PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and alain pinanonang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). pinanonang comes into a darkened arena with his song building. adios kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! alain pinanonang will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Filipovic
vs
pinanonang

188 cm
21
218 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mirko Filipovic!
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, alain pinanonang!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
pinanonang misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Filipovic misses with the combination.
pinanonang avoids a punch combination nicely.
pinanonang fails with the takedown.
pinanonang looks gassed!
Filipovic slaps away a takedown attempt from pinanonang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of alain pinanonang.
Decent striking displayed by Filipovic there.
Filipovic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as pinanonang backs up against the cage.
Filipovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but pinanonang circles away quickly and effectively.
pinanonang is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from pinanonang.
Filipovic connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Filipovic.
Filipovic moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
pinanonang takes a kick to the side of the head.
Filipovic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
pinanonang dodges the punch combination from Filipovic.
No joy there for Filipovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Filipovic lands with a right hand.
alain pinanonang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
pinanonang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
pinanonang tries for a takedown but Filipovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Filipovic.
Filipovic lands a jab-cross combination.
Filipovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by pinanonang or perhaps it was just good defense by Filipovic which made him look bad.
Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
pinanonang is trying desperately to land a takedown but Filipovic is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for pinanonang.
pinanonang avoids the head kick by Filipovic.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
pinanonang is trying hard to land a takedown here. Filipovic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Filipovic stuffs the takedown.
pinanonang lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filipovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Filipovic lands a really nice looking cross but pinanonang seems unphased.
pinanonang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Filipovic as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic scores with a hook.
pinanonang has a takedown stuffed.
pinanonang is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Filipovic.
pinanonang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from pinanonang is defended easily by Filipovic.
Filipovic's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Filipovic duly obliges.
Some wild striking there from Filipovic.
pinanonang throws a series of punches but Filipovic moves out of range.
Filipovic throws a head kick but pinanonang moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
pinanonang shoots for a double leg takedown but Filipovic sprawls well. He's pushed pinanonang's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

pinanonang shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. pinanonang showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filipovic is looking to escape.
pinanonang wants to free his trapped foot but Filipovic is holding on for dear life with his legs.
pinanonang trying to control from half guard but Filipovic is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filipovic is trying to control but can't.
Filipovic tries to get to full guard but pinanonang has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
That's time! Filipovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

pinanonang fails with a takedown attempt.
Filipovic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Filipovic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck pinanonang on the side of the head.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
Filipovic with a jab.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
Filipovic misses with a straight left.
Mirko Filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

pinanonang closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Filipovic is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
pinanonang trying to control the action but Filipovic is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic can't do much from the bottom here.

pinanonang is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Filipovic looks calm but he's in trouble here. pinanonang gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Filipovic is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! pinanonang lets go of the hold and Filipovic can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). alain pinanonang!