PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ziegler (ranked 4489 p4p, 4659 weight class) and Broderick Collison (ranked 273 p4p, 289 weight class). Broderick Collison acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ziegler
vs
Collison

160 cm
25
140
0 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
142
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 Helsinki, Mike Ziegler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Broderick Collison!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Collison misses
and Ziegler counters with a right hand to the body.
Ziegler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ziegler throws a body punch but Collison moves out of range.
Collison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Collison throws a body punch but Ziegler moves out of range.
It looked like Ziegler wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ziegler has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Collison finds it's way round the side to connect with Ziegler's head.
Ziegler takes one on the button.
Ziegler takes one on the button.
Collison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Collison scores with a nice strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collison scores with a jab to the head.
Collison looks to land a right hand but Ziegler moved out of range.
Ziegler was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Collison misses with a hook.
Collison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ziegler.
Collison throws a right hand that misses
and Ziegler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ziegler.
Collison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Collison misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Collison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ziegler misses with a wild body shot.
Collison scores with a nice right hand.
Collison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ziegler.
Collison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Collison swings widly with a right hand
and Ziegler counters with a nice uppercut.
Collison dips to his left and cracks Ziegler with an uppercut!
Collison misses with a looping right.
Ziegler misses with a looping left.
Ziegler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Collison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Collison lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collison scores with a punch to the head.
Nice jab there from Collison.

Ziegler is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Collison throws out the jab.
Oh Ziegler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collison tests Ziegler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Collison throws a poor cross that misses
and Ziegler counters with a left to the body.
Collison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Collison connects with the punch.
Ziegler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Collison slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Collison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ziegler.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Collison, as that shot connected.
Collison scores with a shot to the body.
Collison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ziegler had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ziegler misses with the combination.
Ziegler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Collison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ziegler scrambles back to his feet.
Collison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Collison throws out a loose jab but Ziegler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ziegler seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler needs to keep his hands up - Collison had a free shot at his head there.
Ziegler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Collison looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ziegler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Collison lands a jab to Ziegler's midsection.
Collison misses with an uppercut. Ziegler saw that one coming.
Collison loads up on a big right hand but Ziegler slips the punch.
Ziegler looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Collison slips under a jab from Ziegler.
Collison connects with a nice looking jab.
Collison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ziegler's head.
Collison slips under a jab.
Collison 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.
Ziegler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collison.
Ziegler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collison.
A big left from Collison misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collison throws out a powerful jab.
Collison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ziegler looks to score with a jab to the body but Collison is just out of range.
Ziegler misses the jab.
Collison misses with a hook. Ziegler ducked under it nicely.
Collison misses with a hook.
Collison lands with an uppercut that bounces Ziegler off the cage and back into range.
Collison misses with a lunging right hand
and Ziegler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Collison looks to score with a jab to the body but Ziegler is just out of range.
Ziegler connects with a good right hand that stumbles Collison. Collison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Broderick Collison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Collison.
Ziegler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ziegler staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collison. Ziegler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ziegler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Collison takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good exchange - Collison coming out on top.
Collison lands a jab to the nose.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Collison looks to throw the jab but Ziegler is out of range.
Ziegler appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ziegler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collison manages to avoid it.
Collison with a jab.
Collison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ziegler on the side of the head.
Collison drops Ziegler with a naaaaasty hook - Ziegler is in real trouble here! Collison dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Broderick Collison!
A less than humble Broderick Collison misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.