield sits in half guard.
Zapata on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zapata tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zapata avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zapata!
Dangerfield breaks from Zapata's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dangerfield thowing shots but they're missing.
Dangerfield is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dangerfield jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Zapata manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Dangerfield controls the position from side control.
Zapata defending against the ground and pound.
Dangerfield misses with the ground and pound.
Rocco Dangerfield has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dangerfield tries to score with some ground and pound. Zapata controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dangerfield moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Dangerfield looks up at the clock and then as Zapata takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dangerfield smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Dangerfield showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Zapata loads up on a big right hand but Dangerfield slips the punch.
Zapata misses with a wild body shot.

Zapata tries to keep at a distance but Dangerfield has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dangerfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dangerfield lands a body shot.
Zapata misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Dangerfield.
Zapata stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dangerfield working aggressively here.
Dangerfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dangerfield blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Zapata controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangerfield tries to work over Zapata's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zapata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Zapata.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zapata.
Zapata misses with a punch on the inside.
Zapata tries to throw a body punch but Dangerfield avoids it by throwing Zapata back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zapata can't find room to land a body shot as Dangerfield controls the action.
Dangerfield lands a right hand.
Dangerfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zapata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Zapata lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dangerfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dangerfield tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zapata's elbow.
Dangerfield can't find room to land a body shot as Zapata controls the action.
Dangerfield tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zapata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zapata.
Zapata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dangerfield misses with a body punch.

Dangerfield has clasped his hands together around Zapata's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Dangerfield advances nicely into full mount.
Dangerfield content just to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dangerfield looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Eusebio Zapata has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield raining down shots from the mount!
Dangerfield has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zapata's face.
Dangerfield throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Zapata because Dangerfield loaded up on that one.
Dangerfield lands a big shot there that rocks Zapata but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dangerfield raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dangerfield lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dangerfield lands a nice shot to the head.

Dangerfield looking for a guillotine from mount but Zapata is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield cracks Zapata with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zapata is in a horrible position here. Dangerfield smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound effectively.
Rocco Dangerfield is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dangerfield controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocco Dangerfield comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dangerfield winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Rocco Dangerfield!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Rocco Dangerfield!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Rocco Dangerfield!

Rocco Dangerfield wins by unanimous decision!
Rocco Dangerfield thanked the fans post fight for their support.