PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Boban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boban is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ana Tijoux - 1977. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sullivan
vs
Boban

190 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

182 cm
27
184 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Boban!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boban sprawls well. Boban wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sullivan gets slowly back to his feet.
Boban looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sullivan shoots in for a double leg but Boban sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boban scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sullivan looks to score with a jab to the body but Boban is just out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sullivan. Boban shrugs it off though.
Sullivan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Boban tries to avoid it but Sullivan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Boban to the ground. Boban escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maurice Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sullivan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sullivan showed some decent athleticism there.
Sullivan moves nicely into side control.
Sullivan tries to move into full mount but can't pass Boban's legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sullivan is putting a hurting on Boban here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sullivan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Check out the look on Sullivan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sullivan taking a breather here.
Sullivan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boban sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Boban defending against the ground and pound.

Sullivan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Sullivan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Boban is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boban is not content to let Sullivan control the position.
Sullivan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boban sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sullivan wants to control but Boban is keeping him busy.
Sullivan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Sullivan is trying to get an arm triangle but Boban is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sullivan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Boban some visible discomfort.

Sullivan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Boban is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sullivan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Boban is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan takes a little break here. Boban wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Sullivan lands a nice forearm strike.

Sullivan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Boban, who protects the arm well.
Sullivan is looking to take a break and control but Boban is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Boban gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sullivan lands strikes from half guard.
Sullivan is looking to take a break and control but Boban is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sullivan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sullivan is trying to control. Boban wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sullivan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Boban!

Sullivan is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Boban has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Sullivan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sullivan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Boban looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Sullivan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sullivan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boban is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
A lull in the action here.

Sullivan tries for a kimura but Boban is defending well.
Sullivan trying to control the action but Boban is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Boban is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Boban is breathing heavily.
Sullivan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Boban avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sullivan.
Sullivan working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan working the head and body with strikes.
Sullivan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Sullivan goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Boban rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sullivan's guard! Nice work there by Boban!
Sullivan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sullivan lands with some strikes.

Sullivan is working for a guillotine from mount but Boban frees his head quite easily.
Sullivan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan landing strikes from the mount.
Sullivan unloading with bombs!

Boban is rocked!
Sullivan postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Boban in real trouble here! The ref calls for Boban to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice Sullivan!