PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vedran Mihaljevic (ranked 3128 p4p, 3598 weight class) and Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (ranked 391 p4p, 437 weight class). Heydrich has chosen Wass wollen wir trinken as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Mihaljevic
vs
Heydrich

195 cm
22
265
6 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
235
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Brooklyn Threads

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vedran Mihaljevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heydrich lands a jab to Mihaljevic's midsection.
Heydrich keeps the fight on the outside.
Heydrich slips a straight right by Mihaljevic.
Heydrich throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mihaljevic to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Mihaljevic misses.
Mihaljevic lands a nice looking body shot.
Mihaljevic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mihaljevic loads up on a big right hand but Heydrich slips the punch.
Heydrich thuds his right hand into Mihaljevic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Heydrich jabs Mihaljevic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mihaljevic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy left from Mihaljevic finds it's target.
Mihaljevic throws a push kick but Heydrich slaps the foot to one side.
We've been told by Mihaljevic's head coaches at Doom's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Heydrich throws a good cross that connects.
Heydrich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heydrich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Heydrich let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Heydrich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mihaljevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Heydrich staying out of range there.
Heydrich moves out of range as Mihaljevic throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Heydrich.
Mihaljevic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heydrich on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mihaljevic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mihaljevic ducks under a wild hook from Heydrich.
Heydrich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Heydrich throws a push kick but Mihaljevic slaps the foot to one side.
Vedran Mihaljevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mihaljevic scores with a nice right hand.
Mihaljevic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heydrich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heydrich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mihaljevic walks forward, straight into a front kick from Heydrich.
Heydrich misses with an uppercut. Mihaljevic saw that one coming.
Heydrich drops his hands momentarily and Mihaljevic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mihaljevic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heydrich slips a jab and a cross from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich cracks Mihaljevic with a good jab.
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!
Mihaljevic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich walks into a jab.
Mihaljevic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heydrich.
Mihaljevic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for Mihaljevic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heydrich scores with a leg kick.
Heydrich moves out of range as Mihaljevic throws a body kick.
It seemed like Heydrich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mihaljevic misses with a right hand
and Heydrich counters with a straight right hand.
Mihaljevic misses with a series of wild punches.
Mihaljevic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heydrich! But no joy.
Heydrich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mihaljevic in his tracks.
Mihaljevic looks to throw the jab but Heydrich is out of range.
Heydrich moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Heydrich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Heydrich throws a sloppy head kick and Mihaljevic moves out of range easily.
Heydrich lands a lovely overhand right.
Mihaljevic lands with a nice combination. Heydrich backs away looking to recover.
Mihaljevic loads up on a big right hand but Heydrich slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Heydrich.
Heydrich scores with a hook to the body. Mihaljevic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Heydrich throws a head kick that misses.

Heydrich gets tackled into the cage by Mihaljevic. Mihaljevic maintains the clinch.
Mihaljevic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heydrich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heydrich.
Heydrich tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihaljevic avoids the damage to the body.
Heydrich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mihaljevic is looking to break free of the clinch but Heydrich has double underhooks.
Mihaljevic is looking to break free of the clinch but Heydrich has double underhooks.
Heydrich lands a right hand.
Mihaljevic managing to block the knees to the body from Heydrich.

Mihaljevic breaks from the clinch.
Mihaljevic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heydrich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mihaljevic moves away.
Heydrich throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic throws a hook but Heydrich avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heydrich cracks Mihaljevic with an open hand slap.
Heydrich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic lands with a nice body punch.
Mihaljevic wants to clinch
and Heydrich makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mihaljevic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Heydrich's head backwards.
Heydrich throws a body kick that misses.
Heydrich lands a leg kick that knocks Mihaljevic off balance momentarily.
Heydrich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Heydrich looks to score with a jab to the body but Mihaljevic is just out of range.
Heydrich looks to land a right hand but Mihaljevic moved out of range.
It looked like Mihaljevic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heydrich scores with a nice head shot.
Mihaljevic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heydrich.
Mihaljevic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heydrich! But no joy.
Heydrich looks to throw the jab but Mihaljevic is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Mihaljevic.
Heydrich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mihaljevic.
Vedran Mihaljevic is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Mihaljevic.
A swing and a miss from Mihaljevic.
A left lands for Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic throws a sloppy head kick
and Heydrich counters with a left and a right that stings Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic lands a two punch combo.
Mihaljevic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heydrich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heydrich lands a nice shot to the body.
Heydrich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mihaljevic's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heydrich with a nice calf kick.
Heydrich connects with a body shot that sends Mihaljevic's belly button to the back.
Heydrich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mihaljevic misses with a combination
and Heydrich counters with a straight right hand.
Heydrich misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Heydrich.
Mihaljevic swings widly with a right hand
and Heydrich counters with a nice uppercut.
Mihaljevic throws a one two combo.
Heydrich lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Heydrich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heydrich swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heydrich.

