PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Dias Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Prijovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dias Jimenez
vs
Prijovic

184 cm
28
212 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

190 cm
36
210 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

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World class MT
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World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Dias Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Prijovic!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prijovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dias Jimenezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've been told by Dias Jimenez's head coaches at Wrecking Crew Elite MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Prijovic punishes Dias Jimenez's body with a nice straight punch.

Dias Jimenez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Prijovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prijovic working aggressively here.
Dias Jimenez blocking some punches.
Dias Jimenez misses with an elbow over the top.
Dias Jimenez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dias Jimenez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Prijovic throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dias Jimenez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Prijovic's brow.
Prijovic is working Dias Jimenez over against the cage.
Prijovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Prijovic blocks an elbow strike from Dias Jimenez.
Prijovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Prijovic blocks an uppercut.
We've been informed that Prijovic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prijovic tries to work over Dias Jimenez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dias Jimenez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Prijovic backwards.
Prijovic lands a body shot.
Prijovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Dias Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prijovic avoids the elbow strike from Dias Jimenez, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic tries a body shot but Dias Jimenez blocks it.
Prijovic blocks an elbow strike.
Prijovic prevents a body shot from Dias Jimenez.
Prijovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dias Jimenez throws an elbow but misses.

Prijovic breaks the clinch.
Dias Jimenez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prijovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Prijovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dias Jimenez looks to land a body kick but Prijovic moved away.
Prijovic only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dias Jimenez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dias Jimenez tries to clinch but Prijovic is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Prijovic, right into the meat.
Prijovic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dias Jimenez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Prijovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dias Jimenez's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic cracks Dias Jimenez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dias Jimenez moves into the clinch.
Dias Jimenez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dias Jimenez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dias Jimenez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Prijovic's brow.
Dias Jimenez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Prijovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dias Jimenez throws an elbow but it misses.
Prijovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Prijovic has a couple of punches blocked by Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez takes a shot to the head.
Dias Jimenez pushes off an throws an elbow but Prijovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Prijovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dias Jimenez's elbow.
Dias Jimenez misses with an elbow over the top.
Prijovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dias Jimenez 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 Prijovic.
Prijovic working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Prijovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Dias Jimenez.
Prijovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dias Jimenez lands with a light punch inside.
Dias Jimenez pushes off an throws an elbow but Prijovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Prijovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Prijovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dias Jimenez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dias Jimenez looks to throw the jab but Prijovic is out of range.
Prijovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Prijovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dias Jimenez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dias Jimenez connects with a body shot that sends Prijovic's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dias Jimenez tries to clinch up but Prijovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Prijovic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dias Jimenez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Prijovic scrambles back to his feet.
Nice jab there from Prijovic.
Dias Jimenez tries to clinch but Prijovic moves away
and Prijovic counters with a nice uppercut.

Dias Jimenez is rocked!
Prijovic sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Dias Jimenez's defenses. It connects perfectly with Dias Jimenez's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nemanja Prijovic!
Nemanja Prijovic was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.