PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Zuckor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miodrag Petkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zuckor comes into the arena with Dropkick Murphys - "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zuckor
vs
Petkovic

195 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

195 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Danny Zuckor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miodrag Petkovic!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Petkovic closes the distance and clinches.
Petkovic looking for a takedown.
Zuckor trying to land knees to the body.
Zuckor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petkovic is working for takedown but Zuckor is calmly controlling the position for now.
Zuckor misses with a knee strike.
Zuckor tries to land a knee to the head but Petkovic blocks with his arms.

Petkovic is fighting off a takedown attempt but Zuckor is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Petkovic to the mat. Petkovic regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Petkovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Petkovic is looking for a kimura here.
Petkovic trying to control the action but Zuckor is working from the bottom.
Petkovic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Zuckor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Petkovic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Zuckor defends it well.
Petkovic stops Zuckor from getting back to his feet.
Zuckor is breathing heavily.
Petkovic 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 one minute gone in the round.
Petkovic is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Petkovic controlling the pace for now.

Petkovic working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Petkovic looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Zuckor wants to get back to his feet.
Zuckor on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zuckor tries to get out of the position.

Petkovic working for a submission but Zuckor is keeping him at bay.
Petkovic looking to control but Zuckor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zuckor has given up his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuckor wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Petkovic tries to keep control of the position but Zuckor is staying busy.
Zuckor trying to get back to his feet but Petkovic is in full control for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Petkovic is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Petkovic just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Zuckor has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Petkovic has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Zuckor has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Petkovic should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Zuckor defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Zuckor has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic wants to control but Zuckor is keeping busy.
Petkovic misses with an elbow to the head.
Zuckor holding both Petkovic 's hands and preventing any damage.

Petkovic is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Zuckor has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Zuckor wants to get back to his feet.
Petkovic trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Zuckor doesn't escape.

Petkovic is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Zuckor taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Petkovic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miodrag Petkovic!