PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angelus Wales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Vovchanchyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vovchanchyn has chosen Igor as his entrance music. Igor Vovchanchyn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wales
vs
Vovchanchyn

185 cm
22
197 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

173 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelus Wales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Igor Vovchanchyn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wales checks a leg kick.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Vovchanchyn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vovchanchyn ducks under a wild hook from Wales.
Wales tries a low kick but Vovchanchyn avoids it.
Vovchanchyn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vovchanchyn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wales fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wales misses with a double jab.
Wales lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vovchanchyn thows a body shot but no joy.
Vovchanchyn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wales in his tracks.
Vovchanchyn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Vovchanchyn rushes Wales and presses him up against the cage.
Vovchanchyn prevents Wales from breaking the clinch.
Vovchanchyn tries to work over Wales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vovchanchyn misses with a punch to the body.

Wales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Wales breaks from the clinch.
Vovchanchyn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wales looks to clinch
and Vovchanchyn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wales chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wales is looking to slow Vovchanchyn down with leg kicks.
Wales throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vovchanchyn scores with a kick to the body.

Vovchanchyn moves into range and clinches up with Wales.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wales tries to break the clinch but Vovchanchyn is controlling the position.

Wales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wales bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wales tries to clinch up
and Vovchanchyn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vovchanchyn throws a combination. Wales tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Vovchanchyn tries a head kick but it misses.
Wales buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wales tries to clinch up but Vovchanchyn circles away and keeps his distance.
Vovchanchyn throws a front kick aimed at Wales's knee but Wales avoids it well.
Vovchanchyn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wales is looking to clinch.
Vovchanchyn fails to land with a series of punches.
Wales lands a nice shot to the body.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and clinches.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wales rushes Vovchanchyn and presses him up against the cage.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch.

Wales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vovchanchyn should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Vovchanchyn breaks from the clinch.
Vovchanchyn wants to clinch up but Wales keeps it at a distance.

Wales closes the distance and clinches.
Wales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wales.

Vovchanchyn breaks from the clinch.
Wales pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wales cracks Vovchanchyn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vovchanchyn throws a right and a left that Wales avoids nicely.
Vovchanchyn misses with a series of wild punches.
Wales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vovchanchyn scores with a nice head shot.
Vovchanchyn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and clinches.

Vovchanchyn manages to break the clinch.
Wales lands with a cross.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and clinches.
Wales lands with a left to the head.
Vovchanchyn blocks a body shot from Wales.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch.
Vovchanchyn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wales cracks Vovchanchyn with a right hand to the side of the head.

Vovchanchyn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wales, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wales.

Wales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Vovchanchyn drives through and clinches with Wales against the cage.

Wales breaks the clinch.
Vovchanchyn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vovchanchyn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wales slips a jab and a cross from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn throws a lazy right hand but Wales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Wales instigates a clinch.

Wales breaks from the clinch.
Wales throws a right and a left that Vovchanchyn avoids nicely.
Vovchanchyn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wales throws a right and a left that Vovchanchyn avoids nicely.
Wales is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Vovchanchyn drives through and clinches with Wales against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wales - that landed with a thud.

Wales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wales lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vovchanchyn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Vovchanchyn pushes Wales up against the cage in a clinch.
Vovchanchyn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wales has him pressed against the cage.

Wales breaks from the clinch.
Vovchanchyn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vovchanchyn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wales.
Vovchanchyn swings widly with a right hand
and Wales counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vovchanchyn's knee momentarily.
Wales lands a really nice looking cross but Vovchanchyn seems unphased.
Wales tries to close the distance and clinch but Vovchanchyn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wales throws a right and a left that Vovchanchyn avoids nicely.
Wales fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vovchanchyn checks it well.
Wales closes the distance looking to clinch

and Vovchanchyn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vovchanchyn breaks from the clinch.
Vovchanchyn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wales smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vovchanchyn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wales checks it well.
Nice uppercut there from Wales.
Vovchanchyn takes one to the side of the head.
Vovchanchyn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vovchanchyn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wales lands a head shot.
Vovchanchyn tries to bum rush Wales with a series of wild strikes but Wales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vovchanchyn tries to close the distance and clinch but Wales swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Vovchanchyn has Wales up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vovchanchyn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wales misses with a body punch.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch.
Vovchanchyn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vovchanchyn lands with an overhand left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wales.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vovchanchyn tries to clinch up
and Wales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wales works the jab nicely.
Vovchanchyn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wales.
Wales moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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 Angelus Wales will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wales dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vovchanchyn. That did some damage!
Vovchanchyn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vovchanchyn scores with a decent looking hook.

Vovchanchyn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Vovchanchyn breaks from the clinch.
Wales falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vovchanchyn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wales listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wales scores with a jab to the head.
Vovchanchyn misses with a wild combination.
Vovchanchyn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wales darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wales looks to score with a jab to the body but Vovchanchyn is just out of range.
Vovchanchyn stalks Wales and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wales's face. Wales staggers backwards, shaken.
Wales throws a series of punches but Vovchanchyn avoids them all with ease.
Vovchanchyn scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vovchanchyn scores with a leg kick.
Wales cracks Vovchanchyn with an open hand slap.
Angelus Wales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vovchanchyn misses with a combination
and Wales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vovchanchyn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wales slips under a jab.
Wales chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vovchanchyn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vovchanchyn misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vovchanchyn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wales is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vovchanchyn.

Vovchanchyn moves into the clinch.
Vovchanchyn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vovchanchyn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wales backwards.

Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch.
Wales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vovchanchyn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wales lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Vovchanchyn backs up against the cage.

Vovchanchyn is rocked!
Wales throws out a powerful jab.
Vovchanchyn is still on wobbly legs! Can Wales finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Vovchanchyn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Angelus Wales is winning the standup battle so far.
Vovchanchyn misses the shot to the body.
Wales misses with a double jab.
Wales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick from Vovchanchyn is predictable there
and Wales counters with a two punch combo.
Vovchanchyn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wales counters with a stiff right hand.
Vovchanchyn throws an off balance right hand
and Wales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vovchanchyn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wales drops Vovchanchyn with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Vovchanchyn! Wales dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelus Wales!