PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomislav Trpimirovic (ranked 6004 p4p, 478 weight class) and Frank White (ranked 4212 p4p, 416 weight class). Trpimirovic's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dolazak Hrvata. White has chosen This is America as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trpimirovic
vs
White

180 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomislav Trpimirovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank White!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trpimirovic lands with a shot to the body.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

White instigates a clinch.
Trpimirovic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Trpimirovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
White takes a shot to the head.
Trpimirovic avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
Trpimirovic wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
Trpimirovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
White lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Tomislav Trpimirovic has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
White has Trpimirovic pressed against the cage, preventing Trpimirovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trpimirovic blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trpimirovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trpimirovic blocks an elbow strike from White.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Trpimirovic's brow.
Trpimirovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trpimirovic blocks the elbow strike.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
White keeps control of Trpimirovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White lands an elbow inside that Trpimirovic shrugs off.
White throws an elbow that misses.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trpimirovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
White throws an elbow that misses.
White lands an elbow that stopped Trpimirovic in his tracks for a moment.
Trpimirovic tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
Trpimirovic has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
White throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.

Tomislav Trpimirovic's cut is getting worse.
White throws an elbow that misses.
Trpimirovic wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Trpimirovic avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Trpimirovic is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White misses with an elbow strike.
Clinched against the cage, White lands a big elbow that drops Trpimirovic! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Trpimirovic is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank White!
Frank White seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Tomislav Trpimirovic stepped up to the mic, saying 'Lucky shot.'.