PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jary Bazu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filipovic comes to the cage accompanied by Wild Boys. Bazu has chosen Round and Round as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jary Bazu was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Filipovic
vs
Bazu

188 cm
28
248 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

198 cm
20
250 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jary Bazu!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bazu fails with the takedown.

Filipovic rushes Bazu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bazu looks gassed!
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bazu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Filipovic scores with a knee to the head.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bazu drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Filipovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bazu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bazu is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Filipovic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jary Bazu.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Bazu with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bazu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Bazu can't break the clinch.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside that Bazu shrugs off.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bazu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bazu's efforts to push away.
Filipovic prevents Bazu from breaking the clinch.
Bazu is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Filipovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bazu fails to land.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filipovic lands a damaging elbow.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Bazu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bazu throws a head punch that misses.
Filipovic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Bazu is working for takedown but Filipovic is calmly controlling the position for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bazu.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bazu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Bazu takes an elbow to the temple.
Bazu wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bazu jumps guard but Filipovic stands there with Bazu around his waist. Bazu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bazu wants a takedown.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Filipovic stops a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic prevents Bazu from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Filipovic.
Bazu is trying to break the clinch but Filipovic is controlling him.
Bazu goes for a takedown attempt but Filipovic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Filipovic instigates a clinch.
Bazu tries to pull guard but Filipovic won't allow it.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Bazu working hard to break the clinch.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Bazu blocks it.
Bazu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bazu takes an elbow to the temple.
Filipovic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bazu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bazu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Filipovic pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Filipovic closes the distance and clinches.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Bazu avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic gets underhooks to prevent Bazu's takedown attempt.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Bazu tries a body shot but Filipovic blocks it.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside that Bazu shrugs off.
Filipovic avoiding damage as Bazu throws knees to the body.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Bazu tries to pull guard but Filipovic won't allow it.
Bazu managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Bazu wants a takedown but no success here.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bazu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Filipovic has closed the distance and engaged Bazu in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bazu managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Knees in the clinch landing for Filipovic.
Bazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Filipovic landing knees to the head.
Bazu can't get the takedown.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Bazu is trying to push Filipovic away but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bazu wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bazu misses with some punches.
Bazu is trying to break the clinch but Filipovic is controlling him.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Bazu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bazu is working for takedown but Filipovic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bazu working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
Bazu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jary Bazu.
Bazu jumps guard but Filipovic stands there with Bazu around his waist. Bazu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mirko Filipovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bazu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bazu is trying to push Filipovic away but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Bazu in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Bazu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Filipovic stops a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Bazu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Filipovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Bazu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filipovic is pressed up against the cage. Bazu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Filipovic down to the mat. Filipovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bazu shoots for a double leg takedown but Filipovic sprawls well. He's pushed Bazu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jary Bazu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Filipovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bazu, pushing him back against the cage.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bazu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Filipovic keeps control of Bazu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bazu is defending well for now.
Bazu misses with a knee strike.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bazu looking for a takedown.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Bazu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Filipovic lands an elbow inside that Bazu shrugs off.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Bazu jumps guard but Filipovic stands there with Bazu around his waist. Bazu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic prevents the takedown attempt.
Bazu wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bazu is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Filipovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bazu lands with a light punch inside.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Bazu tries to pull guard but Filipovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Bazu drops back down to his feet.
Bazu jumps guard but Filipovic stands there with Bazu around his waist. Bazu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bazu drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Filipovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bazu wants to get back to striking at distance but Filipovic won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic tries a knee to the head but Bazu blocks it.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filipovic blocks an uppercut.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic landing knees to the head.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Bazu in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Bazu looking to stall.
Bazu working aggressively here.
Bazu has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Filipovic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bazu takes an elbow to the temple.
Bazu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Filipovic stops a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Filipovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bazu's face.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Filipovic.
Bazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Bazu tries to score a body lock takedown but Filipovic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Filipovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filipovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Bazu won't want to take too many of those.
Bazu takes an elbow to the temple.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bazu blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Filipovic dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bazu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bazu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Filipovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Filipovic instigates a clinch.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow just above Bazu 's eye.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bazu fails to pull guard.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bazu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bazu is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Filipovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mirko Filipovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jary Bazu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bazu has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Filipovic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bazu takes an elbow to the temple.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Filipovic lands an elbow just above Bazu 's eye.
Filipovic stops a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Bazu tries to score a body lock takedown but Filipovic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bazu is trying to push Filipovic away but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Filipovic avoids the elbow strike from Bazu, against the cage.
Bazu tries to pull guard but Filipovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Bazu drops back down to his feet.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bazu avoids it.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bazu has a couple of punches blocked by Filipovic.
Bazu misses with the head strike.
Filipovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bazu can do to turn this around?
Bazu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Filipovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Filipovic gets a clinch.
Bazu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Bazu wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Bazu in his tracks for a moment.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Filipovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Bazu avoids the damage to the body.
Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Bazu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bazu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bazu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.
Filipovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Filipovic stops a takedown attempt from Bazu.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bazu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Bazu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bazu's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
Bazu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bazu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Filipovic smiles and moves away.

Filipovic moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Bazu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bazu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bazu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Bazu breaks from the clinch.
Jary Bazu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Filipovic moves into the clinch.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Bazu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bazu working hard to break the clinch.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Bazu looking for a takedown.
Filipovic trying to land knees to the body.
Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Filipovic lands an elbow inside that Bazu shrugs off.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow.
Filipovic with a knee to the head.
Filipovic working Bazu over with knees to the body.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Filipovic.
Filipovic keeps control of Bazu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bazu wants to break free but Filipovic has control.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bazu avoids it.
Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bazu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Filipovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Bazu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bazu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bazu misses with an elbow over the top.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Bazu's ribcage.
Bazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Filipovic.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Filipovic lands a knee to the body.
Filipovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Filipovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Filipovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26

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