PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russian Bear (ranked 1853 p4p, 1881 weight class) and Ivan Jankovic (ranked 241 p4p, 246 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bear
vs
Jankovic

184 cm
24
191
4 - 3 - 0

192 cm
22
188
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads
Un-Kaged Nutrition

Conviction
Â© Trap House

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Russian Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Jankovic!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jankovic slips a jab and a cross from Bear.
Jankovic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Bear.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jankovic! But no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bear.
Bear takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Russian Bear has been cut.
Bear shoots in but Jankovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jankovic replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bear blocks it well.
Jankovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bear moves away.
Bear looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bear tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jankovic swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Russian Bear. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circling - Jankovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bear darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jankovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bear thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jankovic tries to roll over but Bear keeps him under control.
Bear content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jankovic wants to get back to full guard.
Bear controlling the action here.
Bear not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jankovic is refusing to be controlled, as Bear sits in half guard.
Jankovic keeping hold of Bear's head, controlling as best he can.
Bear wants to control but Jankovic is keeping him busy.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bear is looking to clinch but Jankovic is avoiding it.

Bear scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Bear is trying to get an arm triangle but Jankovic is defending well.
Bear creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bear is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jankovic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bear wants to control but Jankovic is keeping him busy.
Bear has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jankovic!
Jankovic is working to get back to half guard.
Bear controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bear throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jankovic because Bear loaded up on that one.
Bear landing strikes from the mount and Jankovic is in trouble!

Bear is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jankovic can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Bear looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Bear dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russian Bear's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jankovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jankovic counters with a three punch combo that has Bear backing up. Bear nods at Jankovic to acknowledge the strikes.
Jankovic cracks Bear with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Bear falls to his knees and Jankovic doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Jankovic!
A relieved looking Ivan Jankovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.