PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bob lighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ivan Ivanov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ivanov
vs
lighty

185 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, bob lighty!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but lighty manages to avoid it.

Ivanov pushes lighty up against the cage in a clinch.
Ivanov tries to land knees in the clinch but lighty avoids the damage to the body.
Ivanov misses with a knee strike.
Ivanov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but lighty blocks it with crossed arms.

Ivanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
lighty avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanov fails in his attempt to clinch.

lighty scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
lighty wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ivanov keeps working.
lighty should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ivanov is looking to regain half guard here but lighty keeps moving and retains side control.

lighty swings around for an armbar but Ivanov sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into lighty's guard.
Ivanov trying to stand up but can't free himself from lighty's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lighty looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ivanov is one step ahead there.
lighty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
lighty is thwarting Ivanov's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
lighty wants to pass to mount but Ivanov is defending the position.
lighty prevents Ivanov from improving his position.
lighty stops Ivanov from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ivanov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of lighty's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take lighty's back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Ivanov's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
lighty trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
lighty turns into Ivanov and is now in his guard.
Ivanov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
lighty looks gassed!
Ivanov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ivanov throwing shots but lighty is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
lighty is trying to control but can't.

Ivanov seems to be working for a kimura but lighty defends the submission attempt.
Ivanov wants to lay and pray for a moment but lighty keeps working.

lighty kicks off Ivanov and gets to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ivanov tries to close the distance and clinch but lighty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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 Ivan Ivanov will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ivanov misses with a takedown

so lighty counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

It looks like bob lighty has been cut.
Ivanov wants to sweep here but lighty controlling him for the moment.
Ivanov is working hard here to advance position.
lighty won't allow Ivanov to get back to his feet.

lighty is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ivanov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov wants to stand up but lighty is controlling him.

Ivanov is looking for a triangle here but lighty uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ivanov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for lighty on the ground.
lighty trying to control the action but Ivanov is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
lighty fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ivanov looks to land a combination but lighty avoids it well.
Ivanov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivanov throws a series of punches but lighty moves out of range.
lighty avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
lighty blocks the body kick.

lighty decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
lighty works his way into full mount!
lighty controlling from mount.
Ivanov reaches up to try and control the position but lighty seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Ivanov rolls and tries to escape and now lighty has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

lighty looking for the RNC.
Ivanov turns into lighty and is now in his guard.

lighty has his foot on Ivanov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivanov works his way back into a safe position though.
bob lighty has got the better of the ground game so far.

lighty has his foot on Ivanov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivanov works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ivanov drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and lighty dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lighty trying to control but Ivanov is working from the bottom.
lighty is fighting to break Ivanov's control of his arms but Ivanov is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
lighty passes Ivanov's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ivanov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanov looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

bob lighty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on bob lighty's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ivanov rushes lighty and presses him up against the cage.
lighty is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ivanov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ivanov taking a breather.
Ivanov tries to land a knee to the head but lighty blocks with his arms.
Ivanov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. lighty avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Ivanov is trying to trip lighty. He has hold of a leg but lighty is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ivanov persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ivanov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ivanov trying to control the position from guard on top but lighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ivanov would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
lighty has his hands on Ivanov's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lighty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov is looking to work some ground and pound but lighty has wrist control.
Ivanov postures up in lighty's guard and throws a big left but lighty blocks it.
lighty keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ivanov darts in and clinches lighty up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.

Ivanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
lighty staying out of range there.
Ivanov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

lighty closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - lighty lands in his opponent's guard.

lighty drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and lighty jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
lighty tries to free his leg and advance position but Ivanov is retaining full guard.
lighty wants to control from the top but Ivanov keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

lighty drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. lighty seems to have locked his on tight now - Ivanov screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for lighty, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). bob lighty!