PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ace Giannis Ignacio (ranked 1874 p4p, 3306 weight class) and Uriah Small (ranked 248 p4p, 409 weight class). Ignacio comes to the cage accompanied by This is the Moment. Uriah Small has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ignacio
vs
Small

178 cm
25
200
10 - 10 - 0

183 cm
37
200
27 - 11 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ace Giannis Ignacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Uriah Small!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small misses with a hook.
Ignacio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Small rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ignacio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Small throws a body shot but no joy.
Small throws a leg kick
and Ignacio counters with a stiff right hand.
Ignacio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Ace Giannis Ignacio has been cut.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ignacio's head.
Small buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Small misses
and Small takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Small dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Small misses with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ignacio misses with a hook.
Small was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Small lands a jab to Ignacio's midsection.
Small connects with a leg kick.
Ignacio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Small moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Small lands a slapping body shot.
Small is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ignacio rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Small with the inside leg kick.
Ignacio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Small moves away.
Small attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Small uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ignacio scores with a hook to the body. Small takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Small finds it's way through Ignacio's defenses.
Small misses with an uppercut
and Ignacio counters with a one-two to the body.
Small wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Ignacio takes the fight into the clinch.
Ignacio throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Small misses with a hook from the clinch.
Small scores with a nice hook to the head.
Small misses with the head strike.
Ignacio misses with a punch on the inside.
Small tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Small throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignacio.
Nice body punch from Small.
Small's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ignacio lands a body punch.
Small tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Small keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ignacio's efforts to push away.
Ignacio lands with a right to the head.
Ignacio is trying to maintain a safe position but Small gets an underhook and turns Ignacio into the cage.
Ignacio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Small fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Small misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Small scores with a shoulder strike.
Small tries to work over Ignacio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Small blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignacio blocks an uppercut.
Ignacio swings wildly with an uppercut but Small uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignacio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Small blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Small swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Small working aggressively here.
Small throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignacio.
Small can't find room to land a body shot as Ignacio controls the action.
Ignacio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignacio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Small tries to throw a body punch but Ignacio avoids it by throwing Small back against the cage.
Ignacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Small.
Small lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ignacio backwards.
Small throws a head punch that misses.
Small lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small lands an uppercut.

Ignacio is rocked!
Small lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ignacio to his knees! Small keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uriah Small!
After winning the bout, Uriah Small thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Ace Giannis Ignacio stepped up to the mic, saying 'Still im the peoples Champ.'.