PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Divac (ranked 471 p4p, 75 weight class) and Brooklyn Brawler (ranked 704 p4p, 116 weight class). Divac comes to the cage accompanied by Nas- Do you hate me now. Brawler has chosen Beastie Boys- No Sleep till Brooklyn as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Divac
vs
Brawler

186 cm
30
198 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

180 cm
29
190 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roman Divac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brooklyn Brawler!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Divac scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brawler lands with a good body shot.
Brawler lands with a shot to the body.
Brawler misses with a hook. Divac ducked under it nicely.

Brawler clinches with his opponent.
Divac softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brawler swings wildly with an uppercut but Divac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divac wants to get back to striking at distance but Brawler won't allow it.
Brawler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Brawler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Divac pushes Brawler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Divac misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brawler lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Divac breaks the clinch.
Brawler misses with an uppercut
and Divac cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Divac looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Divac.
Divac lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Divac.
A big left from Brawler misses.
Divac throws a sloppy body shot
and Brawler counters with a series of strikes. Divac will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brawler throws the left hand but Divac avoids the punch easily.
Brawler throws a nice looking combination but Divac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Divac went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Divac looks to land a left hand but Brawler moved out of range nicely.
Divac walks into a left hand.
Divac throws a body shot but no joy.
Brawler throws out a loose jab but Divac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divac throwing a counter right hand but Brawler manages to avoid it.

Brawler closes the distance and pushes Divac back into the cage.
Brawler works on Divac's body with a couple of short punches.
Divac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Divac swings wildly with an uppercut but Brawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divac throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brawlers head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brawler.
A short uppercut from Divac.
Divac misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brawler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Divac tries to throw a body punch but Brawler avoids it by throwing Divac back against the cage.
Divac tries to throw a body punch but Brawler avoids it by throwing Divac back against the cage.
Divac tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Divac breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Divac drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brawler throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Divac to counter with a crisp jab.
Divac looks to score with a jab to the body but Brawler is just out of range.
Brooklyn Brawler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brawler blocks a jab.
Divac misses with a left hand
and Brawler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brawler scores with a jab.
Brawler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Divac circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Divac blocks a jab.
Divac cracks Brawler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brawler missing with a left hand there. Divac was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Divac lands the left hand.
Brawler just misses with a punch to the body.
Brawler throws an off balance right hand
and Divac connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Brawler is rocked!
The fighters circling - Divac throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brawler is still on wobbly legs! Can Divac finish him?
Brawler misses with an uppercut. Divac saw that one coming.
Divac avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Divac is looking to counter punch.
Brawler seems to have recovered his senses.
Brawler missing with a left hand there. Divac was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Divac misses with a wild body shot.
Brawler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Divac 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Divac moves forwards but Brawler connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Divac keeps the fight on the outside.
Divac throwing a counter right hand but Brawler manages to avoid it.
Divac throws out a loose jab but Brawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brawler lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brawler takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from Divac misses.
Divac throws a body shot but no joy.
Brawler looks to score with a jab to the body but Divac is just out of range.
Brawler throws a series of punches but Divac avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Divac lands with a right hand.
Brawler scores with a jab. Divac acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Divac takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Divac is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brawler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brawler pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Divac back to the cage. Brawler follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Roman Divac has been cut.
Nice jab there from Brawler.
Divac scores with a jab to the jaw.
Divac throws a body punch but Brawler moves out of range.
Brawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brooklyn Brawler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Divac was well out of range. Poor timing from Brawler.
Brawler connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Divac's hands.

Brawler rushes Divac and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brawler.
Brawler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Divac misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brawler.
Brawler presses Divac against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Divac breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Divac uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brawler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brawler throws a poor cross that misses

and Brawler is countered with a crisp right hand from Divac that sends him to the canvas! Divac follows him to the mat into side control.

It looks like Brooklyn Brawler has been cut.
Brawler is trying to get back to his feet.
Brawler is looking for a sweep.
Divac with the ground and pound but Brawler regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brawler is trying to stand.
Brawler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Divac thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brawler's head.
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!
Divac throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brawler is trying to stand up here but Divac is controlling him well.
Divac throws a strike but Brawler avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Brawler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Divac is one step ahead there.
Divac has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Divac throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler has a closed guard, preventing Divac from standing up.
Divac postures up in Brawler's guard and throws a big left but Brawler blocks it.
Brawler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Divac wanted to stand there but Brawler had control of the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Divac missing with a left hand there. Brawler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brawler avoids the body shot from Divac.
Brawler swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Divac.
Brawler scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divac swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Divac blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Brawler.
Divac takes one to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Brawler.
Brawler misses with a left hand
and Divac counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brawler misses with a lunging right hand
and Divac counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brawler misses with a wild body shot.
Brawler misses with a looping right.
Brawler thuds a left hand into Divac's body.

Divac cracks Brawler with an uppercut from hell and Brawler crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Divac's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
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!

Brawler is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Divac presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Divac lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brawler or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divac tries a body shot but Brawler blocks it.
Divac has a couple of punches blocked by Brawler.
Divac blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Divac breaks the clinch.
Divac steps in with a hook that catches Brawler right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Divac follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Brawler looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Divac!
Roman Divac seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.