PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Gaselovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mirko Gaselovic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Joseph
vs
Gaselovic

180 cm
23
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
250 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 New York, Joe Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mirko Gaselovic!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joseph shoots in and bounces Gaselovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gaselovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Joseph stays in close to Gaselovic's body and controls the position.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Joseph from controlling successfully.
Joseph keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gaselovic's head.
Joseph throwing strikes but missing.
Gaselovic trying to keep a closed guard but Joseph is proving a slippery customer.
Joseph looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gaselovic keeping moving, preventing Joseph from controlling successfully.
Joseph slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Joseph working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Joseph with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Joseph working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Joseph landing some decent shots from guard.

Joseph gets to his feet. Gaselovic looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Joseph closes the distance and clinches up with Gaselovic, looking for a takedown. Joseph pushes Gaselovic against the cage but Gaselovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Joseph is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Joseph closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gaselovic did well to prevent Joseph getting side control.
Joseph is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joseph pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Joseph connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gaselovic looks gassed!
Joseph working Gaselovic over with strikes here.
Joseph looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Joseph.
The referee warns Gaselovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Joseph tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph with shots to the head and body - Gaselovic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Joseph lands a big shot there that rocks Gaselovic but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Joseph sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Joseph is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gaselovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gaselovic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joseph lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Joseph 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.

Joseph 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.
Joseph lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gaselovic looking to control but Joseph passes into half guard.
Joseph lands with a punch from half guard.
Joseph slows the pace down in half guard.
Gaselovic is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Joseph scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Joseph looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gaselovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Joseph looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Joseph looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gaselovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Joe Joseph overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Joseph working over Gaselovic with some ground and pound. Gaselovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joseph is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Joseph working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Joseph.
Joseph is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Joseph lands with a punch from half guard.
Joseph controlling the action here.
Joseph slips a nice elbow through Gaselovic's hands, connecting with Gaselovic's forehead.
Gaselovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gaselovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Joseph takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joseph lands a nice short elbow.
Joseph stalling.
Joseph working over Gaselovic with some ground and pound. Gaselovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joseph is nestled in close to Gaselovic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Joseph there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Joseph dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Joseph changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gaselovic looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gaselovic takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Joseph scores with punches from side control.
Joseph working the head with strikes.
Joseph working the head with strikes.
Joseph is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gaselovic on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gaselovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gaselovic is trying to work for a sweep but Joseph has mounted him!
Joseph has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gaselovic's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Joseph connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Joseph lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Joseph landing punches.
Joseph punishing his opponent with strikes.
Joseph lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph landing punches.
Joseph lands with some strikes.
Joseph with a couple of short strikes.
Gaselovic takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Joseph's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Joseph!