PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Asanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Never Faulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asanovic comes to the cage accompanied by Rokeri S Moravi - Daj Ribu. Never Faulter is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fire it up by Modest Mouse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Asanovic
vs
Never Faulter

185 cm
23
204 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

186 cm
27
196 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikola Asanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Never Faulter!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Never Faulter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Asanovic.
Never Faulter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Asanovic moves out of range as Never Faulter throws a body kick.
Asanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Asanovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Walter Never Faulter has been cut.
Asanovic lands with a nice combination. Never Faulter backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asanovic lands with a good body shot.
Never Faulter thows a body shot but no joy.
Asanovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Never Faulter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Never Faulter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Asanovic circles away.
A shot to de liver by Never Faulter. Beautiful body shot.
Never Faulter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Never Faulter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Asanovic tries to clinch up but Never Faulter circles away and keeps his distance.
Asanovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Asanovic throws a head kick that misses.
Asanovic misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Never Faulter.
Nikola Asanovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asanovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Never Faulter misses with a wild combination.
Asanovic wants to clinch up but Never Faulter keeps it at a distance.
Asanovic misses with a straight left.
Asanovic looks to land a combination but Never Faulter avoids it well.
Never Faulter scores with a jab.
Never Faulter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Asanovic rather than just go for the knockout.
Never Faulter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Asanovic throws a leg kick but Never Faulter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Asanovic.
Asanovic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Never Faulter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Asanovic is breathing heavily.
Asanovic moves out of range of the body kick from Never Faulter.

Never Faulter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Never Faulter sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter is trying to control the action in half guard but Asanovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Never Faulter winds up and cracks Asanovic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Never Faulter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Never Faulter works his foot free and advances to mount.
Asanovic is in a horrible position here. Never Faulter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Never Faulter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Never Faulter lands a big elbow.
Never Faulter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Never Faulter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Asanovic sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Never Faulter is trying to control the action in half guard but Asanovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Never Faulter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Never Faulter is trying to control. Asanovic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Never Faulter lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Never Faulter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Asanovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Asanovic somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Never Faulter!
Never Faulter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Asanovic momentarily.
Asanovic throws a series of punches but Never Faulter avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Asanovic misses.
Asanovic works over Never Faulter's head and body with a nice combination.
Asanovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Never Faulter slips a straight right by Asanovic.
Never Faulter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Asanovic defends it nicely.
Never Faulter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic tries to clinch
enabling Never Faulter to counter with a crisp jab.
Asanovic swinging wildly here.
Asanovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Asanovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Never Faulter's sensitive parts.
Asanovic throws a head kick but Never Faulter moves out of range.
Asanovic misses with a series of wild punches.

Never Faulter 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.
Asanovic has control of Never Faulter's left arm, preventing Never Faulter from doing any damage.
Never Faulter makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Asanovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Never Faulter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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 Nikola Asanovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Walter Never Faulter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Never Faulter scores with a shot to the body.
Asanovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Never Faulter.
Never Faulter throws a right and a left that Asanovic avoids nicely.
Asanovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Never Faulter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Never Faulter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Asanovic throws a jab when Never Faulter was well out of range.
Asanovic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nikola Asanovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Asanovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Never Faulter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Never Faulter coming out on top.
Never Faulter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Asanovic momentarily.
A combination from Never Faulter does no damage.
Never Faulter moves out of range as Asanovic strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Asanovic avoids the body shot from Never Faulter.
Never Faulter lands a nice looking body shot.
Never Faulter misses with a wild body shot.
Asanovic throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Never Faulter blocks a low kick nicely.
Asanovic misses with a kick to the body.
Asanovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Never Faulter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Never Faulter looks to land a combination. Asanovic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Never Faulter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Asanovic is rocked!

