PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bamber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Gaselovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bamber
vs
Gaselovic

195 cm
23
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

185 cm
20
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition
Deadly Clothing

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 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Bamber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mirko Gaselovic!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaselovic avoids the head kick by Bamber.
John Bamber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bamber lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Bamber scores with a takedown into Gaselovic's guard.
Bamber landing with the ground and pound.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Bamber from controlling successfully.

Bamber gets to his feet. Gaselovic looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bamber swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gaselovic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bamber tries for a takedown but Gaselovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gaselovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gaselovic looks gassed!

Bamber feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bamber throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaselovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Bamber drops back looking for a leg! Gaselovic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gaselovic manages to kick Bamber off! Bamber jumps back into Gaselovic's guard.
Bamber has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bamber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Bamber drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bamber jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Bamber from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bamber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gaselovic is keeping the position for now.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Bamber from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Bamber moves into the clinch.
Gaselovic can't get the takedown.

Bamber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaselovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Bamber moves into range and clinches up with Gaselovic.
Bamber cracks Gaselovic with a nice body shot.

Bamber breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gaselovic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bamber to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bamber scoring with some ground and pound.
Bamber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bamber makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamber trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaselovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bamber gets to his feet - Gaselovic follows without any prompting.
Bamber with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Bamber bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Bamber has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bamber.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bamber gets a takedown into half guard.

Bamber stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Gaselovic to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bamber dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bamber clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gaselovic tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gaselovic goes for a takedown attempt but Bamber pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Bamber shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gaselovic is trying to defend but Bamber finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Bamber is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bamber is trying to work for a kimura but Gaselovic is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamber throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gaselovic is not content to let Bamber control the position.
Bamber is thwarting Gaselovic's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Bamber is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gaselovic defends it well.

Bamber is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gaselovic is just riding it out for now. Bamber eventually gives up the hold.
Bamber winds up and cracks Gaselovic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamber throwing shots but Gaselovic is blocking nicely.
Bamber wants to pass the guard but Gaselovic is defending well.
Ground and pound from Bamber.
Bamber looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bamber working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gaselovic is defending against the submission attempts here by Bamber.

Bamber is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gaselovic has managed to free his arm - good work.

Bamber is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bamber dominated that second round.
That's time! Bamber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bamber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bamber.
Bamber fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gaselovic.

Bamber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bamber lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bamber breaks from the clinch.
John Bamber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bamber feints and then cracks Gaselovic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gaselovic down.
Gaselovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bamber connects with a high kick.
Bamber slips a straight right by Gaselovic.

Bamber scores with a takedown into Gaselovic's guard.
Bamber throwing strikes from guard but Gaselovic blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamber prevents Gaselovic from getting back to his feet.
Bamber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gaselovic can do to turn this around?

Bamber is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Bamber drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bamber jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gaselovic has a closed guard, preventing Bamber from standing up.
Bamber working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Bamber drops back looking for a leg! Gaselovic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gaselovic manages to kick Bamber off! Bamber jumps back into Gaselovic's guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bamber throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaselovic wants to clinch but Bamber slips to the side
and Bamber counters with a good low kick that Gaselovic was not able to check.
Bamber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Bamber drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gaselovic is trying to keep Bamber in close.
Bamber makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Bamber from controlling successfully.
Gaselovic is trying to control the position but Bamber postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamber trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaselovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bamber drops back looking for a leg! Gaselovic is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gaselovic manages to kick Bamber off! Bamber jumps back into Gaselovic's guard.
Mirko Gaselovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bamber with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Bamber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bamber has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bamber!