PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Cylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitrofan Ivanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitrofan Ivanich struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Mitrofan Ivanich is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cylo
vs
Ivanich

176 cm
25
154 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Cylo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitrofan Ivanich!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cylo throws a lazy right hand but Ivanich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cylo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Ivanich moves in looking to clinch but Cylo pushes him off.

Ivanich closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cylo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivanich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like John Cylo has been cut.
Cylo avoiding damage as Ivanich throws knees to the body.
Cylo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cylo blocks an elbow strike from Ivanich.
Ivanich slowing the pace effectively.
Cylo wants to break free but Ivanich has control.
Ivanich lands a knee to the body.
Cylo tries to break the clinch but Ivanich is controlling the position.
Cylo wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivanich won't allow it.
Ivanich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cylo blocks it with crossed arms.
Ivanich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cylo's defenses.
Cylo managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cylo wants to break free but Ivanich has control.
Cylo is trying to break the clinch but Ivanich is controlling him.
Ivanich has Cylo pressed against the ropes.
Ivanich looking to slow down the pace here.
Cylo working hard to break the clinch.
Ivanich prevents Cylo from breaking the clinch.
Cylo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ivanich will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cylo up against the ropes.
Cylo can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cylo managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanich.
Ivanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cylo is defending well for now.
Ivanich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivanich is struggling to control the position.
Ivanich keeps control of Cylo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ivanich controlling the action here for a moment.
Ivanich misses with a knee strike.
Ivanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cylo.
Ivanich lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cylo tries to break free but Ivanich pushes him back against the ropes.
Ivanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cylo avoids it.
Cylo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Come on Ivanich - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cylo wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivanich won't allow it.
Ivanich lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Cylo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ivanich.
Cylo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cylo letting Ivanich take a breather here.
Ivanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cylo is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich misses with a knee strike.
Ivanich lands a damaging elbow.
Ivanich effectively controlling the action here.
Ivanich lands a nice knee to the body.
Ivanich leaning against his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ivanich obliges.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitrofan Ivanich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Cylo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ivanich pushes Cylo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ivanich stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mitrofan Ivanich.
Ivanich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanich drops his hands momentarily and Cylo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Ivanich closes the distance and pushes Cylo back into the ropes.
Ivanich just leaning against Cylo, taking a breather.
Ivanich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cylo backwards.
Ivanich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cylo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ivanich is trying to maintain a safe position but Cylo gets an underhook and turns Ivanich into the ropes.
Ivanich scores with a knee to the head.
Ivanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Cylo avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cylo wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cylo tries to break the clinch but Ivanich is controlling the position.
Ivanich taking a breather.
Ivanich tries a knee to the head but Cylo blocks it.
Ivanich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cylo's face.
Ivanich stalling in the clinch.
Ivanich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ivanich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cylo is trying to break free.
Cylo managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanich.
Ivanich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cylo is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich taking a breather.
Cylo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ivanich crunches a lovely knee into Cylo's ribcage.
Ivanich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cylo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivanich missing with knees to the body.
Ivanich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ivanich wants to stall.
Ivanich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ivanich throws a punch but it's blocked by Cylo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ivanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cylo avoids it.
Ivanich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cylo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ivanich.
Cylo tries to break the clinch but Ivanich is controlling the position.
Cylo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ivanich is leaning against Cylo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ivanich has Cylo pressed against the ropes.
Cylo takes an elbow to the temple.
Ivanich misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ivanich lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cylo tries to circle away but Ivanich has him pinned against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cylo is keeping busy.
Ivanich is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitrofan Ivanich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Cylo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ivanich lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ivanich.
Ivanich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cylo.
Cylo misses with a left hand
and Ivanich counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cylo is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Cylo tries to keep at a distance but Ivanich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mitrofan Ivanich.
Ivanich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ivanich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cylo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Good exchange - Cylo coming out on top.
Ivanich tries to clinch but Cylo moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cylo swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanich.
Mitrofan Ivanich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cylo scores with a nice right hand.
Ivanich wants to clinch up but Cylo keeps it at a distance.
Cylo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanich tries to clinch there but Cylo circles away.
Ivanich tries to clinch up but Cylo circles away and keeps his distance.
Cylo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cylo misses with a left hand
and Ivanich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ivanich doesn't manage to clinch there - Cylo circles away.
Ivanich wants to clinch up but Cylo keeps it at a distance.
Ivanich tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Cylo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ivanich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanich tries to clinch up but Cylo circles away and keeps his distance.
Ivanich tries to clinch but Cylo is having none of it.
Cylo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanich moves in looking to clinch but Cylo pushes him off.
Ivanich doesn't manage to clinch there - Cylo circles away.
Cylo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
John Cylo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cylo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
John Cylo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich tries to clinch but Cylo moves out of range.
Ivanich doesn't manage to clinch there - Cylo circles away.

Ivanich closes the distance and pushes Cylo back into the ropes.
Ivanich lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Ivanich lands an elbow inside that Cylo shrugs off.
Ivanich lands a knee to the body.
Ivanich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cylo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ivanich is stalling here.
Cylo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ivanich.
Ivanich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ivanich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cylo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ivanich backwards.
Cylo is looking to control Ivanich's arms but Ivanich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cylo has his back to the ropes.
Ivanich trying to land knees to the body.
Cylo is trying to break the clinch but Ivanich is controlling him.
Mitrofan Ivanich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ivanich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ivanich stalling.
Cylo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivanich landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanich's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ivanich looking to stall.
Ivanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cylo.
A knee to the head by Ivanich.
Ivanich is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ivanich missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanich is trying to maintain a safe position but Cylo gets an underhook and turns Ivanich into the ropes.
Ivanich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mitrofan Ivanich is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cylo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitrofan Ivanich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ivanich 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitrofan Ivanich!