PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Why (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Ovechkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Ovechkin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Why
vs
Ovechkin

180 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

MMA's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stevie Why!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Ovechkin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovechkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ovechkin misses with a few strikes there.
Ivan Ovechkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Why wants to clinch.
Ovechkin thows a body kick. Why tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ovechkin scores with a jab to the head.

Ovechkin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Why working a defensive guard here.

Why working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ovechkin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ovechkin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ovechkin stopping the sweep attempt from Why.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ovechkin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Why is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Why trying to keep a closed guard but Ovechkin is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Why seems keen to control Ovechkin's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ovechkin stands and steps away. Why gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Why tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ovechkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ovechkin avoids the head kick by Why.
Ovechkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Why swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Why misses with a takedown

and Ovechkin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Why's guard now.
Ovechkin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ovechkin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Why is proving hard to escape from.
Ovechkin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ovechkin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Why bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ovechkin's guard.
Ovechkin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Why postures up.
Ovechkin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Ovechkin has his foot on Why's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Why works his way back into a safe position though.
Ovechkin looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Why decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ovechkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Why has managed to clinch.
Why drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ovechkin looking for a takedown.
Ovechkin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Why prevents it.

Why jumps guard and drags Ovechkin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ovechkin is fighting to break Why's control of his arms but Why is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Ovechkin drops back looking for a leg! Why is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Why manages to kick Ovechkin off! Ovechkin jumps back into Why's guard.
Why has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ovechkin wants to pass the guard but Why is keeping the position.
Why keeping moving, preventing Ovechkin from controlling successfully.
Ovechkin landing some decent shots from guard.
Ovechkin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ovechkin trying to control the position from guard on top but Why is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ovechkin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ovechkin trying to control but Why is working from the bottom.
Ovechkin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ovechkin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Why swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ovechkin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Why not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ovechkin lands a body shot.
Ovechkin misses with a wild combination.

Ovechkin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ovechkin advances to half guard.
Why is refusing to be controlled, as Ovechkin sits in half guard.

Ovechkin stands up out of the half guard.
Why fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ovechkin on the side of the head.

Ovechkin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Why to the mat! Why manages to get full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ovechkin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Why is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Why works his foot free and advances to mount.
Why unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Why throws a right and a left that both miss.
Why showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ovechkin.
Why looks to score with a jab to the body but Ovechkin is just out of range.
Ovechkin misses with a double jab.
Ovechkin with a lazy takedown attempt

and Why counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ovechkin!
Why landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ovechkin is looking to improve his position but Why isn't that keen on the idea.
Ivan Ovechkin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ovechkin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Why. What's that going to do exactly?
Ovechkin is looking to get to half guard.

Why looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ovechkin is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovechkin is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Why avoids the attempt from Ovechkin to control.
Why can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ovechkin is looking to escape.
Why with good strikes from the mount here!

Why looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ovechkin is trying desperately to improve position.

Ovechkin somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Why needs to keep his hands up - Ovechkin had a free shot at his head there.
Ovechkin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ovechkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Why counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ovechkin's guard now.
Why stopping the sweep attempt from Ovechkin.

Why drops back looking for a leg! Ovechkin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ovechkin manages to kick Why off! Why jumps back into Ovechkin's guard.
Ovechkin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Why gets to his feet. Ovechkin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ovechkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Why is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ovechkin throws an overhand right that has Why reeling! Ovechkin follows up with a more punches and Why is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ivan Ovechkin!