PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Giacomo Zappacosta (ranked 6924 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McCarthy (ranked 6683 p4p, 0 weight class). McCarthy has chosen Mr Brightside as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Zappacosta
vs
McCarthy

165 cm
21
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Giacomo Zappacosta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Conor McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy throws a head kick that misses.
McCarthy lands a head kick!
Zappacosta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zappacosta scores with a hook to the body. McCarthy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zappacosta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCarthy 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.
It looked like Zappacosta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McCarthy.
McCarthy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Zappacosta misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Zappacosta counters with a huge left! McCarthy is in big trouble! He's backing up but Zappacosta isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save McCarthy from any more damage. A dominating finish by Zappacosta!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giacomo Zappacosta!
After winning the bout, Giacomo Zappacosta thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Conor McCarthy spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back.'.