PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zlatko Vujovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Kenobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vujovic
vs
Kenobi

173 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

183 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zlatko Vujovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Kenobi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vujovic wants to clinch.
Vujovic throws a head kick that misses.
Vujovic tries to clinch up but Kenobi circles away and keeps his distance.
Kenobi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vujovic on the side of the head.
A jab from Kenobi does it's job there.

Vujovic is rocked!
Vujovic wants to clinch up but Kenobi keeps it at a distance.
Vujovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Vujovic closes the distance and clinches.
Kenobi lands a body punch.
Kenobi keeps control of Vujovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vujovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Vujovic breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vujovic.
Kenobi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vujovic as he jumps to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vujovic is looking to clinch but Kenobi is avoiding it.
Kenobi keeps the fight on the outside.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vujovic misses with a head kick.
Vujovic wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vujovic tries to clinch but Kenobi is having none of it.

Vujovic clinches.
Kenobi managing to block the knees to the body from Vujovic.
Kenobi prevents Vujovic from breaking the clinch.
Vujovic looking to throw knees to the head but Kenobi is blocking nicely.
Vujovic landing knees to the body.
Vujovic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Vujovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vujovic landing knees to the head.
A short left from Kenobi.
Kenobi tries to land a knee to the head but Vujovic blocks with his arms.
Vujovic lands a damaging elbow.
Vujovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Kenobi won't allow it.
Vujovic is breathing heavily.
Kenobi tries to land a knee to the head but Vujovic blocks with his arms.
Kenobi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vujovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenobi avoids the damage to the body.
Kenobi misses with a knee strike.
Vujovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Vujovic breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vujovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenobi circles away.
Vujovic wants to land a leg kick but Kenobi is out of range.
Vujovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kenobi's sensitive parts.
Vujovic tries to clinch up.
Kenobi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vujovic.
Kenobi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kenobi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kenobi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vujovic circles away.
Zlatko Vujovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Kenobi.
Kenobi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vujovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenobi.
Vujovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vujovic is looking to clinch but Kenobi is avoiding it.

Vujovic rushes Kenobi and presses him up against the cage.
Vujovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenobi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi prevents Vujovic from breaking the clinch.
Vujovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kenobi lands a body shot.
Kenobi can't find room to land a body shot as Vujovic controls the action.
Vujovic is looking to break free of the clinch but Kenobi has double underhooks.
Kenobi is working for takedown but Vujovic is calmly controlling the position for now.

Vujovic breaks the clinch.

Vujovic clinches up with Kenobi and pushes him back against the cage.
Vujovic tries to land a knee to the head but Kenobi blocks with his arms.
Vujovic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kenobi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vujovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kenobi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kenobi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vujovic lands an elbow that stopped Kenobi in his tracks for a moment.
Vujovic looking to throw knees to the head but Kenobi is blocking nicely.
Kenobi avoids the elbow strike from Vujovic, against the cage.

Kenobi breaks the clinch.
Vujovic is looking to clinch.
Kenobi avoids the head kick by Vujovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vujovic is looking to land body kicks.
Kenobi fails to land the takedown.
Vujovic blocks a head kick by Kenobi.
Vujovic wants to clinch.

Kenobi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Vujovic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Kenobi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Vujovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kenobi on the ground.
Vujovic wants to stand and escape but Kenobi is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Kenobi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vujovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenobi circles away.
Kenobi keeps the fight on the outside.
Vujovic throws a right and a left that Kenobi avoids nicely.

Kenobi shoots in and bounces Vujovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Vujovic being controlled here, momentarily.
Kenobi stops Vujovic from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kenobi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vujovic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenobi is pushing down on Vujovic's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vujovic is fighting to maintain full guard but Kenobi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vujovic is looking to escape.
Kenobi drops an elbow to the side of Vujovic's head.

Kenobi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kenobi is looking to take a break and control but Vujovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kenobi prevents Vujovic from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Vujovic is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Kenobi content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Vujovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kenobi lands a heavy elbow.
Vujovic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kenobi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vujovic is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kenobi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vujovic is looking to escape.
Vujovic squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kenobi landing strikes from the mount and Vujovic is in trouble!
Vujovic is trying to stand up.
Kenobi controlling from mount.
Vujovic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Kenobi.
Kenobi thowing shots but they're missing.
Vujovic squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kenobi controlling from the full mount.
Kenobi trying to control but Vujovic is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vujovic is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Kenobi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kenobi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vujovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vujovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vujovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Kenobi.
Kenobi tries to bum rush Vujovic with a series of wild strikes but Vujovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenobi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vujovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vujovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vujovic, right into the meat.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kenobi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kenobi circles away from the clinch attempt

and Kenobi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kenobi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vujovic with a knee to the head.
Kenobi struggles to land a body shot inside as Vujovic controls his hands.

Vujovic breaks from the clinch.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vujovic lands with a kick to the temple. Kenobi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kenobi shoots in but Vujovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vujovic wants to clinch but Kenobi slips to the side

and Kenobi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kenobi trying to control the position from guard on top but Vujovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vujovic wants to get back to his feet but Kenobi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kenobi slips nicely into half guard.

Kenobi wants to work for an arm triangle but Vujovic is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic has hold of Kenobi's hands but Kenobi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vujovic pushes Kenobi off looking to stand but Kenobi dives back in and keeps control.
Kenobi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kenobi passes to side control.
Kenobi advances to full mount.
Kenobi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Vujovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vujovic trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenobi controlling the pace for now.
Kenobi with good strikes from the mount here!
Kenobi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kenobi working for a guillotine from mount but Vujovic is in no mood to give up.
Kenobi controlling the position easily from mount.
Kenobi lands a big elbow.

Kenobi is working for a guillotine from mount but Vujovic frees his head quite easily.
Ben Kenobi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic wants to try and get back to his feet.
Kenobi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vujovic is trying to stand.
Kenobi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vujovic wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Zlatko Vujovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Kenobi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kenobi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Kenobi!