PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Mihic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glad Tihata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mihic comes to the cage accompanied by Ultimate Fighter - Theme Song. Glad Tihata has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mihic
vs
Tihata

188 cm
21
212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
208 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Mihic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Glad Tihata!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Tihata.

Tihata moves into the clinch.
Tihata connects with a knee to the head.
Tihata lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Marko Mihic has been cut.
Mihic wants a takedown but no success here.
Tihata wants a takedown but no success here.
Mihic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tihata connects with a knee to the head.
Tihata misses with a knee to the head.
Tihata tries to land a knee to the head but Mihic blocks with his arms.

Tihata gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Mihic regains guard.
Tihata stays in close to Mihic's body and controls the position.
Tihata looking to sit in guard and control but Mihic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tihata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mihic defends well.
Mihic thows a big elbow that misses.
Mihic lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mihic scoring with some ground and pound.
Mihic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Tihata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mihic defends well.

Mihic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tihata scoring well with a low kick there.
Tihata shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mihic sprawls well. Mihic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tihata gets slowly back to his feet.
Mihic fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tihata avoids it really well and circles away.
Tihata keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Mihic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mihic lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tihata showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mihic.
Tihata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tihata scores with a head kick.

Marko Mihic's cut is getting worse.
Tihata closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tihata lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tihata.
Mihic is breathing heavily.
Tihata tries to clinch but Mihic moves out of range.
Mihic misses with a takedown attempt - Tihata sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tihata throws a head kick that half lands.
Tihata throws a nice outside leg kick.

Tihata looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tihata lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tihata is nestled in close to Mihic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tihata has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tihata is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Let's hope that Tihata has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mihic wants to control but Tihata is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tihata thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tihata seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tihata keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tihata not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tihata is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Tihata raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tihata landing punches.
Mihic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Marko Mihic's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tihata controlling from the full mount.
Mihic is in a horrible position here. Tihata smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Jeez, Marko Mihic's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marko Mihic's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Glad Tihata!