PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goran Jovanic (ranked 2510 p4p, 6693 weight class) and Gergen Press (ranked 331 p4p, 653 weight class). Gergen Press has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Goran Jovanic's chin.

Jovanic
vs
Press

194 cm
26
209
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
205
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Goran Jovanic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gergen Press!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Press swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jovanic.
Jovanic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Press counters with a low kick, right behind Jovanic 's knee.
Jovanic takes one to the side of the head.

Jovanic drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Press is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jovanic stopping the sweep attempt from Press.
Jovanic landing with the ground and pound.
Jovanic has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jovanic throwing strikes from guard but Press blocks nicely.
Jovanic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jovanic stays in close to Press's body and controls the position.
Jovanic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanic lands a couple of elbows.
Press really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jovanic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jovanic is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jovanic is in close to Press's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jovanic looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jovanic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jovanic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jovanic seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Press wants to get back to his feet but Jovanic is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Press wants to sweep here but Jovanic controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Press preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jovanic postures up and lands a big shot to Press's brow.
Jovanic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jovanic landing with the ground and pound.
Jovanic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jovanic engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jovanic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Press for as long as he can get away with.
Jovanic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jovanic controlling from the top position.
Jovanic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Press's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanic cracks Press with a solid left hand.
Press has momentary wrist control but Jovanic slips an elbow through the middle.

It looks like Gergen Press has been cut.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jovanic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jovanic content to stall in guard here.
Jovanic continues to stall.
Jovanic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jovanic chips away with some ground and pound.

Press is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jovanic cracks Press with a solid left hand.
Press is still in real trouble! Can Jovanic finish him?

That has opened up Gergen Press's cut even more.
Jovanic not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jovanic loads up on a big left hand. Press felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Jovanic looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Press can't hide his disappointment, as Jovanic celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Goran Jovanic!