PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Torttu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Torttu
vs
Vukovic

215 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
232 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jaska Torttu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mirko Vukovic!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torttu tries to close the distance and clinch but Vukovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vukovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torttu is looking to clinch.
Vukovic tries to clinch but Torttu moves out of range.

Vukovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vukovic looking for a takedown.
Vukovic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Torttu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Vukovic wants a takedown but no success here.
Jaska Torttu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirko Vukovic.
Torttu scores with a hook to the body.
Torttu lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Torttu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torttu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vukovic defends it nicely.

Torttu clinches up with Vukovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Torttu prevents the takedown attempt.
Vukovic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Torttu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vukovic has him pressed against the cage.
Torttu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torttu prevents the takedown attempt.
Vukovic blocks an uppercut.
Vukovic wants a takedown but no success here.
A short right from Torttu.
Vukovic managing to block the knees to the body from Torttu.
Torttu prevents the takedown attempt.
Vukovic looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torttu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Torttu gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vukovic.
Torttu stalling in the clinch.
Torttu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vukovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vukovic moves forwards but Torttu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Torttu scores with a three punch combo!
Vukovic lands a head kick!
Torttu tries for a takedown but Vukovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Torttu takes a swing at Vukovic's ribcage but misses.
Torttu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vukovic. Vukovic obviously looking to wear him down.

Vukovic gets the takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vukovic working the head with strikes.
Vukovic landing strikes.
Torttu is being controlled here.
Vukovic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Torttu wants to get back to his feet but Vukovic drags him back down.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Torttu keeps working.
Vukovic lands a nice forearm strike.
Vukovic is staying tight to Torttu's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Vukovic grinds an elbow into Torttu's temple.
Vukovic scores with punches from side control.
Vukovic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Vukovic lands a few punches from side control.
Vukovic lands some shots froms side control.
Torttu taking a bit of punishment here - Vukovic scoring with strikes.
Torttu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Torttu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Torttu tries to get out of the position.
Vukovic working the ground and pound from side control.
Vukovic scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Torttu takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Vukovic working the ground and pound.
Vukovic lands a few punches from side control.
Torttu taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vukovic trying to control the position but Torttu is working away.
Vukovic lands some shots froms side control.
Torttu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vukovic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Torttu to see if he's OK.
Vukovic looks up at the clock and then as Torttu takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vukovic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Torttu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Vukovic working the ground and pound.
Vukovic is putting a hurting on Torttu here, landing some big shots from side control.
Vukovic in side control lands a decent elbow.
Torttu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Vukovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Torttu keeps working.
Torttu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Vukovic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Vukovic working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torttu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Vukovic is looking to take a break and control but Torttu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vukovic scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Vukovic dominated that round.
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.

Vukovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Torttu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vukovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vukovic is defended easily by Torttu.
Vukovic throws a leg kick which misses Torttu's front leg but catches the back leg as Torttu tries to avoid it.

Vukovic gets a clinch.
Vukovic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Torttu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Torttu is pressed up against the cage. Vukovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torttu down to the mat. Torttu avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jaska Torttu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirko Vukovic.

Vukovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vukovic passes the guard and advances to mount!
Vukovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Torttu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Torttu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vukovic on the ground.
Vukovic breaks from Torttu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vukovic landing shots from mount.
Vukovic lands a heavy elbow.
Vukovic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Torttu is looking to escape.
Vukovic is landing with some decent strikes but Torttu is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Vukovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torttu's face.
Vukovic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Torttu hang on?
BOOM! Vukovic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vukovic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vukovic working Torttu over with strikes here.
Vukovic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vukovic punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vukovic working Torttu over with strikes here.
Vukovic is landing with some decent strikes but Torttu is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Vukovic landing strikes from the mount.

Torttu is rocked!
Vukovic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vukovic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vukovic working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Torttu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torttu is working to get back to half guard.
Torttu seems to have got his legs back now.
BOOM! Vukovic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vukovic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vukovic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vukovic lands a big shot there that rocks Torttu but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Vukovic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vukovic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torttu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Vukovic.
Vukovic with shots to the head and body - Torttu looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vukovic lands a big shot there that rocks Torttu but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Torttu squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Vukovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torttu's face.
Torttu tries to reverse the position but Vukovic maintains control.
Vukovic breaks from Torttu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Torttu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Vukovic! Torttu is hurt baaadly! Vukovic is firing away with more strikes - Torttu is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mirko Vukovic!