PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Boban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafeal Djocovito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boban comes to the cage accompanied by Ana Tijoux - 1977. Djocovito has chosen Rose - A Perfect Circle as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boban
vs
Djocovito

182 cm
28
184 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

185 cm
31
170 lbs
11 - 19 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Boban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafeal Djocovito!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djocovito fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boban connects with a good right hand that stumbles Djocovito. Djocovito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Djocovito connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boban's hands.
Boban swinging wildly here.
Djocovito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boban.
Djocovito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Djocovito scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Boban doesn't seem bothered though.
Boban throws a head kick that misses.
Boban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Djocovito moves away.
Nice jab there from Djocovito.
Djocovito shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boban pinned against the cage. Boban gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boban misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Boban lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Djocovito has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Djocovito and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boban avoids the body shot from Djocovito.
Djocovito shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boban sprawls well. Boban wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Djocovito gets slowly back to his feet.
Mirko Boban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafeal Djocovito.
Boban stuffs the takedown attempt from Djocovito. Djocovito gets slowly back to his feet.
Good work by Djocovito as he checks the leg kick.
Boban is looking to clinch but Djocovito is avoiding it.
Djocovito looks for a takedown but Boban sprawls well.
Djocovito throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boban lands the left hand.
Djocovito lands a really nice looking cross but Boban seems unphased.
Boban fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Djocovito avoids it really well and circles away.

Djocovito decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Djocovito missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Djocovito trying to pass the guard but Boban defending well.
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!
Boban is looking to improve his position.
Djocovito trying to control from half guard but Boban is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djocovito trying to pass the guard but Boban defending well.
Boban trying to hold on to Djocovito's head to control him but Djocovito postures up.
Djocovito scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Djocovito is looking to advance position but Boban won't allow it.
Djocovito wants to advance to full mount but Boban doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Boban is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Djocovito loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Djocovito throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djocovito trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Djocovito postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Djocovito throws a big elbow that misses.
Boban working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Djocovito.
Boban avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Djocovito trying to control but Boban is working from the bottom.
Boban wants to sweep here but Djocovito controlling him for the moment.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Djocovito drops back looking for a leg! Boban is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Boban manages to kick Djocovito off! Djocovito jumps back into Boban's guard.
Djocovito trying to control the position from guard on top but Boban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Djocovito makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafeal Djocovito dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boban misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Djocovito.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Djocovito is defended easily by Boban.
Boban dodges the punch combination from Djocovito.
Horrible takedown by Djocovito or perhaps it was just good defense by Boban which made him look bad.
Djocovito scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Djocovito shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boban sprawls well. Boban wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Djocovito gets slowly back to his feet.
Mirko Boban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafeal Djocovito.
Djocovito scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boban looks to score with a jab to the body but Djocovito is just out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Djocovito is defended easily by Boban.
Boban just misses with a punch to the body.
Djocovito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boban fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boban buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Djocovito throws a head kick that misses.

Djocovito gets tackled into the cage by Boban. Boban maintains the clinch.
Boban is trying to stall.
Boban lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boban stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boban lands a shoulder strike.
Boban lands a knee to the body.
Djocovito is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Boban pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Djocovito has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Boban after a bit of a struggle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Djocovito is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Boban is defending well.
Djocovito is breathing heavily.
Boban is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Boban tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boban prevents a takedown attempt there.
Boban looking to slow down the pace here.

Boban jumps guard and drags Djocovito to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Djocovito wants to control from the top but Boban keeps moving.
Djocovito stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boban swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Djocovito trying to move into half guard but instead Boban has managed to sweep!
Djocovito has Boban pulled in close to control his posture.

Djocovito has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Boban off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Djocovito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Djocovito lands with a hook. Boban tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Djocovito looks to score with a jab to the body but Boban is just out of range.
No joy there for Djocovito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boban shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Djocovito eats them both and turns towards Boban to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Rafeal Djocovito has been cut.
Djocovito misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice sprawl there from Boban as Djocovito shoots in.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Djocovito scores with a three punch combo!

Boban shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Boban won't let Djocovito get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Boban dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafeal Djocovito's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Boban moves out of range of the body kick.
Djocovito shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Boban defends it nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Djocovito scores with a four punch combination!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Djocovito.

Djocovito fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Boban sprawls well initially but Djocovito persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Djocovito throws a strike but Boban manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Djocovito tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mirko Boban!