PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Valanciunas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Filipovic's choice of entrance music: Wild Boys. Mirko Filipovic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Valanciunas
vs
Filipovic

192 cm
27
215 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

188 cm
28
206 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Savage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Valanciunas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic tries to land a leg kick but Valanciunas saw it coming and moves away.
Filipovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valanciunas.
Valanciunas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Filipovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Filipovic. Valanciunas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Filipovic lands with a shot to the body.
Valanciunas slips a jab and a cross from Filipovic.
Filipovic blocks a head kick by Valanciunas.
Valanciunas tries to clinch up but Filipovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Jonas Valanciunas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Filipovic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Valanciunas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valanciunas wants to clinch up but Filipovic keeps it at a distance.
Filipovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Valanciunas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valanciunas connects with a solid leg kick.
Valanciunas thumps Filipovic with a low kick.
Valanciunas tries to land a leg kick but Filipovic saw it coming and moves away.
Valanciunas is looking to slow Filipovic down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valanciunas throws out the jab.
Valanciunas misses with a kick to the body
and Filipovic counters with a good low kick that Valanciunas was not able to check.

Valanciunas has Filipovic up against the ropes in a clinch.
Valanciunas lands a hook that snaps the head of Filipovic backwards.
Valanciunas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Filipovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Valanciunas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic avoids the head kick by Valanciunas.
No joy there for Filipovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Filipovic, right into the meat.
Filipovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Valanciunas blocks a head kick by Filipovic.
Valanciunas lands an overhand right.

It looks like Mirko Filipovic has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Filipovic slips a straight right by Valanciunas.
Valanciunas throws a head kick but Filipovic moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Valanciunas misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a right and a left that Valanciunas avoids nicely.
Filipovic throws a combination that misses
and Valanciunas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Filipovic's knee momentarily.
Valanciunas lands a nice shot that snaps Filipovic's head back.
Valanciunas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Filipovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Valanciunas.
Valanciunas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valanciunas lands a leg kick that knocks Filipovic off balance momentarily.

Filipovic gets tackled into the ropes by Valanciunas. Valanciunas maintains the clinch.
Valanciunas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Filipovic's efforts to push away.
Filipovic is trying to force a seperation but Valanciunas has the dominant position.
A left hand lands to the body for Valanciunas.
A right hand to the body from Valanciunas.
Filipovic looks winded!
Valanciunas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valanciunas lands a hook that snaps the head of Filipovic backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valanciunas prevents Filipovic from breaking the clinch.
Valanciunas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Valanciunas.

Valanciunas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Filipovic has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Filipovic checks a low kick from Valanciunas.

Valanciunas lands a big head kick that sends Filipovic tumbling to the mat! Valanciunas takes a step backwards and waves Filipovic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Filipovic is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valanciunas feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Filipovic collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jonas Valanciunas!
After winning the bout, Jonas Valanciunas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.