PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Djekic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Clark (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.

Djekic
vs
Clark

195 cm
25
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 Helsinki, Boris Djekic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dylan Clark!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djekic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clark.
Djekic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Djekic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Clark was covering up waiting for the punch and Djekic finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Djekic is looking to work some ground and pound but Clark has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Djekic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Djekic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Djekic postures up in Clark's guard and throws a big left but Clark blocks it.
Djekic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Djekic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clark preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Clark can do anything to dispel that myth.
Djekic postures up in Clark's guard and throws a big left but Clark blocks it.
Clark looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Djekic 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Djekic lands a couple of elbows.
Clark utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Djekic throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clark pulls Djekic in close to prevent any damage.
Djekic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Clark wants to stand up but Djekic is controlling him.
Djekic passes into half guard.
Djekic throwing shots but Clark is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Clark is in trouble now - Djekic has advanced to mount!
Djekic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clark's face.
Djekic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clark hang on?
Djekic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Clark?
Djekic connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Clark is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Djekic.
Djekic lands a big shot there that rocks Clark but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Djekic.
Clark really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Djekic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clark looks gassed!
Djekic working the ground and pound effectively.
Djekic landing punches.
Djekic landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Djekic lands a heavy elbow.
Djekic cracks Clark with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Djekic working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Djekic dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Djekic lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Djekic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Djekic landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djekic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Djekic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Djekic lands a big elbow.
Djekic landing punches.
Clark is squirming around, avoiding Djekic's attempts to control the action.
Clark is in all sorts of trouble here.
Djekic punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Djekic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clark is looking to escape.
Djekic working Clark over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Djekic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Djekic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Djekic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clark looks to land a body kick but Djekic moved away.
Clark throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Djekic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clark throws a series of strikes that have Djekic backpedaling.
Djekic is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Clark.
Clark works over Djekic's head and body with a nice combination.
Clark throws a solid leg kick but Djekic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Clark.

Djekic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Djekic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Djekic thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Djekic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Clark is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clark takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Clark is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is bucking up trying to escape but Djekic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Clark tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Djekic landing punches.
Djekic lands a heavy elbow.
Boris Djekic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Djekic with a couple of short strikes.
Djekic with shots to the head and body - Clark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Djekic landing shots from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Djekic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Djekic lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! Djekic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Djekic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clark can do to turn this around?
Djekic lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Clark that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Djekic with shots to the head and body - Clark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Djekic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Djekic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Djekic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Djekic looking to finish Clark with some ground and pound. This is bad for Clark!
Djekic with shots to the head and body - Clark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Djekic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clark is looking to escape.
Djekic unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djekic scoring with strikes but Clark is staying in there.
Djekic landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Djekic.
Djekic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clark looks a forlorn figure.
Djekic is landing with some decent strikes but Clark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Djekic content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Djekic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djekic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Clark looks a forlorn figure.
Djekic breaks from Clark's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Clark in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Djekic lands a heavy elbow.
Djekic punishing his opponent with strikes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Djekic here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Djekic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Djekic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark taking shots to the head.
Djekic is landing with some decent strikes but Clark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Djekic dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Djekic dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Clark tries to bum rush Djekic with a series of wild strikes but Djekic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Clark.
Djekic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clark as he jumps to the side.
Danga de danga de dang - Clark scores with a four punch combination!
Clark lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Clark throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clark tries to bum rush Djekic with a series of wild strikes but Djekic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Djekic fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clark avoids it really well and circles away.
Clark misses with a series of wild punches.
Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark tries to clinch there but Djekic circles away.
Djekic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Clark sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Djekic somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boris Djekic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Djekic drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Djekic looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Clark is avoiding damage well.
Djekic throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Clark works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Djekic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Djekic working over Clark with some ground and pound. Clark looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Djekic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Djekic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Djekic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dylan Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Djekic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Clark blocking the ground and pound attempt from Djekic.
Clark avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Djekic.
Clark taking some punishment here, with Djekic in his half guard.
Clark wants to get back to his feet.
Djekic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Djekic.
Djekic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Djekic there.
Djekic trying to control from half guard but Clark is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djekic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Djekic working Clark over with strikes.
Clark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Djekic works his way into full mount!
BOOM! Djekic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Djekic with shots to the head and body - Clark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Djekic with a couple of short strikes.
Boris Djekic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djekic content just to control the position here.
Djekic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Djekic sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Djekic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Djekic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Djekic!