PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Ivanovits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivanovits comes to the cage accompanied by The Odorants - This Night. The crowd seem to be enjoying Edwards's choice of entrance music: Like a surgeon. Blake Edwards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ivanovits
vs
Edwards

220 cm
29
277 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

192 cm
26
235 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

M/S Paint Fightwear

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergei Ivanovits!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovits jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ivanovits swings for the body but Edwards moves out of range.
Edwards takes a swing at Ivanovits's ribcage but misses.
Edwards changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edwards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ivanovits lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Edwards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ivanovits.
Ivanovits takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Ivanovits circles away and keeps his distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Edwards, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivanovits misses with a body kick.
Edwards punishes Ivanovits's body with a nice straight punch.
Ivanovits is breathing heavily.
Edwards scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Sergei Ivanovits has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Edwards.

Edwards closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ivanovits quickly recovers to half guard.

Edwards seems to be working for a kimura but Ivanovits defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanovits keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Edwards winds up and cracks Ivanovits with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ivanovits is trying to get back to full guard.
Edwards is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edwards is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Sergei Ivanovits's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Edwards moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ivanovits has worked his arm free - good work by Ivanovits!
You can see the frustration on Ivanovits's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Edwards lands a few punches from side control.
Edwards in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Edwards with the ground and pound but Ivanovits regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Edwards is keen to just control but Ivanovits is a slippery customer.
Edwards prevents Ivanovits from improving his position.
Ivanovits avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Edwards.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Edwards.
Edwards is trying to control. Ivanovits wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Edwards keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Edwards thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ivanovits's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, if Edwards 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.
Edwards has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Edwards sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ivanovits defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blake Edwards dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergei Ivanovits's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Edwards clinches.
Edwards tries to score a body lock takedown but Ivanovits shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ivanovits letting Edwards take a breather here.
Edwards lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ivanovits can't find room to land a body shot as Edwards controls the action.
Edwards lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Sergei Ivanovits's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Edwards lands an elbow inside.
Ivanovits tries to land knees in the clinch but Edwards avoids the damage to the body.
Edwards lands with a right to the head.
Ivanovits being controlled against the cage.
Edwards pushes off an throws an elbow but Ivanovits leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Edwards on the inside.
Ivanovits wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Edwards lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ivanovits fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edwards.
Ivanovits misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivanovits.
Ivanovits lands a left hand.
Edwards lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ivanovits tries to work over Edwards's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivanovits is trying to break the clinch but Edwards is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Edwards throws an elbow but misses.
Ivanovits utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edwards is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ivanovits pushes Edwards back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Edwards.
Ivanovits pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Edwards trying to control the position but instead, Ivanovits has worked for underhooks and has pushed Edwards into the cage.
Edwards creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is trying to maintain a safe position but Ivanovits gets an underhook and turns Edwards into the cage.
Ivanovits looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Edwards.

Jeez, Sergei Ivanovits's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Edwards being controlled against the cage.
Edwards stalling in the clinch but Ivanovits improves position.
Ivanovits is trying to maintain a safe position but Edwards gets an underhook and turns Ivanovits into the cage.
Edwards creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Edwards looking to slow down the pace here.
Ivanovits throws a head punch that misses.
Ivanovits misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits prevents the takedown attempt.
Edwards lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sergei Ivanovits's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Blake Edwards!
After winning the bout, Blake Edwards thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.