PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kong Wu (ranked 24860 p4p, 23948 weight class) and Vuk Zivanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wu
vs
Zivanovic

197 cm
26
220
3 - 4 - 0

210 cm
20
250
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kong Wu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vuk Zivanovic!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wu shoots in for a double leg but Zivanovic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zivanovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zivanovic throws a leg kick but Wu moved away.
Wu looks to land a right hand but Zivanovic moved out of range.
Zivanovic misses with the combination.
Zivanovic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wu wants to clinch.
Wu wants to clinch up but Zivanovic keeps it at a distance.
Zivanovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wu tries to bum rush Zivanovic with a series of wild strikes but Zivanovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zivanovic stuns Wu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zivanovic lands a two punch combo.
Wu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Zivanovic lands with a nice combination. Wu backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu tries a head kick but it misses.
Zivanovic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Kong Wu has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Zivanovic.
An attempted straight right counter from Wu misses the target.
Wu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zivanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zivanovic throws a counter combo.
Zivanovic throws out a powerful jab.
Zivanovic throws a right and a left that Wu avoids nicely.
Zivanovic misses with a double jab.
Wu slips a jab and a cross from Zivanovic.
Wu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Wu moves into range and clinches up with Zivanovic.
Wu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zivanovic walks away with a smile on his face. Wu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zivanovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wu tries to clinch but Zivanovic moves out of range.
Wu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zivanovic.
Zivanovic throws a series of punches but Wu avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivanovic lands with a hook. Wu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zivanovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Wu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wu shoots in for a takedown but Zivanovic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kong Wu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zivanovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zivanovic throws a right hand that Wu ducks under and follows up with a left that Wu also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Zivanovic.
Wu moves forwards but Zivanovic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zivanovic!
A right-left combo lands from Zivanovic.
Zivanovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zivanovic is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zivanovic throws a series of punches but Wu avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zivanovic's waist but Zivanovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wu off to one side.
Zivanovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wu is breathing heavily.
Wu looks to clinch
letting Zivanovic counter with a right hand.
Wu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zivanovic connects with a combination that backs up Wu into the cage. Zivanovic lands a flurry of punches that gets past Wu's guard. Wu is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Zivanovic bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vuk Zivanovic!