PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Semmy Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matteus Trill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Vukovic
vs
Trill

212 cm
22
286 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

219 cm
25
315 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Semmy Vukovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matteus Trill!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vukovic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Trill.
Trill looks to land a combination but Vukovic avoids it well.
Vukovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Trill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trill scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trill misses with a wild combination.
Trill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vukovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Trill does no damage.
Trill fails to land with a series of punches.
Vukovic moves away from the strike by Trill.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vukovic.
Vukovic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vukovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trill looks gassed!

Vukovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Vukovic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vukovic winds up and cracks Trill with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vukovic is keen to just control but Trill is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Trill has hold of Vukovic's hands but Vukovic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vukovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vukovic is thwarting Trill's attempts to control the position.
Vukovic is nestled in close to Trill, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Trill can do anything to dispel that myth.
Trill is looking for a sweep. Vukovic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Vukovic winds up and cracks Trill with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Trill trying to control but Vukovic postures up.
Trill tries to roll over but Vukovic keeps him under control.
Vukovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trill is looking to improve his position.
Vukovic 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.
Vukovic working the head and body with strikes.
Vukovic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vukovic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic working Trill over with strikes.
Vukovic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vukovic lands strikes from half guard.
Vukovic is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Vukovic scoring with strikes but Trill is staying in there.
The referee warns Trill that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vukovic prevents Trill from getting the reversal.
Vukovic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Trill takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vukovic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Trill is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vukovic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vukovic looking to control and managing it successfully.
Trill is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trill wants to control but Vukovic is having none of it.
Trill is looking to get to half guard.
Trill tries to hold on but Vukovic postures up.
Vukovic landing shots from mount.
Trill tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vukovic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trill's face.
Vukovic cracks Trill with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vukovic working Trill over with strikes here.

Trill is rocked!
Vukovic unloading with bombs!
Trill is still in real trouble! Can Vukovic finish him?
Vukovic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Trill really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Vukovic lands a big elbow - Trill is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Trill is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Semmy Vukovic!