PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jurcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst van Bommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horst van Bommel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Antonio Jurcic's chin.

Jurcic
vs
van Bommel

190 cm
18
251 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Jurcic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Horst van Bommel!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurcic fails with a takedown attempt.
Antonio Jurcic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jurcic keeps the fight on the outside.
Jurcic closes this distance looking for a takedown but van Bommel circles away.
van Bommel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Jurcic is rocked!
Jurcic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? van Bommel is fending him off so far but Jurcic persists. Nope, van Bommel circles away and we're back to standing.
Oh Jurcic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Jurcic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

van Bommel lands a huge takedown. Jurcic is out but the ref is slow to react and van Bommel lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Jurcic lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Horst van Bommel!