PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Velimir Stojkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reza Katebi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stojkovic comes to the cage accompanied by Drowning Pool - Numb . Velimir Stojkovic had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Stojkovic
vs
Katebi

175 cm
24
166 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Backyard Fighting

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Velimir Stojkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reza Katebi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katebi's corner calls for a 1-2. Katebi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Katebi.
Katebi swats away the attempt to clinch by Stojkovic.
Stojkovic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stojkovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Katebi looks to land a left hand but Stojkovic moved out of range nicely.
Velimir Stojkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katebi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stojkovic scores with a shot to the body.
Stojkovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Katebi swats away the attempt to clinch by Stojkovic.
Katebi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stojkovic lands a nice looking body shot.
Stojkovic looks for the body kick but Katebi saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojkovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Stojkovic moves into the clinch.
Stojkovic misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stojkovic.
Katebi avoiding damage.

Katebi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katebi moves out of range of the body kick from Stojkovic.
Stojkovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stojkovic tries to clinch but Katebi moves out of range.
Katebi throws a low kick but Stojkovic avoids it.
Katebi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stojkovic closes the distance and pushes Katebi back into the cage.
Katebi stalling in the clinch but Stojkovic improves position.
Katebi stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Katebi being controlled against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stojkovic trying to land knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stojkovic missing with knees to the body.
Stojkovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Katebi.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stojkovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Katebi's brow.
Katebi trying to control the position but instead, Stojkovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Katebi into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Katebi.
Stojkovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Katebi.
Stojkovic leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stojkovic lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Stojkovic.
Katebi prevents a body shot from Stojkovic.
Katebi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stojkovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Katebi.
Katebi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stojkovic scores with a shot to the side of Katebi's head.
Stojkovic can't find room to land a body shot as Katebi controls the action.
Katebi tries to throw a body punch but Stojkovic avoids it by throwing Katebi back against the cage.
Katebi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stojkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stojkovic missing with knees to the body.
Stojkovic has a couple of punches blocked by Katebi.
A short right from Stojkovic on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Stojkovic - that landed with a thud.
Katebi is pushing Stojkovic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stojkovic missing with knees to the body.
Stojkovic presses Katebi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stojkovic.
Stojkovic gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katebi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stojkovic slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stojkovic wants to clinch up but Katebi keeps it at a distance.

Stojkovic clinches up with Katebi and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Stojkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stojkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Katebi controls his hands.
Stojkovic misses with an elbow strike.
Katebi is trying to maintain a safe position but Stojkovic gets an underhook and turns Katebi into the cage.
Stojkovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Katebi.
Stojkovic lands a nice uppercut.
Katebi is working for takedown but Stojkovic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stojkovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stojkovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Katebi's efforts to push away.
Stojkovic missing with knees to the body.
Katebi blocks a body shot from Stojkovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojkovic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stojkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Katebi controls his hands.
Stojkovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stojkovic prevents a body shot from Katebi.
Stojkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Katebi.
Stojkovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stojkovic pushes Katebi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katebi working hard to break the clinch.
Katebi takes a shot to the head.
Stojkovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Katebi's elbow.
Katebi blocks an elbow strike from Stojkovic.
Katebi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Katebi blocks a body shot from Stojkovic.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stojkovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katebi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stojkovic working aggressively here.
Stojkovic stalling against the cage.
Katebi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stojkovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Stojkovic lands with a left to the head.
Stojkovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katebi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stojkovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Velimir Stojkovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reza Katebi.

Katebi gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Stojkovic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katebi throws an elbow that misses. Stojkovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Katebi's guard. Nice move by Stojkovic!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katebi keeping moving, preventing Stojkovic from controlling successfully.
Katebi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stojkovic trying to control but Katebi is working from the bottom.
Katebi wants to sweep here but Stojkovic controlling him for the moment.
Stojkovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Katebi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stojkovic is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Katebi is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katebi tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Velimir Stojkovic has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stojkovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Katebi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Katebi connects with a solid leg kick.

Stojkovic has closed the distance and engaged Katebi in a clinch.
Stojkovic letting Katebi take a breather here.
Katebi misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stojkovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Katebi's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Katebi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stojkovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Velimir Stojkovic dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Katebi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stojkovic.
Katebi keeps the fight on the outside.
Stojkovic stuns Katebi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Stojkovic moves into the clinch.
Stojkovic misses with a knee strike.
A body shot lands from Stojkovic.
Stojkovic lands with a left to the head.
Stojkovic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Katebi just leaning against Stojkovic, taking a breather.
Stojkovic tries to land a knee to the head but Katebi blocks with his arms.
Stojkovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Katebi backwards.
Katebi slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojkovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Katebi lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Stojkovic fails to land.
Stojkovic trying to stall but Katebi improves his position.

Katebi gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Stojkovic regains guard.
Stojkovic looking for a sweep. Not yet Stojkovic, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stojkovic wants to improve his position but instead Katebi has moved into half guard.
Katebi throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stojkovic to regain full guard.
Katebi looking to sit in guard and control but Stojkovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Katebi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic postures up.
Stojkovic slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Katebi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Katebi keeps trying to improve his position.
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!
Stojkovic tries to free his leg and advance position but Katebi is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic is working hard here to advance position.

Katebi working for a triangle but Stojkovic defends it easily.
Katebi is trying to control the position but Stojkovic postures up.
Stojkovic tries to stand but Katebi is controlling from the bottom.

Katebi looking for a guillotine here but Stojkovic defends easily.
Katebi trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stojkovic wants to control from the top but Katebi keeps moving.
Katebi trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Katebi has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Stojkovic has passed into side control.
Reza Katebi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katebi is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Velimir Stojkovic.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stojkovic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Velimir Stojkovic!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Velimir Stojkovic!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Velimir Stojkovic!

Velimir Stojkovic wins by unanimous decision!
Velimir Stojkovic decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.