PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrik Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart comes to the cage accompanied by headstrong. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hart
vs
Ivanov

225 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
24
204 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jared Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrik Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch up but Hart circles away and keeps his distance.
Hart throws a series of punches but Ivanov avoids them all with ease.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Adrik Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart swinging wildly here.
A combination from Hart does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ivanov circles away quickly and effectively.
Hart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Ivanov dodges the punch combination from Hart.
Hart really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ivanov wants to clinch.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ivanov tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart keeps the fight on the outside.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Ivanov tries to clinch up but Hart circles away and keeps his distance.
Ivanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hart keeps the fight on the outside.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Hart throws a series of punches but Ivanov moves out of range.
Hart misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Hart misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That round was too close to call.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ivanov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hart keeps the fight on the outside.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ivanov in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanov.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hart throws a right hand that Ivanov ducks under and follows up with a left that Ivanov also avoids with ease.

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.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Hart throws a series of punches but Ivanov moves out of range.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Hart tries to bum rush Ivanov with a series of wild strikes but Ivanov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ivanov slips a jab and a cross from Hart.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Ivanov is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jared Hart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ivanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hart.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A very close round there. Could go either way on the judges scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ivanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.
Hart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanov fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Hart keeps the fight on the outside.
Jared Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov wants to clinch.
Hart keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanov wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hart throws a nice looking combination but Ivanov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanov.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ivanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ivanov fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That round was too close to call.
Well Ivanov 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:30

The fight is ruled a draw!