PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miric's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mitar Miric - Ne svani zoro mlada. Faria has chosen My Own Summer as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miric
vs
Faria

200 cm
22
250 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

195 cm
24
265 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Zipp Zapp

GREEN!160

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 13 - 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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Faria gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Faria lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miric backwards.

It looks like Mitar Miric has been cut.
Faria lands a body shot in the clinch.
Miric is breathing heavily.
Faria has Miric pressed against the cage, preventing Miric from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Miric.
Miric misses with a body punch.

Faria pulls guard effortlessly.
Faria has control of Miric's left arm, preventing Miric from doing any damage.
Faria tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Faria can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Miric controls the pace.
Miric wants to pass the guard but Faria is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faria is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Miric is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miric sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Faria has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Miric is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A punch combination from Faria misses.
Miric misses with a straight left.
Faria tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circling - Miric throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Faria tries to counter with a clinch but Miric shakes him off and moves away.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Faria throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Miric.
Miric looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Faria doesn't manage to clinch there - Miric circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mitar Miric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faria tries to clinch there but Miric circles away.
It looked like Miric wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A combination from Faria does no damage.
Faria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab from Miric.
Faria tries to clinch but Miric moves out of range.
Faria fails to land with a series of punches.
Miric misses with a jab to the body

and Faria holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faria tries to pull guard but Miric won't allow it.
Miric has Faria pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric misses with a body punch.
Faria swings wildly with an uppercut but Miric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miric gets through Faria's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Miric tries to throw a body punch but Faria avoids it by throwing Miric back against the cage.
Miric scores with a shot to the side of Faria's head.
Faria is trying to maintain a safe position but Miric gets an underhook and turns Faria into the cage.
Miric cracks Faria with a nice body shot.
Faria trying to control the position but instead, Miric has worked for underhooks and has pushed Faria into the cage.
Faria throws a punch but it's blocked by Miric.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Faria tries to work over Miric's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Faria on the inside.
Miric struggles to land a body shot inside as Faria controls his hands.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Faria moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Faria forces Miric back against the cage and clinches.
Miric lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faria lands a shoulder strike.
Faria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miric avoids it.
Faria lands a right hand.
Faria lands with a left to the head.
Faria tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miric's elbow.

Miric breaks the clinch.
Miric throws out a loose jab but Faria uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Faria misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Miric misses its target.

Faria pushes Miric up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abbe Faria dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitar Miric's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Faria drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Miric circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miric pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miric moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Abbe Faria has been cut.
Miric throws a shot from downtown. Faria moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Miric catches Faria right on the button with a cross.
Faria takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Faria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Faria has taken the fight to the clinch.
Faria tries to land knees in the clinch but Miric avoids the damage to the body.
Faria is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miric is defending well for now.
Faria landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Faria lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Miric.

Faria manages to pull guard.
Faria keeping moving, preventing Miric from controlling successfully.
Miric stopping the sweep attempt from Faria.
Faria wants to stand and escape but Miric is having none of it.
Faria keeping moving, preventing Miric from controlling successfully.
Faria controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miric looking to pass the guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria wants to stand but Miric is controlling the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Faria tries to clinch there but Miric circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Miric misses the target.
Miric throws a body shot but no joy.
Faria moves in looking to clinch but Miric pushes him off.
Miric is looking to counter punch.
Faria throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Miric thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Faria.
Miric showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faria.
An attempted straight right counter from Miric misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Faria walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Miric cracks Faria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Faria tries to close the distance and clinch but Miric swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Miric lands a right hook to the body.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faria moves away.
Miric swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faria misses with a combination
and Miric counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Faria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miric was well out of range. Poor timing from Faria.
Faria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Miric.
Faria is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Miric throws a hook to the side of Faria's head but Faria sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Faria is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miric. Faria does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faria throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Miric counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Faria digs a good hook to Miric's body.
Miric fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Faria on the side of the head.
Miric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Faria moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitar Miric dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Faria tries to clinch there but Miric circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Miric misses the target.

Faria has managed to clinch.
Faria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miric has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abbe Faria seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Miric swings wildly with an uppercut but Faria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faria landing knees to the head.
Faria misses with a knee strike.
Miric tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miric scores with a shot to the side of Faria's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Faria scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Miric tries to stall but Faria uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Faria stalling the fight.
A short left from Faria.
Faria lands with a right to the head.
Faria tries to land knees in the clinch but Miric avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miric breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miric keeps the fight on the outside.
Faria ducks under a wild hook from Miric.

