PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergei Dimitrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dimitrovich comes to the ring accompanied by Wai Khru Ram Muay. Cirkovic has chosen Five Finger Death Punch - as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dimitrovich
vs
Cirkovic

186 cm
37
211 lbs
27 - 9 - 0

193 cm
30
213 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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Instinct
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergei Dimitrovich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic defending well as Dimitrovich loads up on a big left hand.
Cirkovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dimitrovich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cirkovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dimitrovich blocks a leg kick.
Dimitrovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimitrovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dimitrovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dimitrovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Dimitrovich misses.
Cirkovic loads up on a big right hand but Dimitrovich slips the punch.
Dimitrovich tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitrovich throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cirkovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cirkovic loads up on a big right hand but Dimitrovich slips the punch.
Dimitrovich throws a wild body kick that Cirkovic sees coming a mile off.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a hook to the side of Dimitrovich's head but Dimitrovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cirkovic moves forwards but Dimitrovich connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dimitrovich tries to score with a low kick but Cirkovic moves his leg out of the way.
Cirkovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Some bone on bone action there as Dimitrovich checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dimitrovich lands with an overhand left.
Dimitrovich misses with a wild body shot.
Dimitrovich wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dimitrovich is looking to clinch but Cirkovic is avoiding it.
A countering left hand to the body from Cirkovic misses.
Dimitrovich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cirkovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cirkovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich moves out of range as Cirkovic strikes.
Cirkovic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cirkovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Dimitrovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic misses with a hook. Dimitrovich ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Dimitrovich.
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!
Cirkovic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dimitrovich misses with a hook. Cirkovic ducked under it nicely.
Cirkovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Dimitrovich off the ropes and back into range.
Dimitrovich throws a lazy uppercut
and Cirkovic counters with a nice body shot.
A lazy body kick from Cirkovic
letting Dimitrovich counter with a right hand.
Cirkovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cirkovic feints a counter leg kick.
Dimitrovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dimitrovich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cirkovic. Cirkovic obviously looking to wear him down.
Dimitrovich moves in looking to clinch but Cirkovic pushes him off.
Dimitrovich defending well as Cirkovic loads up on a big left hand.
Dimitrovich cracks a nice hook into Cirkovic's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cirkovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Cirkovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cirkovic avoids a kick to the body.
Cirkovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dimitrovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Dimitrovich half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dimitrovich wants to clinch up but Cirkovic keeps it at a distance.
Cirkovic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Cirkovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Cirkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cirkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimitrovich scores with a hook to the body.
Cirkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Dimitrovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Cirkovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cirkovic takes a shot to the head.
Cirkovic lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimitrovich lands an elbow just above Cirkovic 's eye.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dimitrovich.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich misses with some punches.
Dimitrovich lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Milovan Cirkovic has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimitrovich blocks a body shot from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic working Dimitrovich over with knees to the body.
Cirkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Dimitrovich avoids the damage to the body.
Dimitrovich trying to land knees to the body.
Cirkovic tries to work over Dimitrovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimitrovich can't find room to land a body shot as Cirkovic controls the action.
Dimitrovich misses with the head strike.
Cirkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dimitrovich tries to land a knee to the head but Cirkovic blocks with his arms.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cirkovic pressing his opponent against the ropes.

Cirkovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sergei Dimitrovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cirkovic misses with a body punch
and Dimitrovich counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Milovan Cirkovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Milovan Cirkovic's cut.
That's time! Dimitrovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cirkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Cirkovic gets a clinch.
Cirkovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Cirkovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cirkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cirkovic pushes Dimitrovich back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Dimitrovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dimitrovich tries to work over Cirkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cirkovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimitrovich.
Cirkovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cirkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Dimitrovich controls his hands.
Cirkovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich prevents a body shot from Cirkovic.
Milovan Cirkovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Cirkovic breaks the clinch.
Sergei Dimitrovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Dimitrovich is looking to land body kicks.
Cirkovic tries to counter with a clinch but Dimitrovich shakes him off and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cirkovic momentarily.
Dimitrovich is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cirkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirkovic feints a counter leg kick.
Dimitrovich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cirkovic has time to react.
Cirkovic slips under a jab.
Dimitrovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Cirkovic is just out of range.
Dimitrovich catches Cirkovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dimitrovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirkovic moves away.
Good shot there by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich throws a body punch but Cirkovic moves out of range.
Dimitrovich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirkovic manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich ducks under a wild hook from Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimitrovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimitrovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dimitrovich tries to score with a low kick but Cirkovic moves his leg out of the way.
Dimitrovich tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Cirkovic counter with a right hand.
Dimitrovich misses with a straight right.
Cirkovic tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dimitrovich throws a lazy uppercut
and Cirkovic counters with a body kick that stops Dimitrovich in his tracks momentarily.
Dimitrovich misses with a low kick.
Dimitrovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dimitrovich throws a low kick, looking for Cirkovic's leg but Cirkovic calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic scores with a three punch combo!
Dimitrovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cirkovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dimitrovich throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cirkovic ducks under a wild hook from Dimitrovich.
Cirkovic misses with a few strikes there.
Cirkovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich throws a body kick that misses.
Dimitrovich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dimitrovich connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A clash of legs there as Cirkovic blocks the low kick.
Cirkovic swings for the body but Dimitrovich moves out of range.
A punch combination from Cirkovic misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimitrovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dimitrovich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cirkovic lands a jab to the head.
Cirkovic tries to land a body kick
letting Dimitrovich counter with a right hand.
Cirkovic looks to throw the jab but Dimitrovich is out of range.
As Cirkovic tries to get set, Dimitrovich tries to push him back and clinch up but Cirkovic manages to avoid the attempt.
Dimitrovich slips under a jab from Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich scores with a nice strike.
Cirkovic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Dimitrovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dimitrovich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Cirkovic misses with a head kick.
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 Sergei Dimitrovich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Milovan Cirkovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Cirkovic. Dimitrovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dimitrovich half committed to a counter leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dimitrovich.
Cirkovic thumps Dimitrovich with a low kick.
Cirkovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cirkovic drops his hands momentarily and Dimitrovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cirkovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dimitrovich throws out the jab.
Cirkovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Dimitrovich should have avoided that one.
Donk. Cirkovic catches Dimitrovich right on the button with a cross.
Cirkovic throws a shot from downtown. Dimitrovich moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitrovich misses with a right hand
and Cirkovic counters with a left to the body.
Cirkovic throws a wild body kick that Dimitrovich sees coming a mile off.
Cirkovic takes a swing at Dimitrovich's ribcage but misses.
Dimitrovich misses with a wild body shot.
Cirkovic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dimitrovich scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cirkovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dimitrovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cirkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dimitrovich avoids it.
Cirkovic misses with a body punch.
Cirkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dimitrovich's defenses.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dimitrovich.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Cirkovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cirkovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cirkovic! But no joy.
Dimitrovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic throws a right hand that Dimitrovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Dimitrovich also avoids with ease.
Dimitrovich cracks Cirkovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dimitrovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cirkovic throws out a counter right but Dimitrovich avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dimitrovich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cirkovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dimitrovich throws a hook to the side of Cirkovic's head but Cirkovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cirkovic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cirkovic connects with a leg kick. Dimitrovich looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dimitrovich connects with a nice looking jab.
Dimitrovich punishes Cirkovic's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dimitrovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Dimitrovich tries to keep at a distance but Cirkovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dimitrovich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Cirkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dimitrovich throws a hook but Cirkovic blocks it.
Cirkovic is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dimitrovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cirkovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cirkovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Cirkovic has Dimitrovich up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dimitrovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cirkovic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dimitrovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cirkovic lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimitrovich tries a body shot but Cirkovic blocks it.
Dimitrovich lands a damaging elbow.
Cirkovic with a knee to the head.
Cirkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Dimitrovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dimitrovich blocks a body shot from Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cirkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dimitrovich is defending well for now.
Cirkovic scores with a hook to the body.
Cirkovic misses with some punches.
Cirkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Dimitrovich controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Milovan Cirkovic just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Milovan Cirkovic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dimitrovich!
Cirkovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Dimitrovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich moves in looking to clinch but Cirkovic pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic tests Dimitrovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitrovich lands a body shot.
Cirkovic misses with a hook. Dimitrovich ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cirkovic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dimitrovich on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dimitrovich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cirkovic is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cirkovic. Dimitrovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Dimitrovich checks it.
Dimitrovich scores with a push kick.
Dimitrovich misses with a head kick.

Dimitrovich closes the distance and clinches.
Dimitrovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cirkovic.
Dimitrovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dimitrovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Dimitrovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dimitrovich.
Cirkovic connects with a knee to the head.
Dimitrovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimitrovich lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cirkovic.
Cirkovic is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dimitrovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cirkovic tries a body shot but Dimitrovich blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Dimitrovich as the two fighters clinch.
Dimitrovich lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dimitrovich scores with a shot to the side of Cirkovic's head.
A short right from Dimitrovich.
Cirkovic working aggressively here.
Dimitrovich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dimitrovich.
A shot in the inside from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Dimitrovich gets through Cirkovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Cirkovic is rocked!
Dimitrovich is leaning against Cirkovic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cirkovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Dimitrovich finish him?
Dimitrovich tries a knee to the head but Cirkovic blocks it.
Dimitrovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cirkovics head.
Dimitrovich with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Cirkovic drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Sergei Dimitrovich!
Sergei Dimitrovich retains his light heavyweight title!