Mihaljevic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Heydrich, pushing him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Heydrich.
A frustrated look appears on Mihaljevic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Heydrich.
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!
Heydrich lands a hook that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Heydrich lands a shoulder strike.
Mihaljevic is trying to push Heydrich away but Heydrich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heydrich lands a shot to the body.
Heydrich has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mihaljevic seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Heydrich can turn it around.
Heydrich lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heydrich lands a left hand.
Mihaljevic managing to block the knees to the body from Heydrich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mihaljevic avoids it.
Heydrich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mihaljevic avoids it.
Mihaljevic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mihaljevic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heydrich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Heydrich lands with a short shot to the head.
Heydrich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mihaljevic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heydrich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mihaljevic.
A frustrated look appears on Mihaljevic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mihaljevic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Heydrich.
Mihaljevic is trying to break the clinch but Heydrich is controlling him.

Mihaljevic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mihaljevic scores with a hook.
Mihaljevic throws a leg kick that misses.
Mihaljevic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Heydrich finds it's way round the side to connect with Mihaljevic's head.
Vedran Mihaljevic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heydrich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mihaljevic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich moves into range and connects with a jab.
Heydrich ducks under a wild hook from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich throws a jab but it's blocked by Mihaljevic.
Heydrich scores with a decent looking hook.
Some wild striking there from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich lands a nice shot to the body.
Heydrich moves out of range of the body kick from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich delivers a nice body kick.
Heydrich throws a front kick that sends Mihaljevic stumbling back into the cage.
Mihaljevic throws a poor cross that misses
and Heydrich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Heydrich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heydrich will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mihaljevic avoids the head kick by Heydrich.
Heydrich scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Mihaljevic misses the target.
A jab from Mihaljevic finds it's way through Heydrich's defenses.
Heydrich lands a body shot.
Heydrich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Heydrich delivers a nice body kick.
Good work by Heydrich as he checks the leg kick.
Heydrich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mihaljevic.
Heydrich cracks Mihaljevic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mihaljevic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A telegraphed right hand from Mihaljevic misses the target.
Heydrich defending well as Mihaljevic loads up on a big left hand.
Good shot there by Heydrich.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danga de danga de dang - Heydrich scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheers as Heydrich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mihaljevic doesn't seem phased though.
Mihaljevic misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Heydrich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mihaljevic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Heydrich to score with a decent uppercut.
Heydrich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heydrich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mihaljevic moves away.
Heydrich misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mihaljevic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A swing and a miss from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Heydrich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Heydrich dodges the punch combination from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Heydrich. That snapped Mihaljevic's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heydrich throws a hook but Mihaljevic avoids it easily.
Heydrich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Heydrich. Beautiful body shot.
Heydrich throws a shot to the body.
Mihaljevic misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihaljevic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heydrich lands a high kick!
Heydrich connects with a nice looking jab.
Mihaljevic takes one on the button.
Mihaljevic throws a big shot that misses.
Mihaljevic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mihaljevic misses with a hook.
Mihaljevic throws a chopping leg kick but Heydrich manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heydrich lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big right from Mihaljevic misses.
A head kick from Heydrich lands but Mihaljevic takes it in his stride.
Heydrich scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick from Heydrich lands but Mihaljevic takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heydrich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Heydrich looks to land a right hand but Mihaljevic moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Heydrich there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Heydrich back to the cage. Mihaljevic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mihaljevic motions for Heydrich to come forward. Mihaljevic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heydrich staying out of range there.
Mihaljevic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Heydrich thumps Mihaljevic with a low kick.
Heydrich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Heydrich lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mihaljevic at a distance.
Mihaljevic looks to throw the jab but Heydrich is out of range.
Mihaljevic throws a right hand that misses
and Heydrich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mihaljevic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heydrich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heydrich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donk. Mihaljevic catches Heydrich right on the button with a cross.
Mihaljevic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A head kick misses from Heydrich.
Mihaljevic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mihaljevic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Heydrich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heydrich connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mihaljevic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Heydrich lands a front kick.
Mihaljevic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heydrich.
Heydrich misses with a looping left.
Heydrich circles away from the clinch attempt
and Heydrich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Heydrich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mihaljevic lunges at Heydrich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heydrich's hand.
Mihaljevic throws the left hand but Heydrich avoids the punch easily.
Heydrich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mihaljevic has time to react.
Heydrich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mihaljevic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heydrich lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mihaljevic. Heydrich shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mihaljevic looks to throw the jab but Heydrich is out of range.
Mihaljevic throws a hook to the side of Heydrich's head but Heydrich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Mihaljevic misses.
It seemed like Heydrich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mihaljevic misses with an uppercut
and Heydrich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mihaljevic ducks under a wild hook from Heydrich.
Mihaljevic scores with a hook to the body. Heydrich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mihaljevic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vedran Mihaljevic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Heydrich.
A head kick misses from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic needs to keep his hands up - Heydrich had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mihaljevic avoids a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Heydrich crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mihaljevic - the referee stops the clock and Heydrich gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mihaljevic. Heydrich manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mihaljevic misses with a looping right.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mihaljevic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Heydrich makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mihaljevic really felt that one!

And that's the end of the fight!
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Heydrich 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich!
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.