PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Ice Men (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ice Men
vs
Johns

190 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Ice Men!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Johns!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns throws a head kick that misses.

Ice Men rushes Johns and presses him up against the cage.

Ice Men pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ice Men connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ice Men misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johns dives in and grabs Ice Men's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ice Men pushes down on Johns's head and hops out.
Johns shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ice Men tries to clinch but Johns moves out of range.

Johns looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Johns trying to control but Ice Men is working from the bottom.

Ice Men is working an open guard so Johns takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ice Men gets a clinch.

Ice Men breaks from the clinch.
Ice Men tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johns paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Ice Men shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johns will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johns is on top in guard.
Ice Men controls Johns momentarily but Johns frees himself.
Johns trying to control the position from guard on top but Ice Men is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ice Men wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ice Men keeping moving, preventing Johns from controlling successfully.
Ice Men is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ice Men can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Johns controls the pace.
Johns looks gassed!

Johns gets to his feet - Ice Men follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Ice Men circles away.
Good exchange - Ice Men coming out on top.

Ice Men closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Johns did well to prevent Ice Men getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ice Men stands up from half guard.

Ice Men pushes Johns up against the cage in a clinch.
Johns wants to get back to striking at distance but Ice Men won't allow it.

Ice Men breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ice Men shoots and misses

and Johns counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ice Men won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johns tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ice Men regains half guard, as Johns was trying to land strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ice Men trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johns keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Johns stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Ice Men to get to his feet.
Johns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ice Men gets a clinch.

Ice Men breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chuck Ice Men 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.

Johns swats away the attempt to clinch by Ice Men.

Johns tries to keep at a distance but Ice Men has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johns drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ice Men gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johns has Ice Men pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ice Men manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Ice Men breaks from the clinch.
Johns takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ice Men scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Ice Men rushes Johns and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ice Men manages to break the clinch.
Ice Men misses with the combination.
Ice Men connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chuck Ice Men has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johns.

Ice Men closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Johns looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johns is looking for a sweep. Ice Men is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ice Men seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Ice Men is trying to control the action in half guard but Johns is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Johns tries to roll over but Ice Men keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns is trying to stand back up but Ice Men is controlling him
Johns is looking for a sweep. Ice Men is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johns takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johns fails with a takedown attempt.
Ice Men throws out a powerful jab.
Ice Men bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johns throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Ice Men counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ice Men keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice takedown defense from Ice Men. No joy for Johns on that attempt.

Ice Men moves into the clinch successfully.

Ice Men manages to break the clinch.

Ice Men moves into the clinch.

Ice Men escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ice Men moves into the clinch.
Ice Men has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johns stalling.
A shot in the inside from Ice Men.

Johns breaks the clinch.
Ice Men scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ice Men throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ice Men instigates a clinch.
Johns keeps control of Ice Men as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johns tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ice Men just stands there and leans against the cage.

Ice Men breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ice Men throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ice Men misses with a head kick.
Ice Men tries to clinch there but Johns circles away.
Johns has his takedown stuffed

and Ice Men counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ice Men has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Johns is proving hard to escape from.
Johns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Ice Men dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Johns walks into a left hand.
Ice Men dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ice Men will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ice Men lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johns tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ice Men sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johns somewhat.
Ice Men moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ice Men defends it nicely.
Ice Men scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ice Men closes the distance and clinches.
Ice Men prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chuck Ice Men has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johns.

Ice Men escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ice Men has Johns up against the cage in a clinch.

Ice Men lands a takedown into guard.
Johns wants to get back to his feet but Ice Men passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ice Men prevents Johns from improving his position.
Chuck Ice Men overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ice Men trying to control from half guard but Johns is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns is concentrating on defense, preventing Ice Men from advancing position.
Johns scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Ice Men manages to mount him!
Johns regains half guard.
Ice Men trying to control from half guard but Johns is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns wants to improve his position but Ice Men is controlling well.
Ice Men tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Johns.
Johns makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johns.
Ice Men stopping the sweep attempt from Johns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johns is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Johns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Johns wants to get back to his feet but Ice Men is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Ice Men showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ice Men has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Ice Men!