PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Ciro (ranked 2865 p4p, 5371 weight class) and Ingolf Ulfriksson (ranked 362 p4p, 590 weight class). Ulfriksson has chosen Hvem Er Hun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jay Ciro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ciro
vs
Ulfriksson

196 cm
22
215
6 - 9 - 0

194 cm
29
215
4 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Ciro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ingolf Ulfriksson!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ciro.
Ulfriksson scores with a head kick.

It looks like Jay Ciro has been cut.
Ulfriksson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ciro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ulfriksson throws a sloppy head kick and Ciro moves out of range easily.
Ulfriksson takes a swing at Ciro's ribcage but misses.
Ciro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ulfriksson tries a head kick but it misses.
Ingolf Ulfriksson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ulfriksson throws a sloppy head kick and Ciro moves out of range easily.
Ulfriksson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ciro counters with a series of strikes. Ulfriksson will be more careful next time no doubt.
A slow jab from Ulfriksson misses its intended target.
Ulfriksson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ulfriksson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ciro is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson throws out a powerful jab.
Ciro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ciro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ciro checks a leg kick nicely.

Ulfriksson clinches up against the cage.
Ulfriksson looking to throw knees to the head but Ciro is blocking nicely.
Ulfriksson dodges an elbow strike from Ciro.
Ulfriksson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ulfriksson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ulfriksson lands a shoulder strike.
Ciro avoids a wild elbow strike from Ulfriksson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson can't find room to land a body shot as Ciro controls the action.
Ciro dodges an elbow strike from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson tries to land a knee to the head but Ciro blocks with his arms.
Ulfriksson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ciro tries to break free but Ulfriksson pushes him back against the cage.
Ciro blocks an elbow strike.
Ulfriksson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ulfriksson tries to work over Ciro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ciro blocking some punches.
Ulfriksson lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulfriksson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ulfriksson misses with a knee to the head.
Ulfriksson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ciros head.
Ulfriksson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ciro is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciro's elbow.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow just above Ciro 's eye.
Ulfriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciro blocks it with crossed arms.
Ulfriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ciro.
Ulfriksson trying to land knees to the body.
Ulfriksson swings wildly with an uppercut but Ciro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ciro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ciro avoiding damage as Ulfriksson throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Ulfriksson as the two fighters clinch.
Ulfriksson misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Ulfriksson.

Ciro breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson takes a swing at Ciro's ribcage but misses.
Ciro is looking for a counter combo.
Ciro misses with the combination.
Ulfriksson tries to clinch but Ciro moves out of range.
Ulfriksson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ulfriksson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ulfriksson throws a sloppy head kick and Ciro moves out of range easily.
Ulfriksson scores with a nice body kick.
Ulfriksson throws a hook but Ciro avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ulfriksson with a nice calf kick.
Ciro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ulfriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ciro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ciro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ulfriksson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ingolf Ulfriksson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Ciro's cut.
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.

Ulfriksson moves into range and clinches up with Ciro.
Ciro is trying to break free.
Ciro has had enough of the clinch but Ulfriksson keeps him there for the moment.
Ulfriksson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciro managing to block the knees to the body from Ulfriksson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ulfriksson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ciro avoids a wild elbow strike from Ulfriksson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulfriksson is leaning against Ciro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ulfriksson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ulfriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ulfriksson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulfriksson throws a head punch that misses.
Ulfriksson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ulfriksson tries a knee to the head but Ciro blocks it.
Ciro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ulfriksson backwards.

Ciro breaks from the clinch.
Jay Ciro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Ciro.
Ciro misses with a few strikes there.

Ulfriksson gets a clinch.
Ulfriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciro blocks it with crossed arms.
Ciro scores with a shot to the side of Ulfriksson's head.
Ciro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ulfriksson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ulfriksson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ciro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ciro avoids it.
Ciro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ciro working hard to break the clinch.
Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow.

