PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danyaal Zahedi (ranked 587 p4p, 1185 weight class) and Marcel Tower (ranked 79 p4p, 155 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zahedi
vs
Tower

195 cm
22
270
11 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
250
6 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danyaal Zahedi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcel Tower!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tower changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zahedi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tower takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Marcel Tower has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tower. That's going to slow Zahedi down.
Tower throws the left hand but Zahedi avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Zahedi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tower loads up on a big right hand but Zahedi slips the punch.
Jab by Tower.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tower looks to score with a jab to the body but Zahedi is just out of range.
Zahedi cracks a nice hook into Tower's ribs.
Tower throws a lazy uppercut

and Zahedi counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tower! Zahedi lets Tower back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zahedi.
Zahedi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tower.
Tower throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tower walks straight into a right hand from Zahedi - that's dropped him! Zahedi jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Tower from any more punishment! Tower complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Danyaal Zahedi!
An out of breath Danyaal Zahedi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.