PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mr wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Muchacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

wonderful
vs
Muchacho

186 cm
26
217 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

212 cm
25
219 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

5th Round

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mr wonderful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Muchacho!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.

wonderful has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho tries to land knees in the clinch but wonderful avoids the damage to the body.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Muchacho tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. wonderful smiles and moves away.

wonderful gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Muchacho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
wonderful with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ivan Muchacho has been cut.
A hook to the body from Muchacho.
A nice left hand lands by Muchacho.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muchacho.
Muchacho is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Muchacho working aggressively here.
Muchacho blocking some punches.
Muchacho blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from wonderful - that landed with a thud.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
Muchacho swings wildly with an uppercut but wonderful uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muchacho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muchacho.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
wonderful can't break the clinch.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by wonderful as Muchacho tries to tie him up.
wonderful is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muchacho is defending well for now.
Muchacho digs a right hand underneath wonderful's ribcage. wonderful let out a lung full of air as it connected.
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho avoids the elbow strike from wonderful, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
wonderful pushes off an throws an elbow but Muchacho leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Muchacho effectively controlling the action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Muchacho.
wonderful tries a body shot but Muchacho blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Muchacho.
wonderful is breathing heavily.
Muchacho cracks wonderful with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Muchacho as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Muchacho as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muchacho gets through wonderful's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho lands a body shot in the clinch.
Muchacho lands a shoulder strike.
Muchacho lands a shoulder strike.
Muchacho looking to slow down the pace here.
wonderful takes a shot to the head.
Muchacho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Muchacho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Muchacho lands a shot to the body.
Muchacho stalls.
The crowd are getting on Muchacho's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muchacho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho pushes wonderful back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Muchacho.
A hook to the body from Muchacho.
A body shot lands from Muchacho.
Muchacho stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
Muchacho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt wonderful or not.
Muchacho lands a body shot.
Muchacho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt wonderful or not.
Muchacho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Muchacho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muchacho.
Muchacho lands a nice shot to the body.
Muchacho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Muchacho lands with a light punch inside.
Muchacho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Muchacho.
Muchacho cracks wonderful with a nice body shot.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
Muchacho lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Muchacho.
Muchacho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but wonderful has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Muchacho prevents wonderful from breaking the clinch.
Muchacho stalling.
Muchacho throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Muchacho.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
Muchacho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Muchacho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Muchacho uses good head movement to avoid it.
wonderful being controlled against the ropes.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muchacho is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
Muchacho works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Muchacho cracks wonderful with a nice body shot.
Muchacho throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
wonderful wants to break free but Muchacho has control.
Muchacho gets through wonderful's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
A left hand lands to the body for Muchacho.
wonderful with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Muchacho.
Muchacho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Muchacho misses with a knee to the head.
Muchacho is struggling to control the position.
Muchacho working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Muchacho decides to pull guard.
wonderful has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Muchacho controlling wonderful's posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Muchacho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
wonderful is fighting to break Muchacho's control of his arms but Muchacho is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Muchacho is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Muchacho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Muchacho's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Muchacho shoots in and drives through. wonderful sprawls well.
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.

wonderful rushes Muchacho and presses him up against the ropes.
Muchacho scores with a shot to the side of wonderful's head.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ivan Muchacho seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by wonderful.
Muchacho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Muchacho has a couple of punches blocked by wonderful.
Muchacho pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Muchacho can't find room to land a body shot as wonderful controls the action.

Muchacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wonderful misses with a kick to the body.
Muchacho shoots in for a takedown but wonderful shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Muchacho tries to score a power double leg takedown but wonderful sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Muchacho somewhat.
mr wonderful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Muchacho.
Muchacho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
wonderful moves in looking to clinch but Muchacho pushes him off.
Muchacho is breathing heavily.

wonderful closes the distance and pushes Muchacho back into the ropes.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muchacho blocks an uppercut.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
wonderful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
Muchacho blocks an elbow strike.
Muchacho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Muchacho tries to stall but wonderful uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Muchacho.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muchacho's defenses.
Muchacho blocking some punches.
Muchacho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Muchacho - that landed with a thud.
Muchacho lands a left hand.
wonderful pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Muchacho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Muchacho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Muchacho digs a right hand into wonderful's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on wonderful's gas tank.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
Muchacho is looking to control wonderful's arms but wonderful gets an underhook and turns him. Now Muchacho has his back to the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Muchacho as the two fighters clinch.
Muchacho misses with a punch to the body.
wonderful looks to throw an elbow but misses.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
mr wonderful is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
wonderful scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
wonderful doesn't manage to clinch there - Muchacho circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wonderful fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muchacho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but wonderful avoids it really well and circles away.
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muchacho circles away from the clinch attempt.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Muchacho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivan Muchacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muchacho misses with a takedown attempt - wonderful sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Muchacho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. wonderful defends it nicely.

