PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gucci La Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gracie Ibarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Flare has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Gracie Ibarra will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

La Flare
vs
Ibarra

183 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

195 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Likes ground

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gucci La Flare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gracie Ibarra!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Flare throws a one two combo.
Nice cross by La Flare.
La Flare throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Flare throws a series of punches but Ibarra moves out of range.
Ibarra slips under a jab from La Flare.
Ibarra slips a jab from La Flare.
Ibarra will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
La Flare keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A right-left combo lands from La Flare.
Ibarra is looking to clinch but La Flare is avoiding it.
Ibarra misses with a double jab
and Ibarra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ibarra doesn't succeed with the takedown
and La Flare counters with a straight right hand.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gracie Ibarra.
La Flare works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Flare takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La Flare misses with a two punch combination.
La Flare is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La Flare is breathing heavily.
La Flare throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Flare throws a hook to the side of Ibarra's head but Ibarra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ibarra is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ibarra takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ibarra doesn't succeed with the takedown
and La Flare counters with a straight right hand.
La Flare misses with a hook.
La Flare scores with the left hand. Ibarra knows he should have avoided that one.
La Flare scores with a one two! Ibarra had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La Flare closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La Flare throws a shot to the body.
Gucci La Flare is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ibarra with a poor takedown
letting La Flare counter with a right hand.
Ibarra shoots in but La Flare avoids the takedown attempt easily.
La Flare looks to land a right hand but Ibarra moved out of range.
Ibarra doesn't succeed with the takedown
and La Flare counters with a stiff right hand.
Ibarra takes one to the chin there.
La Flare walks into a left hand.
Gucci La Flare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ibarra has his takedown stuffed
and La Flare counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra shoots in looking for a takedown. La Flare tries to sprawl out of it but Ibarra keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. La Flare manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ibarra misses the shot to the body.
Ibarra getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
La Flare stops a takedown attempt from Ibarra.
Ibarra is trying to work for a single leg takedown but La Flare pulls him back up using the underhooks.
La Flare wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibarra has him pressed against the cage.

Ibarra breaks from the clinch.
Ibarra fails with a takedown attempt.

Ibarra instigates a clinch.

Ibarra manages to pull guard.

Ibarra working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. La Flare doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. La Flare manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibarra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ibarra is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Ibarra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ibarra looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but La Flare puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ibarra is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Flare is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
La Flare is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Ibarra actively working from the bottom here.
Ibarra is looking to get back to full guard here but La Flare has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ibarra is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gracie Ibarra will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

La Flare keeps the fight on the outside.
La Flare jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ibarra takes one to the side of the head.
La Flare ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ibarra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ibarra shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ibarra misses with an uppercut
and La Flare counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ibarra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ibarra lands with a kick to the temple. La Flare shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Gucci La Flare has been cut.
Ibarra gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and La Flare counters with a right hand to the body.
Ibarra doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting La Flare counter with a right hand.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gracie Ibarra.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Flare lands with an uppercut that bounces Ibarra off the cage and back into rage.
La Flare stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La Flare misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ibarra misses with a takedown attempt
and La Flare counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Flare throws a jab but it's blocked by Ibarra.
Gucci La Flare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A choreographed right hand from La Flare misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ibarra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Ibarra or perhaps it was just good defense by La Flare which made him look bad.
A choreographed right hand from La Flare misses the target.
La Flare is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ibarra drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice takedown defense from La Flare. No joy for Ibarra on that attempt.
A nice combination there by La Flare.
La Flare lands a jab to the head.
Ibarra takes one to the chin there.
La Flare looks to score with a jab to the body but Ibarra is just out of range.

Ibarra clinches with his opponent.

Ibarra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ibarra is looking to clinch but La Flare is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut lands for La Flare. That snapped Ibarra's head back.
La Flare swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ibarra counters by clinching up.
La Flare wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ibarra manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
La Flare content to stall in guard here.
Ibarra looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but La Flare puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Ibarra looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ibarra has a hand on La Flare's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. La Flare takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Ibarra is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ibarra manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ibarra is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but La Flare pulls his head out easily.
Ibarra tries to get to full guard but La Flare has control of the leg.

