PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between High Voltage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Ives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ives has chosen Fort Minor - Remember the Name as his entrance music. Johnny Ives has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Voltage
vs
Ives

189 cm
32
222 lbs
24 - 9 - 2

190 cm
33
287 lbs
20 - 4 - 3

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, High Voltage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 3, fighting out of London, Johnny Ives!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voltage explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ives doesn't manage to clinch there - Voltage circles away.
Voltage 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.
Voltage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ives throws a front kick aimed at Voltage's knee but Voltage avoids it well.
Voltage lands a nice looking body kick.
Voltage looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ives scores with a hook.
A combination from Voltage does no damage.
Voltage throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ives counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A clash of legs there as Ives blocks the low kick.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voltage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voltage just misses with a punch to the body.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ives tries to land a body kick
letting Voltage counter with a right hand.
Voltage lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ives takes a step back to recover.
Ives lands a nice looking body kick.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Voltage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voltage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Voltage misses with a kick to the body.
Ives tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Ives gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Voltage breaks from the clinch.
Voltage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ives missing with a left hand there. Voltage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Voltage. That's going to slow Ives down.
Voltage looks to score with a jab to the body but Ives is just out of range.
Ives moves away from the strike by Voltage.
Voltage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ives takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ives wants to clinch.
Voltage staying out of range there.
Ives pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Voltage drives through and clinches with Ives against the cage.
Ives lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Voltage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voltage missing with knees to the body.
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!
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Voltage avoids the damage to the body.
Voltage throws an elbow but it misses.
Voltage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Voltage is looking to break free of the clinch but Ives has double underhooks.
Ives avoids a wild elbow strike from Voltage.
Ives is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voltage is keeping busy.
Voltage avoiding damage as Ives throws knees to the body.
Ives lands a nice shot to the body.
Ives tries a body shot but Voltage blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ives throws an elbow but misses.
Voltage taking a breather.
Voltage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ives landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives has a couple of punches blocked by Voltage.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
Ives lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ives stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
Voltage misses with a body punch.
Ives scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ives.
Voltage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ives missing with knees to the body.
Ives prevents a body shot from Voltage.
Ives digs a right hand into Voltage's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Voltage's gas tank.
Voltage is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voltage tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Voltage back against the cage.
Ives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ives keeps control of Voltage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voltage misses with some punches.
Voltage tries to work over Ives's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Voltage takes a shot to the head.
Voltage is trying to maintain a safe position but Ives gets an underhook and turns Voltage into the cage.
Ives is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Voltage is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Ives scores with a nice short uppercut.
Voltage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Ives throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Voltage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ives misses with an elbow strike.
Ives cracks Voltage with a nice body shot.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Voltage avoids the damage to the body.
Voltage blocks a body shot from Ives.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Ives.
Ives goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Ives avoids the elbow strike from Voltage, against the cage.
Voltage misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ives dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Voltage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ives connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Ives.
Voltage avoids a kick to the body.
Ives throws a big shot that misses.
Voltage lands with a kick to the temple. Ives shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ives throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ives tries to clinch up but Voltage circles away and keeps his distance.
Ives tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Voltage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ives is looking to clinch but Voltage is avoiding it.
Ives keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ives ducks under a wild hook from Voltage.
Voltage throws a wild body kick that Ives sees coming a mile off.
Ives will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Ives catches Voltage right on the button with a cross.
Ives misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ives throws a jab but it's blocked by Voltage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ives keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Ives misses.
Voltage lands a nice hook to Ives's body. Ives takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Voltage rushes Ives and presses him up against the cage.
Voltage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.

Voltage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnny Ives seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.
Ives tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Voltage was well out of range. Poor timing from Ives.
A solid body kick from Ives.
Voltage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ives.
High Voltage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ives throws out a loose jab but Voltage uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ives in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ives misses with a body kick.
Voltage cracks Ives with a good jab.
Voltage thuds his shin into the meat of Ives's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ives misses with a wild body shot.
High Voltage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Voltage as he checks the leg kick.
Voltage lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voltage.

Ives closes the distance and clinches.
Ives on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Ives.
Voltage lands a knee to the body.
Ives prevents Voltage from breaking the clinch.
Ives avoiding damage as Voltage throws knees to the body.
Ives blocking some punches.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ives working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ives blocks a body shot from Voltage.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
Ives tries to work over Voltage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Ives blocking some punches.
Voltage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voltage is trying to break the clinch but Ives has him pressed against the cage.
Voltage working hard to break the clinch.
Ives pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ives blocks a body shot from Voltage.
Voltage is leaning against Ives and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ives blocks an elbow strike from Voltage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voltage.
Voltage misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ives.
Ives blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
Ives lands a nice elbow.

It looks like High Voltage has been cut.
Voltage misses with some punches.

Ives's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Ives.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ives keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ives cracks Voltage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot lands for Ives.
Voltage scores with a jab.
Ives slips a jab from Voltage.

Ives instigates a clinch.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Voltage controls his hands.
Voltage works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voltage throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Voltage.
Johnny Ives seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ives misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voltage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ives lands an uppercut.
Ives misses with an elbow strike.
Voltage tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Voltage back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Ives.
Well Ives has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 18:20
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 18:20
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Ives!
As Johnny Ives got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: What?! Did I win? I've been so punished I thought it was yet another DRAW :>'.