PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dejan Petkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khairi Fortt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petkovic comes to the cage accompanied by Tropa de Elite. Khairi Fortt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dejan Petkovic's chin.

Petkovic
vs
Fortt

185 cm
22
201 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dejan Petkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khairi Fortt!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petkovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Petkovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fortt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Petkovic fails with the takedown.
Fortt checks a leg kick.
Petkovic throws a front kick aimed at Fortt's knee but Fortt avoids it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Petkovic!
Fortt lands a right hook to the body.

Fortt darts in and clinches Petkovic up against the cage.
Fortt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Petkovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petkovic trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Petkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Fortt avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Petkovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fortt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fortt tries a body shot but Petkovic blocks it.
Fortt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Petkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fortt is defending well for now.
Petkovic is trying to stall.
Petkovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fortt managing to block the knees to the body from Petkovic.
Petkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fortt's defenses.

It looks like Khairi Fortt has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petkovic misses with an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fortt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petkovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fortt's brow.
Petkovic lands a nice elbow.
Petkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Fortt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Petkovic throws an elbow that misses.
Fortt has a couple of punches blocked by Petkovic.
Fortt tries to throw a body punch but Petkovic avoids it by throwing Fortt back against the cage.
Fortt avoiding damage as Petkovic throws knees to the body.
Petkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Petkovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petkovic lands an elbow inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petkovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortt takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Khairi Fortt's cut even more.
Petkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Fortt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fortt blocks the elbow strike.
Fortt lands with a left to the head.
Fortt avoiding damage as Petkovic throws knees to the body.
Fortt lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fortt fails to land.
Petkovic taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petkovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fortt's brow.
Fortt avoids a wild elbow strike from Petkovic.
A head punch on the inside from Fortt fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fortt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortt throws a punch but it's blocked by Petkovic.
Fortt can't find room to land a body shot as Petkovic controls the action.
Petkovic missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Fortt - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fortt.
Petkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Fortt avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Petkovic.
Fortt struggles to land a body shot inside as Petkovic controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Fortt fails to land.
Fortt throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petkovic blocking some punches.
Fortt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fortt swings wildly with an uppercut but Petkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Petkovic trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dejan Petkovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khairi Fortt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fortt digs a good hook to Petkovic's body.
Petkovic misses with a low kick.
Petkovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Petkovic is looking to score with low kicks.

Fortt has managed to clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Petkovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fortt's brow.
Petkovic looking to stall.
Fortt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fortt throws a punch but it's blocked by Petkovic.
Petkovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fortt tries a body shot but Petkovic blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fortt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petkovic backwards.
A short left from Fortt.
Petkovic lands a knee to the body.
Fortt takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fortt swings wildly with an uppercut but Petkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortt takes an elbow to the temple.
Petkovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Petkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Khairi Fortt's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fortt managing to block the knees to the body from Petkovic.
Petkovic lands an elbow that stopped Fortt in his tracks for a moment.

Khairi Fortt's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Khairi Fortt's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dejan Petkovic!