PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Pauli (ranked 4453 p4p, 4452 weight class) and Fritz Zwicky (ranked 500 p4p, 505 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.

Pauli
vs
Zwicky

194 cm
18
270
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wolfgang Pauli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fritz Zwicky!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zwicky gets caught flat footed, as Pauli shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pauli postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pauli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pauli won't allow Zwicky to sweep him here.
Pauli looking to pass the guard.
Pauli scoring with some ground and pound.
Pauli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zwicky is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pauli tries to get to full guard but Zwicky has control of the leg.

Zwicky is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Pauli doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zwicky.

Zwicky is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pauli is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pauli is pressing down on Zwicky's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwicky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Pauli is looking for a triangle but Zwicky pushes his legs off easily.
Pauli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zwicky.

Pauli throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Zwicky throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pauli works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pauli preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zwicky scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zwicky pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pauli is keeping the position for now.
Zwicky throwing strikes from guard but Pauli blocks nicely.
Pauli lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Pauli looking to pass the guard.
Pauli is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pauli stopping the sweep attempt from Zwicky.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Zwicky is looking for a triangle but Pauli pushes his legs off easily.
Pauli pushing down on Zwicky's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pauli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pauli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zwicky's head.
Zwicky won't allow Pauli to pass to mount.
Pauli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zwicky's head.
Zwicky moves into full guard.
Pauli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zwicky swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zwicky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pauli passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Zwicky manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pauli's best efforts.
Zwicky is looking for a sweep. Pauli is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zwicky slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Pauli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pauli has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 10:9
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 10:9
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Pauli!
After winning the bout, Wolfgang Pauli thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.