PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Ponjevic (ranked 1594 p4p, 865 weight class) and Petar Popara (ranked 237 p4p, 126 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ponjevic
vs
Popara

191 cm
22
215
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
220
8 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Milan Ponjevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Petar Popara!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Donatello Bradman and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Popara fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ponjevic, pushing him back against the cage.
Popara scores with a nice hook to the head.
Popara lands a nice elbow.
Ponjevic blocks a body shot from Popara.
Ponjevic jumps guard but Popara stands there with Ponjevic around his waist. Ponjevic gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Popara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ponjevic's defenses.
Ponjevic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Popara pulls his leg out and moves away.
Popara stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milan Ponjevic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ponjevic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ponjevic has his takedown stuffed
and Popara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Popara stuffs the takedown attempt from Ponjevic. Ponjevic gets slowly back to his feet.
Popara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ponjevic doesn't seem bothered though.
Popara cracks a nice hook into Ponjevic's ribs.
Milan Ponjevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Popara lands with an overhand left.
Ponjevic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Popara as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponjevic shoots and misses
and Popara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Popara stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Popara wants it to stay on the feet.
Ponjevic is breathing heavily.

Popara cracks Ponjevic with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ponjevic looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Popara finish him?

Ponjevic is rocked!
Popara stuffs the takedown.
Oh Ponjevic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Popara rushes Ponjevic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Popara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ponjevic's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Popara.
Popara digs a right hand into Ponjevic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ponjevic's gas tank.
Popara lands a hook that snaps the head of Ponjevic backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Popara.
A right handed body shot lands from Popara.
A left hand lands to the body for Popara.
Popara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Popara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Popara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Popara.
Ponjevic seems to have got his legs back now.
Popara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Popara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Popara digs a right hand into Ponjevic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ponjevic's gas tank.
Popara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Popara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ponjevic's defenses.

It looks like Milan Ponjevic has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Popara as the two fighters clinch.
Popara lands an elbow inside.
Popara lands an elbow just above Ponjevic 's eye.
Popara lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Popara - that landed with a thud.
Popara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Popara.
A hook to the body from Popara.
Popara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Popara lands an elbow that stopped Ponjevic in his tracks for a moment.
Popara lands a hook to the side of the head.
Popara lands a damaging elbow.
Popara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Popara.
Popara digs a right hand into Ponjevic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ponjevic's gas tank.
Popara lands an elbow inside.
Popara lands a body punch.
Popara has Ponjevic pressed against the cage. He pushes Ponjevic back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Popara throws a beautiful elbow that sends Ponjevic crashing to the floor! Popara piles on the pressure with more strikes! Ponjevic is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petar Popara!
A very excited looking Petar Popara made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.