PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spitz De La France (ranked 4937 p4p, 3782 weight class) and Jovo Stanisavljevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jovo Stanisavljevic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

De La France
vs
Stanisavljevic

184 cm
25
184
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
200
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Spitz De La France!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jovo Stanisavljevic!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La France takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stanisavljevic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De La France fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stanisavljevic lands a jab to the nose.
Stanisavljevic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stanisavljevic throws a right and a left that De La France avoids nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stanisavljevic, as that shot connected.

De La France closes the distance and clinches.
De La France looking for a takedown.
Stanisavljevic's coach down at Cozad Amsterdam was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Stanisavljevic's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Stanisavljevic gets underhooks to prevent De La France's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spitz De La France. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stanisavljevic breaks from the clinch.
De La France is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

De La France is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanisavljevic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De La France changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Oh De La France is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Stanisavljevic drops De La France with a big left hand and mounts him. De La France is in big trouble!
Stanisavljevic sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La France seems to have got his legs back now.
De La France is looking to improve his position but Stanisavljevic isn't that keen on the idea.
Stanisavljevic controlling from mount.
De La France manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

De La France looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stanisavljevic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De La France. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De La France is looking to improve his position.
Stanisavljevic tries to stand but his hand is stuck under De La France.
Stanisavljevic looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stanisavljevic tries to pass the half guard into mount. De La France knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Stanisavljevic throws a strike but De La France avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La France is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stanisavljevic wants to pass the guard but De La France is keeping the position.
De La France wants to sweep but no luck.
Stanisavljevic trying to stand up but can't free himself from De La France's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
De La France is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

De La France is trying to control the action in half guard but Stanisavljevic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De La France is looking for a kimura but Stanisavljevic is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for De La France to get the leverage.
De La France is breathing heavily.
De La France is keen to just control but Stanisavljevic is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanisavljevic is looking to improve his position.
De La France wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stanisavljevic keeps working.
Stanisavljevic wants to improve his position but De La France is controlling well.
De La France not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De La France prevents Stanisavljevic from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jovo Stanisavljevic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stanisavljevic lands a nice shot that snaps De La France's head back.
A jab from Stanisavljevic finds it's way through De La France's defenses.
De La France walks into a straight right hand from Stanisavljevic.
Stanisavljevic dips to his left and cracks De La France with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Stanisavljevic.
De La France misses with a wild body shot.
Stanisavljevic lands with an uppercut that bounces De La France off the cage and back into range.
Stanisavljevic connects with a single shot there.
Stanisavljevic closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops De La France! Stanisavljevic dives in looking to finish! De La France is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jovo Stanisavljevic!
After winning the bout, Jovo Stanisavljevic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.