PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Loren Alger (ranked 5258 p4p, 3505 weight class) and Stefan Pantovic (ranked 603 p4p, 479 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Alger
vs
Pantovic

183 cm
25
195
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
195
6 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Loren Alger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stefan Pantovic!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pantovic moves into the clinch.
Pantovic tries a body shot but Alger blocks it.
Pantovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pantovic stalling.

Alger breaks from the clinch.

Pantovic drives through and clinches with Alger against the ropes.
Pantovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Alger controls his hands.
Pantovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pantovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alger is trying to break the clinch but Pantovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Pantovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alger looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Pantovic.
Pantovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pantovic misses with a body punch.
Pantovic has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Alger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pantovic can turn it around.
Pantovic lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Pantovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alger has a couple of punches blocked by Pantovic.
Alger trying to control the position but instead, Pantovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alger into the ropes.
Alger prevents a body shot from Pantovic.

Alger manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pantovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Alger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short left from Pantovic.
Pantovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alger's efforts to push away.
Alger is looking to control Pantovic's arms but Pantovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alger has his back to the ropes.
Pantovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pantovic misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alger blocks a body shot from Pantovic.
Alger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pantovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Alger leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Pantovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Pantovic - that landed with a thud.
Pantovic lands a body punch.
Alger tries to circle away but Pantovic has him pinned against the ropes.
Pantovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pantovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Pantovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Alger controls his hands.
Alger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alger blocks a body shot from Pantovic.
Pantovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pantovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pantovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pantovic misses with a body punch.
Pantovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alger's elbow.
Pantovic being controlled against the ropes.
Pantovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alger's elbow.
Pantovic wants to stall.

Alger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pantovic has Alger up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pantovic keeps control of Alger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pantovic lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Pantovic.
Pantovic lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pantovic misses with a punch to the body.
Pantovic misses with a punch to the body.
Pantovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pantovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pantovic can't find room to land a body shot as Alger controls the action.
Pantovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pantovic misses with a punch to the body.
Pantovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pantovic can't find room to land a body shot as Alger controls the action.
Pantovic can't find room to land a body shot as Alger controls the action.
Pantovic tries to work over Alger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alger blocks a body shot from Pantovic.
Pantovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pantovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alger working hard to break the clinch.

Alger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Pantovic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pantovic forces Alger back against the ropes and clinches.
Alger tries to circle away but Pantovic has him pinned against the ropes.
Alger blocks a body shot from Pantovic.
Pantovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alger backwards.
Pantovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alger working hard to break the clinch.
Pantovic looking to slow down the pace here.
Pantovic is working Alger over against the ropes.
Pantovic misses with a body punch.
Pantovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alger's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pantovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Alger prevents a body shot from Pantovic.
Pantovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alger blocks a body shot from Pantovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pantovic.
Alger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pantovic scores with a hook to the body.
Pantovic is working Alger over against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pantovic manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pantovic gets through Alger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stefan Pantovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pantovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alger's elbow.
Pantovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Alger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pantovic's elbow.
Pantovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pantovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pantovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pantovic lands an uppercut.
Pantovic lands with a short shot to the head.
Alger takes a shot to the head.

Alger is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Pantovic.
Oh Alger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pantovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pantovic effectively controlling the action here.
A frustrated look appears on Alger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pantovic lands a left hand.
Pantovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Pantovic effectively controlling the action here.
Pantovic cracks Alger with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Alger goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Alger wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stefan Pantovic! Stefan Pantovic retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Stefan Pantovic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.