PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zag Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matej Vidovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vidovic has chosen dropkick murphys kiss me i'm shitfaced as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Luis
vs
Vidovic

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zag Luis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matej Vidovic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vidovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vidovic throws a series of punches but Luis moves out of range.

Luis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Luis showed some decent athleticism there.
Luis trying to control from Vidovic's half guard. Vidovic has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Luis throws an elbow that misses. Vidovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Luis's guard. Nice move by Vidovic!
Luis has a closed guard, preventing Vidovic from standing up.
Luis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Vidovic decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Luis, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vidovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luis misses with the combination.
Vidovic throws a right and a left that Luis avoids nicely.
Vidovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vidovic's waist but Vidovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Luis off to one side.

Luis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Vidovic was covering up waiting for the punch and Luis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Luis throws an elbow that misses. Vidovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Luis's guard. Nice move by Vidovic!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vidovic stands up from Luis's guard - Vidovic perhaps looking for a knockout.
Luis tries to clinch but Vidovic moves out of range.
Vidovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vidovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luis.
Luis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vidovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vidovic but Vidovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vidovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vidovic sprawls well. Vidovic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Luis gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zag Luis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vidovic throws a right hand that Luis ducks under and follows up with a left that Luis also avoids with ease.
A jab from Vidovic does it's job there.
Luis fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis shoots in and drives through. Vidovic sprawls well.

Luis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Luis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Luis thowing shots but they're missing.
Luis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Luis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luis with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luis throwing strikes but Vidovic bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Luis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zag Luis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luis avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Vidovic does no damage.
Vidovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luis misses with a takedown attempt - Vidovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vidovic misses with a wild combination.
Zag Luis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vidovic scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidovic leaves Luis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vidovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vidovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luis doesn't manage to clinch there - Vidovic circles away.
Vidovic throws a series of punches but Luis moves out of range.
Vidovic leaves Luis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zag Luis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vidovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vidovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Luis shoots for a double leg takedown but Vidovic sprawls well. He's pushed Luis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Luis wants to clinch
and Vidovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vidovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Luis.
Vidovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vidovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vidovic lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Vidovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vidovic wants it to stay on the feet.
Vidovic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A combination from Vidovic does no damage.
Vidovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vidovic is breathing heavily.
Vidovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Luis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vidovic pinned against the cage. Vidovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vidovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vidovic wants it to stay on the feet.
Luis shoots for a takedown but Vidovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Vidovic. Those never looked like landing.
Zag Luis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luis fails with the takedown.

Luis rushes Vidovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matej Vidovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Luis.
Luis shoots in but no luck this time.
Vidovic misses with a double jab.
Vidovic feints a jab promting Luis to slip. Vidovic then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Luis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Matej Vidovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luis has his takedown stuffed
and Vidovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zag Luis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vidovic as he avoids it easily.
Luis tries to clinch up but Vidovic circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis tries for a takedown but Vidovic circles away easily
and Vidovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Vidovic does no damage.
Luis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vidovic throws a series of punches but Luis avoids them all with ease.
Vidovic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vidovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vidovic stuffs the takedown attempt from Luis. Luis gets slowly back to his feet.
Vidovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Luis is defended easily by Vidovic.
Vidovic connects with a nice looking jab.
Vidovic falls off balance throwing a combination

and Luis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vidovic pushes Luis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Luis tries to clinch but Vidovic is having none of it.
Luis tries for a takedown but Vidovic circles away easily
and Vidovic counters with a straight right hand.

Luis closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Vidovic quickly recovers to half guard.
Luis throws a strike but Vidovic avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Luis wants to stand but Vidovic is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis throws an elbow that misses. Vidovic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Luis's guard. Nice move by Vidovic!
Vidovic wants to stand but Luis is controlling his posture from full guard.

Vidovic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vidovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Luis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zag Luis.
I think Luis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zag Luis!