PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Martin Eugen (ranked 1061 p4p, 2719 weight class) and Ezekiel Ithamar (ranked 122 p4p, 279 weight class). Eugen comes to the cage accompanied by Kickboxer - Advanced Training. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Eugen
vs
Ithamar

179 cm
32
154
24 - 8 - 0

176 cm
32
145
26 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Eugen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ezekiel Ithamar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eugen gets a clinch.
Eugen misses with a punch on the inside.
Eugen pushes Ithamar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eugen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eugen throws a head punch that misses.
Eugen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Eugen.
A short right from Eugen on the inside.
Eugen misses with some punches.
Ithamar drops down looking for an ankle pick but Eugen pulls his leg out and moves away.

Eugen clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Eugen fails to land.
Ithamar blocking some punches.
Eugen swings wildly with an uppercut but Ithamar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eugen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ithamar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ithamar blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ithamar.
Eugen throws a punch but it's blocked by Ithamar.
We've been hearing reports that Eugen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Eugen misses with a punch on the inside.
Eugen swings wildly with an uppercut but Ithamar uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eugen.
Eugen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eugen gets through Ithamar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Eugen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eugen has a couple of punches blocked by Ithamar.
Eugen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ithamar blocking some punches.
Ithamar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eugen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ithamar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ithamar jumps into guard, dragging Eugen to the mat.
Eugen throwing strikes but missing.
Eugen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ithamar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Eugen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ithamar keeping full guard, as Eugen tries to pass.
Eugen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eugen is looking to work some ground and pound but Ithamar has wrist control.

Ithamar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Eugen is defending well. Ithamar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Eugen has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Ithamar celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ezekiel Ithamar!
Ezekiel Ithamar bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Martin Eugen was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for coming...I'll be back'.