PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misho Mahmorluka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Halilovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Misho Mahmorluka has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mahmorluka
vs
Halilovic

186 cm
27
245 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Misho Mahmorluka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirko Halilovic!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmorluka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Halilovic counters with a shoot takedown. Mahmorluka fights it but they end up in guard.
Halilovic postures up.
Mahmorluka might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Halilovic throws an elbow that misses. Mahmorluka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Halilovic's guard. Nice move by Mahmorluka!

Mahmorluka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mahmorluka makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Halilovic throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Mahmorluka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mahmorluka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mahmorluka is working Halilovic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mahmorluka works over Halilovic with some ground and pound from guard.
Halilovic throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Halilovic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mahmorluka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mahmorluka trying to control but Halilovic is working from the bottom.
Halilovic lands a decent shot there.
Mahmorluka throws a big elbow that misses.
Mahmorluka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mahmorluka working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmorluka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mahmorluka has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Halilovic is proving hard to escape from.
Mahmorluka content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Halilovic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mahmorluka trying to control the position from guard on top but Halilovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halilovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Mahmorluka pushes Halilovic off looking to stand but Halilovic dives back in and keeps control.
Halilovic throwing shots but Mahmorluka is blocking nicely.
Mahmorluka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Halilovic.
Mahmorluka keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mahmorluka's coaches at The Coffee Shop have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Mahmorluka is trying to stand up here but Halilovic is controlling him well.
Halilovic throwing shots but Mahmorluka is blocking nicely.
Mahmorluka has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Halilovic is working away from the top position though.
Mahmorluka has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Halilovic there.
Halilovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Mahmorluka has one foot on Halilovic's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Halilovic rushes Mahmorluka and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Halilovic is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mahmorluka is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mahmorluka gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mahmorluka connects with a nice short shot to Halilovic's temple.
Halilovic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Halilovic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mahmorluka is controlling the pace.
Halilovic scores with a few weak punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halilovic is looking for a sweep. Mahmorluka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Halilovic misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mahmorluka blocks the strikes from Halilovic.
Mahmorluka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Halilovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mahmorluka trying to control the action but Halilovic is working from the bottom.
Mahmorluka lands strikes from half guard.
Mahmorluka is trying to control. Halilovic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Halilovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Halilovic is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Mahmorluka.
Halilovic is looking to improve his position.
Halilovic is still trying to improve position.

Mahmorluka is working for a kimura but Halilovic is defending it quite comfortably.
Mahmorluka prevents Halilovic from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halilovic tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mahmorluka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Halilovic tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Halilovic wants to improve his position but Mahmorluka is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mahmorluka connects with a nice short shot to Halilovic's temple.
Halilovic landing rabbit punches to the side of Mahmorluka's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Mahmorluka lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halilovic strikes from the bottom but Mahmorluka passes into mount!
Mahmorluka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mahmorluka landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halilovic is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misho Mahmorluka dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mahmorluka shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mahmorluka was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Halilovic throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Halilovic is looking to reverse the position.

Mahmorluka tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mahmorluka has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Halilovic striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Halilovic tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halilovic is not content to let Mahmorluka control the position.
Halilovic is looking to reverse the position.
Halilovic tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Halilovic is not content to let Mahmorluka control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halilovic takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Halilovic throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Mahmorluka in side control lands a decent elbow.
Halilovic is looking to reverse the position.
Mahmorluka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halilovic can do to turn this around?
Check out the look on Mahmorluka's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Mahmorluka has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Halilovic has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Mahmorluka looks to land a left hand but Halilovic moved out of range nicely.
Mahmorluka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Mahmorluka shoots in and gets a takedown into Halilovic's guard.
Mahmorluka stopping the sweep attempt from Halilovic.
Halilovic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Halilovic lands a decent shot there.
Mahmorluka working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Halilovic's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halilovic 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.
Mahmorluka lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mahmorluka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Halilovic punching to the body, from the bottom.
Halilovic throws a couple of heel strikes.
Halilovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Halilovic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Halilovic wants to sweep here but Mahmorluka controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halilovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mahmorluka.
Halilovic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Mahmorluka thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mahmorluka preventing the sweep.
Mahmorluka connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mahmorluka's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Halilovic keeping moving, preventing Mahmorluka from controlling successfully.
Halilovic has momentary wrist control but Mahmorluka slips an elbow through the middle.
Mahmorluka not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mahmorluka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mahmorluka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mahmorluka trying to control but Halilovic is working from the bottom.
Halilovic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mahmorluka slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Halilovic lands a decent shot there.
Mahmorluka trying to control the position from guard on top but Halilovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmorluka working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Halilovic's head.
Mahmorluka slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Halilovic.

Mahmorluka seems to be working for a kimura but Halilovic defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Halilovic punching from the bottom.
Halilovic is looking for a sweep. Mahmorluka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahmorluka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mahmorluka is looking to advance position but Halilovic won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misho Mahmorluka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A right-left combo lands from Mahmorluka.

Mahmorluka shoots in and bounces Halilovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Halilovic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Halilovic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Halilovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mahmorluka's head.
Halilovic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mahmorluka's head.
Mahmorluka has momentary wrist control but Halilovic slips an elbow through the middle.

It looks like Misho Mahmorluka has been cut.
Mahmorluka looking to control.
Halilovic lands a couple of digs.
Halilovic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mahmorluka's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halilovic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halilovic lands a couple of elbows.
Halilovic landing some decent shots from guard.
Mahmorluka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Halilovic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Misho Mahmorluka's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Misho Mahmorluka's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mirko Halilovic!