PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Begovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoro Fortisimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Begovic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cavoglave. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Begovic
vs
Fortisimo

185 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

199 cm
25
212 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roland Begovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zoro Fortisimo!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begovic throws a wild body kick that Fortisimo sees coming a mile off.
Fortisimo throws a solid leg kick but Begovic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fortisimo.
Begovic throws a hook but Fortisimo avoids it easily.
Fortisimo throws a head kick but Begovic moves out of range.
Fortisimo avoids the head kick by Begovic.
Begovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fortisimo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Begovic moves away.
Begovic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fortisimo back to the cage. Begovic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fortisimo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Begovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Begovic looks to land a body kick but Fortisimo moved away.
Begovic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Slobos Hangout in the buildup to the fight.
Fortisimo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fortisimo throws a leg kick but Begovic moved away.
It looked like Begovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Fortisimo.
Begovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Begovic throws a low kick, looking for Fortisimo's leg but Fortisimo calmly moves out of range.
Begovic lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Zoro Fortisimo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortisimo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fortisimo tries to score with a low kick but Begovic moves his leg out of the way.
Fortisimo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Begovic fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fortisimo rushes Begovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fortisimo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Fortisimo breaks from the clinch.
Begovic misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Fortisimo.
Begovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fortisimo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Begovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fortisimo to score with a decent uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Begovic misses the target.
Fortisimo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Begovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fortisimo.
Fortisimo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Begovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Begovic blocks a low kick nicely.
Fortisimo throws a solid leg kick but Begovic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fortisimo.
Fortisimo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Begovic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Begovic misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Fortisimo blocks the low kick.
Fortisimo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Begovic misses with a straight right.
Fortisimo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Begovic.
Begovic catches Fortisimo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Begovic throws a shot from downtown. Fortisimo moves away and avoids it.
Begovic misses with a hook. Fortisimo ducked under it nicely.
Begovic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Begovic swinging wildly here.
Fortisimo ducks under a wild hook from Begovic.
Fortisimo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Begovic throws a one two combo.
Some wild striking there from Begovic.
Fortisimo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Begovic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Begovic misses with a two punch combination.
Fortisimo tries to clinch but Begovic is having none of it.
Begovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fortisimo, as that shot connected.
Fortisimo throws a low kick but Begovic moves out of range easily.
Begovic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Fortisimo.
Begovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Roland Begovic has been cut.
Begovic checks a low kick from Fortisimo.
Begovic throws a head kick that misses.
Fortisimo wants to counter with a clinch but Begovic pushes him away.
Fortisimo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Begovic takes a step back to recover.
Fortisimo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Begovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fortisimo. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortisimo ducks under a wild hook from Begovic.
Donk. Begovic catches Fortisimo right on the button with a cross.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Begovic. Fortisimo shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begovic misses with the combination.
Begovic lands with a nice body punch.
Fortisimo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fortisimo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Begovic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fortisimo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fortisimo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fortisimo connects with a solid leg kick.
Begovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Begovic throws a leg kick but Fortisimo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fortisimo misses with a head kick.
Begovic is looking for a counter combo.
Begovic is looking to slow Fortisimo down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortisimo throws a leg kick
and Begovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Begovic throws a lazy right hand but Fortisimo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Begovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fortisimo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Begovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roland Begovic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Begovic lands a head kick. Fortisimo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fortisimo scores with a spinning back kick!
Begovic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fortisimo throws a push kick but Begovic slaps the foot to one side.
Fortisimo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fortisimo throws a low kick but Begovic moves out of range easily.
Fortisimo ducks under a wild hook from Begovic.
Begovic looks to land a right hand but Fortisimo moved out of range.
Begovic moves out of range of the body kick from Fortisimo.
Fortisimo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fortisimo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fortisimo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begovic looks to land a left hand but Fortisimo moved out of range nicely.
Fortisimo walks into a straight right hand from Begovic.
Fortisimo takes a swing at Begovic's ribcage but misses.
Fortisimo connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Begovic throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortisimo throws the kick towards the body but Begovic avoids it.
Begovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Fortisimo.
Fortisimo tries a head kick but it misses.
Begovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Begovic misses with a hook. Fortisimo ducked under it nicely.
Begovic checks a leg kick.
Fortisimo misses the jab.
Begovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fortisimo tries to land a front kick but Begovic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fortisimo walks into a jab.
Good work by Begovic as he checks the leg kick.
Begovic throws a low kick, looking for Fortisimo's leg but Fortisimo calmly moves out of range.
Fortisimo slips a jab from Begovic.
Roland Begovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Begovic looks to land a left hand but Fortisimo moved out of range nicely.

Fortisimo darts in and clinches Begovic up against the cage.
Fortisimo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortisimo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Begovic tries to circle away but Fortisimo has him pinned against the cage.
Begovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fortisimo can do to turn this around?
Begovic is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Fortisimo to keep the fight standing.
Begovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fortisimo has him pressed against the cage.
Fortisimo tries to work over Begovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortisimo struggles to land a body shot inside as Begovic controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortisimo landing knees to the head.
Fortisimo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Begovic working hard to break the clinch.

Begovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Begovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Begovic throws a sloppy head kick
and Fortisimo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Begovic really felt that one!

Fortisimo forces Begovic back against the cage and clinches.
Fortisimo misses with some punches.
Fortisimo lands a good knee to the midsection. Begovic won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fortisimo stalling in the clinch.

Fortisimo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortisimo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fortisimo in his tracks.
Fortisimo digs a good hook to Begovic's body.

Fortisimo drives through and clinches with Begovic against the cage.

Begovic breaks the clinch.
Begovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fortisimo under the eye.

Fortisimo forces Begovic back against the cage and clinches.
Begovic wants a takedown.
Fortisimo missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Fortisimo.

Fortisimo breaks the clinch.
Fortisimo throws a head kick that Begovic semi-blocks.
Begovic moves out of range of the body kick from Fortisimo.
Begovic ducks under a wild hook from Fortisimo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortisimo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Begovic is out of range.
Fortisimo defending well as Begovic loads up on a big left hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Begovic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fortisimo - the referee stops the clock and Begovic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fortisimo. Begovic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Begovic throws a jab when Fortisimo was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortisimo blocks a head kick by Begovic.
Fortisimo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Begovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Fortisimo moves into the clinch.
Fortisimo with a knee to the head.
Fortisimo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Begovic takes a knee right on the jaw!

Begovic is rocked!
Fortisimo dips a shoulder and cracks Begovic with a mighty uppercut! Begovic falls back against the cage and Fortisimo unloads with a barrage of strikes! Begovic is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Fortisimo screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoro Fortisimo!