Never Faulter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Oh Asanovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Never Faulter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Never Faulter wants to control but Asanovic is keeping him busy.
Asanovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Never Faulter landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Never Faulter lands an elbow.
Never Faulter wants to control but Asanovic is keeping him busy.
Asanovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Asanovic tries to buck Never Faulter off but Never Faulter is having none of it.
Never Faulter scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter is chipping away with strikes.
Never Faulter working the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Asanovic trying to remain calm as Never Faulter controls from the top position.
Never Faulter working the ground and pound.

Never Faulter looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asanovic is trying to control Never Faulter's posture but Never Faulter avoids it.

Never Faulter is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Asanovic has escaped the position, nice work there.
Never Faulter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Asanovic manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Never Faulter is trying to control but can't.
Asanovic is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Never Faulter manages to get to full guard.

Never Faulter is working an open guard so Asanovic takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Never Faulter counters with a one-two to the body.
Asanovic misses with a shot to the body

and Never Faulter counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Never Faulter.
Asanovic controlling the position.
Never Faulter landing with the ground and pound.
Never Faulter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Asanovic's guard.
Asanovic is looking to escape.
Never Faulter stalling.
Never Faulter prevents Asanovic from standing back up.
Never Faulter 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.
Asanovic tries to get to full guard but Never Faulter has control of the leg.
Never Faulter working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter prevents Asanovic from standing back up.
Never Faulter working Asanovic over with strikes.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Never Faulter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Never Faulter lands a nice looking body shot.
Never Faulter cracks a nice hook into Asanovic's ribs.
Never Faulter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Never Faulter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Asanovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Asanovic walks into a straight right hand from Never Faulter.
A nice inside leg kick there by Asanovic. That's going to slow Never Faulter down.
Never Faulter tests Asanovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Never Faulter checks a low kick from Asanovic.
Asanovic looks to clinch
and Never Faulter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Asanovic tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Never Faulter counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Never Faulter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Walter Never Faulter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Asanovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Danga de danga de dang - Never Faulter scores with a four punch combination!
Asanovic falls off balance throwing a combination

and Never Faulter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Asanovic won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Asanovic is not content to let Never Faulter control the position.
Never Faulter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Asanovic down.
Asanovic is working to avoid the ground and pound but Never Faulter connects with a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Never Faulter's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Never Faulter is chipping away with strikes.
Asanovic taking a bit of punishment here - Never Faulter scoring with strikes.
Never Faulter scoring with punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asanovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Asanovic is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Never Faulter grinds an elbow into Asanovic's temple.
Asanovic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Asanovic some visible discomfort.
Asanovic is looking for a sweep.
Never Faulter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Never Faulter passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Asanovic!
Asanovic tries to hold on but Never Faulter pushes him away.
Never Faulter landing strikes from the mount.
Asanovic is trying to escape the mount.
Asanovic is squirming around, avoiding Never Faulter's attempts to control the action.
Never Faulter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Asanovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Asanovic tries to hold on but Never Faulter pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Never Faulter putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Never Faulter working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Never Faulter.
Never Faulter prevents Asanovic from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Asanovic is in a horrible position here. Never Faulter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Never Faulter working the ground and pound effectively.
Never Faulter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Asanovic is looking to escape.
Never Faulter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Asanovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Asanovic really wants to buck Never Faulter off and get back to his feet.
Never Faulter trying to control but Asanovic is having none of it.
Asanovic is looking to improve his position but Never Faulter isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic tries to hold on but Never Faulter postures up.
Asanovic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Never Faulter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Never Faulter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Never Faulter landing shots from mount.
Asanovic working to try and regain half guard.
Never Faulter working Asanovic over with strikes here.
Never Faulter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Never Faulter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Asanovic?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asanovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Never Faulter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Asanovic looks a forlorn figure.
Never Faulter has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Asanovic's face.
Never Faulter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Asanovic looks a forlorn figure.
Asanovic can't escape the position.
Never Faulter is landing with some decent strikes but Asanovic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Asanovic is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Asanovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asanovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Never Faulter looking to control but Asanovic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Never Faulter controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Never Faulter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Never Faulter 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Never Faulter!