PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinisa Veljko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veljko has chosen Stemm - Face the pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Manhoef
vs
Veljko

177 cm
27
190 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

184 cm
33
201 lbs
26 - 18 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Sinisa Veljko!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veljko misses with a kick to the body.
Veljko misses the jab.
Veljko throws a head kick but Manhoef moves out of range.
Manhoef lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Veljko backs up against the cage.
Veljko moves out of range as Manhoef throws a body kick.
Manhoef rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Veljko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Veljko wants to clinch up but Manhoef keeps it at a distance.

Veljko has Manhoef up against the cage in a clinch.
Veljko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Manhoef is defending well.

Veljko gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Veljko scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veljko passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Veljko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Veljko cracks Manhoef with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Veljko controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veljko with the ground and pound from mount.
Veljko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Manhoef can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Veljko controlling the pace for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Veljko raining down hammerfists from mount.
Veljko looking to control and managing it successfully.
Veljko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Veljko breaks from Manhoef's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veljko controlling from mount.
Manhoef is bucking up trying to escape but Veljko cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Veljko is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Manhoef is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Veljko! Manhoef is hurt baaadly! Veljko is firing away with more strikes - Manhoef is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sinisa Veljko!