PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragutin Bjelica (ranked 3910 p4p, 5594 weight class) and James Taylor (ranked 136 p4p, 97 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bjelica might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mick Gordon - The Only Thing They Fear Is You. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bjelica
vs
Taylor

198 cm
25
294
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
245
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Battle Hecs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dragutin Bjelica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Taylor!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bjelica fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taylor, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bjelica working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bjelica goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bjelica definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bjelica lands a nice shot to the body.
Taylor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bjelica has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bjelica digs a right hand underneath Taylor's ribcage. Taylor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bjelica lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Bjelica softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bjelica lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Taylor.
Nice body punch from Bjelica - that landed with a thud.
Bjelica misses with a punch to the body.
Bjelica working aggressively here.

Bjelica drops Taylor onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Taylor is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Taylor is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bjelica presses Taylor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Bjelica finish him?
Bjelica throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are playing wrist control here with Taylor pressed against the cage. Bjelica frees himself up and cracks Taylor with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! Taylor crumples to the floor, out cold! Bjelica jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dragutin Bjelica!
Dragutin Bjelica decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.