PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ibra Zlatonovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Holm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zlatonovic
vs
Holm

192 cm
26
220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ibra Zlatonovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Martin Holm!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zlatonovic tries to clinch
enabling Holm to counter with a crisp jab.
Holm circles away from the clinch attempt
and Holm counters with a right hand to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zlatonovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Zlatonovic has Holm up against the cage in a clinch.
Zlatonovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zlatonovic looking to throw knees to the head but Holm is blocking nicely.
We've been informed that Holm has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Holm gets through Zlatonovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zlatonovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zlatonovic blocks an uppercut.
Zlatonovic tries to work over Holm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holm misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zlatonovic avoiding damage.
Zlatonovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holm working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holm.
Holm throws a head punch that misses.
Holm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Zlatonovic trying to stall but Holm improves his position.
Zlatonovic pushes Holm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holm misses with a punch on the inside.
Zlatonovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holm misses with some punches.
Zlatonovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Holm controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Zlatonovic.
Holm blocks an uppercut.
Zlatonovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zlatonovic.
Holm misses with a punch on the inside.
Zlatonovic misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zlatonovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Holm.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zlatonovic.
Holm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zlatonovic scores with a shot to the side of Holm's head.
Holm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holm.
Zlatonovic tries to land a knee to the head but Holm blocks with his arms.
Zlatonovic tries a knee to the head but Holm blocks it.
Holm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Holm lands with a right to the head.
Holm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Holm being controlled against the cage.
Zlatonovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Holm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zlatonovic prevents a body shot from Holm.
Zlatonovic is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zlatonovic misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zlatonovic.
Zlatonovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Zlatonovic lands with a left to the head.
Zlatonovic misses with the head strike.
Holm cracks Zlatonovic with a nice body shot.
Holm presses Zlatonovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zlatonovic is breathing heavily.
Zlatonovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zlatonovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zlatonovic or not.
Holm lands with a light punch inside.
Holm working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Holm.
Holm lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Holm lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Holm scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holm pushes Zlatonovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Holm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holm lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holm.
Holm scores with a shoulder strike.
Holm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Zlatonovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holm creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holm.

Zlatonovic is rocked!
Zlatonovic takes a shot to the head.
Oh Zlatonovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zlatonovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Holm.
Zlatonovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Holm lands a body punch in the clinch.
Holm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good body shot from Holm.
Holm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holm has a couple of punches blocked by Zlatonovic.
Holm has a couple of punches blocked by Zlatonovic.
Holm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zlatonovics head.
Good body shot from Holm.
A short right from Holm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Holm dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holm sends Zlatonovic crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Holm is motioning to the referee to let Zlatonovic up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like Ibra Zlatonovic has been cut.
Zlatonovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holm swats away the attempt to clinch by Zlatonovic.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zlatonovic is looking to clinch but Holm is avoiding it.
Holm throws out a counter right but Zlatonovic avoids it with no problem.
Zlatonovic is looking to clinch but Holm is avoiding it.
Holm appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zlatonovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zlatonovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zlatonovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holm.
Zlatonovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zlatonovics head.
Zlatonovic is working Holm over against the cage.
A short right from Holm on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zlatonovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zlatonovic throws a head punch that misses.
Zlatonovic stalling in the clinch but Holm improves position.
Zlatonovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zlatonovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holm.
Zlatonovic tries to stall but Holm uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zlatonovic blocking some punches.
Zlatonovic blocking some punches.
Holm lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holm.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holm.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holm.
Zlatonovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Holm controls his hands.
Zlatonovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zlatonovic misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zlatonovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holm stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holm is leaning against Zlatonovic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Holm lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Holm scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zlatonovic blocks an uppercut.
Holm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holm tries a body shot but Zlatonovic blocks it.
Holm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Holm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Holm scores with a hook to the body.
Holm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zlatonovic backwards.
Zlatonovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holm lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holm.
Holm blocking some punches.
Holm pushes Zlatonovic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holm creates a little bit of space and unloads with a massive uppercut! Zlatonovic drops to the mat, out cold! Wow, that was brutal! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Martin Holm!
In his post fight interview, Martin Holm started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.