PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markov Jankovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean has chosen Eminence Front as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jankovic
vs
Dean

195 cm
26
277 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
290 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conviction
Conviction

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Markov Jankovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Dean!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Dean.
Jankovic is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dean moves into the clinch.

Dean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dean works Jankovic's body with a nice hook.
Dean with a hook.
Jankovic stuffs the takedown.
Dean scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Dean moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Dean.
Dean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dean leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dean lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dean lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Markov Jankovic has been cut.
Jankovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dean.

Dean gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dean lands a nice short elbow.
Dean is trying to control the action in half guard but Jankovic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jankovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dean works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jankovic is trying to stand up.
Dean scoring with strikes but Jankovic is staying in there.
Dean cracks Jankovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jankovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jankovic is in a horrible position here. Dean smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dean unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jankovic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jankovic is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Jankovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jankovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dean on the ground.
Dean scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dean fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jankovic hang on?
Jankovic is bucking up trying to escape but Dean cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dean.
Dean landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jankovic wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dean landing punches.
Dean landing punches.
Jankovic is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dean lands a heavy elbow.
Jankovic taking shots to the head.

Jankovic is rocked!
Dean prevents Jankovic from getting the reversal.
Jankovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Jankovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dean drops a big elbow. That's hurt Jankovic! More shots from Dean and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Dean!