PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Brothers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Stanimirovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brothers comes into the arena with Eye of the Tiger blaring out of the sound system. Mario Brothers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Brothers
vs
Stanimirovic

222 cm
20
295 lbs
6 - 8 - 1

180 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Brothers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleksandar Stanimirovic!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanimirovic with a poor takedown
and Brothers counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Aleksandar Stanimirovic has been cut.

Brothers looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brothers thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stanimirovic is looking to control Brothers's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stanimirovic avoid being mounted?

Brothers is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brothers is looking to take a break and control but Stanimirovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Stanimirovic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brothers pulls his head out easily.

Brothers seems to be working for a kimura but Stanimirovic defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanimirovic is staying active underneath Brothers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brothers prevents Stanimirovic from improving his position.
Brothers is looking to take a break and control but Stanimirovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brothers scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stanimirovic moves into full guard.
Stanimirovic doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Stanimirovic is trying to keep Brothers in close.

That's two 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.
Stanimirovic is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Stanimirovic keeping full guard, as Brothers tries to pass.

Brothers is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stanimirovic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brothers trying to control but Stanimirovic is working from the bottom.
Brothers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Brothers is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Brothers is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanimirovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Stanimirovic decides to return to a standing position.
Aleksandar Stanimirovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stanimirovic scores with a takedown into Brothers's guard.
Brothers keeping moving, preventing Stanimirovic from controlling successfully.
Stanimirovic with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanimirovic looking to pass the guard.
Stanimirovic throwing strikes but missing.
Stanimirovic postures up.
Stanimirovic throws a big right hand that misses.
Stanimirovic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brothers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brothers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stanimirovic throwing strikes but missing.
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 Mario Brothers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Stanimirovic's cut.
That's time! Brothers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stanimirovic drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stanimirovic trying to control but Brothers is working from the bottom.
Brothers wants to sweep here but Stanimirovic controlling him for the moment.
Stanimirovic sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Aleksandar Stanimirovic was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Stanimirovic shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Brothers napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Stanimirovic cracks Brothers with a big elbow.

Stanimirovic decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Stanimirovic shoots and misses

and Brothers counters with a takedown into side control.
Brothers wants to control but Stanimirovic is keeping him busy.
Stanimirovic manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stanimirovic connects with a nice short shot to Brothers's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanimirovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stanimirovic stalling.
Brothers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stanimirovic.
Ground and pound from Stanimirovic.

Brothers has one foot on Stanimirovic's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Stanimirovic closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Brothers quickly recovers to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanimirovic 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.
Brothers is refusing to be controlled, as Stanimirovic sits in half guard.
Brothers keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Stanimirovic is working for a submission of some sort.
Brothers tries to get to full guard but Stanimirovic has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brothers pushes Stanimirovic off but Stanimirovic dives into side control.
Brothers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Stanimirovic.
Brothers takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Brothers taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stanimirovic misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Stanimirovic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brothers, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandar Stanimirovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Stanimirovic'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. This is the final round!

Brothers gets caught flat footed, as Stanimirovic shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Stanimirovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Brothers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stanimirovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brothers's head.
Stanimirovic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brothers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stanimirovic throwing strikes from guard but Brothers blocks nicely.
Stanimirovic wants to control from the top but Brothers keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanimirovic scoring with punches to the head and body.

Stanimirovic drops back, looking for a kneebar! Brothers looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Brothers looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Brothers!
Stanimirovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Stanimirovic tries to improve position but can't.
Stanimirovic is trying to control Brothers's posture but Brothers avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brothers trying to control the position but Stanimirovic is working away.
Stanimirovic wants to control but Brothers postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brothers trying to control the position but Stanimirovic is working away.

Brothers tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brothers has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stanimirovic is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanimirovic sneaks back into half guard.

Brothers is working for a kimura but Stanimirovic is defending it quite comfortably.
Stanimirovic makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Stanimirovic.
Brothersis looking to pass into half guard but Stanimirovic pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Stanimirovic is in guard.
Stanimirovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brothers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stanimirovic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanimirovic distracts Brothers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stanimirovic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Aleksandar Stanimirovic has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandar Stanimirovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stanimirovic 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandar Stanimirovic!