PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Milan Oliver Jovic (ranked 4151 p4p, 4097 weight class) and Titan Triggerfish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jovic
vs
Triggerfish

188 cm
25
199
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
194
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Milan Oliver Jovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Titan Triggerfish!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Triggerfish tries to clinch up.
Triggerfish's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jovic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Triggerfish scrambles back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Triggerfish.
Triggerfish tries to clinch there but Jovic circles away.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jovic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Titan Triggerfish has been cut.
Jovic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Triggerfish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but Jovic is having none of it.
Jovic lunges at Triggerfish with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Triggerfish's hand.
Triggerfish ducks under a wild hook from Jovic.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Triggerfish moves out of range of the strikes.
Triggerfish takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Jovic misses.
Triggerfish wants to counter the offense by Jovic and move into the clinch position.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but Jovic is having none of it.
Triggerfish tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Jovic counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Triggerfish takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Triggerfish moves in looking to clinch but Jovic pushes him off.
Jovic keeps the fight on the outside.

Triggerfish moves into the clinch.
Triggerfish leaning against his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Triggerfish.
Jovic tries to break the clinch but Triggerfish is controlling the position.
Jovic is trying to force a seperation but Triggerfish has the dominant position.
Jovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Triggerfish misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jovic.
Jovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Triggerfish backwards.
Triggerfish keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jovic's efforts to push away.
Jovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Triggerfish is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jovic is defending well for now.
Jovic is trying to break free.
Jovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Triggerfish has him pressed against the cage.
Triggerfish is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jovic is defending well for now.
Jovic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jovic wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jovic breaks from the clinch.
Triggerfish wants to clinch but Jovic slips to the side
and Jovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Triggerfish darts in trying to clinch
and Jovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Triggerfish is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Triggerfish tries to move into range but Jovic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Triggerfish takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Jovic.
Jovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Triggerfish.
Jovic throws a lazy right hand but Triggerfish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Triggerfish moves in looking to clinch but Jovic pushes him off.
Jovic seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jovic throws a series of punches but Triggerfish moves out of range.
Triggerfish doesn't manage to clinch there - Jovic circles away.
Jovic throws an overhand right that lands on Triggerfish's shoulder, as Triggerfish tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jovic.
Triggerfish moves to clinch but Jovic breaks away
and Jovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Jovic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Triggerfish moves in looking to clinch but Jovic pushes him off.
Nice straight punches there by Jovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jovic.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch but Jovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Triggerfish closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jovic misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Triggerfish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Triggerfish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jovic throws a big shot that misses.
Triggerfish looks to clinch
and Jovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Triggerfish moves out of range of the strikes.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Triggerfish.

Triggerfish rushes Jovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jovic is leaning against Triggerfish and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Jovic breaks the clinch.
Triggerfish fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Oliver Jovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Titan Triggerfish's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Triggerfish moves away from the strike by Jovic.
Jovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jovic misses with an uppercut.

Triggerfish moves into the clinch.
Jovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Triggerfish won't allow it.
Triggerfish with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Triggerfish can do to turn this around?
Triggerfish has Jovic pressed against the cage, preventing Jovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jovic working hard to break the clinch.
Triggerfish trying to stall but Jovic improves his position.
Triggerfish is looking to control Jovic's arms but Jovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Triggerfish has his back to the cage.
Triggerfish is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

Jovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jovic keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch but Jovic is avoiding it.
Jovic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Milan Oliver Jovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Jovic throws a hook but Triggerfish avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Jovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up but Jovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch.
Titan Triggerfish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jovic throws a series of punches but Triggerfish moves out of range.
Triggerfish darts in trying to clinch
enabling Jovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch.
Jovic's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jovic duly obliges.
Triggerfish doesn't manage to clinch there - Jovic circles away.
Triggerfish fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Triggerfish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up but Jovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Jovic is looking to counter punch.
Jovic misses with a hook. Triggerfish ducked under it nicely.
Triggerfish tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Triggerfish has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Jovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovic loads up on a big right hand but Triggerfish slips the punch.
Triggerfish tries to clinch there but Jovic circles away.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Triggerfish wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up but Jovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but Jovic is having none of it.

