PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Jes (ranked 4760 p4p, 3437 weight class) and Kresimir Ilic (ranked 489 p4p, 410 weight class). Kresimir Ilic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Jes
vs
Ilic

200 cm
21
205
4 - 3 - 0

187 cm
21
205
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Jes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kresimir Ilic!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ilic was well out of range. Poor timing from Jes.
Jes throws a lazy uppercut
and Ilic counters with a stiff right hand.
Jes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ilic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ilic doesn't seem bothered though.
Jes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jes misses with a wild body shot.
Jes misses with a hook to the body

and Ilic counters with a nice right hand that sends Jes toppling to the canvas! Jes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ilic finish him?!

Jes is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jes just misses with a punch to the body.
Jes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jes throws a nice looking combination but Ilic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ilic throws out a counter right but Jes avoids it with no problem.
Jes misses with a wild body shot.
Jes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ilic misses with a right hand
and Jes counters with a nice uppercut.
Ilic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ilic counters with a straight right hand.
Jes is looking to wear down Ilic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jes ducks under a wild hook from Ilic.
Ilic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Andreas Jes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ilic was well out of range. Poor timing from Jes.
Jes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ilics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jes scores with a jab to the body.
Jes lands a glancing blow to the side of Ilic's head.
Jes misses with a body shot.
Jes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ilic throws out the jab.
Jes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slow jab from Ilic misses its intended target.
Ilic throws a combination that misses
and Jes counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Jes does it's job there.
Jes scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jes throws a jab but it's blocked by Ilic.
Jes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ilic wants to counter the offense by Jes and move into the clinch position.
Jes misses with an uppercut. Ilic saw that one coming.
Ilic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jes moves away.
Ilic doesn't manage to clinch there - Jes circles away.
Jes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ilic moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ilic! But no joy.

Ilic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ilic works on Jes's body with a couple of short punches.

Jes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ilic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jes looks to score with a jab to the body but Ilic is just out of range.
Jes misses the shot to the body.
Jes lands with a shot to the body.
Jes misses with a jab to the body
and Ilic counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jes misses with an uppercut.
Jes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ilic.
Ilic lands a jab to Jes's midsection.
Jes staying out of range there.
Jes throws a hook to the side of Ilic's head but Ilic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ilic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jes throws an overhand right that lands on Ilic's shoulder, as Ilic tries to avoid the shot.
Jes takes one on the button.
Ilic jabs at Jes's body.
Ilic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ilic lands a jab.
Oh Jes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jes misses with an uppercut.
Jes seems to have got his legs back now.
Jes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilic misses with a hook.
Ilic takes one to the chin there.
Jes missing with a left hand there. Ilic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jes scores with a jab to the body.
Jes misses with a straight left.
Jes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ilic.
Jes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jes misses with a left hand
and Ilic counters with a right hand to the body.
Jes throws a lazy uppercut
and Ilic counters with a big right hand! Oh Jes is in trouble here! Ilic follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kresimir Ilic!