PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Niedzwiedzinski (ranked 2088 p4p, 258 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 1307 p4p, 183 weight class). Bruno Niedzwiedzinski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Niedzwiedzinski
vs
Paunovic

190 cm
28
201 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

186 cm
34
193 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Niedzwiedzinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zoran Paunovic!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paunovic tries to clinch but Niedzwiedzinski moves out of range.
Paunovic delivers a nice body kick.
Paunovic avoids a kick to the body.
Niedzwiedzinski wants to clinch.
Paunovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Niedzwiedzinski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paunovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Niedzwiedzinski misses.
Paunovic looks for the body kick but Niedzwiedzinski saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paunovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paunovic blocks a head kick by Niedzwiedzinski.
Niedzwiedzinski moves out of range of the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Niedzwiedzinski.
Paunovic 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic scores with a kick to the body.

Paunovic clinches up with Niedzwiedzinski and pushes him back against the cage.
Paunovic blocks an uppercut.

Niedzwiedzinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Paunovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Niedzwiedzinski tries a knee to the head but Paunovic blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Niedzwiedzinski fails to land.
Paunovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Niedzwiedzinski backwards.
Paunovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paunovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niedzwiedzinski backwards.
Paunovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paunovic pushes Niedzwiedzinski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paunovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Paunovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Niedzwiedzinski backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Paunovic breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Niedzwiedzinski lands but Paunovic takes it in his stride.

It looks like Zoran Paunovic has been cut.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paunovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Niedzwiedzinski.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Paunovic.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks the body kick.
Niedzwiedzinski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a head kick.

Paunovic closes the distance and clinches.
Paunovic tries a body shot but Niedzwiedzinski blocks it.
Paunovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paunovic blocks an elbow strike.
Niedzwiedzinski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Niedzwiedzinski is trying to break free.
Paunovic lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paunovic.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Niedzwiedzinski's head.
Paunovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Niedzwiedzinski lands an elbow that stopped Paunovic in his tracks for a moment.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a body shot from Paunovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niedzwiedzinski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paunovic's brow.
Niedzwiedzinski tries to break the clinch but Paunovic is controlling the position.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Paunovic.
Niedzwiedzinski tries to land knees in the clinch but Paunovic avoids the damage to the body.
Niedzwiedzinski with a knee to the head.
Niedzwiedzinski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Paunovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Niedzwiedzinskis head.
Nice body punch from Paunovic.
Niedzwiedzinski lands an elbow just above Paunovic 's eye.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with the head strike.
Niedzwiedzinski tries a body shot but Paunovic blocks it.
Niedzwiedzinski is trying to break free.

Paunovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niedzwiedzinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niedzwiedzinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paunovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Paunovic moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Niedzwiedzinski's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a body shot from Paunovic.

Niedzwiedzinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Niedzwiedzinski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Paunovic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slow jab from Niedzwiedzinski misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut lands for Paunovic. That snapped Niedzwiedzinski's head back.
Paunovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paunovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Niedzwiedzinski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Paunovic throws out a powerful jab.
Niedzwiedzinski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Paunovic throws the kick towards the body but Niedzwiedzinski avoids it.
Niedzwiedzinski is looking for a counter combo.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a head kick but Paunovic moves out of range.
Paunovic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zoran Paunovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zoran Paunovic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Niedzwiedzinski thows a body kick. Paunovic tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Paunovic.
Paunovic connects with a right hand. Niedzwiedzinski shakes it off.
Paunovic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Paunovic avoids the head kick by Niedzwiedzinski.
Paunovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks the body kick.
Niedzwiedzinski is looking to land body kicks.
Paunovic throws a body kick that misses.
Paunovic misses with a looping right.
Niedzwiedzinski steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Paunovic. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Paunovic. Those never looked like landing.
Niedzwiedzinski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bruno Niedzwiedzinski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Paunovic does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic misses with the combination.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a right hand that Paunovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Paunovic also avoids with ease.
A head kick from Niedzwiedzinski lands but Paunovic takes it in his stride.
Paunovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Paunovic moves into range and clinches up with Niedzwiedzinski.
A short uppercut from Paunovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paunovic.
Niedzwiedzinski lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Paunovic.

Niedzwiedzinski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niedzwiedzinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Paunovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paunovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Paunovic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Paunovic gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niedzwiedzinski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Niedzwiedzinski lands a damaging elbow.
Paunovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Niedzwiedzinski or not.
Niedzwiedzinski is trying to break free.
Niedzwiedzinski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Niedzwiedzinski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paunovic's elbow.
Paunovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Niedzwiedzinski.
Niedzwiedzinski is trying to force a seperation but Paunovic has the dominant position.
Paunovic lands a body punch.
Niedzwiedzinski throws an elbow that misses.
Paunovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Niedzwiedzinski's head.

Paunovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paunovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Niedzwiedzinski's head.

Paunovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Niedzwiedzinski, pushing him back against the cage.
Niedzwiedzinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Niedzwiedzinski fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Paunovic.
Niedzwiedzinski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paunovic's face.

That has opened up Zoran Paunovic's cut even more.

Niedzwiedzinski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niedzwiedzinski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Paunovic is out of range and Niedzwiedzinski settles back down.

Paunovic instigates a clinch.
Paunovic misses with a punch to the body.
Niedzwiedzinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paunovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paunovic lands a shoulder strike.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niedzwiedzinski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paunovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Niedzwiedzinski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Niedzwiedzinski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paunovic lands a body shot.
Paunovic pushes Niedzwiedzinski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic cracks Niedzwiedzinski with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niedzwiedzinski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zoran Paunovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Niedzwiedzinski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paunovic blocks an elbow strike from Niedzwiedzinski.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paunovic lands a shoulder strike.
Paunovic has Niedzwiedzinski pressed against the cage, preventing Niedzwiedzinski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Niedzwiedzinski misses with a knee strike.
Paunovic prevents a body shot from Niedzwiedzinski.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paunovic lands a right hand.
Niedzwiedzinski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paunovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Niedzwiedzinski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paunovic blocks an elbow strike from Niedzwiedzinski.
Paunovic keeps control of Niedzwiedzinski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paunovic scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoran Paunovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zoran Paunovic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Paunovic instigates a clinch.
Niedzwiedzinski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paunovic blocks a body shot from Niedzwiedzinski.
Paunovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Niedzwiedzinski tries to throw a body punch but Paunovic avoids it by throwing Niedzwiedzinski back against the cage.
Paunovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paunovic gets through Niedzwiedzinski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Niedzwiedzinski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paunovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Niedzwiedzinski has had enough of the clinch but Paunovic keeps him there for the moment.
Paunovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paunovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niedzwiedzinski backwards.

Niedzwiedzinski is rocked!
Paunovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Niedzwiedzinski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paunovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Paunovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Niedzwiedzinski gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Paunovic gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoran Paunovic!