PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zach Assad (ranked 4616 p4p, 368 weight class) and Istvan Csiki (ranked 4517 p4p, 366 weight class). Zach Assad had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Istvan Csiki has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Assad
vs
Csiki

175 cm
26
161 lbs
9 - 12 - 1

180 cm
26
148 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zach Assad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Istvan Csiki!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Assad rushes Csiki and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Assad has Csiki pressed against the ropes, preventing Csiki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Assad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Assad misses with an elbow over the top.
Assad gets through Csiki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assad misses with a punch on the inside.
Csiki tries to land a knee to the head but Assad blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Csiki.
Csiki wants to get back to striking at distance but Assad won't allow it.
Csiki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Assad has him pressed against the ropes.
We've been hearing reports that Assad has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Assad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Csiki's brow.
Csiki looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Assad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assad has a couple of punches blocked by Csiki.
Csiki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Assad misses with a punch on the inside.
Assad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Assad lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad misses with the head strike.
A short right from Assad on the inside.
Assad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Csiki is trying to force a seperation but Assad has the dominant position.
Assad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Assad fails to land.
Assad tries to throw a body punch but Csiki avoids it by throwing Assad back against the ropes.
Assad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Assad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Csiki is rocked!
Csiki is trying to force a seperation but Assad has the dominant position.
Assad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Csiki's defenses.
Csiki is still on wobbly legs! Can Assad finish him?
Csiki wants to break free but Assad has control.
Assad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Csiki seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice elbow from Assad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Assad.
Assad lands a hook that snaps the head of Csiki backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Assad.
Assad scores with a shoulder strike.
Assad dips a shoulder and cracks Csiki with a mighty uppercut! Csiki falls back against the ropes and Assad unloads with a barrage of strikes! Csiki is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Assad screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Assad!
Zach Assad made sure to mention his sponsor, Organic Nutrition in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Istvan Csiki stepped up to the mic, saying 'Changing out my shampoo, my afro did not work as I expected. I blame the shampoo it kept making my hair frizz out. '.