PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Mick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Vukovic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Mick
vs
Vukovic

187 cm
23
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

187 cm
22
202 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

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Brawler
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Brawler
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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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Mick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wanderlei Vukovic!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vukovic shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mick is trying to defend but Vukovic finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mick tries to roll over but Vukovic keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mick gets back to full guard.
Mick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Mick is looking for a triangle but Vukovic pushes his legs off easily.
Vukovic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vukovic wants to control from the top but Mick keeps moving.

Mick has his foot on Vukovic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vukovic works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vukovic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vukovic stopping the sweep attempt from Mick.

Mick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Vukovic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mick's head.
Vukovic is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vukovic stays in close to Mick's body and controls the position.
Vukovic throwing strikes from guard but Mick blocks nicely.
Mick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mick controls Vukovic momentarily but Vukovic frees himself.
Mick keeping moving, preventing Vukovic from controlling successfully.
Vukovic won't allow Mick to sweep him here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mick doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vukovic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mick's knee momentarily.
Vukovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vukovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vukovic scores with a leg kick.
Vukovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mick is breathing heavily.
Vukovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab from Vukovic.
Vukovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mick with a poor takedown

and Vukovic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Mick is rocked!
Vukovic works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Vukovic is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mick has managed to free his arm - good work.
Vukovic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vukovic is keen to just control but Mick is a slippery customer.
Mick is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vukovic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vukovic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mick trying to control from the bottom.
Vukovic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vukovic prevents Mick from improving his position.
Mick has hold of Vukovic's hands but Vukovic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mick is in trouble now - Vukovic has advanced to mount!
Vukovic lands a nice shot to the head.
Mick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vukovic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vukovic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vukovic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Vukovic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vukovic is looking to chop away at Mick's legs.
Vukovic scores with a leg kick.
Vukovic throws a leg kick but Mick moved away.
Mick has his takedown stuffed

and Vukovic counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mick's guard now.
Vukovic landing some decent shots from guard.
Vukovic throwing strikes from guard but Mick blocks nicely.
Vukovic trying to control but Mick is working from the bottom.
Mick has momentary wrist control but Vukovic slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vukovic is pushing down on Mick's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mick is fighting to maintain full guard but Vukovic has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic passes to side control.
Vukovic connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mick some visible discomfort.
Mick takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mick manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Vukovic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mick is working away from the top position though.

Mick is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vukovic defends it well.
Vukovic is looking to control Mick's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vukovic avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic gets back to full guard.
Mick trying to control but Vukovic is working from the bottom.

Mick postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vukovic is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Mick, into his guard.
Vukovic pushing down on Mick's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mick with the active half guard here but Vukovic passes nicely into side control.

Vukovic goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Mick has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Vukovic but great work by Mick.
You can see the frustration on Vukovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vukovic tries to buck Mick off but Mick is having none of it.
Mick in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Vukovic is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mick's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vukovic keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Vukovic moves into full guard.

Mick drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vukovic dives on top into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vukovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Vukovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mick has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vukovic.
Mick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vukovic can pounce on him.
Mick misses with a takedown attempt

and Vukovic counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Mick's face as Vukovic controls the position.
Vukovic is working Mick over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vukovic is chipping away with strikes.
Mick is looking to reverse the position.
Vukovic is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vukovic is trying to get an arm triangle but Mick is defending well.
Mick tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vukovic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Vukovic working the ground and pound.
Wanderlei Vukovic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vukovic tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Vukovic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mick can't do much from the bottom here.
Vukovic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Vukovic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Vukovic working the ground and pound.
Mick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mick manages to get back to half guard.
Vukovic looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Vukovic trying to control from half guard but Mick is working away.
Mick is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mick is working hard here to advance position.
Mick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vukovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vukovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mick.

Vukovic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mick!
Mick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mick tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vukovic with a couple of short strikes.
Vukovic looking to control but Mick is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vukovic controlling the position easily from mount.
Vukovic landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic landing punches.
Vukovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mick's face.
Vukovic breaks from Mick's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Vukovic wants to control the pace but Mick is squirming around nicely.

Vukovic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Mick to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Mick shrugs it off.
Vukovic lands with some strikes.
Wanderlei Vukovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vukovic looking to control but Mick is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vukovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vukovic is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Vukovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vukovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Vukovic!