PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erivelton Imperador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Ivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Ivan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Erivelton Imperador's chin.

Imperador
vs
Ivan

195 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

211 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erivelton Imperador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Ivan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imperador is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ivan.
A combination from Ivan does no damage.

Imperador is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ivan's half guard.
Ivan wants to get back to his feet.
Ivan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Imperador is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ivan sees it coming and defends easily.

Imperador is working for a submission of some sort.

Imperador is working for a kimura but Ivan is defending it quite comfortably.
Ivan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Imperador. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Imperador wants to work for an arm triangle but Ivan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Imperador is looking for a kimura but Ivan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Imperador to get the leverage.
Imperador stops Ivan from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Imperador fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Imperador is breathing heavily.
Imperador showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ivan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivan swinging wildly here.
Ivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Imperador.
Ivan lands with a nice combination. Imperador backs away looking to recover.
Ivan throws a series of punches but Imperador avoids them all with ease.
Ivan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miguel Ivan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ivan misses with the combination.
Ivan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ivan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.
Ivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Imperador circles away quickly and effectively.
Ivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Imperador.
Some wild striking there from Ivan.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ivan leaves Imperador with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ivan duly obliges.
Imperador dodges the punch combination from Ivan.
Ivan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ivan leaves Imperador with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erivelton Imperador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivan throws a series of punches but Imperador moves out of range.
Ivan fails to land with a series of punches.
Ivan throws a right and a left that Imperador avoids nicely.
Ivan misses with a double jab.

Imperador shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ivan is trying to defend but Imperador finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Imperador prevents Ivan from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imperador is pressing down on Ivan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ivan is holding on for now.

Imperador is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Imperador wants to work for an arm triangle but Ivan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Imperador is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Imperador is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ivan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ivan is trying to stand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ivan throws a series of punches but Imperador moves out of range.
Ivan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ivan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ivan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Imperador moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miguel Ivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ivan looks to land a combination but Imperador avoids it well.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Ivan both land. Nice combination.
Ivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ivan looks to land a combination. Imperador sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A punch combination from Ivan misses.

Imperador gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ivan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Imperador is trying to get an arm triangle but Ivan is defending well.

Imperador is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ivan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erivelton Imperador dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Imperador has a takedown stuffed.
Ivan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Imperador avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Ivan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Imperador dodges the punch combination from Ivan.
Miguel Ivan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ivan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.
Ivan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivan is breathing heavily.
A combination from Ivan does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imperador tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ivan swivels and escapes.
Imperador misses with a takedown attempt - Ivan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erivelton Imperador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivan throws a series of strikes that have Imperador backpedaling.
Ivan misses with a wild combination.
Ivan throws a right and a left that Imperador avoids nicely.
Ivan misses with a series of wild punches.
Ivan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ivan swinging wildly here.
Ivan fails to land with a series of punches.
Ivan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Imperador.
Ivan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ivan misses with the combination.
Ivan throws a combination. Imperador tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Imperador shoots in for a takedown but Ivan shows good takedown defense.
Some wild striking there from Ivan.

Imperador closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ivan did well to prevent Imperador getting side control.

Imperador wants to work for an arm triangle but Ivan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Imperador is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ivan defends it well.

Imperador seems to be working for a kimura but Ivan defends the submission attempt.

Imperador seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Imperador 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.

Imperador seems to be looking for submissions.
Imperador is pressing down on Ivan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ivan is holding on for now.

Imperador is trying to work for a kimura but Ivan is defending well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No joy there for Ivan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Imperador circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Ivan misses.
Horrible takedown by Imperador or perhaps it was just good defense by Ivan which made him look bad.
Ivan throws a series of punches but Imperador avoids them all with ease.

Imperador scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Imperador is looking for a kimura here.
Ivan looks like he's trying to stand up.

Imperador is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ivan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Imperador.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Imperador 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Erivelton Imperador will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Ivan stuffs the takedown.
Ivan fails to land with a series of punches.
Ivan misses with a two punch combination.
Ivan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Imperador moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ivan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Imperador shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ivan is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Imperador jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ivan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ivan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Imperador wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ivan, who protects the arm well.

Imperador tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

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

Imperador tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Imperador has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Imperador tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Imperador wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ivan, who protects the arm well.

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

Imperador tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Imperador tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ivan tries to escape but Imperador is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Imperador showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ivan.

Imperador shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Miguel Ivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Erivelton Imperador overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Imperador is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ivan is trying to stand back up but Imperador is controlling him

Imperador seems to be looking for submissions.
Ivan pushes Imperador off looking to stand but Imperador dives back in and keeps control.

Imperador is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ivan is just riding it out for now. Imperador eventually gives up the hold.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ivan can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imperador prevents Ivan from standing back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Ivan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Imperador to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Imperador drops back looking for a leg! Ivan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ivan manages to kick Imperador off! Imperador jumps back into Ivan's guard.
Ivan wants to stand but Imperador is controlling the position.

Imperador drops back looking for a leg! Ivan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ivan manages to kick Imperador off! Imperador jumps back into Ivan's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erivelton Imperador showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Imperador, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erivelton Imperador!