PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miodrag Petkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oddish Vileplume (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oddish Vileplume is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Petkovic
vs
Vileplume

195 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
240 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miodrag Petkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oddish Vileplume!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petkovic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vileplume swivels and escapes.
Oddish Vileplume seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vileplume has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Petkovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Petkovic has a couple of punches blocked by Vileplume.

Vileplume breaks the clinch.
Vileplume throws a combination. Petkovic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A head kick misses from Vileplume.
Vileplume swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Petkovic looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Petkovic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vileplume works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Petkovic prevents Vileplume from getting back to his feet.
Petkovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Vileplume is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Petkovic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Petkovic stands up and waves to Vileplume to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petkovic takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Petkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vileplume fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vileplume looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petkovic fails to land the takedown.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Petkovic.

Vileplume bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Petkovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vileplume scores with a spinning back kick!
Petkovic is breathing heavily.
Petkovic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miodrag Petkovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vileplume works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vileplume clobbers Petkovic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petkovic fails with a takedown attempt.
Vileplume goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vileplume lands a jab to Petkovic's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vileplume throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Petkovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Petkovic feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Petkovic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vileplume is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Petkovic, into his guard.
Vileplume won't allow Petkovic to sweep him here.
Petkovic looking to control.
Petkovic wants to get back to his feet but Vileplume is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic tries to strike from the bottom.
Petkovic looking for a sweep. Not yet Petkovic, not yet.

Petkovic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Petkovic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vileplume must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Vileplume postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vileplume trying to stand up but can't free himself from Petkovic's guard.

Vileplume is sitting in close to Petkovic's body. Petkovic has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Vileplume is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Vileplume is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Petkovic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Miodrag Petkovic!