PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Killer Mike (ranked 351 p4p, 152 weight class) and Hrvoje Kovacevic (ranked 53 p4p, 27 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mike
vs
Kovacevic

190 cm
27
215
14 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
205
15 - 0 - 0

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Granite chin

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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killer Mike!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Kovacevic!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike scores with a nice strike.
Mike throws the left hand but Kovacevic avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Kovacevic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mike lands the left hand.
Mike misses with a jab to the body
and Kovacevic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Killer Mike has been cut.
Kovacevic slips under a jab.
Kovacevic ducks under a wild hook from Mike.

Mike darts in and clinches Kovacevic up against the cage.
Mike lands a shot to the body.
Kovacevic lands a hook that snaps the head of Mike backwards.
Mike softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kovacevic letting Mike take a breather here.
Good body shot from Mike.
Mike works on Kovacevic's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mike goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Kovacevic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kovacevic tries a body shot but Mike blocks it.
Mike blocks an uppercut.
Mike is pushing Kovacevic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike tries a body shot but Kovacevic blocks it.
Kovacevic working hard to break the clinch.
Mike trying to stall but Kovacevic improves his position.
Mike misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Mike lands an uppercut.
Kovacevic working aggressively here.
Kovacevic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kovacevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kovacevic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mike.
Mike goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kovacevic blocks a body shot from Mike.
Kovacevic pushes Mike back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovacevic.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kovacevic can't find room to land a body shot as Mike controls the action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kovacevic.
Mike makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Kovacevic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Mike - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mike working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kovacevic can't break the clinch.
Mike prevents Kovacevic from breaking the clinch.
Mike misses with the head strike.
Kovacevic misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike gets through Kovacevic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kovacevic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Kovacevic tries a body shot but Mike blocks it.
Mike prevents a body shot from Kovacevic.
Mike scores with a shoulder strike.
Kovacevic blocks an uppercut.
Kovacevic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike is working Kovacevic over against the cage.
Mike misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kovacevic.
Mike misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovacevic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike tries to throw a body punch but Kovacevic avoids it by throwing Mike back against the cage.
Kovacevic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mike lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kovacevic backwards.
Kovacevic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mike or not.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike looking to slow down the pace here.
Kovacevic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mike lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kovacevic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kovacevic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mike scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Mike.
Kovacevic can't find room to land a body shot as Mike controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kovacevic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Kovacevic.
Mike is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kovacevic scores with a shot to the side of Mike's head.
Mike blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Mike's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mike misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mike content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kovacevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Kovacevic.
Kovacevic is trying to push Mike away but Mike has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kovacevic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kovacevic misses with a body punch.
Kovacevic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kovacevic lands a left hand.
Mike prevents a body shot from Kovacevic.
Mike trying to control the position but instead, Kovacevic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mike into the cage.
Mike misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Mike dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Killer Mike's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mike throws a lazy right hand but Kovacevic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kovacevic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mike moves away.
Kovacevic ducks right into an uppercut from Mike.
Kovacevic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mike seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Mike fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mike misses the body punch
and Kovacevic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Mike misses.
Mike fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mike throws a looping overhand right but Kovacevic ducks down to avoid it.
Kovacevic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovacevic lands a right hook to the body.
Mike throws out a loose jab but Kovacevic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kovacevic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kovacevic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kovacevic throws out a counter right but Mike avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovacevic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kovacevic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mike.
Kovacevic moves out of range of the strikes.
Kovacevic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Killer Mike is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Mike does it's job there.
Mike tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kovacevic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mike tries to clinch but Kovacevic moves out of range.
Kovacevic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kovacevic cracks Mike with a good jab.
Mike dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kovacevic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kovacevic throws a lazy right hand but Mike sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kovacevic sizes up Mike with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Killer Mike's cut is getting worse.
Kovacevic slips a straight right by Mike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacevic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Kovacevic coming out on top.
Good shot there by Mike.
Mike swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mike throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Kovacevic to counter with a crisp jab.
Mike misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kovacevic! But no joy.
Mike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovacevic. Mike does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovacevic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mike throws a jab when Kovacevic was well out of range.
Kovacevic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kovacevic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mike gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kovacevic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mike misses with a wild body shot.
Mike lands a glancing blow to the side of Kovacevic's head.
Kovacevic swinging wildly here.
Mike wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Mike tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kovacevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kovacevic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kovacevic jabs Mike to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mike throws a shot from downtown. Kovacevic moves away and avoids it.
Kovacevic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kovacevic throws a good cross that connects.

Killer Mike's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kovacevic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mike has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kovacevic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mike uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kovacevic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike throws a lazy uppercut
and Mike takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Mike is rocked!
Mike misses with a right hand
and Kovacevic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mike thinking.
Oh Mike is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Kovacevic measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Mike! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Hrvoje Kovacevic! Hrvoje Kovacevic retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Hrvoje Kovacevic, 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.
Killer Mike spoke after the fight, saying 'Next fight imma kill someone'.