PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor A million ankle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palhares's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Three 6 Mafia - It's A Fight . A million ankle has chosen punchout as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Palhares
vs
A million ankle

200 cm
25
265 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

199 cm
21
285 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Knockout power

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucio Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor A million ankle!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares takes a swing at A million ankle's ribcage but misses.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Palhares with that takedown attempt.
Palhares slips a jab from A million ankle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around A million ankle's waist but A million ankle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Palhares off to one side.
A million ankle is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares throws a low kick, looking for A million ankle's leg but A million ankle calmly moves out of range.
A million ankle displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Palhares.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palhares misses with a body shot.
Palhares shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Palhares.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Palhares misses with a wild body shot.
A million ankle avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - A million ankle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A million ankle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palhares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A million ankle is looking to clinch but Palhares is avoiding it.
Palhares looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A million ankle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palhares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Palhares fails with a takedown attempt.
Fedor A million ankle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palhares just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - A million ankle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palhares is looking to wear down A million ankle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A slow jab from A million ankle misses its intended target.
A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palhares.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor A million ankle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A million ankle is looking to clinch but Palhares is avoiding it.
Lucio Palhares is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palhares displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as A million ankle throws out the jab.
Palhares shoots for a takedown but A million ankle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A million ankle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palhares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by A million ankle.

A million ankle instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from A million ankle.
Palhares is trying to drag A million ankle to the mat but A million ankle just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palhares tries to break the clinch but A million ankle is controlling the position.
A million ankle lands a good knee to the midsection. Palhares won't want to take too many of those.
A million ankle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Palhares takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Lucio Palhares has been cut.
A million ankle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A million ankle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A million ankle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Palhares takes an elbow to the temple.
A million ankle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A million ankle working Palhares over with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from A million ankle.
A million ankle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A million ankle scores with a nice hook to the head.
A million ankle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A million ankle lands an elbow that stopped Palhares in his tracks for a moment.

Palhares is rocked!

Lucio Palhares's cut is getting worse.
A million ankle lands an elbow just above Palhares 's eye.
Oh Palhares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A million ankle connects with a knee to the head.
A million ankle lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Palhares to his knees! A million ankle keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor A million ankle!