PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hopelite Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibrahimovic's entrance music is Mind Heist. A fine choice. Thunder has chosen Wiz Khalifa- Black And Yellow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ibrahimovic
vs
Thunder

190 cm
25
167 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
25
159 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Ibrahimovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hopelite Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thunder gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ibrahimovic counters with a low kick, right behind Thunder 's knee.
Thunder misses with a body shot
and Ibrahimovic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thunder with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ibrahimovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ibrahimovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head.
Thunder misses with some punches.
Thunder wants a takedown but no success here.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hopelite Thunder.
Ibrahimovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Ibrahimovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Hopelite Thunder has been cut.
Ibrahimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder looking for a takedown.
Ibrahimovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic scores with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic gets underhooks to prevent Thunder's takedown attempt.
Ibrahimovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ibrahimovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Thunder won't want to take too many of those.
Ibrahimovic stops a takedown attempt from Thunder.
Thunder has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ibrahimovic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ibrahimovic scores with a hook to the body.
Thunder looks gassed!
Ibrahimovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thunder is trying to break the clinch but Ibrahimovic has him pressed against the cage.
Ibrahimovic is pressed up against the cage. Thunder has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ibrahimovic down to the mat. Ibrahimovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ibrahimovic clinches with his opponent.
Ibrahimovic has Thunder pressed against the cage.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!

Thunder is rocked!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ibrahimovic.
Thunder wants a takedown but no success here.
Ibrahimovic stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ibrahimovic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ibrahimovic has Thunder pushed against the cage.
Ibrahimovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ibrahimovic.
Thunder is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ibrahimovic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thunder looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ibrahimovic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ibrahimovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Thunder won't want to take too many of those.
Ibrahimovic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thunder up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ibrahimovic gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandar Ibrahimovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hopelite Thunder's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A cross from Ibrahimovic lands.
Thunder chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ibrahimovic can pounce on him.
Thunder fails with the takedown
and Ibrahimovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thunder shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ibrahimovic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Ibrahimovic closes the distance and pushes Thunder back into the cage.
Ibrahimovic scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic is pressed up against the cage. Thunder has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ibrahimovic down to the mat. Ibrahimovic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hopelite Thunder.
Thunder is breathing heavily.

Ibrahimovic gets a clinch.
Ibrahimovic is struggling to control the position.
Ibrahimovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ibrahimovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic throws an elbow that misses.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic connects with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic just leaning against Thunder, taking a breather.
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thunder is still on wobbly legs! Can Ibrahimovic finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Ibrahimovic with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thunder's efforts to push away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibrahimovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Thunder wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thunder seems to have recovered his senses.
Ibrahimovic's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thunder lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thunder tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ibrahimovic with a knee to the head.
Thunder looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from Ibrahimovic.
A knee to the head by Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Ibrahimovic.
Thunder takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ibrahimovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ibrahimovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ibrahimovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Ibrahimovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thunder is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ibrahimovic is keeping busy.
Thunder wants to take the fight to the mat but Ibrahimovic manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ibrahimovic pressing his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandar Ibrahimovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hopelite Thunder's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ibrahimovic lands a nice looking body shot.
Ibrahimovic throws a combination. Thunder tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ibrahimovic misses with a wild combination.
Thunder with a poor takedown
and Ibrahimovic counters with a good, hard body kick but Thunder shrugs it off.
Thunder tries for a takedown but Ibrahimovic circles away easily
and Ibrahimovic counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Ibrahimovic takes the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ibrahimovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thunder takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Ibrahimovic slows down the pace here.
Ibrahimovic lands a nice shot to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic lands with a right to the head.
Ibrahimovic stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thunder being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aleksandar Ibrahimovic.
Thunder with a poor takedown
and Ibrahimovic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hopelite Thunder.
Ibrahimovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thunder at a distance.
Thunder with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ibrahimovic counters with a nice body shot.
Ibrahimovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thunder takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ibrahimovic.
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder misses with a takedown
and Ibrahimovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ibrahimovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thunder can do to turn this around?
Ibrahimovic digs a good body shot into Thunder's ribs.
Ibrahimovic jabs Thunder to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Thunder gets tackled into the cage by Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic maintains the clinch.
Thunder is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ibrahimovic is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Thunder.
Ibrahimovic just leaning against Thunder, taking a breather.
Thunder is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ibrahimovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic connects with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic crunches a lovely knee into Thunder's ribcage.
Ibrahimovic lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibrahimovic lands a knee to the body.
Ibrahimovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thunder's face.
Ibrahimovic connects with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Ibrahimovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hopelite Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ibrahimovic landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ibrahimovic 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandar Ibrahimovic!
Aleksandar Ibrahimovic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.