PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gegard Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Prijovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mousasi kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Faded. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Mousasi
vs
Prijovic

191 cm
34
208 lbs
31 - 10 - 2

190 cm
33
210 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
KAISER

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 31 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gegard Mousasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Prijovic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prijovic scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Gegard Mousasi has been cut.
Mousasi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Prijovic. Prijovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Nemanja Prijovic has been cut.

Mousasi closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Prijovic quickly recovers to half guard.
Prijovic wants to get back to full guard but Mousasi has mounted him!

Mousasi jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Prijovic is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Prijovic and Mousasi has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Mousasi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mousasi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mousasi tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Mousasi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Prijovic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic tries to buck Mousasi off but Mousasi is having none of it.
Prijovic manages to get back to half guard.
Prijovic wants to improve his position but Mousasi is controlling well.
Mousasi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Prijovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Mousasi is working for a submission of some sort.
Prijovic is not content to let Mousasi control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Mousasi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Mousasi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Prijovic is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Prijovic is defending against the submission attempts here by Mousasi.

Mousasi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mousasi is looking to take a break and control but Prijovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Prijovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mousasi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Prijovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prijovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mousasi moves away.
Prijovic misses with a head kick.
Prijovic throws a body kick that misses.
Prijovic digs a good hook to Mousasi's body.
Nemanja Prijovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mousasi throws the kick towards the body but Prijovic avoids it.
Mousasi misses with a straight left.
Prijovic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Prijovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mousasi connects with a looping right hand.
A big right from Mousasi misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gegard Mousasi dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mousasi ducks under a wild hook from Prijovic.
Mousasi avoids the head kick by Prijovic.
Mousasi lands a body shot.
Prijovic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Prijovic throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Mousasi counters by moving into the clinch.
Prijovic blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
Prijovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mousasi's elbow.
Mousasi slowing the pace effectively.
Mousasi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prijovic can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mousasi.
Mousasi misses with a body punch.
Prijovic working aggressively here.
Prijovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Mousasi throws a head punch that misses.
Prijovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Mousasi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Mousasi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mousasi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mousasi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Prijovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mousasi misses with a punch on the inside.
Mousasi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Prijovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Mousasi controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mousasi.
A hook to the body from Prijovic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prijovic.
Mousasi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mousasi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Prijovic lands an uppercut.
Prijovic blocks an uppercut.
Mousasi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prijovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mousasi is trying to maintain a safe position but Prijovic gets an underhook and turns Mousasi into the cage.
Prijovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Prijovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
Mousasi lands a right hand.
Mousasi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prijovic working aggressively here.
Prijovic pushes Mousasi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
Prijovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.
Prijovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prijovic.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
Mousasi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mousasi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mousasi can't find room to land a body shot as Prijovic controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Mousasi.
Prijovic digs a right hand underneath Mousasi's ribcage. Mousasi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Prijovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Prijovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Mousasi.
Mousasi is looking to control Prijovic's arms but Prijovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mousasi has his back to the cage.
Prijovic pushes Mousasi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prijovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prijovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Mousasi.
Prijovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mousasis head.
Mousasi prevents a body shot from Prijovic.
A hook to the body from Prijovic.
Mousasi misses with a punch on the inside.
Prijovic works on Mousasi's body with a couple of short punches.
Mousasi working aggressively here.
Prijovic working aggressively here.
Mousasi trying to stall but Prijovic improves his position.
Mousasi blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mousasi.
Mousasi swings wildly with an uppercut but Prijovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mousasi lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mousasi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Prijovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Mousasi backwards.
Mousasi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prijovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mousasi's elbow.
Mousasi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Gegard Mousasi's cut is getting worse.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prijovic.
Prijovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Mousasi controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Mousasi fails to land.
Mousasi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nemanja Prijovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Prijovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prijovic tries to throw a body punch but Mousasi avoids it by throwing Prijovic back against the cage.
Mousasi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Prijovics head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemanja Prijovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Prijovic loads up on a big right hand but Mousasi slips the punch.
Mousasi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mousasi slips under a jab.
Prijovic throws a looping overhand right but Mousasi ducks down to avoid it.
Prijovic dips to his left and cracks Mousasi with an uppercut!
Prijovic blocks a jab.
Prijovic slips a straight right by Mousasi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prijovic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mousasi is able to avoid easily.
Prijovic blocks a jab.
Prijovic scores with a spinning back kick!
Prijovic is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic is looking to clinch.
Mousasi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Prijovic.
Prijovic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Prijovic throws an overhand right that lands on Mousasi's shoulder, as Mousasi tries to avoid the shot.
Prijovic avoids the head kick by Mousasi.
Prijovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Prijovic looks to land a body kick but Mousasi moved away.
Mousasi misses with a hook
and Prijovic counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mousasi takes one on the button.
Mousasi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prijovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mousasi throws out the jab.
Prijovic slips a straight right by Mousasi.
Prijovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Prijovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nemanja Prijovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prijovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mousasis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prijovic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Prijovic is looking to clinch.
Prijovic scores with a push kick.
Prijovic connects with a single shot there.
Prijovic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mousasi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mousasi 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.
Mousasi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Prijovic moves away from the strike by Mousasi.
Prijovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mousasi at a distance.
Prijovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Prijovic lands with a cross.

Gegard Mousasi's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mousasi swings widly with a right hand
and Prijovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crack! A monster head kick from Prijovic and Mousasi falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Prijovic!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nemanja Prijovic!
Nemanja Prijovic spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Gegard Mousasi was interviewed post fight and said 'Well played'.