PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mladen Tomasevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mladen Tomasevic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mladen Tomasevic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tomasevic
vs
Lennon

175 cm
21
169 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mladen Tomasevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Lennon!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Lennon both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Mladen Tomasevic has been cut.
Lennon has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tomasevic is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Tomasevic stuns Lennon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lennon throws a shot from downtown. Tomasevic moves away and avoids it.
Lennon throws a lazy right hand but Tomasevic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lennon avoids the head kick by Tomasevic.
A punch combination from Lennon misses.
Tomasevic throwing a counter right hand but Lennon manages to avoid it.
Lennon throws a jab but it's blocked by Tomasevic.
Lennon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sloppy strikes from Tomasevic. Those never looked like landing.
Lennon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tomasevic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tomasevic throws a good cross that connects.
Tomasevic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Tomasevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennon lands a glancing blow to the side of Tomasevic's head.
Lennon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tomasevic throws a head kick that Lennon semi-blocks.
Tomasevic is looking to slow Lennon down with leg kicks.
Lennon slips a straight right by Tomasevic.

Lennon gets tackled into the cage by Tomasevic. Tomasevic maintains the clinch.
Tomasevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lennon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tomasevic lands a right hand.
Tomasevic blocks a body shot from Lennon.
Tomasevic taking a breather.
Tomasevic misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tomasevic.
Lennon tries to break the clinch but Tomasevic is controlling the position.
Lennon is trying to break free.
Tomasevic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomasevic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lennon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Lennon is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Tomasevic fails to land.
Tomasevic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lennon's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tomasevic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Tomasevic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomasevic misses with a kick to the body.
Tomasevic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lennon is still on wobbly legs! Can Tomasevic finish him?
Tomasevic throws an overhand right that drops Lennon like a sack of potatoes! Tomasevic dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mladen Tomasevic!