PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Jankovic (ranked 4156 p4p, 3974 weight class) and Ukraine Putin (ranked 472 p4p, 458 weight class). Ukraine Putin has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jankovic
vs
Putin

192 cm
21
188
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
22
190
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Conviction

Silverguard Outfitters

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Jankovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ukraine Putin!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jankovic lands a nice hook to Putin's body. Putin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Putin closes the distance and clinches.

Jankovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jankovic looks to land a combination. Putin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jankovic digs a good body shot into Putin's ribs.
Putin tries to clinch but Jankovic moves out of range.
Jankovic was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Putin takes one to the side of the head.
Jankovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Putin.
Putin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Putin darts in trying to clinch
letting Jankovic counter with a right hand.

Putin is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin tries to clinch but Jankovic moves out of range.
Putin is still on wobbly legs! Can Jankovic finish him?
Putin blocks the body kick.
Putin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Putin seems to have recovered his senses.

Putin gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Jankovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice straight punches there by Jankovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jankovic.
Jankovic just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin ducks under a wild hook from Jankovic.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.

Putin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Jankovic breaks the clinch.
Jankovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Putin manages to avoid it.
Jankovic misses the shot to the body.
Jankovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jankovic throws a wild body kick that Putin sees coming a mile off.
Putin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Despite the aggression on Putin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jankovic lands with a kick to the temple. Putin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Putin takes the fight into the clinch.
Putin looking for a takedown.
Putin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jankovic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jankovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putin tries to clinch but Jankovic moves away
and Jankovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jankovic throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin tries to clinch up but Jankovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Putin lands with a good body shot.

Putin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jankovic works on Putin's body with a couple of short punches.
Putin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ivan Jankovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ukraine Putin.
Jankovic throws a head punch that misses.
Putin is trying to drag Jankovic to the mat but Jankovic just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jankovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jankovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.
Jankovic digs a right hand underneath Putin's ribcage. Putin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Jankovic.
Good body shot from Jankovic.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jankovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jankovic.
Jankovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Putin.
Jankovic misses with the head strike.
Jankovic prevents the takedown attempt.
Good body shot from Jankovic.
Jankovic is leaning against Putin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Putin looks winded!
Jankovic scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Jankovic.
Jankovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jankovic can't find room to land a body shot as Putin controls the action.
Jankovic pushes Putin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Putin is trying to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jankovic.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jankovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jankovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Jankovic misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jankovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Jankovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putin jumps guard but Jankovic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jankovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankovic gets through Putin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Putin misses with a body punch.
Putin blocking some punches.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jankovic working aggressively here.
Jankovic misses with the head strike.
Putin swings wildly with an uppercut but Jankovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jankovic throws a head punch that misses.
Jankovic scores with a hook to the body.
Jankovic tries a body shot but Putin blocks it.
Jankovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin is trying to pull guard but Jankovic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jankovic lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Putin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Jankovic.
Putin blocks a body shot from Jankovic.
Jankovic takes a shot to the head.
Jankovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Jankovic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jankovic scores with a hook to the body. Putin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jankovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Putin can do to turn this around?
Putin walks into a straight right hand from Jankovic.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Jankovic! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ivan Jankovic!
Our winner, Ivan Jankovic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Ukraine Putin was interviewed post fight and said 'Don't worry I will be back!!'.