PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic (ranked 2077 p4p, 2773 weight class) and Cohen Hawthorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dobrosavljevic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jadakiss - The Champ Is Here. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dobrosavljevic
vs
Hawthorne

183 cm
34
280
18 - 13 - 0

194 cm
35
261
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cohen Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hawthorne moves into the clinch.
Dobrosavljevic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawthorne stalls.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dobrosavljevic pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawthorne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hawthorne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dobrosavljevic is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Hawthorne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hawthorne shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dobrosavljevic swings for the body but Hawthorne moves out of range.
Dobrosavljevic lunges at Hawthorne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawthorne's hand.
Dobrosavljevic swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawthorne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobrosavljevic throws a shot from downtown. Hawthorne moves away and avoids it.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a straight right.
Hawthorne moves in looking to clinch but Dobrosavljevic pushes him off.
Hawthorne goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic has been cut.

Dobrosavljevic tries to keep at a distance but Hawthorne has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dobrosavljevic tries to break free but Hawthorne pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Hawthorne manages to break the clinch.
Dobrosavljevic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a double jab
and Dobrosavljevic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dobrosavljevic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawthorne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dobrosavljevic as he avoids it easily.
Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cohen Hawthorne.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a head kick.

Hawthorne has Dobrosavljevic up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawthorne is working for takedown but Dobrosavljevic is calmly controlling the position for now.

Hawthorne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hawthorne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dobrosavljevic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hawthorne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dobrosavljevic swivels and escapes.
Dobrosavljevic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hawthorne shoots in for a takedown but Dobrosavljevic shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Dobrosavljevic misses.
Nice takedown defense from Dobrosavljevic. No joy for Hawthorne on that attempt.
Hawthorne looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A little feinted left hand from Dobrosavljevic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hawthorne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dobrosavljevic swivels and escapes.
Hawthorne ducks right into an uppercut from Dobrosavljevic.
Hawthorne scores with a nice body kick.
Dobrosavljevic connects with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hawthorne or perhaps it was just good defense by Dobrosavljevic, which made it look bad.
Dobrosavljevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hawthorne throws a head kick but Dobrosavljevic moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws the kick towards the body but Dobrosavljevic avoids it.
Dobrosavljevic feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hawthorne shoots for a double leg takedown but Dobrosavljevic sprawls well. He's pushed Hawthorne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dobrosavljevic throws a big counter combination but Hawthorne scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up.
Dobrosavljevic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Despite the aggression on Hawthorne's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dobrosavljevic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Hawthorne blocks the leg kick.
Dobrosavljevic misses with a looping left.
Hawthorne ducks under a wild hook from Dobrosavljevic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawthorne moves out of range of the strikes.
Hawthorne shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dobrosavljevic defends it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hawthorne closes the distance and pushes Dobrosavljevic back into the cage.
Dobrosavljevic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawthorne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dobrosavljevic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dobrosavljevic avoids it.
Hawthorne jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dobrosavljevic walks away with a smile on his face. Hawthorne gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dobrosavljevic connects with the punch.
Hawthorne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dobrosavljevic is fending him off so far but Hawthorne persists. Nope, Dobrosavljevic circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobrosavljevic looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawthorne is just out of range.
Hawthorne darts in looking for a takedown but Dobrosavljevic gets double underhooks and turns Hawthorne into the cage.
Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cohen Hawthorne.
Dobrosavljevic looks to land a left hand but Hawthorne moved out of range nicely.
Dobrosavljevic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dobrosavljevic wants it to stay on the feet.
Dobrosavljevic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hawthorne.
An attempted straight right counter from Dobrosavljevic misses the target.
Dobrosavljevic fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Dobrosavljevic does no damage.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch but Dobrosavljevic is avoiding it.
Dobrosavljevic lunges at Hawthorne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawthorne's hand.
Dobrosavljevic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dobrosavljevic throws out a loose jab but Hawthorne uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne moves in looking to clinch but Dobrosavljevic pushes him off.
Dobrosavljevic is pawing at Hawthorne, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Hawthorne's nose. Hawthorne is badly hurt! Dobrosavljevic pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Hawthorne tries desperately to hold on but Dobrosavljevic is relentless in his assault! As Hawthorne receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Dobrosavljevic away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic!
A very excited looking Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.