PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Rajkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Candy Paint. Rajkovic has chosen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brown
vs
Rajkovic

190 cm
29
187 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

187 cm
25
198 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Rajkovic!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rajkovic connects with an inside leg kick.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rajkovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rajkovic moves away from the strike by Brown.
A good leg kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rajkovic throws a nice head kick!
Rajkovic slips a jab from Brown.
Brown throws a lazy uppercut
and Rajkovic counters with an outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rajkovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rajkovic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Brown's knee momentarily.
Crunch! Rajkovic slams his shin into Brown's torso.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Rajkovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brown on the side of the head.
Rajkovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.
Brown swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rajkovic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rajkovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rajkovic scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown avoids the head kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.

Rajkovic pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Rajkovic is leaning against Brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rajkovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Rajkovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rajkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rajkovic leaning against his opponent.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Rajkovic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rajkovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Rajkovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rajkovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rajkovic continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Rajkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Good body shot from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Rajkovic.
Brown wants to break free but Rajkovic has control.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown letting Rajkovic take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rajkovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown wants to break free but Rajkovic has control.
Rajkovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to circle away but Rajkovic has him pinned against the cage.
Rajkovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Rajkovic is struggling to control the position.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Rajkovic won't allow it.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rajkovic works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Rajkovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rajkovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rajkovic blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic just leaning against Brown, taking a breather.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Rajkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Brown misses with some punches.
Rajkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Rajkovic.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rajkovic pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rajkovic slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Rajkovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Rajkovic has double underhooks.
Rajkovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown letting Rajkovic take a breather here.
A right hand to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic has Brown pressed against the cage.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Rajkovic.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rajkovic is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rajkovic stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rajkovic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Rajkovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rajkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rajkovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alexander Rajkovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Rajkovic moves into the clinch.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Rajkovic.
A right hook to the body lands for Rajkovic.
Brown misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rajkovic.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Rajkovic as the two fighters clinch.
Rajkovic crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Still in the clinch, Rajkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Rajkovic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rajkovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Rajkovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Alexander Rajkovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rajkovic lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rajkovic blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rajkovic blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Rajkovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic lands a shot to the body.
Rajkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Rajkovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Rajkovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rajkovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Rajkovic.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rajkovic gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rajkovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rajkovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short body shot lands from Rajkovic as the two fighters clinch.
Rajkovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Rajkovic prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Rajkovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Rajkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Rajkovic on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajkovic.
A nice left hand lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rajkovic lands a head shot.
Rajkovic feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rajkovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Rajkovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Brown misses with a hook
and Rajkovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rajkovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rajkovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rajkovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Rajkovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Rajkovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Rajkovic counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajkovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rajkovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rajkovic is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rajkovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab lands there for Rajkovic.
Rajkovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rajkovic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rajkovic.
Rajkovic scoring well with a low kick there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rajkovic.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown letting Rajkovic take a breather here.
A right hand to the body from Rajkovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rajkovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rajkovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Brown takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Brown.
Rajkovic lands with a nice body punch.
Rajkovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Rajkovic counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rajkovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Rajkovic's head.
Brown digs a good body shot into Rajkovic's ribs.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rajkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brown takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown blocks a head kick by Rajkovic.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Rajkovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rajkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Rajkovic rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rajkovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Rajkovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rajkovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rajkovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rajkovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rajkovic lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rajkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rajkovic keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Rajkovic has the dominant position.
Rajkovic lands a shot to the body.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Rajkovic has double underhooks.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling him.
Rajkovic lands a right hand.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Rajkovic.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Rajkovic.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charlie Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Rajkovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an uppercut.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rajkovic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rajkovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rajkovic cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rajkovic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rajkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands with a light punch inside.
Rajkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rajkovic pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rajkovic.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rajkovic obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Rajkovic.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rajkovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Rajkovic.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rajkovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rajkovic lands a shot to the body.
Alexander Rajkovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rajkovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Rajkovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Rajkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling him.
Rajkovic just leaning against Brown, taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rajkovic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Rajkovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rajkovic 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Rajkovic!