PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Yasuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miroslav Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filipovic has chosen Lijepa Naša Domovino as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Miroslav Filipovic enters the ring!

Yasuk
vs
Filipovic

225 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
26
394 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Enrique Yasuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miroslav Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yasuk shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Filipovic tests Yasuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Yasuk moves into the clinch.
Filipovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Filipovic lands an uppercut that drops Yasuk! Filipovic follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

It looks like Enrique Yasuk has been cut.
Filipovic tries to advance to mount but can't.
Filipovic looks gassed!
Yasuk tries to bench press Filipovic off him but Filipovic keeps the position.
Yasuk can't do much from the bottom here.
Filipovic trying to control the action but Yasuk is working from the bottom.
Yasuk is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic laying and praying for a moment but Yasuk takes advantage and regains half guard.
Yasuk won't allow Filipovic to pass to mount.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yasuk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yasuk is trying hard to land a takedown here. Filipovic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrique Yasuk. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Yasuk darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Yasuk is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic controlling the position well.

Yasuk is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Yasuk controlling the action here.

Yasuk is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Filipovic has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is trying to maintain the position but Yasuk is very close to passing his half guard.

Yasuk is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Filipovic sees it coming and defends easily.
Yasuk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Filipovic defending well though.
Yasuk is trying to control the action in half guard but Filipovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yasuk passes to full mount!
Yasuk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yasuk unloads with some shots from mount but Filipovic bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yasuk looking to control but Filipovic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Yasuk with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Filipovic wants to hold on but Yasuk pushes him away.
Filipovic is squirming around, avoiding Yasuk's attempts to control the action.
Filipovic holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Yasuk tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Filipovic is desperately trying to improve his position but Yasuk has a good base and remains in mount.
Yasuk with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Miroslav Filipovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Enrique Yasuk's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters circling - Filipovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Filipovic gets underhooks to prevent Yasuk's takedown attempt.

Yasuk has picked Filipovic up - he's going for a ride! Yasuk dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Filipovic looking for submissions off his back.

Filipovic actively working from the bottom here.

Yasuk is trying to work for a kimura but Filipovic is defending well.
Filipovic wants to control but Yasuk is keeping busy.
Yasuk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Filipovic defending well though.
Filipovic is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Filipovic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yasuk pulls his head out easily.
Filipovic blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yasuk.
Yasuk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yasuk shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Filipovic as he jumps to the side.
Miroslav Filipovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Filipovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Yasuk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Yasuk showed some decent athleticism there.

Yasuk has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Filipovic defend it? Yasuk steps over the head and cranks it - Filipovic is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Yasuk!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Enrique Yasuk!