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
wonderful misses with the head strike.

Muchacho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

wonderful clinches up against the ropes.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Muchacho.
wonderful lands with a light punch inside.
Muchacho pushes wonderful back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
wonderful fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muchacho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful pushes Muchacho back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Muchacho as the two fighters clinch.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muchacho works on wonderful's body with a couple of short punches.
Muchacho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Muchacho scores with a nice short uppercut.
wonderful blocks an elbow strike from Muchacho.
Muchacho lands a hook to the side of the head.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
Muchacho putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has wonderful in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Muchacho on the inside.
Muchacho lands a left hand.
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muchacho lands a right hand that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Muchacho lands a nice shot to the body.
Muchacho works on wonderful's body with a couple of short punches.
Muchacho works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Muchacho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Muchacho lands a nice knee to the body.
Muchacho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Muchacho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Muchacho drives through with a takedown into guard.
Muchacho tries to stand but wonderful is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful is pulling down on Muchacho's head. It's preventing any offense from Muchacho, at least for the moment.

Muchacho stands up and waves to wonderful to follow him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
wonderful throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muchacho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from wonderful.
Muchacho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says wonderful as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Muchacho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ivan Muchacho's cut.
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!

Muchacho has a takedown stuffed.
Muchacho keeps the fight on the outside.
wonderful rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muchacho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
wonderful tries to clinch but Muchacho moves out of range.
wonderful explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

wonderful clinches up against the ropes.
A short right from wonderful.
Muchacho throws a head punch that misses.
wonderful misses with some punches.
wonderful goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
wonderful misses with a punch to the body.
wonderful misses with an elbow strike.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wonderful keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
wonderful misses with some punches.
Muchacho takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muchacho.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Muchacho swings wildly with an uppercut but wonderful uses good head movement to avoid it.
wonderful misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muchacho misses with a body punch.
Muchacho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of wonderfuls head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful pushes Muchacho back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Muchacho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
wonderful throws an elbow but it misses.
wonderful makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Muchacho avoids a wild elbow strike from wonderful.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
wonderful lands an uppercut.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Muchacho.
Muchacho lands an elbow just above wonderful 's eye.
Muchacho can't get the takedown.
mr wonderful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Muchacho.
wonderful lands on the inside with an uppercut.

wonderful escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

wonderful clinches up against the ropes.
wonderful throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
wonderful throws a knee to the head but misses.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
wonderful throws a leg kick which misses Muchacho's front leg but catches the back leg as Muchacho tries to avoid it.
Muchacho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
wonderful fails in his attempt to clinch.
wonderful wants to clinch.
wonderful thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muchacho swats away the attempt to clinch by wonderful.
wonderful leaves Muchacho with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
wonderful thows a body shot but no joy.
Muchacho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? wonderful is fending him off so far but Muchacho persists. Nope, wonderful circles away and we're back to standing.
Muchacho looks for a takedown but wonderful sprawls well.
mr wonderful is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
wonderful wants to clinch up but Muchacho keeps it at a distance.
Muchacho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has wonderful pinned against the cage. wonderful gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Muchacho tries for a takedown but wonderful sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Muchacho shoots for a takedown but wonderful saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
wonderful throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

wonderful has managed to clinch.
wonderful blocking some punches.
Muchacho misses with a knee to the head.
Ivan Muchacho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
wonderful lands an elbow inside that Muchacho shrugs off.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful lands an uppercut.
wonderful misses with a body punch.
Muchacho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
wonderful gets through Muchacho's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
mr wonderful has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muchacho dodges an elbow strike from wonderful.

Muchacho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muchacho shoots in for a takedown but wonderful shows good takedown defense.
Muchacho shoots for a takedown but wonderful saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - wonderful looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muchacho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from wonderful.
wonderful is looking to clinch.
Muchacho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

wonderful moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muchacho.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
wonderful working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muchacho working aggressively here.
Muchacho is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
Muchacho keeps control of wonderful as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
wonderful misses with an elbow strike.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
wonderful throws an elbow but it misses.
wonderful has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Muchacho blocks an uppercut.
wonderful lands a left hand that snaps the head of Muchacho backwards.
wonderful working aggressively here.
Muchacho tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and wonderful avoids it.
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Muchacho drops to a knee looking for a takedown but wonderful gets the underhooks and prevents it.
wonderful is looking to break free of the clinch but Muchacho has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muchacho dodges an elbow strike from wonderful.
Muchacho blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muchacho.

Muchacho breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
mr wonderful showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Muchacho has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Muchacho!