PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between geremie Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mirko Filipovic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Vincent
vs
Filipovic

198 cm
18
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, geremie Vincent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirko Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vincent misses with a wild body shot.

Filipovic instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vincent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vincent fails to pull guard.
Vincent stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch but Filipovic keeps him there for the moment.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Vincent blocks it.
Vincent tries to pull guard but Filipovic won't allow it.

Filipovic breaks from the clinch.
Filipovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but Vincent pushes him off.
Filipovic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vincent sprawls well. Vincent wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Filipovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Filipovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vincent momentarily.
Filipovic lands with a kick to the temple. Vincent shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vincent dives in and grabs Filipovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Filipovic pushes down on Vincent's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for geremie Vincent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Filipovic with a nice cross.
Filipovic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Filipovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Filipovic as Vincent shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Vincent misses the target.
Vincent wants to clinch
and Filipovic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Filipovic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vincent tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Filipovic swivels and escapes.
Filipovic throws a series of punches but Vincent moves out of range.
Vincent throws a chopping leg kick but Filipovic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vincent does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Filipovic clinches.
Vincent tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Filipovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vincent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Vincent tries to sprawl out of it but Filipovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vincent manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Vincent darts in trying to clinch
and Filipovic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vincent looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Filipovic is fending him off so far but Vincent persists. Nope, Filipovic circles away and we're back to standing.
Filipovic scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a series of punches but Vincent moves out of range.
Vincent shoots for a double leg takedown but Filipovic sprawls well. He's pushed Vincent's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vincent is breathing heavily.

Filipovic drives through and clinches with Vincent against the cage.
Vincent avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Vincent goes for a takedown in the clinch but Filipovic prevents it.

Filipovic breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Filipovic.
Nice sprawl there from Vincent as Filipovic shoots in.

Filipovic drives through and clinches with Vincent against the cage.
Filipovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Vincent won't allow it.

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

Filipovic takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filipovic misses with an elbow strike.
Filipovic is trying to break the clinch but Vincent is controlling him.
Vincent tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Filipovic smiles and moves away.
Vincent closes the distance and clinches up with Filipovic, looking for a takedown. Vincent pushes Filipovic against the cage but Filipovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Filipovic bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Filipovic slows the pace down.
Filipovic has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Filipovic punching from mount but Vincent doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic controlling the position easily from mount.
I looks like Filipovic might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Filipovic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Filipovic thows a huge punch but Vincent dodges it nicely.
Filipovic throws a strike but Vincent avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Filipovic is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Filipovic preventing the sweep.
Filipovic trying to control but Vincent is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic lands a couple of digs.
Filipovic's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Mirko Filipovic just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Filipovic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Vincent backs up against the cage.
Filipovic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vincent swivels and escapes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Vincent pulls guard effortlessly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Filipovic throwing strikes from guard but Vincent blocks nicely.
Filipovic is stalling in the full guard.

Vincent is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Filipovic is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four 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.
Vincent can't keep his opponent in guard - Filipovic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Filipovic performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Filipovic has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Filipovic throws a combination. Vincent tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Filipovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vincent circles away quickly and effectively.
geremie Vincent is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Filipovic lands a front kick.

Filipovic has Vincent up against the cage in a clinch.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vincent with a poor takedown
and Filipovic counters with a two punch combo.
Crunch! Filipovic slams his shin into Vincent's torso.
Filipovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vincent.
Filipovic displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Filipovic lands with a nice combination. Vincent backs away looking to recover.
Filipovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Filipovic.

Filipovic clinches.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Filipovic connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Filipovic rushes Vincent and presses him up against the cage.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Filipovic breaks from the clinch.

Filipovic clinches with his opponent.

Filipovic breaks from the clinch.
Filipovic throws a nice looking combination but Vincent bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vincent looks for a takedown but Filipovic sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for geremie Vincent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Filipovic lands with an overhand left.
Filipovic shoots in but no luck this time.
Filipovic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Filipovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Filipovic scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Filipovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Filipovic connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vincent shoots in for a takedown but Filipovic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Filipovic's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Filipovic duly obliges.
Vincent closes this distance looking for a takedown but Filipovic circles away.
Filipovic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Filipovic throws a right hand that Vincent ducks under and follows up with a left that Vincent also avoids with ease.
A jab from Filipovic finds it's way through Vincent's defenses.
Filipovic throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Filipovic does no damage.
Vincent shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Filipovic as he jumps to the side.
Filipovic is working the combinations to good effect here.
Vincent is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Filipovic.
Filipovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Vincent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Filipovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Vincent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Filipovic.
Filipovic wants to clinch up but Vincent keeps it at a distance.
Filipovic shoots in and drives through. Vincent sprawls well.
Vincent wants to clinch.
Filipovic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Filipovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vincent tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Filipovic smiles and moves away.
Filipovic throws a series of punches but Vincent moves out of range.
Vincent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vincent takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mirko Filipovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Filipovic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Filipovic clinches.

Filipovic breaks the clinch.
Vincent slips a jab and a cross from Filipovic.
Jab from Filipovic.
No joy there for Filipovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vincent tries to clinch but Filipovic moves away
enabling Filipovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Vincent pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Filipovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vincent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vincent misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Filipovic.

Filipovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Filipovic lands a head shot.
geremie Vincent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Filipovic misses with a double jab.
Nice jab there from Filipovic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Filipovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Filipovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Filipovic!