PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Osvaldo Zamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Zamora
vs
Slice

178 cm
19
131 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osvaldo Zamora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slice shoots in for a takedown but Zamora shows good takedown defense.
Slice closes the distance and clinches up with Zamora, looking for a takedown. Slice pushes Zamora against the cage but Zamora circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slice takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zamora lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zamora.
Slice doesn't manage to clinch there - Zamora circles away.
Zamora shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Slice eats them both and turns towards Zamora to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Slice defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zamora.
Zamora shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Slice sprawls well. Slice wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zamora gets slowly back to his feet.
Zamora lands with a nice combination. Slice backs away looking to recover.
Osvaldo Zamora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slice shoots in for a takedown but Zamora shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Osvaldo Zamora has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Slice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zamora uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slice.
Zamora feints a jab promting Slice to slip. Zamora then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Slice slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Slice shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Slice was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Slice stands up.
Slice throws a looping overhand right but Zamora ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamora staying out of range there.
Zamora scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Zamora gets tackled into the cage by Slice. Slice maintains the clinch.

Slice jumps guard and drags Zamora to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Slice keeping full guard, as Zamora tries to pass.

Slice pushes Zamora off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Zamora misses with a takedown attempt
letting Slice counter with a right hand.
Zamora blocks a jab.
Zamora is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Zamora. That snapped Slice's head back.
Slice moves in looking to clinch but Zamora pushes him off.
Zamora keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zamora avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zamora slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zamora scores with the left hand. Slice knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slice takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice straight punches there by Zamora. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zamora.
Zamora really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Slice closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Slice tries for a takedown but Zamora manages to get underhooks.
Zamora tries to stall but Slice uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zamora seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Slice is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Zamora is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Slice blocks an uppercut.
Slice tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zamora avoids it.
Zamora blocking some punches.

Slice breaks the clinch.
Zamora slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zamora.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice walks into a jab.

Slice closes the distance and clinches.

Slice lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zamora is looking to control Slice's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zamora avoid being mounted?
Slice content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Slice working the head and body with strikes.
Slice performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Slice lands strikes from half guard.
Slice perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Slice lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've been informed that Slice has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Slice is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Slice stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Slice is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Zamora changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zamora is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zamora scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Zamora as he connects with a hook.
Zamora scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zamora shoots in for a takedown but Slice shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Slice has closed the distance and engaged Zamora in a clinch.
Zamora tries to break the clinch but Slice is controlling the position.
Zamora is looking to take this one to the mat.

Slice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the liver by Zamora. Beautiful body shot.
Zamora connects with a body shot.
Zamora scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Slice clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Osvaldo Zamora will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Slice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zamora lands a lovely overhand right.
Zamora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Slice missing with a left hand there. Zamora was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zamora scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slice doesn't seem bothered though.
Slice motions for Zamora to come forward. Slice throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zamora lands with a hook. Slice tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zamora keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Zamora is defended easily by Slice.
Zamora shoots in for a takedown but Slice shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zamora throws a one two combo.
A big left from Slice misses.
Kimbo Slice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slice misses with a left hand

and Zamora counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Slice kicks off Zamora and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamora listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Slice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Slice tries to bum rush Zamora with a series of wild strikes but Zamora uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zamora shoots in and drives through. Slice sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osvaldo Zamora. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slice misses with a hook. Zamora ducked under it nicely.
Slice throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zamora misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Slice shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zamora working a defensive guard but Slice manages to pass into side control anyway.
Zamora is letting Slice control him for a moment.
Zamora takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zamora takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zamora tries to improve position but can't.
The referee asks Slice politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Slice prefers to stall for the moment though.
Zamora is trying to control Slice's posture but Slice avoids it.

Slice decides to stand back up.
A jab from Zamora finds it's way through Slice's defenses.
A big right from Slice misses.
Slice showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zamora.
Slice gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Slice walks into a jab.
Zamora moves out of range as Slice throws a body kick.
Zamora lunges at Slice with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Slice's hand.
Zamora works the jab nicely.
Osvaldo Zamora is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zamora shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Slice defends it nicely.
Slice has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Slice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Slice closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Slice jumps guard and drags Zamora to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Zamora trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zamora knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Slice on the ground.

Slice scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Zamora swats away the attempt to clinch by Slice.
Zamora throws a right hand that Slice ducks under and follows up with a left that Slice also avoids with ease.
Slice throws a sloppy head kick and Zamora moves out of range easily.
Zamora paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zamora scores with a sloppy right hand. Slice should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zamora cracks Slice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zamora feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Slices jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Slice is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Zamora.
Slice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zamora scores with a punch to the head.
Zamora works over Slice's head and body with a nice combination.
Slice throws a series of punches but Zamora avoids them all with ease.
Slice misses with a body shot.
Zamora throws a series of strikes that have Slice backpedaling.
Nice takedown defense from Slice. No joy for Zamora on that attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Slice pushes Zamora up against the cage in a clinch.
Slice drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Slice manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osvaldo Zamora dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Zamora comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zamora throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Slice on the side of the head.

Zamora looking to score a takedown here. Slice is defending well but Zamora drives through and ends up in Slice's guard.
Zamora has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Slice has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Zamora off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Slice throws a right hand that Zamora ducks under and follows up with a left that Zamora also avoids with ease.
Zamora scores with a three punch combo!

Zamora scores with a takedown into Slice's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Slice manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Zamora working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Slice as Zamora tries to tie him up.
Slice is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Zamora trying to control the position but instead, Slice has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zamora into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zamora is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zamora taking a breather.
Slice tries for a takedown but Zamora manages to get underhooks.
Zamora stalling in the clinch but Slice improves position.
Slice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Slice misses with an elbow strike.
Slice blocks a body shot from Zamora.
Zamora wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Zamora breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Slice closes the distance and clinches.

Zamora is fighting off a takedown attempt but Slice is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Zamora to the mat. Zamora regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Slice is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Slice postures up.
Slice lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zamora is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slice is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kimbo Slice.
Zamora's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zamora duly obliges.
Slice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Zamora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Zamora closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Slice is pushing Zamora's head away, looking to escape. Zamora manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Slice throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Zamora throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice walks into a left hand.
Slice has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zamora darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Slice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zamora.
Zamora throws a good cross that connects.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Slice.
A jab lands there for Zamora.
Slice takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Zamora shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Zamora was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Slice throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Slice tries to clinch there but Zamora circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Zamora as Slice shoots in.
Osvaldo Zamora has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Slice.

That's four 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!
Slice takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zamora connects with a single shot there.
Slice on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zamora digs a good body shot into Slice's ribs.
Zamora shoots in but Slice avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zamora tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Slice swivels and escapes.

Slice gets a clinch.
Slice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zamora trying to stall but Slice improves his position.

Slice works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slice is stalling in the full guard.
Slice stopping the sweep attempt from Zamora.

And that's the end of the fight!
Osvaldo Zamora showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zamora, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Osvaldo Zamora!