PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antre Laufer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Velickovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velickovic has chosen Beogradski Sindikat - Svim Srcem as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Laufer
vs
Velickovic

188 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antre Laufer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nemanja Velickovic!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Velickovic drives through and clinches with Laufer against the cage.
Laufer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Velickovic is working Laufer over against the cage.
Laufer wants to get back to striking at distance but Velickovic won't allow it.

Velickovic has hold of one of Laufer's legs. Laufer is fighting the takedown attempt but Velickovic gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Velickovic controls from within his opponent's guard.

Velickovic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Velickovic controls from within his opponent's guard.
Velickovic's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velickovic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Laufer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Velickovic on the ground.
Laufer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Velickovic controls the pace.

Laufer is working an open guard so Velickovic takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Velickovic shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Velickovic is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Laufer!
Velickovic content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laufer taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velickovic is landing with some decent strikes but Laufer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Velickovic lands a big elbow.
Velickovic content just to control the position here.
Velickovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Laufer's face.
Velickovic sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Velickovic has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Velickovic is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Laufer is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Laufer flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Velickovic anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Laufer and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Velickovic slips an arm under Laufer chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Velickovic has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Velickovic is squeezing on Laufer like an anaconda would it's prey. Laufer fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nemanja Velickovic!
During a confident post fight interview, Nemanja Velickovic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.