PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robb Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michal Filipovic will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Stark
vs
Filipovic

185 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robb Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michal Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stark has Filipovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Filipovic wants to break free but Stark has control.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Stark misses with some punches.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.

It looks like Robb Stark has been cut.

Filipovic breaks from the clinch.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filipovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stark. Filipovic does a little dance to reset his feet.

Stark closes the distance and clinches.

Stark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Filipovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Filipovic has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Stark stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stark wants it to stay on the feet.

Filipovic moves into the clinch.

Filipovic breaks from the clinch.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Filipovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark is looking to clinch but Filipovic is avoiding it.

Filipovic gets a clinch.
Stark looking to stall.
Filipovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stark's efforts to push away.
Stark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Filipovic avoids it.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Filipovic as he checks the leg kick.

Filipovic shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stark manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Filipovic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Filipovic.
Stark tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stark working a defensive guard here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Filipovic controls the pace.
Filipovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Michal Filipovic.

Filipovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Filipovic drops Stark with a big knee straight up the middle! Stark is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Stark is rocked!

Filipovic clinches up against the cage.
Oh Stark is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Filipovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Filipovic moves into range and clinches up with Stark.
Filipovic lands a big knee! That's hurt Stark! Oh, he's all over the place! Filipovic lands another knee that sends Stark to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michal Filipovic!