PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ali Basra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Velimir Stojkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stojkovic is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drowning Pool - Numb . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Basra
vs
Stojkovic

180 cm
27
163 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

175 cm
27
166 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ali Basra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Velimir Stojkovic!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stojkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Stojkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Basra throws a jab when Stojkovic was well out of range.
Stojkovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Basra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Basra lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Basra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Basra uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stojkovic has time to react.
Stojkovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Basra.
Stojkovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stojkovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Basra lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stojkovic looks to land a right hand but Basra moved out of range.
Basra throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stojkovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Basra throws a body punch but Stojkovic moves out of range.
Stojkovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojkovic tries a body shot but Basra blocks it.
Stojkovic misses with a punch to the body.
Basra misses with the head strike.
Basra lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Stojkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Basra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stojkovic or not.
Basra managing to block the knees to the body from Stojkovic.
Basra misses with some punches.
Stojkovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Stojkovic.
Basra throws a head punch that misses.
Stojkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stojkovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Basra just leaning against Stojkovic, taking a breather.
Basra tries to stall but Stojkovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Basra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stojkovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stojkovic moves in looking to clinch but Basra pushes him off.
We've been told by Basra's head coaches at Brotherhood Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basra throws a right and a left that Stojkovic avoids nicely.
Basra just misses with a punch to the body.
Basra connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stojkovic. Stojkovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Basra fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stojkovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stojkovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Basra off the cage and back into range.
Basra just misses with a punch to the body.
Stojkovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Basra is just out of range.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but Basra moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Basra.

Stojkovic gets tackled into the cage by Basra. Basra maintains the clinch.
Stojkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Stojkovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short body shot lands from Stojkovic as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from Basra.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stojkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Basra avoids it.
Basra lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Basra tries to break the clinch but Stojkovic is controlling the position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Basra.
Stojkovic taking a breather.
Stojkovic misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Basra - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Basra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Basra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Basra.
Stojkovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Basra up against the cage.
Basra blocks an uppercut.
Basra tries to stall but Stojkovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Basra can't find room to land a body shot as Stojkovic controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stojkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Basra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stojkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stojkovic takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Basra fails to land.
Stojkovic is stalling here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stojkovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Basra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stojkovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Basra trying to control the position but instead, Stojkovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Basra into the cage.
Stojkovic lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Basra gets through Stojkovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Basra lands a body shot.
Stojkovic misses with the head strike.
Basra lands a nice uppercut.
Stojkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Basra controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Basra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Basra looks to score with a jab to the body but Stojkovic is just out of range.
Stojkovic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stojkovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Basra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Basra walks into a left hand.
Basra is looking to wear down Stojkovic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stojkovic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Basra scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stojkovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Stojkovic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Basra connects with a nice looking jab.
Basra throws a right and a left that Stojkovic avoids nicely.
Stojkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Basra throws a head kick but Stojkovic moves out of range.
Stojkovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Stojkovic blocks the leg kick.
Stojkovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stojkovic tries to clinch up but Basra circles away and keeps his distance.
Stojkovic moves in looking to clinch but Basra pushes him off.
Stojkovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Basra in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Basra has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stojkovic.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but Basra is having none of it.
Stojkovic tries to clinch up.
Stojkovic scores with a nice right hand.
Basra misses the jab.
Basra throws an overhand right that lands on Stojkovic's shoulder, as Stojkovic tries to avoid the shot.
Basra avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Basra moves out of range of the body kick.
Basra connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stojkovic momentarily.
Stojkovic lands a slapping body shot.
Stojkovic loads up on a big right hand but Basra slips the punch.
Basra throws a nice head kick!
Stojkovic avoids a punch combination nicely.

Stojkovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Basra looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Basra has a couple of punches blocked by Stojkovic.
Basra swings wildly with an uppercut but Stojkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Basra working aggressively here.
Ali Basra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Basra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Stojkovic on the inside.
Stojkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Stojkovic lands a left hand.
Stojkovic lands with a right to the head.
Stojkovic is stalling here.
Basra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stojkovic blocking some punches.
Stojkovic gets through Basra's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stojkovic letting Basra take a breather here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stojkovic as Basra tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic blocking some punches.
Basra tries to work over Stojkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Basra tries to work over Stojkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Basra is trying to stall.
Stojkovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Basra swings wildly with an uppercut but Stojkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.

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

Basra closes the distance and clinches.
Basra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stojkovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Basra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stojkovic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Stojkovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Basra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Basra lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ali Basra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Basra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Basra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Basra takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stojkovic misses with a double jab.
Stojkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Basra manages to avoid it.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Basra with a nice cross.
Basra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stojkovic scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Basra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stojkovic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Basra scrambles back to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Basra. That snapped Stojkovic's head back.
Basra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ali Basra will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Stojkovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Basra.
Nice cross by Basra.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but Basra is having none of it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Basra. Stojkovic shrugs it off though.
Basra lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stojkovic works Basra's body with a nice hook.
Stojkovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Basra takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stojkovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Basra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Basra.
Basra scores with a nice right hand.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but Basra moves out of range.
Basra misses with a lunging right hand
and Stojkovic counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stojkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Basra manages to avoid it.
Stojkovic wants to clinch but Basra slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Basra there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojkovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Basra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Basra connects with a body shot that sends Stojkovic's belly button to the back.
Stojkovic takes a swing at Basra's ribcage but misses.
Basra checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stojkovic avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Basra.
Stojkovic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stojkovic moves out of range of the body kick from Basra.
Basra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stojkovic avoids the body shot from Basra.
Basra cracks a nice hook into Stojkovic's ribs.
Basra doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Basra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Basra just misses with a punch to the body.
Basra with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basra connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stojkovic. Stojkovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Basra tests Stojkovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stojkovic jabs Basra right on the nose. Basra blinks but takes it well.
Basra lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Velimir Stojkovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Basra throws an overhand right that lands on Stojkovic's shoulder, as Stojkovic tries to avoid the shot.
Basra misses with a looping right.
Stojkovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stojkovic tries to clinch
and Basra counters with a nice uppercut.
Basra swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stojkovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Ali Basra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice jab there from Basra.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stojkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Basra ducks under a wild hook from Stojkovic.
Basra throws a body punch but Stojkovic moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic tries to clinch up
letting Basra counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Stojkovic. Those never looked like landing.
Basra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stojkovic.
Basra throws a leg kick
and Stojkovic counters with a two punch combo.
Stojkovic misses with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Basra.
Basra lands a leg kick that knocks Stojkovic off balance momentarily.
Stojkovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Basra in his tracks.
Stojkovic walks into a straight right hand from Basra.
Basra scores with a spinning back kick!
Basra checks the leg kick.
Stojkovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stojkovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Basra works Stojkovic's body with a nice hook.
Basra lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stojkovic misses with a wild body shot.
Basra takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Basra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stojkovic has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Basra.
Basra connects with the punch.
Basra lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stojkovic walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stojkovic stuns Basra with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Basra thuds a left hand into Stojkovic's body.
Stojkovic looks to land a body kick but Basra moved away.
Basra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Basra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Basra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ali Basra!
As Ali Basra got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Nice to have an easy fight for once, now its back to the big time. '.