PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragutin Bjelica (ranked 3031 p4p, 2816 weight class) and Ken Fury (ranked 102 p4p, 93 weight class). Bjelica comes to the cage accompanied by Mick Gordon - The Only Thing They Fear Is You. Fury has chosen STREET FIGHTER THEME SONG as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bjelica
vs
Fury

198 cm
25
294
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
25
300
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Fury!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bjelica closes the distance and clinches.
Bjelica lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bjelica lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bjelica scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fury looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fury is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bjelica to keep the fight standing.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bjelica creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ken Fury has been cut.
Bjelica stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fury looks winded!
Bjelica pushes Fury back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bjelica scores with a shot to the side of Fury's head.
Bjelica lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bjelica gets through Fury's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bjelica.
Bjelica definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bjelica pushes Fury back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bjelica lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bjelica lands a shot to the body.
Fury tries to pull guard but Bjelica holds him up against the cage and eventually Fury drops back down to his feet.
Bjelica stalling.
Bjelica lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bjelica lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fury backwards.
Bjelica just leaning against Fury, taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Bjelica.
Bjelica scores with a shot to the side of Fury's head.

Fury is rocked!

That has opened up Ken Fury's cut even more.
A shot in the inside from Bjelica.
Fury is still on wobbly legs! Can Bjelica finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjelica presses Fury against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bjelica softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bjelica scores with a shoulder strike.
Bjelica dips a shoulder and cracks Fury with a mighty uppercut! Fury falls back against the cage and Bjelica unloads with a barrage of strikes! Fury is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bjelica screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragutin Bjelica!
During a confident post fight interview, Dragutin Bjelica thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.