PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maksimilijan Luburic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luburic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bojna Čavoglave. Drwal has chosen Hemp Gru - Droga as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luburic
vs
Drwal

170 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maksimilijan Luburic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomasz Drwal!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal avoids the head kick by Luburic.
Drwal blocks a head kick by Luburic.
Luburic throws a sloppy head kick and Drwal moves out of range easily.
Luburic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Drwal circles away.
Luburic moves in looking to clinch but Drwal pushes him off.

Drwal 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.
Drwal showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Luburic throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Drwal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Drwal is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Drwal gets to his feet - Luburic follows without any prompting.

Drwal looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Luburic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal trying to control the pace.
Drwal throwing shots but Luburic is blocking nicely.
Drwal sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Luburic is defending against the submission attempts here by Drwal.
Drwal is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Luburic tries to get to full guard but Drwal has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Drwal looks gassed!
Luburic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Despite being in the dominant position, Tomasz Drwal just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luburic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luburic lands a head kick!

It looks like Tomasz Drwal has been cut.
Luburic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drwal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drwal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luburic swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luburic tries to clinch there but Drwal circles away.
Luburic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luburic throws a sloppy head kick and Drwal moves out of range easily.
Drwal tries to bum rush Luburic with a series of wild strikes but Luburic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drwal blocks a head kick by Luburic.
Drwal shoots for a double leg takedown but Luburic sprawls well. He's pushed Drwal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Luburic tries to clinch there but Drwal circles away.
Luburic thuds his right hand into Drwal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Luburic tries to clinch up but Drwal circles away and keeps his distance.

Luburic drives through and clinches with Drwal against the cage.
Luburic lands a hook that snaps the head of Drwal backwards.
Drwal tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luburic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maksimilijan Luburic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomasz Drwal.
Luburic fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Luburic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Luburic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Luburic lands in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Maksimilijan Luburic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Drwal's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Luburic.
Drwal swats away the attempt to clinch by Luburic.
Luburic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drwal lands a glancing blow to the side of Luburic's head.
Maksimilijan Luburic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luburic wants to clinch.
Luburic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Luburic.
Luburic tries to clinch but Drwal moves out of range.
Luburic wants to clinch.
Luburic doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Drwal counters with a shoot takedown. Luburic fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Luburic looking for a sweep. Not yet Luburic, not yet.
Drwal showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Luburic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Drwal is controlling him.
Drwal controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Drwal trying to control but Luburic is working from the bottom.
Luburic wants to get back to his feet but Drwal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Luburic is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Luburic tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Drwal counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Drwal is looking to take a break and control but Luburic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Drwal content to control rather than advance.

Drwal wants to work for an arm triangle but Luburic is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomasz Drwal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tomasz Drwal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Luburic. No joy for Drwal on that attempt.
Horrible takedown by Drwal or perhaps it was just good defense by Luburic which made him look bad.
Drwal shoots in for a takedown but Luburic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maksimilijan Luburic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomasz Drwal.
Luburic misses with a head kick.
Drwal circles away from the clinch attempt
and Drwal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luburic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Drwal tries to keep at a distance but Luburic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drwal fails to pull guard.
Luburic landing knees to the body.
Luburic wants to break free but Drwal has control.

Luburic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Luburic.
Luburic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Drwal.
Luburic throws a head kick that misses.
Drwal takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drwal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drwal fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Luburic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Drwal darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Drwal looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luburic is looking to escape.
Drwal is looking to advance position but Luburic won't allow it.
Drwal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Drwal perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Luburic wants to control but Drwal passes into side.
Luburic wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drwal slows the pace down.

Drwal stands up and beckons Luburic to his feet.
Luburic lands a jab-cross combination.
Drwal shoots in but Luburic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Luburic looks to clinch

and Drwal counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Luburic!
Drwal controlling from the full mount.
Drwal putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drwal controlling the pace for now.
Luburic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drwal lands a heavy elbow.
Luburic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Drwal with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Drwal controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomasz Drwal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Drwal has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomasz Drwal!