PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Foster (ranked 7016 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lover Zeller (ranked 5054 p4p, 0 weight class). Lover Zeller has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Abdul Foster's chin.

Foster
vs
Zeller

165 cm
24
193 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

195 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lover Zeller!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster lands a two punch combo.
Foster throws a head kick that misses.
Zeller jabs at Foster's body.
Zeller shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Foster sprawls well. Foster wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zeller gets slowly back to his feet.

Zeller closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zeller throwing shots but Foster is blocking nicely.
Foster slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Zeller postures up in Foster's guard and throws a big left but Foster blocks it.
Zeller is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Zeller stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Foster lands with a kick to the temple. Zeller shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Foster.

Zeller shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zeller sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Let's hope that Zeller has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster keeping moving, preventing Zeller from controlling successfully.
Foster has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Zeller tries to free his leg and advance position but Foster is retaining full guard.
Foster trying to keep a closed guard but Zeller is proving a slippery customer.
Zeller works over Foster with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Foster swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Foster is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Zeller looks for a takedown but Foster sprawls well.
Zeller shoots in but Foster avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Abdul Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lover Zeller.
Foster lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zeller at a distance.
Foster really is a fat lump.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Foster rushes Zeller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Foster wants to break the clinch but can't.

Foster manages to break the clinch.
Zeller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zeller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Foster shoots in and drives through. Zeller sprawls well.
Foster shoots in and drives through. Zeller sprawls well.
Zeller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Foster is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zeller sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Foster misses with a head kick.
Foster is breathing heavily.

Zeller bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Abdul Foster will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Foster closes the distance and clinches.
Zeller wants to get back to striking at distance but Foster won't allow it.
Zeller fails to pull guard.
Zeller dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zeller is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Foster jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zeller walks away with a smile on his face. Foster gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Foster stuffs the takedown attempt from Zeller. Zeller gets slowly back to his feet.
Zeller misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Foster clinches.
Zeller tries for a takedown but Foster manages to get underhooks.
Abdul Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lover Zeller.

Foster turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Zeller throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Abdul Foster is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeller misses with a double jab.
Abdul Foster is winning the standup battle so far.
Zeller misses with a hook.
Zeller is breathing heavily.
Zeller shoots in looking for a takedown. Foster tries to sprawl out of it but Zeller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Foster manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Foster goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zeller shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Foster pinned against the cage. Foster gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Foster drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zeller sprawls and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeller fails with the takedown.

Foster pushes Zeller up against the cage in a clinch.
Foster dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zeller tries to pull guard but Foster won't allow it.
Foster lands a nice elbow.
Foster just leaning against Zeller, taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foster misses with a body punch.
Zeller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Foster stalling against the cage.
Foster slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Foster for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster avoiding damage.
Foster lands a nice uppercut.
Foster is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Foster tries to pull guard but Zeller forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Foster is looking to control Zeller's arms but Zeller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Foster has his back to the cage.
Zeller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Foster leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdul Foster.
Foster tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zeller manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Foster shoots in and bounces Zeller off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Foster trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zeller wants to get back to his feet but Foster is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zeller is looking to sweep but instead, Foster has passed into half guard.
Lover Zeller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Foster scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Foster is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Foster dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Foster throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zeller tries a quick counter leg kick but Foster is wise to it.

Zeller closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Foster trying to control from the bottom.
Zeller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Foster keeps working.
Zeller is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
It looks like Zeller is going to stand back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zeller decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Foster, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Foster stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Foster wants it to stay on the feet.
Zeller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Foster tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zeller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Foster tries to close the distance and clinch but Zeller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zeller is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Zeller dives in for a single leg takedown but Foster sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Foster tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zeller manages to circle out of the way.
Zeller tries to clinch up but Foster circles away and keeps his distance.
Foster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zeller can do to turn this around?

Foster clinches with his opponent.
Foster jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zeller walks away with a smile on his face. Foster gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Foster defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zeller.
Abdul Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lover Zeller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster fails with an attempt to clinch.
Foster wants to clinch up but Zeller keeps it at a distance.
Foster lands with a nice combination. Zeller backs away looking to recover.

Foster gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zeller takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Foster manages to break the clinch.
Foster displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zeller.
Foster lands with a kick to the temple. Zeller shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Foster clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster pressing his opponent against the cage.
Foster is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Foster lands a left hand.

Zeller manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Foster with a flurry of punches that miss.
Foster is working Zeller over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Foster working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Foster chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foster throwing strikes but missing.

Zeller is working an open guard so Foster takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Foster.
Zeller tries to counter by closing the distance.
Foster tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zeller shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Foster but Foster pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zeller circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zeller keeps the fight on the outside.
Foster throws a sloppy head kick and Zeller moves out of range easily.
Lover Zeller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abdul Foster is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Foster tries to clinch up but Zeller circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abdul Foster showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Foster, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdul Foster!