PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Konrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miodrag Stefanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefanovic has chosen check yo self as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Konrad
vs
Stefanovic

191 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
23
194 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Resistance

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jacob Konrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miodrag Stefanovic!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Konrad closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Konrad lands in his opponent's guard.

Stefanovic is looking for a triangle but Konrad pushes his legs off easily.
Stefanovic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Konrad's guard.
Stefanovic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Konrad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stefanovic looking to sit in guard and control but Konrad gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Stefanovic looking for a guillotine here but Konrad defends easily.
Konrad trying to control but Stefanovic is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konrad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Konrad thows a big elbow that misses.
Konrad is looking to work some ground and pound but Stefanovic has wrist control.

Stefanovic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Konrad doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Konrad manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Konrad trying to control the position from guard on top but Stefanovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Konrad working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Konrad would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Konrad has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Konrad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Stefanovic working for a triangle but Konrad defends it easily.
Konrad wanted to stand there but Stefanovic had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad trying to control but Stefanovic is working from the bottom.
Stefanovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stefanovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Konrad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stefanovic being controlled here, momentarily.

Stefanovic has his foot on Konrad's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Konrad works his way back into a safe position though.
Konrad knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stefanovic on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konrad wants to stand but Stefanovic is controlling his posture from full guard.

Stefanovic is looking for a triangle but Konrad pushes his legs off easily.
Konrad wants to control from the top but Stefanovic keeps moving.
Konrad looking to sit in guard and control but Stefanovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stefanovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Konrad wants to get back to his feet but Stefanovic is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stefanovic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Konrad is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stefanovic forces his way into half guard.
Stefanovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stefanovic stops Konrad from getting back to his feet.

Stefanovic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Konrad defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miodrag Stefanovic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Konrad will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stefanovic slaps away a takedown attempt from Konrad, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Konrad tries to clinch up but Stefanovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Konrad shoots in looking for a takedown. Stefanovic tries to sprawl out of it but Konrad keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stefanovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Konrad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Konrad fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Stefanovic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Stefanovic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Stefanovic lands with some strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Stefanovic jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Konrad is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Konrad and Stefanovic has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Konrad on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Konrad tries to get out of the position.
Konrad taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stefanovic is trying to get an arm triangle but Konrad is defending well.
Konrad tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Stefanovic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stefanovic tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Stefanovic is trying to get an arm triangle but Konrad is defending well.
Miodrag Stefanovic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stefanovic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Konrad to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefanovic is putting a hurting on Konrad here, landing some big shots from side control.
Stefanovic prevents Konrad from escaping the position.
Konrad is not content to let Stefanovic control the position.
Stefanovic wants to control for a moment but Konrad uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Konrad is trying to get back to full guard.

Stefanovic is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Konrad doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stefanovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefanovic is looking to take a break and control but Konrad is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Konrad keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Konrad preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Stefanovic trying to control the action but Konrad is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stefanovic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stefanovic prevents Konrad from standing back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Stefanovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Konrad is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Stefanovic.
Stefanovic throwing shots but Konrad is blocking nicely.
Stefanovic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miodrag Stefanovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Stefanovic shoots in but no luck this time.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stefanovic is defended easily by Konrad.
Konrad tries for a takedown but Stefanovic circles away easily

so Stefanovic counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stefanovic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Stefanovic drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Stefanovic jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Konrad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stefanovic is controlling him.
Stefanovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stefanovic lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stefanovicis looking to pass into half guard but Konrad pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Konrad is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Konrad postures up in Stefanovic's guard and throws a big left but Stefanovic blocks it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stefanovic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Konrad trying to control but Stefanovic is working from the bottom.
Stefanovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Stefanovic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Konrad trying to control but Stefanovic is working from the bottom.
Konrad preventing the sweep.
Konrad is in close to Stefanovic's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Konrad got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stefanovic has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Konrad has managed to get both his arms back between Stefanovic's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konrad would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Konrad is looking to work some ground and pound but Stefanovic has wrist control.
Konrad 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.
Konrad trying to control but Stefanovic is working from the bottom.
Stefanovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Konrad wants to control from the top but Stefanovic keeps moving.
Konrad would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Stefanovic has Konrad pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Stefanovic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Konrad!
Stefanovic punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stefanovic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stefanovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Konrad's face.
Konrad is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
A nice elbow there by Stefanovic.

Stefanovic looking for a guillotine from mount but Konrad is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Konrad is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jacob Konrad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice elbow there by Stefanovic.

Stefanovic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Konrad to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Konrad shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stefanovic with shots to the head and body - Konrad looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stefanovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Konrad's face.
Miodrag Stefanovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Konrad tries to reverse the position but Stefanovic maintains control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miodrag Stefanovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stefanovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miodrag Stefanovic!