PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kvame Zulu (ranked 2605 p4p, 268 weight class) and Aaron Washington (ranked 1727 p4p, 177 weight class). Zulu comes to the cage accompanied by Big Badaboom. Kvame Zulu is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Zulu
vs
Washington

205 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

198 cm
22
242 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Blue Moon

KAGED

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kvame Zulu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Washington!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zulu lands with a nice body punch.
Zulu throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington 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.
Washington scores with a kick to the body.
Zulu cracks Washington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Washington throws a shot from downtown. Zulu moves away and avoids it.
Washington misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Zulu.
Zulu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Washington throws a right hand that Zulu ducks under and follows up with a left that Zulu also avoids with ease.
Zulu takes one on the button.

It looks like Kvame Zulu has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zulu punishes Washington's body with a nice straight punch.
Donk. Zulu catches Washington right on the button with a cross.
Zulu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
Zulu tried to score with a low kick but Washington checks it.
Washington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zulu.
And Washington responds with a good body kick, but Zulu manages to step out the way in time.
Washington misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zulu.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Zulu is out of range.
And Zulu counters with a quick kick to the body but Washington blocks it.
Zulu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zulu throws a lazy right hand but Washington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu is looking to land body kicks.
Zulu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Washington.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Zulu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zulu throws a right hand that misses
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zulu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zulu throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Zulu misses the target.
Zulu thumps Washington with a low kick.
Washington throws a leg kick but Zulu moved away.
Zulu lands with a straight right. Washington didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zulu scores with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Zulu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zulu scoring well with a low kick there.
Washington throws a chopping leg kick but Zulu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulu.
Washington walks into a left hand.
Washington moves out of range of the body kick.
Zulu scores with a sloppy right hand. Washington should have avoided that one.
Washington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Washington takes a step back to recover.
Washington throws a body shot but no joy.
Zulu is looking to slow Washington down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zulu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Washington takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Washington swings for the body but Zulu moves out of range.
Zulu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Washington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Zulu counters with a big right hand! Oh Washington is in trouble here! Zulu follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kvame Zulu!
In his post fight interview, Kvame Zulu started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.