PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Starrk Lobos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Kovacevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksander Kovacevic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Starrk Lobos's chin.

Lobos
vs
Kovacevic

188 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Starrk Lobos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aleksander Kovacevic!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovacevic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Kovacevic shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kovacevic showed some decent athleticism there.
Kovacevic is pressing down on Lobos's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lobos is holding on for now.
Lobos punching from the bottom.
Kovacevic is looking to advance position but Lobos won't allow it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lobos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lobos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Kovacevic decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Lobos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kovacevic tries to reverse the position but Lobos maintains control.
Lobos lands with some strikes.
Kovacevic is squirming around, avoiding Lobos's attempts to control the action.
Kovacevic gets back to half guard.
Lobos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovacevic moves into full guard.
Kovacevic looking to control.
Lobos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lobos throwing strikes but missing.
Lobos wants to control from the top but Kovacevic keeps moving.
Lobos preventing the sweep.
Kovacevic looks gassed!
Kovacevic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kovacevic works his way into full mount!
Lobos tries to hold on but Kovacevic pushes him away.
Kovacevic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lobos hang on?
Lobos tries to reverse the position but Kovacevic maintains control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kovacevic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lobos?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacevic landing shots from mount.
Lobos throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.

Kovacevic working for a choke but Lobos is defending well.
Lobos turns into Kovacevic and is now in his guard.

Kovacevic has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Lobos doesn't defend quickly enough and Kovacevic has managed to lock this one up! Can Lobos escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kovacevic on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Aleksander Kovacevic!