PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Tunjic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and VinniJay Acunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tunjic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, More then a Feeling. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tunjic
vs
Acunia

177 cm
27
183 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

180 cm
31
181 lbs
26 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Granite chin

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Tunjic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, VinniJay Acunia!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunjic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Acunia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Acunia thows a body shot but no joy.
Tunjic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Acunia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tunjic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Acunia.
Acunia scoring well with a low kick there.
Acunia cracks Tunjic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Acunia motions for Tunjic to come forward. Acunia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Acunia cracks the inside of Tunjic's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acunia with a nice cross.
Tunjic swings widly with a right hand

and Acunia counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Acunia lands a few punches from side control.

Tunjic is rocked!
Acunia throws an elbow but Tunjic slips to the side and avoids it well.
Acunia looks up at the clock and then as Tunjic takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Acunia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Tunjic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Acunia lands a nice forearm strike.
Tunjic manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tunjic seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tunjic trying to control from half guard but Acunia is working away.
Acunia is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Tunjic jumps into side control!
Acunia sneaks back into half guard.
Tunjic throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Acunia to regain full guard.
Acunia 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.
Acunia throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Acunia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tunjic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tunjic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Acunia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tunjic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tunjic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tunjic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Acunia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tunjic landing with the ground and pound.
Tunjic missing there with some ground and pound from the 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!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tunjic throws a big elbow that misses.
Acunia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tunjic!
Acunia looking to finish Tunjic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tunjic!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Acunia raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tunjic taking shots to the head.
Acunia working Tunjic over with strikes here.
Acunia with the ground and pound from mount.
Tunjic tries to reverse the position but Acunia maintains control.
Acunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tunjic?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Acunia raining down shots from the mount!
Acunia postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Tunjic in real trouble here! The ref calls for Tunjic to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). VinniJay Acunia!
An out of breath VinniJay Acunia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.