PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aleksey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Gimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Aleksey Ivanov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aleksey Ivanov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ivanov
vs
Gimenez

180 cm
25
173 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

183 cm
29
170 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksey Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caio Gimenez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gimenez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ivanov misses the jab.
Ivanov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ivanov dodges the punch combination from Gimenez.
Ivanov throws out a powerful jab.
Gimenez throws a head kick that misses.
Gimenez avoids the body shot from Ivanov.
Ivanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanov lands a right hook to the body.
Gimenez throws a head kick that misses
and Ivanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Gimenez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ivanov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ivanov looking for a sweep but Gimenez has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Ivanov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimenez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gimenez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gimenez unloading with bombs!
Gimenez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gimenez breaks from Ivanov's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ivanov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ivanov tries to hold on but Gimenez postures up.
A nice elbow there by Gimenez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivanov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gimenez working Ivanov over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez thowing shots but they're missing.
Gimenez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gimenez unloads with some shots from mount but Ivanov bucks and avoids them well.
Gimenez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ivanov because Gimenez loaded up on that one.
Ivanov wants to hold on but Gimenez pushes him away.
Ivanov manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Gimenez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ivanov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ivanov is trying is best to control the position here.
Ivanov is pressing down on Gimenez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ivanov is adopting a defensive guard.
Ivanov manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gimenez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ivanov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ivanov tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gimenez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ivanov performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gimenez is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez missing with punches from the bottom.
Ivanov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ivanov drops an elbow to the side of Gimenez's head.
Ivanov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ivanov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gimenez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivanov is trying to control. Gimenez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gimenez taking some punishment here, with Ivanov in his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ivanov winds up and cracks Gimenez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aleksey Ivanov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gimenez misses with a series of wild punches.
Ivanov jabs at Gimenez's body.
Ivanov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gimenez has time to react.
Gimenez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Caio Gimenez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ivanov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ivanov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ivanov stands up over Gimenez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gimenez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gimenez can't keep his opponent in guard - Ivanov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Well, if Ivanov is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gimenez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ivanov connects with a couple of short punches.
Ivanov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ivanov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ivanov advances position into side control!
Ivanov landing strikes.
Gimenez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ivanov landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ivanov is trying to get an arm triangle but Gimenez is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ivanov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gimenez, who protects the arm well.
Ivanov landing strikes.
Gimenez is looking for a sweep.
Ivanov scores with punches from side control.
Ivanov landing a few strikes.
Ivanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gimenez taking a bit of punishment here - Ivanov scoring with strikes.
Ivanov works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez struggling a bit here.
Gimenez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ivanov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gimenez hang on?
Aleksey Ivanov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ivanov lands a big shot there that rocks Gimenez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ivanov lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Gimenez is rocked!
Ivanov raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gimenez is still in real trouble! Can Ivanov finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivanov connects with a bit shot that sees Gimenez covering up! More strikes from Ivanov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ivanov is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksey Ivanov!
A very excited looking Aleksey Ivanov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.