PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yayi Zinsou (ranked 1425 p4p, 3183 weight class) and Mario Eikmeyer (ranked 170 p4p, 337 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mario Eikmeyer was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Zinsou
vs
Eikmeyer

199 cm
32
273
19 - 29 - 0

190 cm
48
272
36 - 58 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Glomco Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yayi Zinsou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 58 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Eikmeyer!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zinsou scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Eikmeyer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Eikmeyer sneaks back into half guard.
Eikmeyer is staying active underneath Zinsou, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ground and pound from Zinsou.

Eikmeyer actively working from the bottom here.
Zinsou lands with a punch from half guard.
Zinsou wants to take a breather but Eikmeyer is having none of it.
Eikmeyer is trying to get back to full guard.

Eikmeyer actively working from the bottom here.

Eikmeyer looking for submissions off his back.

Eikmeyer is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zinsou pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zinsou lands with a punch from half guard.

Eikmeyer looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Eikmeyer is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eikmeyer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Zinsou not doing much here.
Zinsou scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zinsou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Eikmeyer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Eikmeyer actively working from the bottom here.

Eikmeyer looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Eikmeyer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Zinsou passes to full mount!
Zinsou with the ground and pound from mount.
Zinsou scoring with strikes but Eikmeyer is staying in there.
Oooh a big shot lands for Zinsou! Eikmeyer is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yayi Zinsou!
Yayi Zinsou retains his heavyweight title!
Yayi Zinsou decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.