PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ita Ipava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jr Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ita Ipava is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ipava
vs
Wu

184 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ita Ipava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jr Wu!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ipava as he avoids it easily.
Ipava avoids the body shot from Wu.
Ipava misses with a takedown

and Wu counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wu is trying to control. Ipava wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wu wants to control but Ipava is keeping him busy.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Ipava on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ipava tries to get out of the position.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ipava throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wu connects with a nice short shot to Ipava's temple.
Wu blocks the strikes from Ipava.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Wu in particular looking to stall.
Wu blocks the strikes from Ipava.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Wu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Ipava throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Wu not doing much here.
Ipava blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wu.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Wu.
Wu winds up and cracks Ipava with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ipava is looking for a sweep. Wu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ipava flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wu scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Wu.
Wu takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ipava has hold of Wu's hands but Wu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ipava missing with punches from the bottom.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ipava lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Ipava flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wu trying to mount his opponent but Ipava defends it.
Wu missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wu throws a hook to the side of Ipava's head but Ipava sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Wu throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ipava was covering up waiting for the punch and Wu finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wu wants to control from the top but Ipava keeps moving.
Ipava trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ipava manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wu blocking the ground and pound.
Ipava is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ipava has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ipava unloads with some shots from mount but Wu bucks and avoids them well.
Wu can't escape the position.
Ipava punching from mount but Wu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wu tries to lock up and control but Ipava gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wu is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Ipava is staying active.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Ipava there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poor strikes thrown by Ipava there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wu tries to lock up and control but Ipava gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wu holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ipava tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ipava lands a big shot there that rocks Wu but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ipava with the ground and pound from mount.
Ipava is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wu really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wu holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ipava tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ipava raining down shots from the mount!
Ipava unloads with some shots from mount but Wu bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jr Wu dominated that round.
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.

Wu scores with a takedown into Ipava's guard.
Ipava throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wu preventing the sweep.
Ipava throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ipava looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Wu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wu wants to control but Ipava is keeping him busy.
Ipava is trying to get back to full guard.
Ipava lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Wu working the head and body with strikes.
Wu takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ipava punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Wu there.
Ipava manages to get to full guard.
Jr Wu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ipava thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Wu stands up over Ipava, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wu wants to control from the top but Ipava keeps moving.
Ipava throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Ipava looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wu with a nice head shot there.
Ipava striking off his back but it's not causing Wu any problems.
Wu working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ipava's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wu preventing the sweep.
Ipava striking off his back but it's not causing Wu any problems.
Wu is working Ipava over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wu scoring with some ground and pound.
Ipava will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wu trying to control the position from guard on top but Ipava is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ipava trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ipava thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ipava shoots for a double leg takedown but Wu sprawls well. He's pushed Ipava's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Wu darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Wu.
Wu is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Wu there.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Wu passes to side control.
Wu lands some shots froms side control.
Wu is chipping away with strikes.
Wu is looking to take a break and control but Ipava is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wu tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wu working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ipava misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Ipava on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ipava down.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Ipava misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Wu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ipava is looking to reverse the position.
Ipava is not content to let Wu control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ipava tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wu blocks the strikes from Ipava.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ipava gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Wu counters with a shoot takedown. Ipava fights it but they end up in guard.
Wu advances position into side control!
Ipava tries to strike but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jr Wu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wu shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ipava lands with a few short shots to the body.
Wu blocks the strikes from Ipava.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ipava wants to get back to full guard.
Ipava flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Ipava tries to roll over but Wu keeps him under control.
Wu is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wu swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Wu gets a takedown into half guard.
Ipava has hold of Wu's hands but Wu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu wants to control but Ipava is keeping him busy.
Wu slips a nice elbow through Ipava's hands, connecting with Ipava's forehead.
Ipava misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Wu blocks the strikes from Ipava.
Ipava wants to improve his position but Wu is controlling well.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

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

Wu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ipava throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Ipava throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Wu lands a few punches from side control.
Wu trying to control the position but Ipava is working away.
Wu creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ipava is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ipava down.
Ipava throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Wu lands a nice forearm strike.
Ipava is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ipava punching from the bottom.
Ipava tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Wu working over Ipava with some ground and pound. Ipava looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ipava trying to get back to full guard but Wu takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ipava is trying to escape the mount.
Ipava is working hard here to advance position.
Ipava throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wu. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu landing strikes from the mount and Ipava is in trouble!
Ipava swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Wu working Ipava over with strikes here.
Ipava is trying to escape the mount.
Wu controlling from the full mount.
Wu blocks Ipava's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ipava is looking to improve his position but Wu isn't that keen on the idea.
Wu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ipava is looking to escape.
Ipava throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
BOOM! Wu connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ipava keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ipava throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ipava bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ipava postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ipava manages to get himself to full guard.
Wu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ipava's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jr Wu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jr Wu!