Triggerfish closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jovic.
Triggerfish tries a knee to the head but Jovic blocks it.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jovic wants to break free but Triggerfish has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish tries to land knees in the clinch but Jovic avoids the damage to the body.
Jovic tries to break the clinch but Triggerfish is controlling the position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jovic managing to block the knees to the body from Triggerfish.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jovic avoids it.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Triggerfish misses with a knee strike.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Jovic breaks the clinch.
Jovic misses with a few strikes there.
Jovic sets himself, and Triggerfish steps forward looking for the clinch! Jovic avoids it this time.
Jovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Triggerfish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Jovic misses.
Jovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Triggerfish stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jovic connects with the punch.
Triggerfish tries to clinch but Jovic is having none of it.
Jovic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jovic misses with a low kick as Triggerfish jumps back.
Triggerfish doesn't manage to clinch there - Jovic circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from Jovic.
Jovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jovic throws a right and a left that Triggerfish avoids nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Triggerfish connects with a knee to the head.
Triggerfish prevents Jovic from breaking the clinch.
Triggerfish landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Triggerfish misses with a knee strike.
Triggerfish wants to stall.
Jovic is trying to force a seperation but Triggerfish has the dominant position.
Jovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Triggerfish with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Jovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Oliver Jovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Titan Triggerfish's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Triggerfish fails with an attempt to clinch.
Triggerfish wants to clinch
and Jovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch but Jovic is avoiding it.
Jovic is looking to counter punch.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch.
Triggerfish tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Jovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Triggerfish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Jovic misses with an uppercut.
Triggerfish tries to clinch there but Jovic circles away.
Jovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Triggerfish.
Jovic misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Triggerfish takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Triggerfish is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Triggerfish gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Triggerfish looking to slow down the pace here.
Jovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Triggerfish trying to control the position but instead, Jovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Triggerfish into the cage.
Jovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Triggerfish is trying to maintain a safe position but Jovic gets an underhook and turns Triggerfish into the cage.
Jovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Triggerfish throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jovic blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jovic.
Jovic is trying to force a seperation but Triggerfish has the dominant position.
Jovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Triggerfish tries a knee to the head but Jovic blocks it.
Triggerfish misses with a knee to the head.

Jovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Triggerfish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Jovic.
Jovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Jovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jovic misses with a straight right.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Jovic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Triggerfish moves away from the strike by Jovic.
Triggerfish tries to close the distance and clinch but Jovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Triggerfish doesn't manage to clinch there - Jovic circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Triggerfish tries to clinch up.
Jovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Triggerfish.
Jovic throws a big shot that misses.
Jovic throws a series of punches but Triggerfish moves out of range.
Triggerfish defending well as Jovic loads up on a big left hand.
Jovic throws a lazy right hand but Triggerfish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jovic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Triggerfish is looking to clinch but Jovic is avoiding it.

Triggerfish moves into the clinch.
Triggerfish lands a knee to the body.
Triggerfish looking to slow down the pace here.
Triggerfish lands a good knee to the midsection. Jovic won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Triggerfish looking to throw knees to the head but Jovic is blocking nicely.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Triggerfish effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Triggerfish is looking to control Jovic's arms but Jovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Triggerfish has his back to the cage.
Triggerfish landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Titan Triggerfish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Triggerfish lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Jovic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Triggerfish tries to land a knee to the head but Jovic blocks with his arms.
Triggerfish trying to stall but Jovic improves his position.
Triggerfish unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jovic wants to break free but Triggerfish has control.
Triggerfish with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Triggerfish looking to stall.
Triggerfish looking to slow down the pace here.
Triggerfish lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Milan Oliver Jovic.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jovic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milan Oliver Jovic!