PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jovan Markelic (ranked 4770 p4p, 4784 weight class) and Frederic Bastiat (ranked 555 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Markelic
vs
Bastiat

189 cm
25
195
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
192
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite 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 The Island, Jovan Markelic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frederic Bastiat!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markelic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Frederic Bastiat has been cut.
Bastiat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Markelic cracks Bastiat with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Bastiat looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Markelic finish him?

Bastiat is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastiat walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Bastiat limp body while Markelic jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jovan Markelic!