PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Dignam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Ives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dignam comes to the cage accompanied by The Ruler's Back. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ives's choice of entrance music: Fort Minor - Remember the Name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dignam
vs
Ives

195 cm
32
289 lbs
38 - 12 - 4

190 cm
34
287 lbs
23 - 8 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Syndicate Nutrition
Conviction

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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 38 - 12 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Dignam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 3, fighting out of London, Johnny Ives!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ives swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ives connects with a solid leg kick.
Ives moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dignam on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ives lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Ives closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ives lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ives blocks a body shot from Dignam.
Dignam stalling in the clinch but Ives improves position.
Ives leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Dignam controls his hands.
Dignam lands a nice uppercut.
Dignam throws a head punch that misses.
Ives gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ives tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ives trying to stall but Dignam improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignam prevents a body shot from Ives.
Ives tries to throw a body punch but Dignam avoids it by throwing Ives back against the cage.
Dignam swings wildly with an uppercut but Ives uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ives blocking some punches.
Dignam scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ives stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dignam.
Ives struggles to land a body shot inside as Dignam controls his hands.
Ives misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ives tries to throw a body punch but Dignam avoids it by throwing Ives back against the cage.
Ives works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ives prevents a body shot from Dignam.
Dignam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Dignam fails to land.
Dignam prevents a body shot from Ives.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ives.
Ives misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Ives - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ives misses with a punch to the body.

Dignam breaks from the clinch.
Dignam takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ives throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ives scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ives fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dignam manages to avoid it.
Ives looks to throw the jab but Dignam is out of range.
Dignam takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dignam is breathing heavily.
Dignam is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ives.
Ives scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dignam throws a leg kick but Ives moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives lands a nice hook to Dignam's body. Dignam takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ives scores with a decent looking hook.
Dignam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ives.
Johnny Ives seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dignam throws a hook but Ives blocks it.
Dignam misses with a straight right.
Dignam tries a low kick but Ives avoids it.
Dignam moves out of range as Ives throws a body kick.
Ives looks to score with a jab to the body but Dignam is just out of range.
A combination from Ives does no damage.
Ives throws an overhand right that lands on Dignam's shoulder, as Dignam tries to avoid the shot.
Dignam dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dignam ducks under a wild hook from Ives.
Ives looks for the body kick but Dignam saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ives connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ives throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dignam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ives lands with an overhand left.
Dignam avoids the body shot from Ives.
Ives misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ives just misses with a punch to the body.
Ives swings widly with a right hand
and Dignam counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ives slips a jab from Dignam.
Some bone on bone action there as Dignam checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ives throws a sloppy head kick and Dignam moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dignam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ives lands with a shot to the body.
Ives moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ives dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ives throws the left hand but Dignam avoids the punch easily.
Ives uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dignam has time to react.
Dignam looks to score with a jab to the body but Ives is just out of range.
Ives fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ives scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dignam doesn't seem bothered though.
Ives with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dignam misses with a low kick.
Ives throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dignam defending well as Ives loads up on a big left hand.
Ives scores with a nice head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dignam on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dignam misses with a leg kick.
Dignam throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ives throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dignam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnny Ives seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignam takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dignam pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ives misses with a series of wild punches.
Ives misses with a leg kick
and Dignam counters with a body kick that stops Ives in his tracks momentarily.
Ives just misses with a punch to the body.
Ives throws a low kick but Dignam avoids it.

Dignam gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ives doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dignam lands a right hand.
Ives misses with an elbow strike.
A right hand to the body from Dignam.
Dignam lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dignam blocking some punches.
Dignam tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Dignam back against the cage.
Tyler Dignam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dignam wants to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dignam.
Dignam swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dignam blocking some punches.
Ives stalling against the cage.
Dignam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dignam tries to work over Ives's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dignam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dignam misses with a punch to the body.
Dignam lands an elbow inside that Ives shrugs off.
Tyler Dignam has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dignam tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Dignam back against the cage.
Dignam misses with a punch to the body.
Ives lands a hook that snaps the head of Dignam backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dignam struggles to land a body shot inside as Ives controls his hands.
Ives scores a nice knee to the body.
Ives misses with a body punch.
Ives misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Ives.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ives.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Dignam avoids the damage to the body.
Dignam tries to work over Ives's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ives throws an elbow that misses.
Dignam misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ives prevents a body shot from Dignam.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ives.
Ives tries to throw a body punch but Dignam avoids it by throwing Ives back against the cage.
Dignam lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ives fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dignam tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ives slowing the pace effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ives pushes off an throws an elbow but Dignam leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Dignam.
Dignam blocks an elbow strike from Ives.
A nice left hand lands by Dignam.
Ives lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Tyler Dignam has been cut.
Dignam avoids a wild elbow strike from Ives.
Ives misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Ives.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ives can't find room to land a body shot as Dignam controls the action.
Dignam lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ives backwards.
Ives is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dignam is defending well for now.
Dignam stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 19:19
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Johnny Ives!
Post fight, Johnny Ives took to the microphone: 'What?! Did I win? I've been so punished I thought it was yet another DRAW :>'.