|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thanasis Kon (ranked 22198 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boban Bobanovich (ranked 4264 p4p, 0 weight class). Boban Bobanovich will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
 |
|
 |
| 150 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
|
220 cm
25
290 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
|
Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thanasis Kon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boban Bobanovich!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bobanovich misses with a looping left.
Kon changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bobanovich looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bobanovich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kon throws a strike aimed at the side of Bobanovich's head but Bobanovich avoids it well.
Bobanovich takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kon looks up at the clock and then as Bobanovich takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kon smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kon is trying to ground and pound but Bobanovich uses the momentary lack of control by Kon to regain half guard.
Kon lands strikes from half guard.
Kon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bobanovich's head.
Kon really is a fat lump.
Kon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bobanovich tries to roll over but Kon keeps him under control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bobanovich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kon.
Bobanovich avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bobanovich can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bobanovich swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kon is fighting to break Bobanovich's control of his arms but Bobanovich is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kon works over Bobanovich with some ground and pound from guard.
Kon preventing the sweep.
Kon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kon throws a big right hand that misses.
Kon scoring with some ground and pound.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bobanovich trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kon's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kon trying to strike off his back.
Bobanovich takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Kon has a closed guard, preventing Bobanovich from standing up.
Kon trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kon scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Kon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bobanovich is one step ahead there.
Kon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bobanovich would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kon trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bobanovich wants to get up but he can't break Kon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bobanovich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kon is working Bobanovich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kon stops Bobanovich from standing up.
Kon postures up in Bobanovich's guard and throws a big left but Bobanovich blocks it.
Kon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kon lands a couple of elbows.
Kon is looking to work some ground and pound but Bobanovich has wrist control.
Kon throwing strikes but missing.
Bobanovich avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kon throwing strikes but missing.
Kon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bobanovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobanovich looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kon tries to free his leg and advance position but Bobanovich is retaining full guard.
Kon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kon landing with the ground and pound.
Kon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bobanovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bobanovich's head.
Kon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kon throws a big elbow that misses.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bobanovich is looking to stand up but Kon won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thanasis Kon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bobanovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kon shoots in looking for a takedown. Bobanovich tries to sprawl out of it but Kon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bobanovich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kon closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kon lands in his opponent's guard.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kon throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Kon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bobanovich would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobanovich won't allow Kon to sweep him here.
Kon lands a decent shot there.
Bobanovich tries to stand but Kon is controlling from the bottom.
Bobanovich gets to his feet - Kon follows without any prompting.
Kon fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kon fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thanasis Kon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kon fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kon or perhaps it was just good defense by Bobanovich, which made it look bad.
Bobanovich throws a jab when Kon was well out of range.
Kon shoots in looking for a takedown. Bobanovich tries to sprawl out of it but Kon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bobanovich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Good shot there by Bobanovich.
It looks like Thanasis Kon has been cut.
Kon ducks under a wild hook from Bobanovich.
Kon moves away from the strike by Bobanovich.
Kon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bobanovich cracks Kon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kon moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Bobanovich misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bobanovich swivels and escapes.
Boban Bobanovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kon gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kon connects with a nice short shot to Bobanovich's temple.
Kon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bobanovich with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kon thows a huge punch but Bobanovich dodges it nicely.
Bobanovich has hold of Kon's hands but Kon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bobanovich has hold of Kon's hands but Kon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bobanovich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kon.
Bobanovich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kon looks to land a strike but Bobanovich avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kon stands up over Bobanovich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kon connects with a couple of short punches.
Kon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kon trying to strike off his back.
Bobanovich wants to get up but he can't break Kon's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kon striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Bobanovich tries to stand but Kon is controlling from the bottom.
Kon striking from his own guard.
Bobanovich would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kon striking from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kon has a closed guard, preventing Bobanovich from standing up.
Thanasis Kon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kon lands a decent punch to the body there.
Kon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kon doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Kon darts in looking for a takedown but Bobanovich gets double underhooks and turns Kon into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kon tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bobanovich defends well and Kon ends up having to push Bobanovich into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kon gets the takedown into side control.
Bobanovich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kon in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bobanovich manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bobanovich's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Boban Bobanovich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Thanasis Kon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bobanovich thuds a left hand into Kon's body.
Kon looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bobanovich is fending him off so far but Kon persists. Nope, Bobanovich circles away and we're back to standing.
Kon blocks a jab.
Kon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bobanovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice sprawl there from Bobanovich as Kon shoots in.
Bobanovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Kon. Kon gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thanasis Kon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bobanovich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boban Bobanovich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice cross by Bobanovich.
Bobanovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thanasis Kon's cut is getting worse.
Kon shoots in but Bobanovich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobanovich throws a looping overhand right but Kon ducks down to avoid it.
Kon slips under a jab.
Bobanovich throws an overhand right that lands on Kon's shoulder, as Kon tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Bobanovich.
Kon misses with a takedown attempt - Bobanovich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kon shoots in and drives through. Bobanovich sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bobanovich controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kon throws a strike but Bobanovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bobanovich stands up and waves to Kon to follow him.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bobanovich enables Kon to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bobanovich manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bobanovich is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bobanovich wants to stand but Kon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobanovich is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Kon striking from the bottom here.
Kon tries to strike from the bottom.
Kon throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kon throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bobanovich trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kon's guard.
Bobanovich stands up out of Kon's guard for a moment - Kon manages to land a nice upkick.
Kon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Bobanovich has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kon is proving hard to escape from.
Kon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kon darts in looking for a takedown but Bobanovich gets double underhooks and turns Kon into the cage.
Bobanovich looks to throw the jab but Kon is out of range.
Kon shoots in and gets a takedown into Bobanovich's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kon won't allow Bobanovich to sweep him here.
Kon throws an elbow that misses. Bobanovich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kon's guard. Nice move by Bobanovich!
Kon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bobanovich would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kon striking off his back but it's not causing Bobanovich any problems.
Bobanovich tries to stand but Kon is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kon 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.
Bobanovich wanted to stand there but Kon had control of the position.
Kon throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bobanovich trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kon's guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bobanovich's waist but Bobanovich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kon off to one side.
Bobanovich throws a hook to the side of Kon's head but Kon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bobanovich connects with a right hand. Kon shakes it off.
Kon dives in for a single leg takedown but Bobanovich sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Nice defenses there by Kon.
Bobanovich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Bobanovich!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kon working the strikes but Bobanovich uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Kon lands with a punch from half guard.
Kon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boban Bobanovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bobanovich has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boban Bobanovich!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
50% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
