PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dalibor Stefanovic (ranked 6586 p4p, 6543 weight class) and Nemanja Kenitov (ranked 604 p4p, 602 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Stefanovic
vs
Kenitov

203 cm
25
217
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
210
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dalibor Stefanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemanja Kenitov!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stefanovic instigates a clinch.

Stefanovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenitov tries to bum rush Stefanovic with a series of wild strikes but Stefanovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kenitov - that will leave a mark!
Kenitov throws a head kick that misses.
Stefanovic is looking for a counter combo.
Stefanovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Stefanovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Stefanovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stefanovic blocks an elbow strike from Kenitov.
A nice left hand lands by Stefanovic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenitov takes a shot to the head.
Stefanovic looking for a takedown.
Stefanovic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kenitov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Stefanovic is pushing Kenitov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Stefanovic gets control of Kenitov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Stefanovic will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenitov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kenitov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stefanovic's head.
Kenitov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stefanovic keeping moving, preventing Kenitov from controlling successfully.

Kenitov drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Kenitov seems to have locked his on tight now - Stefanovic screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Kenitov, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Nemanja Kenitov!