PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Diotte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zivic comes to the cage accompanied by La La Girl by Paffendorf. Diotte comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cypress Hill - I Want 2 Get High kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zivic
vs
Diotte

185 cm
35
216 lbs
37 - 12 - 1

190 cm
35
220 lbs
28 - 22 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Fritzie Zivic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Diotte!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zivic moves into the clinch successfully.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Diotte controls the action.
Zivic is trying to stall.

Diotte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zivic misses with a straight left.

Zivic instigates a clinch.
Zivic working aggressively here.

Diotte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zivic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diotte has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Diotte throws a body punch but Zivic moves out of range.
Diotte lands a body shot.
Zivic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zivic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diotte stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diotte is looking to score with low kicks.
Zivic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Diotte moves away and avoids it.
Zivic checks a leg kick.
Diotte takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diotte misses with a shot to the body
and Zivic counters with a nice body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diotte. That's going to slow Zivic down.
Zivic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Diotte moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diotte throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zivic throws a nice looking combination but Diotte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diotte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Diotte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zivic throws a combination. Diotte tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diotte throws a lazy right hand but Zivic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zivic looks to score with a jab to the body but Diotte is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Zivic.
Diotte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zivic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zivic throws a good cross that connects.
Diotte throws a chopping leg kick but Zivic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zivic stuns Diotte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zivic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic throws a jab but it's blocked by Diotte.
Zivic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diotte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zivic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diotte works over Zivic's head and body with a nice combination.
Zivic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zivic tries to close the distance and clinch but Diotte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zivic throws a jab when Diotte was well out of range.
Zivic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diotte was well out of range. Poor timing from Zivic.
Zivic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good work by Diotte as he checks the leg kick.
Zivic checks a low kick from Diotte.
Zivic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Diotte.
Diotte throws a body punch but Zivic moves out of range.
Zivic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diotte misses the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diotte lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zivic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zivic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diotte misses with a wild body shot.
Diotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zivic checks a leg kick.
Zivic seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Zivic lands with a nice body punch.
Diotte loads up on a big right hand but Zivic slips the punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diotte darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diotte takes a swing at Zivic's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Zivic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zivic lands a jab to Diotte's midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Zivic there.
Zivic tries to clinch but Diotte is having none of it.
Diotte swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zivic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Donk. Zivic catches Diotte right on the button with a cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Zivic gets through Diotte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diotte misses with a body punch.
Zivic blocks a body shot from Diotte.
Diotte landing knees to the body.
Diotte tries to land knees in the clinch but Zivic avoids the damage to the body.
Zivic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diotte up against the cage.
Zivic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Diotte controls the action.
A short uppercut from Zivic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zivic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diotte's efforts to push away.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Diotte controls the action.
Diotte blocks a body shot from Zivic.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zivic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zivic prevents a body shot from Diotte.
Zivic tries a body shot but Diotte blocks it.
Diotte is trying to force a seperation but Zivic has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Zivic.
Zivic prevents a body shot from Diotte.
Zivic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diotte looks winded!
Zivic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zivic lands a right hand.
Zivic misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritzie Zivic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zivic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diotte's hands.
Diotte misses with a few strikes there.
Zivic is looking to clinch.
Zivic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diotte is looking to score with low kicks.
Fritzie Zivic is winning the standup battle so far.
Zivic throws a leg kick that misses.
Diotte lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zivic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zivic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slow jab from Zivic misses its intended target.
Diotte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diotte misses with a low kick as Zivic jumps back.
Diotte staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diotte takes one to the side of the head.
Zivic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Diotte is rocked!
Zivic drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Diotte right on the button. Diotte goes down! Zivic follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Zivic gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fritzie Zivic!
Fritzie Zivic retains his light heavyweight title!
After the big win, Fritzie Zivic made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Underworld Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.