PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zabit King (ranked 4289 p4p, 4523 weight class) and Lovely Tierra (ranked 189 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Tierra

170 cm
25
130
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
143
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zabit King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lovely Tierra!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Tierra stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet.
Tierra replies with a solid counter kick to the body but King blocks it well.

Tierra tries to sprawl but King drives through with a takedown into half guard.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King slips a nice elbow through Tierra's hands, connecting with Tierra's forehead.
Tierra is staying active underneath King, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tierra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tierra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. King lands a nice short elbow.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tierra defending well though.
King wants to control but Tierra is keeping him busy.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tierra is not content to let King control the position.
Nice strikes from King there.
Tierra blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
King throwing shots but Tierra is blocking nicely.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tierra's head.
Tierra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
King scoring with strikes to the body and head.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tierra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
King slips a nice elbow through Tierra's hands, connecting with Tierra's forehead.
Tierra looks winded!
King slips a nice elbow through Tierra's hands, connecting with Tierra's forehead.
King looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Tierra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from King.
King not doing much here.
King is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. King lands a nice short elbow.
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
King is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tierra can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. King lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
King scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
King looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tierra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tierra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
King winds up and cracks Tierra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tierra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
King is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tierra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tierra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
King winds up and cracks Tierra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King working Tierra over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zabit King dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

King drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
King postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
King working the ground and pound but Tierra is defending the strikes.
King trying to control the position but Tierra is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tierra is avoiding damage well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King cracks Tierra with a big elbow.
Tierra can't do much from the bottom here.
Tierra is breathing heavily.
King scoring with punches and elbows.
King cracks Tierra with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throwing shots but missing, from side control.

King tries for a kimura but Tierra is defending well.
King in side control lands a decent elbow.
King in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
King in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
King scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tierra to see if he's OK.
King is looking to take a break and control but Tierra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
King looks up at the clock and then as Tierra takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, King smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King scoring with punches from side control.
King scoring with punches from side control.
King working the ground and pound.
King lands a decent elbow from side control.

King stands up and beckons Tierra to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

King shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tierra manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
King stands up over Tierra, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zabit King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tierra can do to turn this around?
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
King trying to control but Tierra is working from the bottom.
King chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
King landing with the ground and pound.
Tierra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
King with a nice head shot there.
King landing with the ground and pound.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tierra avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tierra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King throwing strikes from guard but Tierra blocks nicely.
King stays in close to Tierra's body and controls the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zabit King dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

King changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tierra looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
King lands some shots froms side control.
Tierra defending against the ground and pound.
Tierra is trying to get back to his feet.

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tierra is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King is chipping away with strikes.
Tierra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King is working Tierra over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierra takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
King throws an elbow but Tierra slips to the side and avoids it well.
King landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

King is working to tighten his grip on Tierra's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Tierra has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but King is really squeezing tight and eventually Tierra passes out! King breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Zabit King!