PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filipo Mirkovic (ranked 1805 p4p, 2265 weight class) and Tembakan Pasti (ranked 227 p4p, 269 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mirkovic
vs
Pasti

198 cm
20
268
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
236
2 - 0 - 0

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BANZAI NUTRITION

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Filipo Mirkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tembakan Pasti!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pasti tries to clinch there but Mirkovic circles away.
Pasti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pasti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pasti on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Tembakan Pasti has been cut.

Pasti darts in and clinches Mirkovic up against the cage.
Pasti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pasti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pasti tries to work over Mirkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Pasti fails to land.
Pasti is looking to control Mirkovic's arms but Mirkovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pasti has his back to the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pasti.
Pasti works on Mirkovic's body with a couple of short punches.
I was talking to Mirkovic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pasti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pasti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pasti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mirkovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mirkovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mirkovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirkovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pasti's elbow.
Mirkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Pasti controls his hands.
Pasti misses with a knee to the head.
Pasti swings wildly with an uppercut but Mirkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mirkovic blocks a body shot from Pasti.
Mirkovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pastis head.
Pasti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasti has Mirkovic pressed against the cage, preventing Mirkovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mirkovic misses with a body punch.
Mirkovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mirkovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasti misses with an elbow strike.
Mirkovic tries a body shot but Pasti blocks it.
Mirkovic avoiding damage as Pasti throws knees to the body.
Pasti missing with knees to the body.
Pasti can't find room to land a body shot as Mirkovic controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pasti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pasti blocks an uppercut.
Pasti lands a shot to the body.
Pasti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasti lands an uppercut.
Mirkovic tries to work over Pasti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pasti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mirkovic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mirkovic.
Pasti misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mirkovic.
Pasti lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Mirkovic takes a shot to the head.
Pasti pushes Mirkovic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pasti blocking some punches.
Pasti lands a hook that snaps the head of Mirkovic backwards.
Mirkovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pasti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasti lands with a short shot to the head.
Mirkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mirkovic misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mirkovic.
Pasti misses with the head strike.
Pasti misses with some punches.
Mirkovic lands a body punch.
Mirkovic blocks an uppercut.
Pasti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pasti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mirkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pasti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mirkovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mirkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Pasti controls his hands.
Pasti blocks a body shot from Mirkovic.
Mirkovic lands a nice uppercut.
Pasti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mirkovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirkovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pasti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mirkovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pasti throws a head punch that misses.
Mirkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mirkovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mirkovic tries to throw a body punch but Pasti avoids it by throwing Mirkovic back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Mirkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pasti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pasti misses with some punches.
Pasti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mirkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pasti.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pasti misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasti misses with a punch on the inside.
Mirkovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mirkovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pasti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tembakan Pasti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tembakan Pasti'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.

Pasti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pasti working aggressively here.
Pasti has Mirkovic pressed against the cage, preventing Mirkovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mirkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mirkovic tries to throw a body punch but Pasti avoids it by throwing Mirkovic back against the cage.
Pasti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mirkovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pasti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mirkovic backwards.
Mirkovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mirkovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pasti lands an uppercut.
Mirkovic gets through Pasti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pasti.
Mirkovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pasti blocks a body shot from Mirkovic.
Mirkovic blocks an elbow strike from Pasti.
Mirkovic lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasti throws an elbow that misses.
Pasti throws a punch but it's blocked by Mirkovic.
Tembakan Pasti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pasti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mirkovic dodges an elbow strike from Pasti.
Pasti trying to land knees to the body.

Mirkovic breaks the clinch.

Mirkovic drops Pasti with a beautiful combination! Pasti stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Mirkovic is looking for the KO!
Pasti fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pasti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mirkovic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pasti darts in trying to clinch
and Mirkovic counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Filipo Mirkovic!
Filipo Mirkovic thanked the fans post fight for their support.