PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ares Zylo (ranked 2942 p4p, 313 weight class) and Greek God (ranked 1363 p4p, 168 weight class). God has chosen KINGS - Bikini | Μπικίνι as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zylo
vs
God

188 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
29
196 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Urban Fighter

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ares Zylo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Greek God!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zylo takes one to the side of the head.
Zylo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zylo throws a body shot but no joy.
Zylo throws a shot to the body.
Zylo connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice shot lands for Zylo.
Zylo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zylo throws a lazy right hand but God sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
God doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zylo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but God moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zylo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by God.
God is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zylo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from God.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zylo scores with a jab to the jaw.
God uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zylo.
God misses the jab.
Zylo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zylo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from God.
Zylo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of God's head.

Zylo closes the distance and clinches.
God misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zylo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zylo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
God is trying to break free.
God takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Greek God has been cut.
God struggles to land a body shot inside as Zylo controls his hands.
Zylo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with God's elbow.
God working hard to break the clinch.
God blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zylo taking a breather.

God pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
God takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
God looks to land a right hand but Zylo moved out of range.
God's corner calls for a 1-2. God obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Ares Zylo has been cut.
Zylo swinging wildly here.
A cross from God lands.
God misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zylo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
God slips a straight right by Zylo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
God throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Zylo moves into the clinch.
Zylo tries to land a knee to the head but God blocks with his arms.
Zylo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

God breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
God lands a head shot.
Zylo misses with a wild body shot.
Zylo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zylo just misses with a punch to the body.
God connects with the punch.
A jab from God does it's job there.
Zylo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from God.
God keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
God throws a jab but it's blocked by Zylo.
Zylo misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zylo. God does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zylo. God does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zylo looks to score with a jab to the body but God is just out of range.
God throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Zylo rushes God and presses him up against the cage.
Zylo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from God.

God manages to break the clinch.
Zylo swings for the body but God moves out of range.
God lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Zylo is rocked!
God throws a body punch but Zylo moves out of range.
God scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
God throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zylo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
God slips under a jab.
God keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
God looks like he wants to counter punch here.
God uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zylo.
A countering left hand to the body from God misses.
God takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zylo throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zylo misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
God walks into a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zylo.
Zylo throws a body shot but no joy.
God moves away from the strike by Zylo.
Zylo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zylo scores with a jab to the body.
Zylo connects with a body shot.
Zylo jabs at God's body.
God moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
God throws a push kick but Zylo slaps the foot to one side.
Zylo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by God.
Zylo punishes God's body with a nice straight punch.
God moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for God, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
God might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Zylo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zylo connects with a body shot.
Zylo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Zylo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zylo clinches up against the cage.
God wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zylo has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Zylo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zylo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
God managing to block the knees to the body from Zylo.
Zylo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
God has had enough of the clinch but Zylo keeps him there for the moment.
Zylo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of God backwards.
Zylo swings wildly with an uppercut but God uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zylo.
Zylo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but God has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from God.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zylo has God pressed against the cage, preventing God from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zylo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
God is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Zylo.
Zylo lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zylo.
Zylo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zylo landing knees to the body.
A short left from Zylo.
A knee to the head by Zylo.
A nice left hand lands by Zylo.
Zylo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zylo works on God's body with a couple of short punches.
Zylo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
God takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zylo lands a hook that snaps the head of God backwards.
Zylo jerks God's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! God drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Zylo goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Zylo because God was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Ares Zylo!
During a confident post fight interview, Ares Zylo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Greek God was interviewed post fight and said 'This fucking blind referee is friends with the fucking biased judges who are both paid by my PED-using opponent's manager. Fuck them and fuck the haters! What are you looking at asshole? Come at me, I'll mash you like potatoes!! Mommy!! They are threatening me! 😭'.