PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaromir Sambor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkovic has chosen Nema Predaje by Thompson as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sambor
vs
Perkovic

193 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaromir Sambor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marko Perkovic!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Perkovic cracks Sambor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Jaromir Sambor has been cut.
Perkovic lands a jab to the nose.
Sambor misses with a series of wild punches.
Perkovic scores with a nice right hand.
A big left from Sambor misses.
Sambor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perkovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perkovic looks to land a left hand but Sambor moved out of range nicely.
Sambor misses with a jab, cross combination.

Perkovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Perkovic tries to circle away but Sambor has him pinned against the cage.
Sambor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sambor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perkovic is trying to push Sambor away but Sambor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Perkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sambor lands a jab to the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sambor!
Perkovic works over Sambor's head and body with a nice combination.
Perkovic with a jab.

Sambor is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkovic.
Oh Sambor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sambor tries to close the distance and clinch but Perkovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sambor seems to have got his legs back now.
Perkovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Perkovic misses.
It looked like Sambor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sambor's corner calls for a 1-2. Sambor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perkovic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perkovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sambor on the side of the head.
Sambor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Perkovic is rocked!
Sambor darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Perkovic's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Sambor before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jaromir Sambor!
A very excited looking Jaromir Sambor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.