PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Zombie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Blackheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Blackheart's choice of entrance music: Dimmu Borgir - Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zombie
vs
Blackheart

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
208 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Zombie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Blackheart!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackheart stuffs the takedown attempt from Zombie. Zombie gets slowly back to his feet.
Blackheart scores with a shot to the body.
Blackheart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blackheart lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zombie swinging wilding here.
Blackheart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zombie doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackheart circles away.
Blackheart connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zombie's hands.
Blackheart throws a series of punches but Zombie moves out of range.
Blackheart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zombie avoids the body shot from Blackheart.
Frank Blackheart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zombie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blackheart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zombie.
Blackheart throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zombie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blackheart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Horrible takedown by Zombie or perhaps it was just good defense by Blackheart which made him look bad.
Blackheart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackheart swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blackheart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blackheart looks to land a combination but Zombie avoids it well.
Blackheart blocks a head kick by Zombie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blackheart fails to land with a series of punches.
Blackheart looks gassed!
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackheart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blackheart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blackheart works the jab nicely.
Blackheart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Zombie forces Blackheart back against the cage and clinches.

Blackheart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Zombie.
Blackheart walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zombie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice shot lands for Blackheart.
Zombie moves away from the strike by Blackheart.
Blackheart motions for Zombie to come forward. Blackheart throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zombie just misses with a punch to the body.
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blackheart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zombie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blackheart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zombie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackheart.
Zombie fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Zombie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zombie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackheart lands a nice hook to Zombie's body. Zombie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blackheart lands with an uppercut that bounces Zombie off the cage and back into rage.
Zombie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackheart.
Blackheart lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A jab from Blackheart finds it's way through Zombie's defenses.
Blackheart takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blackheart misses with the combination.
Blackheart scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot lands for Blackheart.
No joy there for Blackheart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zombie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blackheart lands a nice shot to the body.
Zombie blocks a head kick by Blackheart.

Zombie looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Blackheart will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie looking to pass the guard.
Blackheart tries to strike from the bottom.

Blackheart has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Zombie off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Zombie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Frank Blackheart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blackheart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zombie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blackheart avoids the head kick by Zombie.
Blackheart lands a jab to Zombie's midsection.
Blackheart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zombie rather than just go for the knockout.
Zombie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blackheart throws a body punch but Zombie moves out of range.
Blackheart looks to land a combination but Zombie avoids it well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blackheart throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blackheart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zombie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zombie lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blackheart backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Zombie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blackheart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zombie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blackheart throws a nice looking combination but Zombie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zombie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blackheart misses with the combination.
Blackheart lands a jab-cross combination.
Zombie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zombie throws a series of punches but Blackheart avoids them all with ease.
Blackheart throws a series of strikes that have Zombie backpedaling.
Blackheart misses with a double jab.
Zombie looks to land a combination but Blackheart avoids it well.
Zombie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blackheart swivels and escapes.
Blackheart lands a nice looking body shot.
Blackheart works over Zombie's head and body with a nice combination.
Blackheart scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Blackheart dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zombie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zombie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Blackheart throws a head kick that misses.
Jason Zombie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blackheart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zombie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blackheart throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zombie wants to clinch up but Blackheart keeps it at a distance.
Zombie throws a series of punches but Blackheart moves out of range.
Blackheart moves out of range of the strikes.
Zombie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blackheart lands with a shot to the body.
Blackheart moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Zombie.
Zombie throws a head kick that misses.
Zombie wants to clinch up but Blackheart keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zombie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blackheart's head.
Blackheart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zombie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blackheart scores with a hook to the body. Zombie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zombie shoots for a takedown but Blackheart saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blackheart stalks Zombie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zombie's face. Zombie staggers backwards, shaken.
Blackheart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zombie counters with a series of strikes. Blackheart will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blackheart.

Zombie rushes Blackheart and presses him up against the cage.

Blackheart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left and a right from Blackheart both land. Nice combination.
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch but Blackheart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blackheart scores with a three punch combo!
Zombie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blackheart circles away.
A combination from Blackheart does no damage.
Blackheart looks to score with a jab to the body but Zombie is just out of range.
Zombie misses with a wild combination.
Zombie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zombie misses with a few strikes there.
Zombie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blackheart scores with a jab to the body.
Blackheart changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zombie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blackheart's head.
Blackheart lands a nice shot that snaps Zombie's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zombie misses with a kick to the body.
Blackheart changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blackheart lands a nice shot to the body.
Zombie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blackheart is working the combinations to good effect here.
Blackheart lands a right hook to the body.
Zombie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blackheart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice jab there from Blackheart.
Blackheart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zombie manages to avoid it.
Zombie throws a nice looking combination but Blackheart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blackheart lands with an uppercut that bounces Zombie off the cage and back into rage.
Nice defenses there by Zombie.
Zombie throws a series of punches but Blackheart avoids them all with ease.
Blackheart connects with the punch.
Blackheart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackheart lands with a shot to the body.
Zombie walks into a stiff left hand from Blackheart.
Zombie shoots in and drives through. Blackheart sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Zombie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blackheart lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blackheart connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zombie's hands.
Zombie blocks a head kick by Blackheart.
Frank Blackheart seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blackheart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackheart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blackheart misses with a series of wild punches.
Blackheart swinging wilding here.
Blackheart throws a hook to the side of Zombie's head but Zombie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zombie misses with a takedown attempt - Blackheart sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blackheart throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Blackheart.
Blackheart throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zombie doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackheart circles away.
Blackheart closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zombie throws a push kick but Blackheart slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zombie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blackheart clobbers Zombie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zombie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blackheart looks to score with a jab to the body but Zombie is just out of range.
Zombie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zombie throws a sloppy head kick and Blackheart moves out of range easily.
Zombie dodges the punch combination from Blackheart.
Zombie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blackheart swivels and escapes.
Zombie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zombie moves out of range of the body kick from Blackheart.
Zombie wants to clinch up but Blackheart keeps it at a distance.
Blackheart throws a right and a left that Zombie avoids nicely.
Blackheart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zombie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackheart.
Blackheart blocks a head kick by Zombie.
Blackheart sizes up Zombie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zombie throws a series of punches but Blackheart avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Blackheart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Zombie tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab by Blackheart.
Zombie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zombie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blackheart throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zombie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zombie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackheart.
Zombie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Blackheart does no damage.
Blackheart throws a hook but Zombie avoids it easily.
Zombie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blackheart lands a right hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Blackheart.
Zombie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blackheart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zombie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blackheart scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackheart jabs at Zombie's body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blackheart.
Zombie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackheart.

Zombie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Blackheart tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Zombie manages to move to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zombie won't let Blackheart get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Zombie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Blackheart can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zombie working the ground and pound effectively.
Blackheart can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackheart is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Blackheart keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zombie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Zombie quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Zombie but it's paid off an Blackheart is forced to tap! Nice work by Zombie.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason Zombie!