PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Short (ranked 491 p4p, 593 weight class) and Maro Pjetlic (ranked 29 p4p, 39 weight class). Short's entrance music is Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger. A fine choice. Pjetlic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Legend. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Short
vs
Pjetlic

151 cm
31
135
14 - 8 - 0

196 cm
34
265
23 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

Urban Fighter
NARCOS

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jerry Short!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maro Pjetlic!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pjetlic leaves Short with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pjetlic! But no joy.
Jerry Short seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pjetlic cracks Short with a good jab.

It looks like Jerry Short has been cut.

Short scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Short is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pjetlic sees it coming and defends easily.

Short has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Pjetlic defend it? Short steps over the head and cranks it - Pjetlic is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Short!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jerry Short!