Faria drives through and clinches with Miric against the cage.
Miric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faria struggles to land a body shot inside as Miric controls his hands.
Miric misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Faria.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miric letting Faria take a breather here.
Faria lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miric backwards.
Miric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faria's elbow.
Miric goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Faria lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Mitar Miric's cut is getting worse.
Miric on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Miric takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miric is trying to break the clinch but Faria is controlling him.
Good body shot from Faria.
Faria is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Miric is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Faria to work.
Faria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Miric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faria lands a hook that snaps the head of Miric backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faria has a couple of punches blocked by Miric.
Faria missing with knees to the body.
Faria lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Faria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Faria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miric blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Miric is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Faria lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Faria misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miric blocks it with crossed arms.
Miric's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faria takes a shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Miric as Faria tries to tie him up.
Faria keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Miric's efforts to push away.
Miric blocks a body shot from Faria.
Faria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Faria tries to land a knee to the head but Miric blocks with his arms.
Faria lands with a right to the head.

Mitar Miric's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Miric takes a shot to the head.
Faria prevents Miric from breaking the clinch.
Faria pressing his opponent against the cage.
Faria looking to throw knees to the head but Miric is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria blocks a body shot from Miric.
Faria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Faria keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Miric's efforts to push away.
Faria stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Faria misses with the head strike.
Faria wants to stall.
Faria can't find room to land a body shot as Miric controls the action.
Faria misses with a body punch.
Faria lands a body shot in the clinch.
Faria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miric misses with a punch to the body.
Faria has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miric working aggressively here.
Miric lands a body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Miric can't find room to land a body shot as Faria controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abbe Faria really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Miric throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Faria fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Miric wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Faria drives through and clinches with Miric against the cage.

Miric's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy left from Miric finds it's target.
Miric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faria.
Faria tries to close the distance and clinch but Miric swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miric throws a hook but Faria avoids it easily.
Abbe Faria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miric thuds a left hand into Faria's body.
Miric tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faria was well out of range. Poor timing from Miric.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Faria.
Faria wants to counter the offense by Miric and move into the clinch position.
Miric takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faria takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Faria misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miric lands a nice hook to Faria's body. Faria takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Miric misses the target.
Miric throws a good cross that connects.
Miric throws a looping overhand right but Faria ducks down to avoid it.
Faria needs to keep his hands up - Miric had a free shot at his head there.
Faria tries to close the distance and clinch but Miric swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Miric misses the target.
Miric swings for the body but Faria moves out of range.
Miric circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mitar Miric is winning the standup battle so far.
Miric scores with a jab to the body.
Faria tries to clinch
and Miric counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faria connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Faria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Miric.
Faria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric loads up on a big right hand but Faria slips the punch.
Faria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miric lands a head shot.
Faria moves in looking to clinch but Miric pushes him off.
Faria throws a nice looking combination but Miric bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Faria gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Faria moves to clinch but Miric breaks away
and Miric connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Miric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria throws a series of strikes that have Miric backpedaling.
Miric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miric ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Faria throws a hook but Miric blocks it.
Faria throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Miric. Beautiful body shot.
Miric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faria takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Miric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitar Miric had his way with Abbe Faria in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Faria throws a hook but Miric blocks it.
A counter left hand to the body from Miric misses its target.
Miric throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miric. Faria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faria misses with a double jab
and Miric counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Miric throws a jab but it's blocked by Faria.
Faria scores with the left hand. Miric knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faria stalks Miric and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Miric's face. Miric staggers backwards, shaken.
Miric is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faria.
Miric swings for the body but Faria moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria tries to bum rush Miric with a series of wild strikes but Miric uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faria scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Faria darts in and clinches Miric up against the cage.
Miric looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Miric's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Faria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miric working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Faria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Faria stalling against the cage.

Miric breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Faria.
An attempted straight right counter from Miric misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miric connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Miric connects with a crisp jab.
Miric throws a hook but Faria avoids it easily.
Faria tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Miric manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miric throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Faria on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miric with a jab.
Faria has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Faria works over Miric's head and body with a nice combination.
Miric misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria throws a series of punches but Miric moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miric. Faria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faria walks into a stiff left hand from Miric.
Miric takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Faria tries to clinch but Miric moves out of range.
Faria misses with a lunging right hand
and Miric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miric misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Faria moves to clinch but Miric breaks away
and Miric counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric throws a looping overhand right but Faria ducks down to avoid it.
Faria tries to counter with a clinch but Miric shakes him off and moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Miric.
Faria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miric.
Faria misses the shot to the body.
Miric misses with a body shot.
Faria takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Jeez, Mitar Miric's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miric.
Miric throws a hook but Faria avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mitar Miric.
I think Miric has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 48:47
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitar Miric!
Mitar Miric retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Mitar Miric thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.