PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Zalinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flex Nuisance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zalinski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to We Don't Need Another Hero. Nuisance has chosen High Hopes by Frank Sinatra as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Zalinski
vs
Nuisance

192 cm
31
245 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

197 cm
32
265 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Zalinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flex Nuisance!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuisance misses with a left hand
and Zalinski counters with a three punch combo that has Nuisance backing up. Nuisance nods at Zalinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Nuisance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nuisance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nuisance throws a jab but it's blocked by Zalinski.
A swing and a miss from Nuisance.
Nuisance swings widly with a right hand
and Zalinski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zalinski ducks under a wild hook from Nuisance.
Zalinski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nuisance misses with a wild body shot.
Nuisance cracks Zalinski with a good jab.
Nuisance misses with a hook
and Zalinski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nuisance is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nuisance lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuisance scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nuisance thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nuisance misses with a right hand
and Zalinski counters with a thumping low kick.
Nuisance misses with a lunging right hand
and Zalinski counters with a left to the body.
Nuisance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zalinski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zalinski tries to move into range but Nuisance moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nuisance throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nuisance throws out a loose jab but Zalinski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nuisance misses with an uppercut. Zalinski saw that one coming.
Nuisance throws a lazy uppercut
and Zalinski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nuisance throws an off balance right hand
and Zalinski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zalinski slips under a jab.
Zalinski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nuisance misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalinski.
Nuisance fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zalinski manages to avoid it.
Nuisance throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zalinski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nuisance lands a jab.
Nuisance misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance throws a jab when Zalinski was well out of range.
Nuisance misses with a hook.
Nuisance throws a lazy right hand but Zalinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zalinski avoids the body shot from Nuisance.
Nuisance throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Nuisance coming out on top.
Nuisance bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zalinski defending well as Nuisance loads up on a big left hand.
Nuisance misses with a lunging right hand
and Zalinski counters with a head kick.
Nuisance misses the body punch
and Nuisance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nuisance 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance looks to score with a jab to the body but Zalinski is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuisance misses with a shot to the body
and Zalinski counters with a straight right hand.
Nuisance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nuisance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nuisance misses with an uppercut
and Zalinski counters with a head kick. That will keep Nuisance thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nuisance misses with a hook. Zalinski ducked under it nicely.
Nuisance misses with a hook
and Zalinski counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuisance misses with a right hand
and Zalinski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Flex Nuisance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zalinski walks into a stiff left hand from Nuisance.
Nuisance slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nuisance scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Nuisance dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sloppy strikes from Nuisance. Those never looked like landing.
Nuisance throws a poor cross that misses
and Zalinski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nuisance lands a nice shot that snaps Zalinski's head back.
Nuisance throws an off balance right hand
letting Zalinski counter with a right hand.
Nuisance misses with a hook
enabling Zalinski to counter with a crisp jab.
Nuisance swings widly with a right hand
and Zalinski counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuisance lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Flex Nuisance seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nuisance scores with a sloppy right hand. Zalinski should have avoided that one.
Nuisance throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nuisance throws a right hand that misses
and Zalinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuisance rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zalinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Nuisance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nuisance lands with a good body shot.
Zalinski defending well as Nuisance loads up on a big left hand.
Nuisance throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nuisance throws a lazy uppercut
and Zalinski counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuisance lands a glancing blow to the side of Zalinski's head.
Zalinski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zalinski there as he acknowledges the shot.

Zalinski is rocked!
Nuisance just misses with a punch to the body.
Nuisance throws a body punch but Zalinski moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuisance misses with a shot to the body
and Zalinski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nuisance throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nuisance cracks Zalinski with an open hand slap.
Nuisance swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zalinski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab, jab by Nuisance - just one landing.
Oh Zalinski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nuisance fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zalinski manages to avoid it.
Zalinski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nuisance jabs Zalinski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zalinski seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nuisance cracks Zalinski with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Zalinski falls to his knees and Nuisance doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flex Nuisance!
A victorious Flex Nuisance thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.