PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Begovic (ranked 2258 p4p, 315 weight class) and Mathias Vini (ranked 2677 p4p, 364 weight class). Begovic comes to the cage accompanied by Cavoglave. Mathias Vini has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Begovic
vs
Vini

185 cm
34
210 lbs
14 - 11 - 1

180 cm
36
205 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Begovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mathias Vini!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vini moves into range and clinches up with Begovic.

Begovic breaks from the clinch.
Vini takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Begovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Begovic clobbers Vini with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Vini has managed to clinch.

Begovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Begovic misses with a looping left.

Vini gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Vini manages to break the clinch.
Vini throws a series of strikes that have Begovic backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Begovic scores with a nice strike.
Begovic throws a hook to the side of Vini's head but Vini sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vini tries to clinch but Begovic moves out of range.
Vini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vini tries a head kick but it misses.
Begovic fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vini just manages to avoid it.
Vini tries to clinch but Begovic is having none of it.

Vini rushes Begovic and presses him up against the cage.
Begovic prevents a body shot from Vini.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vini throws an elbow but misses.

Begovic manages to break the clinch.
Vini tries to clinch up but Begovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Vini tries to close the distance and clinch but Begovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Begovic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vini wants to clinch up but Begovic keeps it at a distance.
Begovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vini looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Begovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vini was well out of range. Poor timing from Begovic.
A swing and a miss from Begovic.
Vini wants to clinch.
Vini wants to clinch.
Vini tries to clinch but Begovic moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Begovic.
Vini slips under a jab from Begovic.
Nice defenses there by Vini.
Vini tries to close the distance and clinch but Begovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Begovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Begovic.

Begovic gets tackled into the cage by Vini. Vini maintains the clinch.
Begovic blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Begovic manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Vini.
Begovic misses with a hook.
Vini tries to clinch but Begovic moves out of range.
Begovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Begovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vini throws out the jab.
Vini is looking to clinch but Begovic is avoiding it.
Begovic scores with a jab. Vini acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vini looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A good leg kick by Begovic.
Begovic looks to land a right hand but Vini moved out of range.
Vini steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Begovic.
Vini takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Begovic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Vini back to the cage. Begovic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vini tries to clinch up.
Vini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Begovic.
Begovic drops Vini with a huge uppercut! Vini drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Begovic is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roland Begovic!
A determined Roland Begovic didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!