PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Boromir (ranked 1600 p4p, 162 weight class) and Mitar Miric (ranked 1989 p4p, 204 weight class). Boromir kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Møme – Aloha. Miric comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mitar Miric - Ko je onaj mladic kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Boromir
vs
Miric

200 cm
39
265 lbs
28 - 19 - 1

200 cm
36
266 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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KAISER Nutrition - Q160
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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 28 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Captain Boromir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mitar Miric!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miric swats away the attempt to clinch by Boromir.
Miric throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab from Miric.
Boromir throws a lazy uppercut
and Miric counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boromir misses with an uppercut. Miric saw that one coming.
Miric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boromir.
Boromir bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Miric's head.
Boromir loads up on a big right hand but Miric slips the punch.
Boromir backing away here, and Miric unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Miric swings for the body but Boromir moves out of range.
Miric lands a body shot.
Boromir definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Boromir throws a jab but it's blocked by Miric.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miric just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Miric catches Boromir right on the button with a cross.
Miric throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boromir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Miric uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boromir.
Miric keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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!
Boromir works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric lands a leg kick that knocks Boromir off balance momentarily.
Boromir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miric swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice side step and Miric releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good standup being displayed there by Miric as he connects with a hook.
Miric rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boromir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Miric pushes Boromir away with a front kick.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Miric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boromir.
Boromir misses with a left hand
and Miric makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Miric looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boromir takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Boromir throws a hook to the side of Miric's head but Miric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Miric! But no joy.
Miric chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Miric is looking to slow Boromir down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Miric.
Miric slips a jab from Boromir.
Miric lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boromir tries to clinch but Miric moves out of range.
Boromir is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Boromir misses with a looping right.
Miric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boromir.
Miric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boromir.
Miric connects with a leg kick. Boromir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Miric turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Boromir misses with a right hand
and Miric counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Miric slips a jab from Boromir.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miric. Boromir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miric moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Boromir moves forwards but Miric connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slow jab from Miric misses its intended target.
Boromir misses with a left hand
and Miric counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Miric.
Miric lands a nice shot that snaps Boromir's head back.
Boromir misses with a looping left.
Boromir is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boromir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miric.
Boromir throws a jab when Miric was well out of range.
Boromir slips a straight right by Miric.
Boromir throws a looping overhand right but Miric ducks down to avoid it.
Miric throws a jab when Boromir was well out of range.
Miric misses with a looping left.
Boromir throws a looping overhand right but Miric ducks down to avoid it.
Miric is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Boromir had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Boromir tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Boromir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miric.
Boromir lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Miric backwards.
Miric misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miric lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boromir backwards.
Miric tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boromir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boromir misses with a punch to the body.
Boromir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miric blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boromir.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boromir backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boromir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miric lands a nice uppercut.
Boromir misses with the head strike.
Boromir throws a head punch that misses.
Boromir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miric throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.
Boromir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miric lands a shoulder strike.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boromir blocking some punches.
Boromir jumps guard but Miric stands there with Boromir around his waist. Boromir gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Miric lands a left hand.
Miric scores with a shoulder strike.
Miric misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miric takes a shot to the head.
Boromir blocks an uppercut.
Miric misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir takes a shot to the head.
Boromir can't find room to land a body shot as Miric controls the action.
Miric pushes Boromir back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitar Miric dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Boromir takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Boromir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Miric paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boromir fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miric wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Miric displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boromir throws out the jab.
Miric looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Miric looks to score with a jab to the body but Boromir is just out of range.
Boromir throws an overhand right that lands on Miric's shoulder, as Miric tries to avoid the shot.
Mitar Miric seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boromir tries to clinch up.
Miric uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Miric getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Miric has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miric fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boromir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boromir swings widly with a right hand
and Boromir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Miric has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Boromir scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Miric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boromir.
Miric lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miric moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Boromir misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric scores with a body shot.
Miric throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boromir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boromir defending well as Miric loads up on a big left hand.
Miric steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boromir.
Boromir throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Miric with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Miric just misses with a punch to the body.
Boromir misses with a right hand
enabling Miric to counter with a crisp jab.
Boromir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boromir fails with an attempt to clinch.
Miric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Miric tries to keep at a distance but Boromir has taken the fight into the clinch.
Miric lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Boromir.
Boromir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Still in the clinch, Miric scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miric scores with a shoulder strike.
Miric misses with the head strike.
A short right from Miric on the inside.
Miric throws a head punch that misses.
Miric has a couple of punches blocked by Boromir.
Boromir has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Miric blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mitar Miric seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miric blocks an uppercut.
Boromir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miric misses with a punch on the inside.
Boromir lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boromir blocking some punches.
Miric misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miric swings wildly with an uppercut but Boromir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boromir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boromir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miric tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Boromir on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Miric fails to land.
Boromir working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boromir blocking some punches.
Miric lands a hook that snaps the head of Boromir backwards.
Boromir misses with the head strike.
Boromir throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mirics head.
Boromir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.
Boromir lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miric backwards.
Boromir lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boromir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miric lands a left hand.
Miric lands with a left to the head.
Miric working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boromir blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boromir.
Boromir is trying to pull guard but Miric turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Boromir has a couple of punches blocked by Miric.
Miric misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boromir lands a shoulder strike.
Boromir lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Miric misses with the head strike.
Boromir jumps guard but Miric turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Miric misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric lands with a light punch inside.
Boromir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boromir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Boromir.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Miric scores with a nice short uppercut.
Miric throws a head punch that misses.
Boromir swings wildly with an uppercut but Miric uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.
Boromir lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Miric backwards.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boromir has a couple of punches blocked by Miric.
Boromir lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miric blocks a body shot from Boromir.
Boromir misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boromir working aggressively here.
A short right from Miric.
Boromir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boromir working aggressively here.
Miric blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitar Miric showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Boromir gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Miric.
Miric lands with a nice body punch.
Boromir staying out of range there.
Boromir loads up on a big right hand but Miric slips the punch.
Miric swings for the body but Boromir moves out of range.
Miric scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boromir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Miric counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Boromir throws an off balance right hand
and Miric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miric catches Boromir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boromir throws a shot from downtown. Miric moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Boromir misses the target.
Miric scores with a leg kick.

Boromir has managed to clinch.
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!
Miric fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boromir pulls guard successfully.
Miric looking to pass the guard.
Miric postures up.
Boromir has Miric pulled in close to control his posture.
Boromir wants to sweep here but Miric controlling him for the moment.
Boromir wants to control but Miric passes easily into half guard.
Boromir is looking to improve his position.
Boromir trying to hold on to Miric's head to control him but Miric postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boromir is controlling Miric's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Boromir tries to get to full guard but Miric has control of the leg.

Miric is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Boromir is trying to control but can't.
Boromir is looking to get back to full guard here but Miric has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boromir tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Miric wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boromir regains half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boromir wants to improve his position but Miric is controlling well.
Boromir wants to control but Miric is keeping busy.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Miric scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boromir misses with a hook. Miric ducked under it nicely.
Boromir moves out of range as Miric strikes.
Miric defending well as Boromir loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Boromir misses its intended target.
Miric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miric scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Miric catches Boromir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Miric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boromir scores with a jab to the head.
Miric ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boromir moves in looking to clinch but Miric pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boromir throws a lazy uppercut
and Miric counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Miric throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Miric there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Miric swats away the attempt to clinch by Boromir.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitar Miric comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Miric has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitar Miric!
Mitar Miric spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.