PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xander Scott (ranked 475 p4p, 2245 weight class) and Vedran Mihaljevic (ranked 12 p4p, 83 weight class). Scott comes to the cage accompanied by I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Scott
vs
Mihaljevic

197 cm
20
255
9 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
265
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xander Scott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vedran Mihaljevic!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mihaljevic misses with a double jab

and Scott counters by clinching up.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Mihaljevic lands with a left to the head.
Mihaljevic tries to circle away but Scott has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Mihaljevic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scott.
Scott keeps control of Mihaljevic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mihaljevic is looking to break free of the clinch but Scott has double underhooks.
Scott has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mihaljevic blocking some punches.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scott avoids a wild elbow strike from Mihaljevic.
Still in the clinch, Mihaljevic scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mihaljevic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mihaljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scott misses with the head strike.
Scott swings wildly with an uppercut but Mihaljevic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mihaljevic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihaljevic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mihaljevic tries to break the clinch but Scott is controlling the position.
Mihaljevic can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
Mihaljevic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mihaljevic blocking some punches.

Mihaljevic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mihaljevic is looking to score with low kicks.
Mihaljevic misses with an uppercut
and Scott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mihaljevic misses with a hook

and Scott holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Scott lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Scott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mihaljevic tries to work over Scott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scott lands a left hand.

Mihaljevic breaks the clinch.
Vedran Mihaljevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mihaljevic misses with a looping right.
Mihaljevic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mihaljevic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mihaljevic to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Scott gets a clinch.

Mihaljevic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mihaljevic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scott cracks Mihaljevic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic lands an overhand right.
Mihaljevic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scott.
Scott lands a really nice looking cross but Mihaljevic seems unphased.
Mihaljevic misses with a left hand

and Scott counters with a beautiful punch that sends Mihaljevic to the canvas!

Mihaljevic is rocked!

It looks like Vedran Mihaljevic has been cut.
Mihaljevic keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Scott prevents Mihaljevic from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but Mihaljevic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mihaljevic wants to get back to his feet but Scott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Scott passes Mihaljevic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mihaljevic pushes Scott off looking to stand but Scott dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott trying to mount his opponent but Mihaljevic defends it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mihaljevic misses with a right hand

and Scott counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Scott.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mihaljevic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scott has Mihaljevic pressed against the cage, preventing Mihaljevic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mihaljevic.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Mihaljevic wants to break free but Scott has control.
Scott lands a shoulder strike.
Mihaljevic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott stalling.
Scott lands with a light punch inside.
Scott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scott slows down the pace here.
Mihaljevic can't break the clinch.
Mihaljevic throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Mihaljevic has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xander Scott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vedran Mihaljevic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mihaljevic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Scott moves forwards but Mihaljevic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mihaljevic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scott is looking to counter punch.
Mihaljevic cracks Scott with an open hand slap.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic throws a sloppy head kick and Scott moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Mihaljevic.
Scott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mihaljevic can do to turn this around?
Scott defending well as Mihaljevic loads up on a big left hand.
Scott is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic looks to throw the jab but Scott is out of range.
Scott seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Scott clinches up against the cage.
Scott blocking some punches.
Mihaljevic working hard to break the clinch.
Mihaljevic throws a head punch that misses.
Mihaljevic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mihaljevic misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scott fails to pull guard.
Scott has Mihaljevic pressed against the cage, preventing Mihaljevic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mihaljevic is trying to break free.
Scott lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Scott.
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mihaljevic's efforts to push away.
Mihaljevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mihaljevic misses with some punches.
Mihaljevic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mihaljevic misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Mihaljevic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scott lands a shoulder strike.
Scott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mihaljevic's efforts to push away.
Mihaljevic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott lands with a right to the head.
Mihaljevic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Scott.
Mihaljevic is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Scott scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for Scott to work.
Mihaljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scott has Mihaljevic pressed against the cage, preventing Mihaljevic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mihaljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scott gets through Mihaljevic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mihaljevic wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Scott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Scott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scott presses Mihaljevic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Scott.
Scott lands with a light punch inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Scott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mihaljevic wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Scott lands an uppercut.
Mihaljevic has had enough of the clinch but Scott keeps him there for the moment.
Mihaljevic misses with some punches.
Mihaljevic is trying to break the clinch but Scott has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Scott.
Xander Scott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Scott.

Scott pulls Mihaljevic into guard.
Scott bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mihaljevic's guard.

Scott looking to pass the guard.
Mihaljevic keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Scott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mihaljevic has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mihaljevic tries to buck Scott off but Scott is having none of it.

Scott wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mihaljevic, who protects the arm well.

Scott looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xander Scott dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vedran Mihaljevic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mihaljevic lands the left hand.
Mihaljevic throws a nice looking combination but Scott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mihaljevic.
Scott shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Scott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Mihaljevic.

Scott has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mihaljevic is trying to break free.
Scott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mihaljevic wants to break free but Scott has control.
Mihaljevic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scott or not.
Scott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mihaljevic tries to circle away but Scott has him pinned against the cage.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihaljevic has had enough of the clinch but Scott keeps him there for the moment.
Mihaljevic tries to break the clinch but Scott is controlling the position.
Mihaljevic is trying to force a seperation but Scott has the dominant position.
Mihaljevic is looking to break free of the clinch but Scott has double underhooks.
Mihaljevic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mihaljevic wants to break free but Scott has control.
Mihaljevic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mihaljevic is trying to force a seperation but Scott has the dominant position.
Mihaljevic is trying to break the clinch but Scott is controlling him.
Mihaljevic is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scott to keep the fight standing.
A short right from Scott.
Mihaljevic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scott tries to throw a body punch but Mihaljevic avoids it by throwing Scott back against the cage.
Mihaljevic misses with the head strike.
Mihaljevic wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Mihaljevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Mihaljevic breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Mihaljevic misses.
Scott slips under a jab.
Mihaljevic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Mihaljevic misses.
Mihaljevic throws a lazy right hand but Scott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Scott is looking to counter the offense by Mihaljevic and move into the clinch.
A jab from Mihaljevic misses.
Mihaljevic tries to close the distance and clinch but Scott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mihaljevic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Scott moves out of range of the strikes.

Scott moves into range and clinches up with Mihaljevic.
Scott displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mihaljevic up against the cage.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mihaljevic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mihaljevic misses with a right hand
and Scott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Scott connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mihaljevic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mihaljevic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scott.
Mihaljevic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mihaljevic slips a jab and a cross from Scott.
Mihaljevic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mihaljevic dodges the punch combination from Scott.
Scott moves out of range of the strikes.

Scott closes the distance and clinches.
Mihaljevic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mihaljevic wants to get back to striking at distance but Scott won't allow it.
Scott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scott lands a hook that snaps the head of Mihaljevic backwards.
Scott scores with a shot to the side of Mihaljevic's head.
Scott lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mihaljevic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mihaljevic can't break the clinch.
Scott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scott has Mihaljevic pressed against the cage, preventing Mihaljevic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scott struggles to land a body shot inside as Mihaljevic controls his hands.
Scott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mihaljevic tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mihaljevic can't break the clinch.
Mihaljevic is trying to break the clinch but Scott is controlling him.
Good body shot from Scott.
Scott lands with a short shot to the head.
Scott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scott lands a nice uppercut.
Mihaljevic is still on wobbly legs! Can Scott finish him?
Nice body punch from Scott.
Scott lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Mihaljevic to his knees! Scott keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xander Scott!
After the fight, Xander Scott was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.