PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miric comes into the arena with OLIVER MANDIC- Odlazim a volim te blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miric
vs
Lynch

200 cm
21
243 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

191 cm
21
260 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitar Miric!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miric lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've been told by Miric's head coaches at VENDETTA Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Lynch misses the target.
Lynch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Lynch clinches up against the cage.
Lynch slows down the pace here.
Lynch is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Miric lands with a light punch inside.
Miric tries to work over Lynch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Miric.
Lynch looks winded!
Lynch prevents a body shot from Miric.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miric lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lynch.
Miric blocks a body shot from Lynch.
Miric struggles to land a body shot inside as Lynch controls his hands.
Miric misses with a punch to the body.
Miric goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric tries to work over Lynch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miric blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lynch throws an elbow but it misses.
Lynch blocking some punches.
Miric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Miric.
Miric holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Miric lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miric misses with a body punch.
Miric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lynch's elbow.
Miric trying to control the position but instead, Lynch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miric into the cage.
Lynch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miric blocks an uppercut.
Lynch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Miric lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch tries to land knees in the clinch but Miric avoids the damage to the body.
Miric misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miric scores with a hook to the body.
Miric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miric tries to throw a body punch but Lynch avoids it by throwing Miric back against the cage.
Miric works on Lynch's body with a couple of short punches.
Lynch prevents a body shot from Miric.
Lynch struggles to land a body shot inside as Miric controls his hands.
Miric blocks an elbow strike from Lynch.
Lynch misses with some punches.
Miric stalling the fight.
Lynch is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Miric gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Miric blocking some punches.
Miric misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miric doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Miric misses with the head strike.
Miric blocks an elbow strike from Lynch.
Miric blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric can't find room to land a body shot as Lynch controls the action.
Lynch blocking some punches.
Lynch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.
Miric misses with a punch to the body.
Miric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lynch's elbow.
Lynch has a couple of punches blocked by Miric.
The referee calls for Miric to work.
Miric blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lynch missing with knees to the body.
Miric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lynch misses with some punches.
Miric on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lynch throws a punch but it's blocked by Miric.
Lynch has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Miric after a bit of a struggle.
Mitar Miric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek Lynch.
Lynch displaying some good clinch control by pressing Miric up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miric is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Miric misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lynch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miric avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Miric.
Miric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lynch's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Miric as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Miric.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miric creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Miric will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lynch up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lynch.
Lynch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitar Miric dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Miric changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Miric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lynch can do to turn this around?
Miric misses with the combination.
Miric lands a jab to the nose.
Lynch pushes Miric away with a front kick.
Miric lands the left hand.
Miric connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Lynch.
Miric lands an overhand right.

Miric sends Lynch crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Miric is motioning to the referee to let Lynch up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Lynch is rocked!
Miric is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lynch circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Miric. Lynch falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Miric!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mitar Miric!
Mitar Miric is the new heavyweight champion!
Mitar Miric managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Zipp Zapp, into his post fight interview.