PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mathias Djuric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jankowski has chosen Start It Up as his entrance music. The key to victory for Mathias Djuric has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Djuric
vs
Jankowski

182 cm
22
200 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

188 cm
25
194 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mathias Djuric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Jankowski!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djuric misses with a double jab.
Djuric listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Djuric swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Djuric looks to land a right hand but Jankowski moved out of range.

Jankowski shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Djuric manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jankowski controlling from the top position.
Jankowski thows a big elbow that misses.
Jankowski stopping the sweep attempt from Djuric.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jankowski throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankowski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jankowski advances to half guard.
Jankowski thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Djuric to regain full guard.
Jankowski thows a big elbow that misses.
Jankowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Jankowski makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jankowski passes into half guard.
Jankowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski thows a huge punch but Djuric dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jankowski lands a nice short elbow.
Jankowski trying to control from half guard but Djuric is working away.
Djuric avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jankowski.
Djuric is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jankowski lands strikes from half guard.
Jankowski looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Djuric keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jankowski trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jankowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jankowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jankowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jankowski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jankowski controlling the action here.
Jankowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djuric taking some punishment here, with Jankowski in his half guard.
Jankowski thows a huge punch but Djuric dodges it nicely.
Jankowski working Djuric over with strikes.
Djuric has hold of Jankowski's hands but Jankowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Djuric is rocked!
Jankowski slips a nice elbow through Djuric's hands, connecting with Djuric's forehead.
Oh Djuric is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jankowski lands a big elbow - Djuric is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Jankowski!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Jankowski!