PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Tar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Ivanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tar comes to the cage accompanied by I Come From A Land Down Under. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tar
vs
Ivanovich

213 cm
26
280 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
263 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

[JMFC] 160!

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Tar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Ivanovich!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovich throws a left and a right that both miss

and Tar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ivanovich is in trouble now - Tar has advanced to mount!
Tar pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Tar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Tar is working for a guillotine from mount but Ivanovich frees his head quite easily.

Tar working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Tar looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Tar is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ivanovich can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tar looking to secure an arm triangle but Ivanovich defends it well.

Tar working for a submission but Ivanovich is keeping him at bay.

Tar looking for a guillotine from mount but Ivanovich is having none of it.

Tar looking to secure an arm triangle but Ivanovich defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tar looking for a guillotine from mount but Ivanovich is having none of it.
Tar wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

Tar is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ivanovich has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ivanovich!
Tar looking for a sweep. Not yet Tar, not yet.
Ivanovich must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tar is working hard here to advance position.

Ivanovich is posturing up here but Tar has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Ivanovich tries to roll out but it's too tight and Ivanovich has to tap! Slick submission there by Tar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Tar!