PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jure Pavlovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maimuta Prunea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jure Pavlovic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Maimuta Prunea's chin.

Pavlovic
vs
Prunea

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jure Pavlovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Maimuta Prunea!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prunea moves out of range of the body kick.
Prunea takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Prunea throws a sloppy head kick and Pavlovic moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pavlovic, right into the meat.

Pavlovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Pavlovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Prunea has Pavlovic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pavlovic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Prunea is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pavlovic scores with a knee to the head.
Prunea tries to break free but Pavlovic pushes him back against the cage.
Pavlovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prunea looking for a takedown.
Jure Pavlovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maimuta Prunea.
Pavlovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prunea in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Prunea takes a knee to the side of the body.
Prunea looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pavlovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavlovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Prunea tries a knee to the head but Pavlovic blocks it.
Pavlovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prunea's face.

Pavlovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prunea shoots in for a takedown but Pavlovic shows good takedown defense.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovic crunches a lovely knee into Prunea's ribcage.

Pavlovic breaks from the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pavlovic.

Pavlovic pushes Prunea up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavlovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Prunea lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pavlovic working Prunea over with knees to the body.
Pavlovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prunea's face.
Pavlovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Prunea blocks it with crossed arms.
Pavlovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pavlovic misses with a knee to the head.
Pavlovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prunea's face.
Pavlovic scores with a knee to the head.
Pavlovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pavlovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Prunea avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Prunea obliges.

Prunea breaks the clinch.

Prunea bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Prunea throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Prunea stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Pavlovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pavlovic throws a jab when Prunea was well out of range.
Pavlovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pavlovic throws a wild body kick that Prunea sees coming a mile off.
Pavlovic lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlovic tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prunea avoids the head kick by Pavlovic.

Pavlovic gets caught flat footed, as Prunea shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Prunea advances position into side control!
Prunea advances nicely into full mount.
Prunea with shots to the head and body - Pavlovic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Prunea with the ground and pound from mount.
Prunea is landing with some decent strikes but Pavlovic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prunea fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pavlovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Prunea on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prunea lands a nice shot to the head.
Pavlovic is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Prunea tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pavlovic taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pavlovic is trying to stand up.
Prunea controlling the pace for now.
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 Jure Pavlovic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pavlovic connects with a jab.
Prunea shoots in for a double leg but Pavlovic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jure Pavlovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Prunea shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Prunea showed some decent athleticism there.

Pavlovic is rocked!
Prunea has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Prunea with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Oh Pavlovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pavlovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Pavlovic wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prunea moves into full mount! Pavlovic won't be happy about that!
Prunea looking to control but Pavlovic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Prunea lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Prunea content just to control the position here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Prunea! Pavlovic is hurt baaadly! Prunea is firing away with more strikes - Pavlovic 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 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Maimuta Prunea!