PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Batyrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Markiewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markiewicz has chosen Nelly- Heart of a Champion as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Batyrovich
vs
Markiewicz

190 cm
22
219 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ivan Batyrovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Markiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batyrovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Markiewicz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Markiewicz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Markiewicz moves into the clinch successfully.
Markiewicz looking to slow down the pace here.
Batyrovich lands a body punch in the clinch.
Batyrovich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Markiewicz or not.
Markiewicz looks gassed!
Markiewicz trying to land knees to the body.
Batyrovich stalls.
Batyrovich wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Batyrovich lands with a short shot to the head.

Batyrovich has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Markiewicz is trying to keep an underhook but Batyrovich manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Batyrovich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice strikes from Batyrovich there.
Batyrovich trying to pass the guard but Markiewicz defending well.

Batyrovich is working for a kimura but Markiewicz is defending it quite comfortably.
Batyrovich seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batyrovich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Markiewicz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Batyrovich scores with a couple of nice shots.
Markiewicz has hold of Batyrovich's hands but Batyrovich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Batyrovich lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batyrovich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Batyrovich not doing much here.
Batyrovich seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Markiewicz is looking to improve his position.

Batyrovich is trying to work for a kimura but Markiewicz is defending well.
Batyrovich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Markiewicz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Markiewicz is trying to get back to full guard.
Batyrovich scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batyrovich thows a huge punch but Markiewicz dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Batyrovich lands with a punch from half guard.
Batyrovich is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Markiewicz is desperately trying to improve his position but Batyrovich has a good base and remains in mount.
Batyrovich with shots to the head and body - Markiewicz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Markiewicz regains half guard.
Markiewicz punching from the bottom.
Batyrovich takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Markiewicz has hold of Batyrovich's hands but Batyrovich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markiewicz is refusing to be controlled, as Batyrovich sits in half guard.
Batyrovich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Batyrovich frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Batyrovich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Batyrovich breaks from Markiewicz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Batyrovich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Batyrovich cracks Markiewicz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Markiewicz is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batyrovich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Markiewicz is still in real trouble! Can Batyrovich finish him?
Batyrovich with shots to the head and body - Markiewicz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Batyrovich cracks Markiewicz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Batyrovich dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Batyrovich misses with a body shot.
Batyrovich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Markiewicz seems to have recovered his senses.
Batyrovich throws a right and a left that Markiewicz avoids nicely.
Ivan Batyrovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Batyrovich looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Batyrovich.
Batyrovich works his way into side control.
Batyrovich looks up at the clock and then as Markiewicz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Batyrovich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Batyrovich lands an elbow.
Markiewicz is breathing heavily.
Batyrovich cracks Markiewicz with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Markiewicz can't do much from the bottom here.
Batyrovich working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batyrovich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Markiewicz keeps working.
Batyrovich is chipping away with strikes.
Markiewicz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Batyrovich has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Markiewicz!
Batyrovich with a couple of short strikes.
Batyrovich lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Markiewicz hang on?
BOOM! Batyrovich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Batyrovich avoids the attempt from Markiewicz to control.
Markiewicz is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markiewicz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Batyrovich scoring with strikes but Markiewicz is staying in there.
Batyrovich takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Markiewicz is trying desperately to improve position.
Batyrovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Markiewicz can do to turn this around?
Batyrovich lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Markiewicz wants to control but Batyrovich is having none of it.
The referee warns Markiewicz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Batyrovich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Batyrovich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Markiewicz is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batyrovich working the ground and pound effectively.
Markiewicz is in a horrible position here. Batyrovich smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Batyrovich lands a big elbow.
Batyrovich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Batyrovich cracks Markiewicz with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Batyrovich!