PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alaric Visigoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nebojsa Mihattovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Visigoth comes to the cage accompanied by THUNDERSTRUCK. Mihattovic has chosen Geto Boys - Still as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Alaric Visigoth has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Alaric Visigoth seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Visigoth
vs
Mihattovic

175 cm
32
170 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

177 cm
27
162 lbs
10 - 4 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alaric Visigoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Nebojsa Mihattovic!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mihattovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Visigoth.
Visigoth doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Mihattovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Visigoth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Visigoth throws a hook to the side of Mihattovic's head but Mihattovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Visigoth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mihattovic misses with a low kick.
Mihattovic slips under a jab.
Visigoth throws a series of punches but Mihattovic avoids them all with ease.
Visigoth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mihattovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Mihattovic clinches.
Visigoth has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mihattovic after a bit of a struggle.

Visigoth gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Visigoth throws a strike but Mihattovic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mihattovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Visigoth swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Visigoth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mihattovic's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Visigoth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mihattovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Visigoth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Visigoth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Visigoth with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mihattovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Visigoth is one step ahead there.
Mihattovic wants to stand but Visigoth is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mihattovic is keeping the position for now.
Visigoth content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Visigoth wants to pass the guard but Mihattovic is keeping the position.
Visigoth keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mihattovic's head.

Mihattovic throws his legs up looking for a submission but Visigoth uses it to pass to side control.
The strikes coming from Visigoth are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mihattovic is not content to let Visigoth control the position.
Visigoth landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Visigoth cracks Mihattovic with a big right hand but Mihattovic just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Visigoth tries to score with some ground and pound. Mihattovic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Visigoth throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Mihattovic works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Mihattovic controlling the position for now.
Visigoth tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mihattovic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Visigoth not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mihattovic tries to roll over but Visigoth keeps him under control.
Mihattovic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth distracts Mihattovic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mihattovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Visigoth preventing the sweep.
Visigoth postures up in Mihattovic's guard and throws a big left but Mihattovic blocks it.
Visigoth postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Visigoth advances to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Visigoth prevents Mihattovic from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mihattovic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alaric Visigoth dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mihattovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Visigoth.
Visigoth throws an off balance right hand
and Mihattovic counters with a right hand to the body.
Visigoth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Visigoth.
Mihattovic fails with the takedown.
Mihattovic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Visigoth counters with a nice uppercut.
Mihattovic slips a jab and a cross from Visigoth.
Mihattovic lands with a straight right. Visigoth didn't see that one coming.
Mihattovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Visigoth throws the left hand but Mihattovic avoids the punch easily.
Visigoth throws a hook but Mihattovic blocks it.
Alaric Visigoth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mihattovic.
Mihattovic misses with an uppercut. Visigoth saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihattovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Mihattovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Visigoth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Visigoth drives through with a takedown into Mihattovic's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Mihattovic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mihattovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Visigoth is one step ahead there.
Visigoth looking to pass the guard.
Mihattovic wants to get back to his feet but Visigoth is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
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.
Visigoth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mihattovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mihattovic throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Mihattovic keeping full guard, as Visigoth tries to pass.
Visigoth with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mihattovic working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Visigoth doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Visigoth manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Visigoth is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Visigoth looking to sit in guard and control but Mihattovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Mihattovic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Visigoth defends it well.
Mihattovic prevents Visigoth from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Mihattovic seems content to control.
Visigoth is concentrating on defense, preventing Mihattovic from advancing position.
Visigoth trying to control here.
Visigoth tries to roll over but Mihattovic keeps him under control.
Visigoth manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Visigoth is really struggling to control Mihattovic but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Visigoth lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mihattovic!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mihattovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mihattovic is desperately trying to improve his position but Visigoth has a good base and remains in mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mihattovic is squirming around, avoiding Visigoth's attempts to control the action.
Mihattovic wants to hold on but Visigoth pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alaric Visigoth dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Mihattovic jabs Visigoth right on the nose. Visigoth blinks but takes it well.
Visigoth's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Visigoth duly obliges.
Visigoth is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice cross by Visigoth.
Visigoth misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Visigoth throws out a loose jab but Mihattovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Visigoth takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Visigoth lands with a cross.
Visigoth misses with a hook.
Visigoth throws an overhand right that lands on Mihattovic's shoulder, as Mihattovic tries to avoid the shot.
Visigoth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mihattovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Visigoth moves out of range of the body kick from Mihattovic.
Visigoth avoids a kick to the body.
Mihattovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alaric Visigoth is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Visigoth moves out of range as Mihattovic strikes.
Mihattovic misses with a wild combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Visigoth, as that shot connected.
Visigoth misses with a looping right.
Mihattovic throws a sloppy head kick and Visigoth moves out of range easily.
Mihattovic motions for Visigoth to come forward. Mihattovic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mihattovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Visigoth.
Mihattovic ducks under a wild hook from Visigoth.
Visigoth misses with a left hand
and Mihattovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mihattovic stuffs the takedown.
Visigoth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Mihattovic.
Nebojsa Mihattovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic cracks Visigoth with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mihattovic slips under a jab from Visigoth.
Mihattovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mihattovic tries to clinch up.
Mihattovic scores with a spinning back kick!
Visigoth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Visigoth closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mihattovic quickly recovers to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Visigoth is nestled in close to Mihattovic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Visigoth prevents Mihattovic from improving his position.
Visigoth not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Visigoth stalling away here and it's allowed Mihattovic to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic lands with a slapping head kick.

Visigoth shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Mihattovic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Visigoth is working away from the top position though.
Visigoth is keen to just control but Mihattovic is a slippery customer.
Visigoth looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mihattovic gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth wants to control from the top but Mihattovic keeps moving.
Visigoth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mihattovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Visigoth is one step ahead there.
Alaric Visigoth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mihattovic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Visigoth gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mihattovic wants to stand and escape but Visigoth is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mihattovic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Visigoth passes into half guard.
Alaric Visigoth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
Mihattovic is in trouble now - Visigoth has advanced to mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alaric Visigoth.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Visigoth, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

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