PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clark Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Rajkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent's entrance music is Superman. A fine choice. Rajkovic has chosen Raised Fist - Friends And Traitors as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kent
vs
Rajkovic

192 cm
24
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

187 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clark Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Rajkovic!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rajkovic tries to clinch there but Kent circles away.
Rajkovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kent checks it well.
Rajkovic misses with a head kick.
Kent throws a right and a left that Rajkovic avoids nicely.
Kent lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Alexander Rajkovic has been cut.
Rajkovic throws a head kick but Kent moves out of range.
Rajkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rajkovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kent.
Rajkovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rajkovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Kent.
Kent jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kent lands with a straight right. Rajkovic didn't see that one coming.
Kent blocks a head kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kent moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rajkovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rajkovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Clark Kent has been cut.
Rajkovic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rajkovic throws a low kick but Kent avoids it.

Rajkovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rajkovic letting Kent take a breather here.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent avoids a wild elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Kent wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rajkovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kent lands with a light punch inside.
Rajkovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kent is looking to break free of the clinch but Rajkovic has double underhooks.
Rajkovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kent is looking to break free of the clinch but Rajkovic has double underhooks.
Kent is breathing heavily.
Rajkovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kent has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kent has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Rajkovic keeps control of Kent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rajkovic landing knees to the head.
Rajkovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kent blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kent's defenses.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic misses with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Rajkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kent is defending well for now.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kent stalling the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Kent's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rajkovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Rajkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kent leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
Kent lands with a right to the head.
Kent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kent avoids it.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Kent can't break the clinch.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rajkovic misses with an elbow strike.
Kent wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rajkovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rajkovic keeps control of Kent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kent escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rajkovic throws a hook to the side of Kent's head but Kent sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rajkovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kent's calf.
Kent takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kent throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent takes a kick to the side of the head.

Rajkovic pushes Kent up against the cage in a clinch.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the head but Kent blocks with his arms.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rajkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Kent tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Kent working hard to break the clinch.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rajkovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kent has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rajkovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Kent shrugs off.
Rajkovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kent is trying to break free.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.
Kent takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kent is trying to break free.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Kent shrugs off.
Kent avoids the elbow strike from Rajkovic, against the cage.
Kent has had enough of the clinch but Rajkovic keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kent managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic missing with knees to the body.
Kent tries to break free but Rajkovic pushes him back against the cage.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Rajkovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow just above Kent 's eye.
A frustrated look appears on Kent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Rajkovic throws an elbow that misses.
Rajkovic missing with knees to the body.
Kent managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Rajkovic.
Kent tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kent avoiding damage as Rajkovic throws knees to the body.
Rajkovic keeps control of Kent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Clark Kent will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kent connects with a single shot there.
Rajkovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kent paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clark Kent is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kent misses with the combination.
Kent blocks a head kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Kent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kent pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rajkovic is looking to clinch but Kent is avoiding it.
Rajkovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rajkovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Rajkovic scores with a leg kick.
Kent throws a series of punches but Rajkovic avoids them all with ease.
Rajkovic tries to clinch but Kent is having none of it.
Kent throws an overhand right that lands on Rajkovic's shoulder, as Rajkovic tries to avoid the shot.
Rajkovic tries to clinch but Kent is having none of it.
Rajkovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kent throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kent stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rajkovic.

Rajkovic darts in and clinches Kent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajkovic misses with a knee strike.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kent's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rajkovic obliges.
Kent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rajkovic has Kent pressed against the cage, preventing Kent from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the head.

