PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Jovanovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mann comes to the cage accompanied by F'd up. Jovanovitch has chosen Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Stanislav Jovanovitch has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Mann
vs
Jovanovitch

180 cm
23
229 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
250 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Mann!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stanislav Jovanovitch!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jovanovitch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Mann scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mann with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Jovanovitch kicks off Mann and gets to his feet.
Mann looks to land a left hand but Jovanovitch moved out of range nicely.
Mann tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jovanovitch swivels and escapes.
Mann shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jovanovitch but Jovanovitch pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jovanovitch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jovanovitch lands with a nice combination. Mann backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Jovanovitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Mann looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jovanovitch!
You get the feeling that Jovanovitch really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jovanovitch is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jovanovitch throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jovanovitch wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jovanovitch is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Jovanovitch tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jovanovitch is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Mann lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jovanovitch is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Mann.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jovanovitch taking shots to the head.
Mann looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mann looking to finish Jovanovitch with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jovanovitch!
Mann in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jovanovitch taking shots to the head.
Mann is breathing heavily.
Mann has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jovanovitch's face.
Mann postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jovanovitch looks a forlorn figure.
Jovanovitch is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Mann punishing his opponent with strikes.

Mann with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mann cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mann with a couple of short strikes.
Mann is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jovanovitch regains half guard.
Jovanovitch wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mann has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jovanovitch wants to get back to his feet.
Mann scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Jovanovitch kicks off Mann and gets to his feet.
Jovanovitch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mann shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jovanovitch as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Mann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mann closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jovanovitch circles away.
Mann shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jovanovitch pinned against the cage. Jovanovitch gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jovanovitch with a jab.
Jovanovitch connects with a solid leg kick.
Mann shoots in but no luck this time.
Mann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jovanovitch tests Mann's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jovanovitch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mann shoots in but Jovanovitch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mann fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jovanovitch misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovitch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jovanovitch swats away the attempt to clinch by Mann.

Mann scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jovanovitch wants to get back to his feet but Mann drags him back down.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mann scoring with punches from side control.
Jovanovitch is trying to get back to his feet.
Jovanovitch is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mann off and has taken his back!

Jovanovitch patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Can Mann hold on?! Jovanovitch is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Mann covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Mann rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Mann tries to roll over but Jovanovitch keeps him under control.
Jovanovitch tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mann manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jovanovitch wanted to stand there but Mann had control of the position.

Mann looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jovanovitch is defending well. Mann quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jovanovitch has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Mann celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Mann!
Mike Mann retains his heavyweight title!