PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Zeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miric's entrance music is Mitar Miric - Ko je onaj mladic. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Miric
vs
Zeller

200 cm
29
266 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

210 cm
34
270 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitar Miric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cody Zeller!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zeller.
Zeller misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Zeller misses.
Cody Zeller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Miric.
Zeller throws a right hand that misses
and Miric counters with a nice uppercut.
Zeller swings widly with a right hand
and Miric counters with a left to the body.
Zeller wants to slow Miric down by chopping away at his legs.
Zeller misses with a low kick as Miric jumps back.
Zeller misses with a low kick.
Miric misses with a head kick.
Zeller pushes Miric away with a front kick.
Zeller lands a nice shot to the body.
Miric is breathing heavily.
Crunch! Zeller slams his shin into Miric's torso.

Zeller looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zeller showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zeller stands up over Miric, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Miric is adopting a defensive guard.
Zeller throwing strikes but missing.
Zeller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Miric keeping moving, preventing Zeller from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zeller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Miric pulls Zeller in close to prevent any damage.
Zeller trying to control the position from guard on top but Miric is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zeller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Zeller throws a big elbow that misses.
Zeller throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeller controls from within his opponent's guard.
Miric is adopting a defensive guard.
Zeller pushing down on Miric's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Zeller is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Miric wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Zeller is looking for a kimura here.
Miric keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zeller lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

It looks like Mitar Miric has been cut.

Miric makes his way to full guard, as Zeller worked for a kimura.
Zeller trying to control but Miric is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Miric preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Zeller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitar Miric'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.

Zeller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Miric throws a right hand that Zeller ducks under and follows up with a left that Zeller also avoids with ease.
Zeller throws a looping overhand right but Miric ducks down to avoid it.
Zeller pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zeller with a poor takedown
and Miric counters with a left to the body.
Miric misses with a hook. Zeller ducked under it nicely.
Zeller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zeller.
Miric avoids a kick to the body.
Zeller misses with a body shot
and Miric counters with a big head kick but Zeller shrugs it off.
Zeller thuds his right hand into Miric's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zeller throws a leg kick but Miric sees it coming and moves out of range.
Miric 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeller misses with a kick to the body
and Miric counters with a nice uppercut.
Miric looks to score with a jab to the body but Zeller is just out of range.
Miric throws a shot from downtown. Zeller moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric moves out of range of the body kick from Zeller.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zeller.

Mitar Miric's cut is getting worse.
Zeller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miric.
Zeller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Miric. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Miric.
Miric lands a really nice looking cross but Zeller seems unphased.
Zeller misses with an uppercut.
We've been told by Miric's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Miric ducks straight into an uppercut from Zeller and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Miric manages to regain guard straight away.

Mitar Miric's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeller throws a big right hand that misses.
Zeller landing some decent shots from guard.

Jeez, Mitar Miric's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cody Zeller!