Clark Kent's cut is getting worse.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Kent shrugs off.
Rajkovic crunches a lovely knee into Kent's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rajkovic obliges.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rajkovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rajkovic working Kent over with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kent avoids it.
Kent managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kent is trying to force a seperation but Rajkovic has the dominant position.
Rajkovic working Kent over with knees to the body.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the head but Kent blocks with his arms.
Rajkovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rajkovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rajkovic.
Rajkovic misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic tries a knee to the head but Kent blocks it.
Rajkovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.
Kent working hard to break the clinch.
Rajkovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rajkovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kent's face.
Rajkovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kent is trying to break free.
Kent blocks the elbow strike.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Kent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Kent is trying to maintain a safe position but Rajkovic gets an underhook and turns Kent into the cage.
Kent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rajkovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kent working hard to break the clinch.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rajkovic.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kent avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.
Rajkovic landing knees to the head.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rajkovic with a knee to the head.
Kent lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rajkovic or not.
Rajkovic throws an elbow that misses.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.
Kent has had enough of the clinch but Rajkovic keeps him there for the moment.
Rajkovic with a knee to the head.
Kent misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kent tries to break free but Rajkovic pushes him back against the cage.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Rajkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Kent won't want to take too many of those.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Kent cracks Rajkovic with a nice body shot.
Kent wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kent misses with a punch on the inside.
Kent dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Rajkovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kent can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kent wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rajkovic working Kent over with knees to the body.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Rajkovic pushes off an throws an elbow but Kent leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rajkovic connects with a knee to the head.
Kent wants to break free but Rajkovic has control.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the head.
Alexander Rajkovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kent dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Kent tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.
Kent avoiding damage as Rajkovic throws knees to the body.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling him.
Kent is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rajkovic is keeping busy.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rajkovic landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rajkovic.
Kent is working Rajkovic over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rajkovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Rajkovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rajkovic walks into a stiff left hand from Kent.
Kent throws a head kick that misses.
Rajkovic tries a head kick but it misses.

Rajkovic moves into range and clinches up with Kent.
Rajkovic landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kent dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kent managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Kent dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kent is defending well for now.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling him.
Rajkovic missing with knees to the body.
Kent tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Rajkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Kent shrugs off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kent blocks the elbow strike.
Kent is trying to break free.
Rajkovic throws an elbow that misses.
Kent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kent's defenses.
Kent wants to get back to striking at distance but Rajkovic won't allow it.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Kent wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kent avoids a wild elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Kent blocks an elbow strike.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kent takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Rajkovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rajkovic with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kent avoids it.

Kent's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rajkovic lands with a slapping head kick.
Rajkovic tries to clinch but Kent moves out of range.
A combination from Kent does no damage.
Rajkovic fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two 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.
Some wild striking there from Kent.
Rajkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rajkovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kent's head.
Rajkovic misses with a head kick.
Kent scores with a three punch combo!
Rajkovic thumps Kent with a low kick.
Rajkovic tries to clinch but Kent is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rajkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kent misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alexander Rajkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rajkovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Rajkovic darts in and clinches Kent up against the cage.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Kent in his tracks for a moment.
Kent managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.

Kent manages to break the clinch.

Rajkovic has Kent up against the cage in a clinch.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic working Kent over with knees to the body.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kent's defenses.
Rajkovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kent has had enough of the clinch but Rajkovic keeps him there for the moment.
Kent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the body.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the body.
Kent is trying to break free.
Kent takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kent blocks the elbow strike.
Rajkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Rajkovic keeps control of Kent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Rajkovic working Kent over with knees to the body.
Kent blocks the elbow strike.
Kent is trying to break free.
Rajkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kent scores with a shot to the side of Rajkovic's head.
Kent avoids the elbow strike from Rajkovic, against the cage.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.
Kent avoids a wild elbow strike from Rajkovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rajkovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kent has had enough of the clinch but Rajkovic keeps him there for the moment.
Kent is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rajkovic misses with a knee strike.
Kent blocks the elbow strike.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rajkovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kent is trying to break free.
Kent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Rajkovic looking to throw knees to the head but Kent is blocking nicely.
Kent lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
Kent has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kent is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kent takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rajkovic misses with an elbow strike.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Rajkovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rajkovic 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Rajkovic!