Ibarra actively working from the bottom here.

Ibarra looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Ibarra actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

La Flare decides to stand and escape the position.
La Flare swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ibarra counters with a nice body kick.
A jab from La Flare misses.
Ibarra closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Flare circles away.

Ibarra instigates a clinch.
La Flare has had enough of the clinch but Ibarra keeps him there for the moment.

Ibarra breaks from the clinch.
La Flare pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ibarra shoots in for a double leg but La Flare sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ibarra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
La Flare lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ibarra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Flare.
Ibarra shoots in looking for a takedown. La Flare tries to sprawl out of it but Ibarra keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. La Flare manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gucci La Flare will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gucci La Flare's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

La Flare cracks Ibarra with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ibarra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around La Flare's waist but La Flare gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ibarra off to one side.
Ibarra fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
La Flare throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ibarra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ibarra tries to clinch there but La Flare circles away.
Ibarra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gucci La Flare has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gracie Ibarra.
Ibarra shoots and misses
and La Flare counters with a nice uppercut.
Ibarra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
La Flare thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibarra has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibarra misses with a takedown
and La Flare counters with a straight right hand.
La Flare looks to land a left hand but Ibarra moved out of range nicely.
Ibarra fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Flare throws a looping overhand right but Ibarra ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibarra thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on La Flare if he has to take too many more of those.
Ibarra with a poor takedown
and La Flare counters with a right hand to the body.
La Flare swinging wilding here.
Ibarra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ibarra fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
La Flare lands with a right hand.
La Flare moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
La Flare lands with an uppercut that bounces Ibarra off the cage and back into rage.
Ibarra lands a front kick.
Ibarra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
La Flare dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Flare lands a head shot.
Ibarra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with La Flare but La Flare pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ibarra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Flare misses with a double jab.
Ibarra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice straight punches there by La Flare. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of La Flare.
Ibarra ducks right into an uppercut from La Flare.
La Flare looks to land a right hand but Ibarra moved out of range.
Ibarra tries for a takedown but La Flare sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A head kick from Ibarra lands but La Flare takes it in his stride.
Ibarra is looking to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ibarra. La Flare shrugs it off though.

La Flare tries to keep at a distance but Ibarra has taken the fight into the clinch.
La Flare wants to get back to striking at distance but Ibarra won't allow it.

Ibarra breaks the clinch.
La Flare lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Flare stuffs the takedown attempt from Ibarra. Ibarra gets slowly back to his feet.
La Flare with a jab.
La Flare fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - La Flare scores with a four punch combination!
La Flare moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ibarra takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La Flare misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from La Flare does no damage.
La Flare looks to land a left hand but Ibarra moved out of range nicely.
Ibarra shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ibarra shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice takedown defense from La Flare. No joy for Ibarra on that attempt.

Ibarra clinches up with La Flare and pushes him back against the cage.
Ibarra prevents La Flare from breaking the clinch.
Ibarra is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
La Flare wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
La Flare tries to break the clinch but Ibarra is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Ibarra to work.

Ibarra breaks from the clinch.
La Flare throws the left hand but Ibarra avoids the punch easily.
La Flare looks to land a left hand but Ibarra moved out of range nicely.
Ibarra ducks under a wild hook from La Flare.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra shoots for a takedown but La Flare saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
La Flare throws a lazy uppercut
and Ibarra counters with a head kick. That will keep La Flare thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ibarra looks for a takedown but La Flare sprawls well.
Danga de danga de dang - La Flare scores with a four punch combination!
La Flare throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
La Flare throws a nice looking combination but Ibarra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Flare throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La Flare throws a series of punches but Ibarra moves out of range.
Good shot there by La Flare.
A swing and a miss from La Flare.
Ibarra scoring well with a low kick there.
La Flare swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ibarra.
La Flare with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Flare misses the jab.
Nice body kick there by Ibarra.

Ibarra has La Flare up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ibarra struggles to land a body shot inside as La Flare controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gucci La Flare showed his dominance in that final round.
I think La Flare has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gucci La Flare!