PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Street (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomislav Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Street comes to the cage accompanied by The Truth. Vukovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rammstein - Feuer Frei! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Street
vs
Vukovic

196 cm
26
226 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

190 cm
27
220 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Stonewall
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Stonewall

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 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Street!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomislav Vukovic!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Street takes one to the side of the head.
Michael Street seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Street misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vukovic.
Street swings for the body but Vukovic moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vukovic, as that shot connected.

Street moves into the clinch.
Vukovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vukovic working aggressively here.
Street is trying to stall.
Vukovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vukovic misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vukovic.
Vukovic lands an uppercut.
Vukovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Street lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vukovic pushes Street back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vukovic avoiding damage as Street throws knees to the body.
Vukovic can't find room to land a body shot as Street controls the action.
Street tries to work over Vukovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Vukovic.
Street dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic lands a body punch.
Vukovic blocks the elbow strike.

Vukovic manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Street.
Street connects with a right hand. Vukovic shakes it off.
Street tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vukovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Street tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Vukovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Street throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vukovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Street tries a knee to the head but Vukovic blocks it.
Vukovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vukovic gets through Street's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vukovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Street.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A bit of stalling here from Street.
Street utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vukovic looks gassed!
Street scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tomislav Vukovic has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Street.
Street holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Street lands a knee to the body.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Street stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Street stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Street.
Street tries to land knees in the clinch but Vukovic avoids the damage to the body.
Street slowing the pace effectively.
Street lands a body shot in the clinch.
Street misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vukovic.
Street utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Street stalling against the cage.
Vukovic blocks a body shot from Street.
Street blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Street.
Street blocking some punches.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Street tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vukovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vukovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vukovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vukovic.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Vukovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Street's elbow.
Vukovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vukovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vukovic cracks Street with a nice body shot.
Vukovic misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Street landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Street tries to throw a body punch but Vukovic avoids it by throwing Street back against the cage.
Vukovic has a couple of punches blocked by Street.
Street blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Street landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Street lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Street misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vukovic.
Vukovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vukovic looking to slow down the pace here.
Vukovic managing to block the knees to the body from Street.
Street scores with a shot to the side of Vukovic's head.
Vukovic prevents a body shot from Street.
Vukovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vukovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Street with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Street unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Street is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Street lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Street dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomislav Vukovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Street lands a nice hook to Vukovic's body. Vukovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vukovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Street.
Vukovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Street scores with a sloppy right hand. Vukovic should have avoided that one.
Street lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Street lands with a cross.
Street scores with a jab to the body.
Vukovic stuffs the takedown attempt from Street. Street gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vukovic jabs Street right on the nose. Street blinks but takes it well.
Street ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vukovic moves away.
Vukovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Street momentarily.
Street tries to clinch but Vukovic moves out of range.
Vukovic lands with a right hand.
Vukovic moves in looking to clinch but Street pushes him off.
Street pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Vukovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vukovic is breathing heavily.
Street cracks Vukovic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Michael Street is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vukovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Street.
Street lands with a shot to the body.
Vukovic slips a straight right by Street.
Vukovic dodges the punch combination from Street.
Street tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vukovic is able to avoid easily.

Street has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Street tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vukovic avoids it.
Vukovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Street.
Vukovic lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vukovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vukovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Street.
Street stalling in the clinch but Vukovic improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Street.
A hook to the body from Street.
Michael Street has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Street.
Knees in the clinch landing for Street.
Vukovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Street is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Street stalls.
Street is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vukovic can do to turn this around?
Street using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vukovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vukovic.
Knees to the body from Street.
Street gets through Vukovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Street landing knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Street landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Street is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Street for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Street.
Street needs to keep his hands up - Vukovic had a free shot at his head there.
Michael Street is winning the standup battle so far.
Vukovic checks a low kick from Street.
Street shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vukovic as he jumps to the side.

Street rushes Vukovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vukovic has a couple of punches blocked by Street.
Street is looking to control Vukovic's arms but Vukovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Street has his back to the cage.
Vukovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Street misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vukovic.
Vukovic has Street pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vukovic lands a left hand.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Street pressing his opponent against the cage.
Street blocks an uppercut.
Street works on Vukovic's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vukovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Street scores with a hook to the body.
Street is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vukovic is defending well for now.
Vukovic blocks a body shot from Street.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Street creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Street lands a knee to the body.
Street tries a body shot but Vukovic blocks it.

Vukovic manages to break the clinch.
Vukovic walks forward, straight into a front kick from Street.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Street dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tomislav Vukovic'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!

Street throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vukovic fails to land with a series of punches.

Street is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vukovic's half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Street wants to control but Vukovic is keeping him busy.
Street thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vukovic's head.
Street throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Street is pressing down on Vukovic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vukovic is holding on for now.
Vukovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vukovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Street thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vukovic's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Street throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Street throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Street is looking to advance position but Vukovic won't allow it.
Street moves nicely into side control.
Street misses with the ground and pound.
Tomislav Vukovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street working the head and body with strikes.
Vukovic managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Street.
The strikes coming from Street are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Street working the ground and pound from side control.
Street moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Street takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Street throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street cracks Vukovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Street lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Street throws some wild stikes that Vukovic manages to avoid easily.
Street punching from mount but Vukovic doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Street sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Street drops a big elbow. That's hurt Vukovic! More shots from Street and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Street!
Michael Street gave a mention to Stonewall in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).