PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eugene House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinisa Veljko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veljko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stemm - Face the pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

House
vs
Veljko

188 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
34
201 lbs
31 - 19 - 2

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eugene House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Sinisa Veljko!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Veljko.
House throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Veljko clinches.
A frustrated look appears on House's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Veljko prevents House from breaking the clinch.
Veljko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Veljko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but House gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Veljko works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Veljko controlling from the top position.
Veljko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veljko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Veljko pushes down on House's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Veljko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Veljko scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Veljko looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
House blocking the ground and pound attempt from Veljko.
Veljko stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veljko has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Veljko controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veljko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can House hang on?
Veljko with good strikes from the mount here!
Veljko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

House is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veljko loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have House scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Veljko land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Veljko stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sinisa Veljko!