PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Atlas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomislav Boksic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atlas
vs
Boksic

190 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

181 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Atlas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomislav Boksic!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Atlas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Boksic's guard.
Atlas trying to control the position from guard on top but Boksic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Boksic has his feet on Atlas's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Atlas shoots in and gets a takedown into Boksic's guard.
Boksic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Atlas's guard.
Boksic is in close to Atlas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Atlas keeping moving, preventing Boksic from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atlas seems keen to control Boksic's posture.
Boksic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Atlas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Boksic manages to get himself to full guard.
Boksic pulls Atlas in close to prevent any damage.
Boksic's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boksic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Boksic dominating with strikes here.

Boksic looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Atlas manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Boksic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Boksic throwing shots but Atlas is blocking nicely.
Boksic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Atlas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boksic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atlas trying to control but Boksic postures up.
Boksic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atlas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Atlas keeping moving, preventing Boksic from controlling successfully.
Atlas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boksic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Boksic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boksic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Atlas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boksic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boksic distracts Atlas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boksic content to stall in guard here.
Boksic works over Atlas with some ground and pound from guard.
Boksic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Boksic trying to control but Atlas is working from the bottom.
Atlas tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Boksic stands and steps away. Atlas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Atlas closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Boksic's guard.
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!
Boksic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atlas won't allow Boksic to get back to his feet.
Atlas preventing the sweep.
Boksic pulls Atlas in close to his closed guard and prevents Atlas from doing any damage or advancing position.
Boksic controls Atlas momentarily but Atlas frees himself.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tomislav Boksic.
Boksic avoids the head kick by Atlas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atlas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomislav Boksic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Atlas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atlas tries to clinch there but Boksic circles away.

Atlas dives in and scores a takedown into Boksic's guard.
Boksic pulls Atlas in to control the position.
Atlas stands and throws Boksic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Boksic keeps Atlas under control for a moment.
Boksic wants to control but Atlas postures up.
Boksic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Boksic is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Boksic is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boksic is holding on to half guard well.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Atlas works his foot free and advances to mount.
Atlas wants to control the pace but Boksic is squirming around nicely.
Boksic tries to hold on but Atlas postures up.
Atlas prevents Boksic from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlas controlling from the full mount.
Boksic is looking to get to half guard.
Boksic tries to hold on but Atlas postures up.
Boksic is squirming around, avoiding Atlas's attempts to control the action.
Boksic is trying to escape the mount.
Boksic manages to control the position for a moment.
Boksic is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boksic tries to lock up and control but Atlas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Atlas prevents Boksic from getting the reversal.
Atlas tries to control but Boksic wriggling away.
Boksic is looking to improve his position but Atlas isn't that keen on the idea.
Boksic regains half guard.
Atlas wants to take a breather but Boksic is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jack Atlas.
Boksic is looking to clinch but Atlas is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boksic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jack Atlas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Atlas doesn't manage to clinch there - Boksic circles away.

Boksic gets the takedown into side control.
Atlas is trying to control Boksic's posture but Boksic avoids it.
Atlas tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boksic is chipping away with strikes.

Boksic is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Atlas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Boksic grinds an elbow into Atlas's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomislav Boksic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Boksic gets caught flat footed, as Atlas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Boksic controlling the position.
Atlas trying to control but Boksic is working from the bottom.
Boksic has control of Atlas's left arm, preventing Atlas from doing any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tomislav Boksic hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Atlas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Atlas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Boksic to the mat! Boksic manages to get full guard.
Boksic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Atlas's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boksic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tomislav Boksic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Atlas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boksic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Atlas's head.

Atlas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Boksic defends well.
Boksic throwing strikes but missing.
Boksic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Atlas keeping moving, preventing Boksic from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boksic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Atlas keeping moving, preventing Boksic from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boksic cracks Atlas with a solid left hand.
Boksic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boksic trying to control but Atlas is working from the bottom.
Boksic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Atlas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Atlas trying to keep a closed guard but Boksic is proving a slippery customer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Atlas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Boksic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Boksic wants to control from the top but Atlas keeps moving.
Atlas controls Boksic momentarily but Boksic frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boksic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Boksic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Boksic is in close to Atlas's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Boksic drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Atlas dives on top into guard.
Boksic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Atlas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Boksic keeping moving, preventing Atlas from controlling successfully.
Boksic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Atlas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boksic is looking for a sweep.
Boksic can't do much from the bottom here.
Boksic throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Atlas wants to control but Boksic is keeping him busy.
Boksic struggling a bit here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boksic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack Atlas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Atlas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomislav Boksic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Boksic 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomislav Boksic!
During a confident post fight interview, Tomislav Boksic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.