PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hopeless Place (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filipovic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is wild boyz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Filipovic
vs
Place

188 cm
26
244 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirko Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hopeless Place!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Place tries for a takedown but Filipovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Filipovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Filipovic throws a body kick that misses.
Filipovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
No luck for Place with that takedown attempt.
Filipovic looks for the body kick but Place saw that one coming.
Place takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Place has a takedown stuffed.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hopeless Place.

Filipovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Filipovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Place wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Place changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Filipovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Filipovic could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic misses with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Filipovic.
Filipovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Place looks winded!
That kick from Filipovic tenderised Place's leg. Place is trying to keep his angry face on.

Filipovic darts in and clinches Place up against the cage.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Place moves out of range as Filipovic throws a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Filipovic.
Place is trying desperately to land a takedown but Filipovic is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Place.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Filipovic lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic tries to land a front kick but Place steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Filipovic closes the distance and clinches.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Place in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Hopeless Place has been cut.
Place takes a knee to the side of the body.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Place.
Filipovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Filipovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Filipovic connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Filipovic.
Filipovic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Place will feel that in the morning.
Filipovic is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic thumps Place with a low kick.
Filipovic thows a body kick. Place tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Filipovic rushes Place and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic clobbers Place with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Filipovic cracks the inside of Place's front leg.

Filipovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Place, pushing him back against the cage.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Filipovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Place looks for a takedown but Filipovic sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Filipovic misses with a head kick.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Filipovic, right into the meat.
Place takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Filipovic closes the distance and clinches.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filipovic scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Place lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Filipovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Filipovic darts in and clinches Place up against the cage.

Filipovic breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hopeless Place's cut.
That's time! Filipovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Filipovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Filipovic misses with a low kick as Place jumps back.
Mirko Filipovic is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid body kick from Filipovic.
Filipovic scores with a push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filipovic connects with a leg kick. Place looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Filipovic cracks a nice hook into Place's ribs.
Place's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Filipovic sizes up Place with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Filipovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Place can do to turn this around?
Filipovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Place steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Filipovic. That one must have hurt.
Nice body kick from Filipovic.
Place has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Filipovic.
Filipovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hopeless Place is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Place is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Place has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Filipovic.

Filipovic moves into the clinch.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Place has a takedown stuffed.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Filipovic cracks Place with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Filipovic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Place. Place circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Place drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Filipovic throws the kick towards the body but Place avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filipovic scores with a jab to the head.
Filipovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Place takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Filipovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Filipovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Filipovic, right into the meat.
Filipovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Filipovic lands with a nice body kick.

Filipovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Filipovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Filipovic.
Filipovic scores with a leg kick.
Filipovic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Filipovic digs a good body shot into Place's ribs.
Filipovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Filipovic.

Filipovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Place, pushing him back against the cage.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Place blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Place steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Filipovic. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Filipovic closes the distance and clinches.
Filipovic misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Place in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Filipovic breaks the clinch.
Nice body kick from Filipovic.
Place on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Filipovic scores with a leg kick.

Filipovic moves into range and clinches up with Place.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Place sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hopeless Place'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Filipovic scores with a push kick.
Filipovic throws a half hearted mid kick.

Filipovic moves into the clinch successfully.

Place works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Place postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filipovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Filipovic controlling Place's posture.

Place drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Filipovic manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Place has Filipovic in his guard.
Filipovic wants to stand but Place has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Place takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Place looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Place is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Filipovic defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Place is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Filipovic defends well.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Filipovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Filipovic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Place working for a triangle but Filipovic defends it easily.
Filipovic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is pushing down on Place's leg trying to pass to half guard. Place is fighting to maintain full guard but Filipovic has managed to sneak the leg through.
Filipovic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Filipovic decides to stand and escape the position.
Filipovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Filipovic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filipovic lands the left hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Filipovic - that will leave a mark!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Filipovic takes the fight into the clinch.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Filipovic tenderised Place's leg. Place is trying to keep his angry face on.
Filipovic throws a quick inside leg kick.

Filipovic rushes Place and presses him up against the cage.
Filipovic lands a damaging elbow.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filipovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Filipovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Place. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filipovic connects with a right hand. Place shakes it off.
Filipovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Place circles away.
Filipovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Place walks forward, straight into a front kick from Filipovic.
Filipovic lands a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Filipovic clinches with his opponent.

Filipovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hopeless Place has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mirko Filipovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Filipovic has closed the distance and engaged Place in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Filipovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Filipovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:25
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Filipovic!