PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Drazen Nitrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KC Sunshine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nitrovic comes to the cage accompanied by Children (Dream version) by Robert Miles. Drazen Nitrovic looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Nitrovic
vs
Sunshine

170 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

167 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Drazen Nitrovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, KC Sunshine!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunshine fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nitrovic is looking to clinch but Sunshine is avoiding it.
Sunshine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nitrovic but Nitrovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sunshine shoots in for a takedown but Nitrovic shows good takedown defense.
Drazen Nitrovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of KC Sunshine.
Sunshine shoots in but no luck this time.
Sunshine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Sunshine looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nitrovic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sunshine is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nitrovic looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunshine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sunshine perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sunshine wants to pass the guard but Nitrovic is defending well.
Sunshine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sunshine thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nitrovic to regain full guard.
Sunshine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sunshine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sunshine throws and elbow that misses. Nitrovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sunshine's guard. Nice move by Nitrovic!
Sunshine trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nitrovic prevents Sunshine from getting back to his feet.
Sunshine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nitrovic!
Nitrovic holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sunshine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sunshine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sunshine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sunshine cracks Nitrovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nitrovic wants to try and get back to his feet.
Sunshine thowing shots but they're missing.
Sunshine looking to ground and pound but Nitrovic is blocking nicely.
Sunshine thowing shots but they're missing.
Sunshine throws a wild left hand from mount and Nitrovic manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.

Nitrovic is defending against the submission attempts here by Sunshine.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sunshine is trying to control the action in half guard but Nitrovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nitrovic is looking to escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sunshine throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nitrovic's waist but Nitrovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sunshine off to one side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nitrovic lands a two punch combo.
Nitrovic is breathing heavily.
Sunshine will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sunshine tries for a takedown but Nitrovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but KC Sunshine will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sunshine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nitrovic pinned against the cage. Nitrovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Sunshine closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nitrovic to the mat! Nitrovic manages to get full guard.
Sunshine passes into half guard.
Nitrovic is refusing to be controlled, as Sunshine sits in half guard.
Sunshine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nitrovic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sunshine is breathing heavily.
Sunshine scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sunshine lands a nice short elbow.
Sunshine throws a strike but Nitrovic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nitrovic keeping moving, preventing Sunshine from controlling successfully.
Sunshine looking to sit in guard and control but Nitrovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sunshine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nitrovic puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sunshine wants to control but Nitrovic is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sunshine is trying to stand.
Sunshine wants to control but Nitrovic is keeping busy.
Sunshine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nitrovic's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nitrovic's back!
Nitrovic manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Sunshine is now in side control.
Sunshine creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Nitrovic sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Nitrovic parries the strikes from Sunshine easily there. Sunshine is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nitrovic to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine with the ground and pound but Nitrovic regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sunshine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sunshine passes to full mount!
Nitrovic taking shots to the head.
Sunshine looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sunshine landing strikes from the mount and Nitrovic is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Sunshine connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sunshine landing strikes from the mount.
Sunshine misses with a head shot.
Nitrovic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sunshine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nitrovic looks a forlorn figure.
Sunshine thowing shots but they're missing.
Nitrovic wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sunshine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KC Sunshine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nitrovic is looking to clinch but Sunshine is avoiding it.
Nitrovic tries to clinch but Sunshine is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Sunshine or perhaps it was just good defense by Nitrovic which made him look bad.
Sunshine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Sunshine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sunshine is keen to just control but Nitrovic is a slippery customer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sunshine throws a strike but Nitrovic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunshine wants to control from the top but Nitrovic keeps moving.
Nitrovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sunshine throws and elbow that misses. Nitrovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sunshine's guard. Nice move by Nitrovic!
Sunshine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sunshine 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.
Sunshine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nitrovic puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sunshine throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sunshine wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nitrovic stuffs the takedown attempt from Sunshine. Sunshine gets slowly back to his feet.
Drazen Nitrovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of KC Sunshine.
Nitrovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Sunshine circles away.
KC Sunshine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nitrovic is looking to clinch but Sunshine is avoiding it.
Nitrovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sunshine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nitrovic fails to land with a series of punches.

Sunshine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine throws and elbow that misses. Nitrovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sunshine's guard. Nice move by Nitrovic!
Sunshine trying to keep a closed guard but Nitrovic is proving a slippery customer.
Nitrovic won't allow Sunshine to sweep him here.
Sunshine is striking but Nitrovic is not phased and passes to half guard.
Nitrovic prevents Sunshine from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Drazen Nitrovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sunshine regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nitrovic won't allow Sunshine to sweep him here.

Sunshine looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Nitrovic passes into half guard.
Sunshine trying to get back to full guard but Nitrovic takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to KC Sunshine.
I've got Sunshine 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KC Sunshine!