PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Bazooka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhang Zhongjing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bazooka is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Bazooka
vs
Zhongjing

200 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brick Bazooka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zhang Zhongjing!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Zhongjing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bazooka looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhongjing. That's going to slow Bazooka down.
Zhongjing fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bazooka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhongjing moves away.
Brick Bazooka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhongjing misses with a wild combination.
Zhongjing dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bazooka. That did some damage!
Zhongjing lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zhongjing.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zhongjing scoring well with a low kick there.
A low kick from Bazooka is predictable there
and Zhongjing counters with a good low kick that Bazooka was not able to check.
A punch combination from Zhongjing misses.
Zhongjing throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhongjing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bazooka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zhongjing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zhongjing throws a one two combo.
Bazooka dodges the punch combination from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing cracks the inside of Bazooka's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhongjing throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhongjing connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhongjing's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zhongjing duly obliges.
Zhongjing lands a jab-cross combination.
Zhongjing will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice combination there by Zhongjing.
Zhongjing fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhongjing, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhongjing, right into the meat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Zhongjing misses.
Zhongjing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bazooka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zhongjing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bazooka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zhongjing is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhongjing feints and then cracks Bazooka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bazooka down.
Danga de danga de dang - Zhongjing scores with a four punch combination!
Zhongjing throws a leg kick which misses Bazooka's front leg but catches the back leg as Bazooka tries to avoid it.
Zhongjing lands a jab-cross combination.
Zhongjing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zhongjing swinging wilding here.
Zhongjing throws a right hand that Bazooka ducks under and follows up with a left that Bazooka also avoids with ease.
Bazooka throws a sloppy head kick
and Zhongjing counters with a one-two to the body.
Zhongjing fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bazooka.
Zhongjing connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhongjing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bazooka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bazooka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zhongjing throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zhongjing misses with a wild combination.
Zhongjing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhongjing lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bazooka's sensitive parts.
Zhongjing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zhongjing misses with a series of wild punches.
Zhongjing scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zhongjing throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bazooka.
No joy there for Zhongjing, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Zhongjing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zhongjing lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice leg kick lands there from Zhongjing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zhongjing can pounce on him.
Zhongjing scores with a one two! Bazooka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bazooka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A punch combination from Zhongjing misses.
Good leg kick by Zhongjing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhongjing, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Zhongjing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Danga de danga de dang - Zhongjing scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhongjing throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhongjing lands with a nice combination. Bazooka backs away looking to recover.
Bazooka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Zhongjing dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Zhongjing throws a right and a left that Bazooka avoids nicely.
Zhongjing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Zhongjing, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zhongjing misses with a wild combination.
Zhongjing lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zhongjing connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zhongjing lands a jab-cross combination.
Zhongjing throws a right and a left that Bazooka avoids nicely.
Zhongjing throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhongjing looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zhongjing's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zhongjing duly obliges.
Zhongjing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bazooka throws a right and a left that Zhongjing avoids nicely.
Zhongjing lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhongjing swinging wilding here.
Zhongjing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bazooka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zhongjing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Zhongjing scores with a four punch combination!
Bazooka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zhang Zhongjing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zhongjing scores with a three punch combo!
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhongjing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhongjing.
Bazooka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zhongjing. Zhongjing obviously looking to wear him down.
Zhongjing chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zhongjing feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bazooka's calf.
Some wild striking there from Zhongjing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhongjing lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bazooka's sensitive parts.
Zhongjing misses with a double jab.
Zhongjing moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Zhongjing.
Bazooka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zhongjing. Zhongjing obviously looking to wear him down.
Bazooka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing tries to bum rush Bazooka with a series of wild strikes but Bazooka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zhongjing throws a leg kick which misses Bazooka's front leg but catches the back leg as Bazooka tries to avoid it.
Brick Bazooka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zhongjing moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zhongjing is looking to slow Bazooka down with leg kicks.
Zhongjing throws a series of punches but Bazooka moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazooka slips a jab and a cross from Zhongjing.
A combination from Zhongjing does no damage.
Bazooka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zhongjing stalks Bazooka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bazooka's face. Bazooka staggers backwards, shaken.
Bazooka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zhongjing scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhongjing misses with a few strikes there.
Zhongjing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zhongjing lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zhang Zhongjing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bazooka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing scores with a three punch combo!
Zhongjing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bazooka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zhongjing moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zhongjing throws a series of punches but Bazooka avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhongjing fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zhongjing throws a right and a left that Bazooka avoids nicely.
Zhongjing moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zhongjing scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zhongjing throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhongjing connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhongjing misses with a series of wild punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bazooka.
Zhongjing misses with the combination.
Zhongjing lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zhongjing looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Zhongjing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bazooka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A slapping leg kick lands for Zhongjing.
Bazooka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zhongjing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zhongjing.
Zhongjing cracks the inside of Bazooka's front leg.
A right-left combo lands from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bazooka dodges the punch combination from Zhongjing.
Bazooka tries to close the distance and clinch but Zhongjing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhongjing scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zhongjing connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zhongjing misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhongjing is looking to slow Bazooka down with leg kicks.
Zhongjing is looking to slow Bazooka down with leg kicks.
Zhongjing cracks the inside of Bazooka's front leg.
Zhongjing stuffs the takedown attempt from Bazooka. Bazooka gets slowly back to his feet.
Zhongjing scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zhongjing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bazooka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zhongjing lands a jab-cross combination.
Bazooka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zhongjing misses with a double jab.
Zhongjing lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zhongjing throws a leg kick which misses Bazooka's front leg but catches the back leg as Bazooka tries to avoid it.
Bazooka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Zhongjing.
Bazooka shoots for a takedown but Zhongjing saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bazooka might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhongjing. That's going to slow Bazooka down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zhongjing chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bazooka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bazooka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhongjing.
Bazooka throws a front kick aimed at Zhongjing's knee but Zhongjing avoids it well.
A head kick by Bazooka misses
and Zhongjing counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhongjing connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhongjing has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bazooka throws a lazy head kick
and Zhongjing counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bazooka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brick Bazooka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhongjing looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhongjing lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bazooka's sensitive parts.
Zhongjing cracks the inside of Bazooka's front leg.
Zhongjing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zhongjing stalks Bazooka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bazooka's face. Bazooka staggers backwards, shaken.
Zhongjing throws a series of punches but Bazooka moves out of range.
Bazooka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zhongjing fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bazooka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zhongjing. Zhongjing obviously looking to wear him down.
Zhongjing chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bazooka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Zhongjing.
Zhongjing tries to bum rush Bazooka with a series of wild strikes but Bazooka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zhongjing misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bazooka misses with a looping right.
Zhongjing throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zhongjing connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zhongjing throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhongjing throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bazooka dodges the punch combination from Zhongjing.
Bazooka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zhongjing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zhongjing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bazooka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zhongjing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bazooka lands a nice looking body shot.
Zhongjing throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhongjing throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bazooka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zhongjing cracks the inside of Bazooka's front leg.
Brick Bazooka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zhang Zhongjing is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Danga de danga de dang - Zhongjing scores with a four punch combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Zhang Zhongjing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zhongjing has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhang Zhongjing!