PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Vector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goran Kristic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vector comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Coming Home. Kristic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Numb kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vector
vs
Kristic

190 cm
28
195 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

174 cm
25
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinnie Vector!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Goran Kristic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Kristic does no damage.
Kristic throws a head kick that misses
and Vector counters with a nice body kick.
Vector lands a really nice looking cross but Kristic seems unphased.
Vector lands with a kick to the temple. Kristic shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A low kick from Kristic misses
and Vector counters with a nice uppercut.
Danga de danga de dang - Vector scores with a four punch combination!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kristic just misses with a punch to the body.
Kristic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kristic throws a poor cross that misses
and Vector cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kristic looks for a takedown but Vector sprawls well.
Vector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kristic.
Vector lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vector drops Kristic with a beautiful combination! Kristic stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vector is looking for the KO!

Kristic is rocked!

It looks like Goran Kristic has been cut.
Vector stuns Kristic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vector connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kristic's hands.
Kristic throws a hook to the side of Vector's head but Vector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vector with a jab.
Vector uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kristic has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kristic misses the body punch
and Vector counters with a one-two to the body.
Kristic is still on wobbly legs! Can Vector finish him?

Vector closes the distance and pushes Kristic back into the cage.
Kristic seems to have recovered his senses.
Kristic is trying to push Vector away but Vector has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Vector lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vector seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristic is trying to control but can't.
Vector prevents Kristic from improving his position.
Kristic is looking to control Vector's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kristic avoid being mounted?
It looks like Vector is going to stand back up.
Kristic is looking for a sweep. Vector is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kristic trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vector is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Vector moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vector.
A frustrated look appears on Kristic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vector putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kristic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kristic looks gassed!

Vector successfully pulls guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vector pushes Kristic off and scrambles back to his feet.
Vector scores with a leg kick.
Vector scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vector lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vector's corner calls for a 1-2. Vector obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vector is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristic is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vector.
Vector sizes up Kristic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vector lands with a thumping leg kick.

Vector drops Kristic with a beautiful combination! Kristic stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vector is looking for the KO!
Vector lands a big head kick that sends Kristic to the canvas! Vector follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinnie Vector!
Vinnie Vector retains his middleweight title!