Jay Ciro's cut is getting worse.
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!
Ciro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ciro blocks a body shot from Ulfriksson.
Ciro avoiding damage as Ulfriksson throws knees to the body.
Ulfriksson misses with a body punch.
Ulfriksson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ulfriksson works on Ciro's body with a couple of short punches.
Ulfriksson throws an elbow that misses.
Ulfriksson tries to land a knee to the head but Ciro blocks with his arms.
Ciro blocks a body shot from Ulfriksson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ulfriksson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ciro.
Ulfriksson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ciro.
Ulfriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciro blocks it with crossed arms.
Ulfriksson misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside.
Ciro tries to break the clinch but Ulfriksson is controlling the position.
Ulfriksson has a couple of punches blocked by Ciro.
Ulfriksson missing with knees to the body.
Ulfriksson misses with an elbow over the top.
Ciro tries to circle away but Ulfriksson has him pinned against the cage.
Ulfriksson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ciro.
Ulfriksson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson scores with a knee to the head.

Jay Ciro's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ulfriksson lands a knee to the head.
Ulfriksson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciro's elbow.
Ulfriksson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciro blocks it with crossed arms.
Ciro blocking some punches.
Ulfriksson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ciro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ulfriksson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ulfriksson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ciro wants to break free but Ulfriksson has control.
Ulfriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ulfriksson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ingolf Ulfriksson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Ciro's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ulfriksson throws a hook to the side of Ciro's head but Ciro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ciro is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Ulfriksson misses with a head kick.
Jay Ciro is winning the standup battle so far.
Ulfriksson misses with a combination
and Ciro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Ulfriksson clinches with his opponent.
Ulfriksson lands an elbow inside that Ciro shrugs off.
Ciro slowing the pace effectively.
Ulfriksson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ciro is defending well for now.
Ulfriksson scores with a knee to the head.
Ulfriksson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulfriksson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Ciro is rocked!
Ciro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Ciro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ulfriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ciro seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ulfriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ulfriksson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ciro avoids a wild elbow strike from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ciro tries to circle away but Ulfriksson has him pinned against the cage.
Ulfriksson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ciro blocks an elbow strike.
Ciro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ciro avoids the elbow strike from Ulfriksson, against the cage.
Ulfriksson missing with knees to the body.
Ciro managing to block the knees to the body from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ciro takes a knee right on the jaw!

Ciro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ulfriksson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ulfriksson throws a sloppy head kick and Ciro moves out of range easily.
Ulfriksson is looking to clinch but Ciro is avoiding it.
Ciro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson tries to clinch up but Ciro circles away and keeps his distance.
Ulfriksson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ciro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulfriksson slips a jab and a cross from Ciro.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ulfriksson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ciro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ulfriksson wants to counter the offense by Ciro and move into the clinch position.
Ulfriksson tries to clinch but Ciro moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulfriksson feints and then cracks Ciro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ciro down.
Ulfriksson tries to clinch there but Ciro circles away.
Ciro misses with a series of wild punches.
Ulfriksson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ciro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ulfriksson shoots for a double leg takedown but Ciro sprawls well. He's pushed Ulfriksson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Ulfriksson closes the distance and clinches.
Ulfriksson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciro's elbow.
Ulfriksson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ciro backwards.
Jay Ciro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ulfriksson tries to work over Ciro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ciro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciro dodges an elbow strike from Ulfriksson.
Ulfriksson takes a shot to the head.
Ulfriksson looking to throw knees to the head but Ciro is blocking nicely.
Ciro can't break the clinch.
Ulfriksson tries to land knees in the clinch but Ciro avoids the damage to the body.
Ulfriksson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ulfriksson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ciro's brow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ulfriksson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ulfriksson throws an elbow but misses.
Ulfriksson misses with a knee strike.
Ciro gets through Ulfriksson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Ciro tries to land knees in the clinch but Ulfriksson avoids the damage to the body.
Ingolf Ulfriksson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ulfriksson takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ciro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ingolf Ulfriksson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ulfriksson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ingolf Ulfriksson!
Ingolf Ulfriksson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.