PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Jr Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Cullsberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jr Filipovic
vs
Cullsberry

188 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Jr Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Cullsberry!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic misses with a body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Filipovic.
Filipovic lands with a nice body kick.
Filipovic tries for a takedown but Cullsberry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cullsberry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Cullsberry gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cullsberry wants to sweep here but Filipovic controlling him for the moment.

Cullsberry working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Filipovic doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Filipovic manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cullsberry looks gassed!
Filipovic with a nice head shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cullsberry is working an open guard so Filipovic takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullsberry punishes Filipovic's body with a nice straight punch.
Filipovic keeps Cullsberry at a distance using the push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Filipovic closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Filipovic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cullsberry with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cullsberry taking some punishment here, with Filipovic in his half guard.
Cullsberry is not content to let Filipovic control the position.
Filipovic working the head and body with strikes.
Cullsberry has hold of Filipovic's hands but Filipovic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cullsberry taking some punishment here, with Filipovic in his half guard.
Filipovic slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Filipovic stands up from half guard.
Mirko Jr Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cullsberry keeps the fight on the outside.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Cullsberry tries for a takedown but Filipovic circles away easily
and Filipovic counters with a big head kick but Cullsberry shrugs it off.

Filipovic drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cullsberry trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cullsberry can do anything to dispel that myth.
Filipovic stands and throws Cullsberry's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic grinds an elbow into Cullsberry's temple.
Filipovic 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.
Filipovic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cullsberry on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cullsberry taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cullsberry looks to move to half guard but instead Filipovic has passed into mount! Damn!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cullsberry is looking to improve his position but Filipovic isn't that keen on the idea.
Filipovic with a couple of short strikes.
Cullsberry tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Filipovic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cullsberry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Filipovic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cullsberry can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Filipovic unloading with bombs!

Filipovic looking for a guillotine from mount but Cullsberry is having none of it.
Filipovic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Filipovic working Cullsberry over with strikes here.
Cullsberry is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Jr Filipovic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Filipovic throws a head kick but Cullsberry moves out of range.

Cullsberry darts in and clinches Filipovic up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Filipovic fails to land.
Cullsberry is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Filipovic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cullsberry stalls.
Filipovic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cullsberry.

Filipovic breaks the clinch.
Cullsberry is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Filipovic lands a big head kick that sends Cullsberry tumbling to the mat! Filipovic takes a step backwards and waves Cullsberry back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Jake Cullsberry has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filipovic circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Cullsberry drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Filipovic follows Cullsberry to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mirko Jr Filipovic!