PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Boban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Trane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boban's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ana Tijoux - 1977. This should be fireworks!

Boban
vs
Trane

182 cm
30
184 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

192 cm
24
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Boban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Trane!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trane is looking to clinch but Boban is avoiding it.
John Trane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Trane moves into range and clinches up with Boban.
Boban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trane misses with a knee strike.
Boban landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boban misses with a body punch.
Trane lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trane tries to land knees in the clinch but Boban avoids the damage to the body.
Boban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trane is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Boban gets control of Trane's arms and successfully pulls guard. Boban will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Trane is fighting to break Boban's control of his arms but Boban is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Trane looking to pass the guard.
Boban is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Trane would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Boban keeping full guard, as Trane tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boban working a defensive guard here.

We're going to have a standup here because Mirko Boban wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Trane throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boban stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Trane throws a lazy body kick
and Boban counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trane thinking.
Trane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boban.
A nice inside leg kick there by Trane. That's going to slow Boban down.

Boban closes the distance and clinches.
Trane lands a good knee to the midsection. Boban won't want to take too many of those.
Trane is trying to maintain a safe position but Boban gets an underhook and turns Trane into the cage.
Boban fails to pull guard.
A right hook to the body lands for Trane.
Boban is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boban tries for a takedown but Trane manages to get underhooks.
Trane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boban in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Trane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boban's defenses.
Boban takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trane lands a left hand.
Trane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trane lands an elbow inside that Boban shrugs off.
Trane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trane lands with a short shot to the head.
Trane lands a left hand.
Trane leaning against his opponent.
Trane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trane lands an elbow just above Boban 's eye.
Trane lands a good knee to the midsection. Boban won't want to take too many of those.
Trane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boban being controlled against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Trane as the two fighters clinch.
Trane lands an elbow that stopped Boban in his tracks for a moment.
Trane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trane lands a damaging elbow.
Trane lands a nice knee to the body.
Trane lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Trane to work.
Trane working Boban over with knees to the body.
Boban takes an elbow to the forehead.
A hook to the body from Trane.
Trane crunches a lovely knee into Boban's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from Trane.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boban lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trane gets through Boban's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trane lands a nice knee to the body.
Trane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trane lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Boban is rocked!
Trane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boban lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boban backwards.
Oh Boban is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trane lands a knee to the body.
Trane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Trane lands an elbow inside that Boban shrugs off.
Trane holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Trane lands an elbow inside that Boban shrugs off.
Trane landing knees to the body.
Trane using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boban misses with a body punch.
Trane stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Trane.
Boban takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trane lands a knee to the body.
Come on Trane - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Boban takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Trane dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Trane ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boban seems to have got his legs back now.
Trane scores with a shot to the body.
Boban keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boban paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Trane pushes Boban up against the cage in a clinch.
Trane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Trane.
Boban takes an elbow to the forehead.
Trane blocks an uppercut.
Trane landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trane trying to stall but Boban improves his position.
Trane displaying some good clinch control by pressing Boban up against the cage.
Trane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trane lands a nice knee to the body.
Trane pushes Boban back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trane.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trane.
Trane lands with a left to the head.
Trane lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Trane as the two fighters clinch.
Trane pressing his opponent against the cage.
Trane jerks Boban's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Boban drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Trane goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Trane because Boban was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). John Trane!
A very excited looking John Trane made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.