PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Ivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Magalhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magalhaes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny Cash - Aint no Grave kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ivan
vs
Magalhaes

190 cm
21
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Determined

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Ivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Magalhaes!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magalhaes slips a jab from Ivan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ivan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ivan tests Magalhaes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ivan doesn't manage to clinch there - Magalhaes circles away.

Magalhaes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Magalhaes prevents Ivan from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Magalhaes seems content to control.

Magalhaes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ivan sees it coming and defends easily.

Magalhaes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Magalhaes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ivan sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivan tries to get to full guard but Magalhaes has control of the leg.
Magalhaes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Magalhaes passes the guard and advances to mount!

Magalhaes working for a submission but Ivan is keeping him at bay.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magalhaes controlling his opponent.
Ivan regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magalhaes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ivan sees it coming and defends easily.
Ivan tries to roll over but Magalhaes keeps him under control.

Magalhaes is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ivan is looking to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Magalhaes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Magalhaes is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ivan is just riding it out for now. Magalhaes eventually gives up the hold.
Ivan is looking to improve his position.
Ivan is trying to maintain the position but Magalhaes is very close to passing his half guard.
Ivan gets full guard.

Ivan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Magalhaes defends well.
Magalhaes advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivan struggling a bit here.
Ivan being controlled for a moment.
Ivan tries to bench press Magalhaes off him but Magalhaes keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Magalhaes swings around for an armbar but Ivan sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Magalhaes's guard.
Ivan trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Magalhaes manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Magalhaes forces his way into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ivan trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Magalhaes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ivan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Magalhaes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Magalhaes trying to control the position from guard on top but Ivan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ivan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Magalhaes has gone for a leg lock! Ivan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Magalhaes's guard.
Ivan advances position into side control!
Magalhaes tries to buck Ivan off but Ivan is having none of it.

Ivan swings around for an armbar but Magalhaes sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Ivan's guard.
Ivan wants to improve his position but instead Magalhaes has moved into half guard.

Magalhaes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magalhaes controlling the action here.
Ivan wants to get back to full guard.
Magalhaes trying to control the action but Ivan is working from the bottom.
Ivan wants to improve his position but Magalhaes is controlling well.
Magalhaes not doing much here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Ivan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Magalhaes pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magalhaes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ivan is refusing to be controlled, as Magalhaes sits in half guard.

Magalhaes is working for a submission of some sort.
Magalhaes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ivan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ivan wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magalhaes is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Magalhaes controlling from mount.
Magalhaes throwing strikes here but Ivan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ivan can't escape the position.
Ivan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ivan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Magalhaes looking to ground and pound but Ivan is blocking nicely.

Magalhaes has isolated one of Ivan's arms. Ivan looking to fight him off but Magalhaes twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vinicius Magalhaes!