PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Illianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bael Adonael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Illianenko comes to the cage accompanied by Only God Can Judge Me. This should be fireworks!

Illianenko
vs
Adonael

195 cm
28
245 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

194 cm
29
270 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Illianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bael Adonael !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Illianenko throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Illianenko takes a kick to the side of the head.
No joy there for Illianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Adonael .
Adonael throws a head kick that misses.
Illianenko misses with a double jab
and Adonael counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Illianenko is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Illianenko scores with a three punch combo!
Illianenko looks to land a body kick but Adonael moved away.
Illianenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Illianenko blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Illianenko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Adonael throws the left hand but Illianenko avoids the punch easily.
Adonael explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Adonael moves into the clinch.
Illianenko blocks an elbow strike.
Adonael throws an elbow but it misses.
Adonael working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Illianenko.
Illianenko avoids the elbow strike from Adonael , against the cage.
Adonael pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Adonael pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Illianenko.
Illianenko has Adonael pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Adonael manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Illianenko fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Illianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Illianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adonael misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Illianenko misses with a two punch combination.
Illianenko throws a series of strikes that have Adonael backpedaling.
Illianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adonael throws a sloppy head kick and Illianenko moves out of range easily.
Illianenko jabs Adonael to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Illianenko misses with a wild combination.
Adonael uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Illianenko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Illianenko.
Adonael scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Adonael .
Illianenko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Illianenko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Adonael if he has to take too many more of those.
Illianenko throws a body kick that misses.
Ivan Illianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Illianenko misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adonael has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adonael there as he acknowledges the shot.
Adonael takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Illianenko throws a leg kick but Adonael moved away.
Illianenko looks for the body kick but Adonael saw that one coming.
Adonael checks the leg kick nicely there.
Adonael throws a head kick but Illianenko moves out of range.
Adonael takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Illianenko throws a body punch but Adonael moves out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Adonael backs up against the cage.
Some bone on bone action there as Adonael checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Illianenko lands a jab.
Adonael waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Illianenko.
Adonael fails with an attempt to clinch.
Illianenko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Illianenko closes this distance looking for a takedown but Adonael circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Illianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Illianenko avoids a kick to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Adonael slips a jab and a cross from Illianenko.
Left hook, right uppercut from Illianenko.
Illianenko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Illianenko misses with the combination.
No joy there for Illianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Illianenko throws a push kick but Adonael slaps the foot to one side.
Illianenko is working the combinations to good effect here.
A leg kick checked by Illianenko.
Adonael tries a head kick but it misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Adonael takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Illianenko is looking to wear down Adonael with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Illianenko thows a leg kick but Adonael checks it
and Adonael finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Illianenko delivers a nice body kick.
Illianenko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Illianenko misses with the combination.
Illianenko looks to land a combination but Adonael avoids it well.

Illianenko drives through with a takedown into Adonael 's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Adonael is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Adonael looking for a sweep. Not yet Adonael , not yet.
Illianenko's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Adonael trying to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Illianenko wants to control from the top but Adonael keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd cheers as Illianenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adonael doesn't seem phased though.
Adonael tries to move into range but Illianenko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Adonael avoids a kick to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Adonael has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adonael there as he acknowledges the shot.

Illianenko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adonael , pushing him back against the cage.

Illianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adonael on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Illianenko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adonael doesn't seem bothered though.

Illianenko dives in and scores a takedown into Adonael 's guard.
Adonael looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adonael is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Adonael looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Illianenko wants to pass the guard but Adonael is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Illianenko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Illianenko lands a two punch combo.
Illianenko throws a hook but Adonael avoids it easily.
Adonael tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Illianenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Illianenko misses with a two punch combination.
Nice body punch from Adonael .
Adonael pushes Illianenko away with a front kick.
Adonael lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adonael avoids a kick to the body.
Illianenko shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Adonael but Adonael pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Adonael has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Illianenko clinches up against the cage.
Adonael gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ivan Illianenko has been cut.
Adonael pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Adonael .
Adonael pushes off an throws an elbow but Illianenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Illianenko lands with a right to the head.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adonael lands a head kick. Illianenko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Adonael does no damage.
Bael Adonael is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Illianenko shoots in for a takedown but Adonael shows good takedown defense.
Adonael showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Illianenko.
Illianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adonael looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Illianenko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko misses with a combination
and Adonael counters with a head kick. That will keep Illianenko thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Illianenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adonael throws a head kick but Illianenko moves out of range.
Illianenko punishes Adonael 's body with a nice straight punch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Illianenko here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Illianenko tried to score with a low kick but Adonael checks it.
Adonael on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Illianenko. Illianenko obviously looking to wear him down.
Adonael is breathing heavily.
Adonael checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko tries to land a front kick but Adonael steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Illianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Adonael .
Illianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Illianenko throws a wild body kick that Adonael sees coming a mile off.
Illianenko misses with a looping right.
Adonael misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adonael tries to land a leg kick but Illianenko saw it coming and moves away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Adonael misses its intended target.
Illianenko lands a body shot.
Illianenko blocks a head kick by Adonael .
Illianenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Illianenko throws a right hand that misses
enabling Adonael to counter with a crisp jab.
Ivan Illianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adonael misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Illianenko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Adonael if he has to take too many more of those.
Illianenko throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko swinging wildly here.
Illianenko scores with a punch to the head.
Illianenko connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Illianenko punishes Adonael 's body with a nice straight punch.

Illianenko clinches.
Illianenko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Illianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Illianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Illianenko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bael Adonael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko cracks Adonael with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Illianenko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Illianenko connects with an inside leg kick.

Illianenko clinches with his opponent.
Illianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Illianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adonael 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Illianenko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ivan Illianenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Illianenko scores with a punch to the head.
Adonael throws an off balance right hand

and Illianenko counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Adonael !

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Illianenko with a couple of short strikes.

Illianenko looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Illianenko tries to control but Adonael wriggling away.
Illianenko controlling his opponent.
Illianenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ivan Illianenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Illianenko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Illianenko trying to control but Adonael is having none of it.
Illianenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Illianenko trying to control but Adonael is having none of it.
Illianenko controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Illianenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Adonael is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Illianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Illianenko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ivan Illianenko!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Ivan Illianenko!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Ivan Illianenko!

Ivan Illianenko wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Ivan Illianenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.