PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Strong Arm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomislav Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vukovic has chosen Rammstein - Feuer Frei! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Arm
vs
Vukovic

193 cm
25
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Strong Arm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomislav Vukovic!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Vukovic misses.
No joy there for Vukovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vukovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vukovic misses with a looping left.
Arm throws a lazy uppercut
and Vukovic counters with a thumping low kick.
Arm misses with a left hand
and Vukovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arm throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vukovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Arm misses
and Vukovic counters with a thumping low kick.
Vukovic scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arm has his takedown stuffed
and Vukovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arm misses with an uppercut
and Vukovic counters with a one-two to the body.
Arm throws a lazy uppercut
and Vukovic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vukovic looks to throw the jab but Arm is out of range.
Vukovic misses with a hook

and Arm counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Vukovic!

Arm is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Vukovic has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Vukovic!

Vukovic stands up from Arm's guard - Vukovic perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arm swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vukovic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Arm misses with a shot to the body
and Vukovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Vukovic clobbers Arm with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arm misses with a two punch combination.
Vukovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Arm is just out of range.
Vukovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vukovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arm misses with a body punch
and Vukovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vukovic lands a jab to the head.
Donk. Vukovic catches Arm right on the button with a cross.
Vukovic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Arm had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Arm with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Arm throws a right hand that misses
and Vukovic counters with an inside leg kick.
Strong Arm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vukovic.
Arm slips a jab from Vukovic.
Arm misses with a lunging right hand
and Arm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arm stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vukovic.
Arm blocks a jab.
Arm shoots in but Vukovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Strong Arm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arm connects with a single shot there.
Vukovic scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arm throws a poor cross that misses
and Vukovic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomislav Vukovic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Arm throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vukovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arm has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vukovic looks to land a left hand but Arm moved out of range nicely.
Arm swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vukovic counters with a straight right hand.
Arm lands a nice hook to Vukovic's body. Vukovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vukovic throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Arm misses with a double jab
and Vukovic counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic lands with a hook. Arm tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arm fails to land the takedown.
The crowd cheers as Vukovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Arm doesn't seem phased though.
Arm throws an off balance right hand
enabling Vukovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Arm slips a straight right by Vukovic.
Vukovic swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Arm misses with an uppercut
and Vukovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arm misses with a right hand
and Vukovic counters with a low kick, right behind Arm 's knee.
Vukovic lands a jab to the nose.
Good standup being displayed there by Vukovic as he connects with a hook.
Vukovic lands a jab to the nose.
Arm misses with a double jab
and Vukovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Jab by Vukovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arm slips under a jab from Vukovic.
Vukovic misses with a few strikes there.
Vukovic looks to throw the jab but Arm is out of range.
Arm throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Vukovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Arm misses with a hook
and Vukovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vukovic scores with a nice head shot.
Vukovic lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arm throws a poor cross that misses
and Vukovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Arm is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vukovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arm falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vukovic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vukovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Arm should have avoided that one.
Vukovic misses with a double jab
and Arm counters with a nice uppercut.
Arm rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vukovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomislav Vukovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Arm misses with a right hand
and Vukovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Arm gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vukovic scores with a nice head shot.
Arm throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Vukovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Arm throws a right hand that misses
and Vukovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arm swings widly with a right hand
and Vukovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Some wild striking there from Vukovic.
Arm misses with a hook to the body
and Vukovic counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arm throws an off balance right hand
and Vukovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arm with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vukovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Arm misses with a hook
and Vukovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Arm misses with a hook
and Vukovic counters with an inside leg kick.
Arm tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vukovic swivels and escapes.
Arm misses with a lunging right hand
and Arm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vukovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Strong Arm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arm throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vukovic counters with a nice body shot.
Arm swings widly with a right hand
and Vukovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Arm fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tomislav Vukovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arm throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vukovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Arm looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vukovic throws a nice looking combination but Arm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arm throws an off balance right hand
and Vukovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tomislav Vukovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arm throws a lazy uppercut
and Vukovic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Arm thinking.
Tomislav Vukovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vukovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arm has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Strong Arm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vukovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Arm avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arm ducks under a wild hook from Vukovic.

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.
Arm misses the body punch
and Vukovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vukovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Arm counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vukovic thinking.
Vukovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Arm scores with a jab.
Arm tests Vukovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arm throws a poor cross that misses
and Vukovic counters with a nice body shot.
Arm takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vukovic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomislav Vukovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vukovic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomislav Vukovic!