PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Da Silva Jr (ranked 1051 p4p, 2213 weight class) and Djuro Zec (ranked 135 p4p, 285 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Da Silva Jr
vs
Zec

190 cm
26
220
5 - 0 - 0

184 cm
26
220
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricardo Da Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Djuro Zec!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zec shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Da Silva Jr as he avoids it easily.
Zec rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Da Silva Jr counter with a right hand.
Zec fails with the takedown
and Da Silva Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zec fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ricardo Da Silva Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Djuro Zec.
Zec takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zec changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Da Silva Jr tries to avoid it but Zec manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Da Silva Jr to the ground. Da Silva Jr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zec walks into a jab.
Zec with a lazy takedown attempt
and Da Silva Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zec misses with a left hand
and Da Silva Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Zec misses with a shot to the body
and Da Silva Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zec misses with a takedown
and Da Silva Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zec looks winded!
Da Silva Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zec drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Da Silva Jr defends it well.

Zec looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zec missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zec slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zec in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zec missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zec has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Da Silva Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zec scoring with some ground and pound.
Da Silva Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Da Silva Jr tries to get out of the position.
Zec working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Da Silva Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zec on the ground.
Zec distracts Da Silva Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Da Silva Jr wants to sweep here but Zec controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zec makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zec lands a couple of digs.
Zec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Silva Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zec's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zec trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zec throwing strikes but missing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zec loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zec fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Da Silva Jr dodges the punch combination from Zec.
Zec closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Djuro Zec seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zec moves away.
No luck for Zec with that takedown attempt.
Da Silva Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zec shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Da Silva Jr as he jumps to the side.
A cross from Da Silva Jr lands.
Da Silva Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zec.
Da Silva Jr lands with a nice body punch.
Zec throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ricardo Da Silva Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zec falls off balance throwing a combination
and Da Silva Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Zec closes the distance and clinches up with Da Silva Jr, looking for a takedown. Zec pushes Da Silva Jr against the cage but Da Silva Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva Jr went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zec. Da Silva Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Da Silva Jr throwing a counter right hand but Zec manages to avoid it.
Da Silva Jr throws a lazy right hand but Zec sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Da Silva Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Da Silva Jr misses the target.
Zec tries for a takedown but Da Silva Jr circles away easily
and Da Silva Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zec throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Da Silva Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zec fails with the takedown.

Da Silva Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zec looking to slow down the pace here.
Zec doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Da Silva Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zec misses with a left hand
and Da Silva Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Da Silva Jr enables Zec to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Da Silva Jr manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Zec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zec missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zec has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad The Island. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Zec scoring with some ground and pound.
Zec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zec works over Da Silva Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Zec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zec cracks Da Silva Jr with a solid left hand.
Da Silva Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zec landing some decent shots from guard.
Da Silva Jr has momentary wrist control but Zec slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zec landing with the ground and pound.
Zec lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Da Silva Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zec is working Da Silva Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zec trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zec throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva Jr blocks nicely.
Da Silva Jr tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zec stands up over Da Silva Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zec throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva Jr blocks nicely.
Zec works over Da Silva Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Zec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zec scoring with some ground and pound.
Zec throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva Jr blocks nicely.
Zec working some strikes from top position.
Da Silva Jr wants to hit a sweep here but Zec passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Da Silva Jr there!
Zec lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Djuro Zec has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zec cracks Da Silva Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zec is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Da Silva Jr is rocked!
Zec has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Da Silva Jr's face.
Oh Da Silva Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zec working Da Silva Jr over with strikes here.
Zec drops a big elbow. That's hurt Da Silva Jr! More shots from Zec and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Djuro Zec!