PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aristos Ioannidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ioannidis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. If I Can't - 50 Cent kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Aristos Ioannidis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sanderson
vs
Ioannidis

185 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aristos Ioannidis!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ioannidis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Sanderson closes the distance and clinches.

Ioannidis pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sanderson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Ioannidis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sanderson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Ioannidis manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sanderson on his heels. He'll look to pass Sanderson's guard now, I'm sure.
Ioannidis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanderson is keeping the position for now.
Ioannidis prevents Sanderson from getting back to his feet.
Ioannidis looking to pass the guard.

Ioannidis is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ioannidis advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ioannidis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ioannidis throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sanderson to regain full guard.
Ioannidis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ioannidis's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ioannidis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sanderson is proving hard to escape from.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aristos Ioannidis wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ioannidis lands a leg kick that knocks Sanderson off balance momentarily.
Sanderson is breathing heavily.

Ioannidis clinches up with Sanderson and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Ioannidis.

Ioannidis decides to pull guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ioannidis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanderson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ioannidis's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ioannidis pulls Sanderson in close to prevent any damage.
Sanderson trying to control but Ioannidis is working from the bottom.
Ioannidis wants to sweep here but Sanderson controlling him for the moment.

Ioannidis manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson misses with an uppercut.
Sanderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ioannidis.
Sanderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Ioannidis counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Sanderson! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aristos Ioannidis!
A victorious Aristos Ioannidis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.