PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Diprivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jonny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Diprivan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Diprivan
vs
Jonny

186 cm
20
218 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Diprivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Jonny!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diprivan throws a front kick that sends Jonny stumbling back into the cage.
A lazy left from Diprivan finds it's target.
A head kick misses from Diprivan.
Diprivan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diprivan wants it to stay on the feet.
Jonny closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diprivan circles away.
Diprivan throws a nice head kick!
Jonny takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diprivan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diprivan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jonny shoots in looking for a takedown. Diprivan tries to sprawl out of it but Jonny keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diprivan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivan Diprivan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Jonny.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jonny shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diprivan as he avoids it easily.
Diprivan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diprivan throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jonny looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ivan Diprivan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diprivan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diprivan throws a poor cross that misses

and Jonny counters by clinching up.
Jonny is trying to break the clinch but Diprivan has him pressed against the cage.
Jonny fails to pull guard.
Diprivan stalling against the cage.
Diprivan unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Jonny manages to pull guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Diprivan postures up.
Diprivan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jonny's guard.
Diprivan postures up.
Diprivan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Diprivan stands up from Jonny's guard - Diprivan perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diprivan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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!
Diprivan throws a head kick that misses.
Jonny shoots in looking for a takedown. Diprivan tries to sprawl out of it but Jonny keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diprivan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Diprivan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diprivan throws a head kick but Jonny moves out of range.
Diprivan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diprivan cracks Jonny with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jonny fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diprivan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick there by Diprivan.
Jonny closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diprivan circles away.
Jonny looks gassed!
Jonny wants to clinch
and Diprivan counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick from Diprivan lands but Jonny takes it in his stride.

It looks like John Jonny has been cut.
Diprivan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diprivan keeps the fight on the outside.
Diprivan scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diprivan punishes Jonny's body with a nice straight punch.
Jonny tries for a takedown but Diprivan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jonny misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonny on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diprivan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jonny is just out of range.
Jonny has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diprivan.
Horrible takedown by Jonny or perhaps it was just good defense by Diprivan which made him look bad.
Jonny throws a series of punches but Diprivan avoids them all with ease.
Diprivan connects with a leg kick. Jonny looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diprivan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jonny tries to score a power double leg takedown but Diprivan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jonny somewhat.
Diprivan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Diprivan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Jonny's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Diprivan throws a head kick that Jonny semi-blocks.
Diprivan thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jonny.
A head kick from Diprivan lands but Jonny takes it in his stride.
Diprivan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jonny takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ivan Diprivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jonny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diprivan throws a lazy uppercut
and Jonny counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Diprivan.
Jonny avoids the head kick by Diprivan.
Diprivan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diprivan throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diprivan throws an off balance right hand
and Jonny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diprivan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jonny has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diprivan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jonny shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diprivan pinned against the cage. Diprivan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Some wild striking there from Diprivan.
Diprivan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jonny shoots in but Diprivan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ivan Diprivan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Jonny.
Diprivan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diprivan misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diprivan tries a head kick but it misses.
Diprivan slips a jab and a cross from Jonny.
Diprivan leaves Jonny with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jonny will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diprivan tries a head kick but it misses.
Jonny blocks a head kick by Diprivan.
Diprivan scores with a three punch combo!
John Jonny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jonny is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diprivan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jonny shoots in looking for a takedown but Diprivan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jonny's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diprivan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jonny on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diprivan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diprivan thows a leg kick but Jonny checks it
and Jonny counters with a stiff right hand.
Jonny is looking to clinch.
Jonny's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jonny throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diprivan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jonny counters with a series of strikes. Diprivan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jonny misses with the combination.
A combination from Diprivan does no damage.
Nice takedown defense from Diprivan. No joy for Jonny on that attempt.
Jonny shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jonny sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diprivan throws a front kick that sends Jonny stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonny takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jonny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jonny misses with a two punch combination.
Diprivan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diprivan lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diprivan lands with a nice body kick.
Diprivan lands a high kick!
Diprivan cracks the inside of Jonny's front leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jonny shoots in looking for a takedown but Diprivan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jonny's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Good leg kick by Diprivan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diprivan swings for the body but Jonny moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Diprivan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Jonny's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Diprivan looks to throw a body kick
and Jonny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diprivan throws a push kick but Jonny slaps the foot to one side.
Diprivan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jonny can do to turn this around?
Diprivan catches Jonny with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jonny on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jonny avoids the body shot from Diprivan.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jonny.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diprivan.
An inside leg kick lands from Diprivan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jonny.
Diprivan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jonny.
Diprivan throws a head kick that Jonny semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonny avoids the head kick by Diprivan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jonny avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jonny throws a nice looking combination but Diprivan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diprivan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Diprivan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Diprivan.
Jonny misses with the combination.
Jonny changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diprivan tries to avoid it but Jonny manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diprivan to the ground. Diprivan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ivan Diprivan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Jonny.
Diprivan misses with a combination
and Jonny counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diprivan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jonny shoots for a takedown but Diprivan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Diprivan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diprivan lands a slapping body shot.
Diprivan scoring well with a low kick there.
Diprivan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jonny tries to clinch but Diprivan is having none of it.

Jonny closes the distance and pushes Diprivan back into the cage.
Jonny has Diprivan pushed against the cage.
Diprivan leaning his opponent against the cage.
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!
Jonny can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diprivan breaks the clinch.
Jonny keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jonny tries to clinch up but Diprivan circles away and keeps his distance.
Diprivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jonny was well out of range. Poor timing from Diprivan.
Diprivan looks to land a left hand but Jonny moved out of range nicely.
Diprivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jonny circles away quickly and effectively.
Diprivan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jonny. That did some damage!
Jonny shoots in but no luck this time.
Diprivan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jonny has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diprivan.
Diprivan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonny misses with a series of wild punches.
Jonny takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jonny blocks a head kick by Diprivan.
Jonny fails with a takedown attempt.
Diprivan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Diprivan throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jonny walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diprivan.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jonny.
John Jonny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diprivan cracks the inside of Jonny's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Diprivan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diprivan 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Diprivan!