PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Irenicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Linden Wilcox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irenicus comes to the cage accompanied by Shadows of Amn. Jon Irenicus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Irenicus
vs
Wilcox

178 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Irenicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Linden Wilcox!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irenicus misses with a left hand

and Wilcox holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wilcox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irenicus is defending well for now.
Irenicus lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Irenicus.
Irenicus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Irenicus has a couple of punches blocked by Wilcox.
Wilcox swings wildly with an uppercut but Irenicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilcox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A shot in the inside from Irenicus.

Wilcox is rocked!
Irenicus throws a head punch that misses.
Wilcox is still on wobbly legs! Can Irenicus finish him?
Wilcox being controlled against the cage.
Irenicus gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A head punch on the inside from Irenicus fails to land.
Wilcox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilcox seems to have recovered his senses.
Irenicus misses with a punch on the inside.
Wilcox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Irenicus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wilcox up against the cage.
Wilcox tries to land knees in the clinch but Irenicus avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irenicus avoiding damage.
Irenicus blocks a body shot from Wilcox.
Irenicus stalling in the clinch but Wilcox improves position.
Wilcox can't find room to land a body shot as Irenicus controls the action.
Wilcox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irenicus is defending well for now.
Irenicus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilcox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Irenicus has a couple of punches blocked by Wilcox.
A bit of stalling here from Irenicus.
Wilcox tries to land a knee to the head but Irenicus blocks with his arms.
Wilcox blocking some punches.
Irenicus lands a shoulder strike.
Irenicus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wilcox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Irenicus lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Irenicus fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irenicus swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilcox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irenicus working aggressively here.
Wilcox can't find room to land a body shot as Irenicus controls the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irenicus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilcox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wilcox as Irenicus tries to tie him up.
Irenicus stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Irenicus lands a body shot.
Irenicus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Irenicus avoiding damage.
Irenicus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Irenicus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Irenicus throws a big uppercut that drops Wilcox! More strikes from Irenicus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Wilcox lies dazed against the cage as Irenicus celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Irenicus!
Post fight, Jon Irenicus stared into the camera and said 'Silence dog your only purpose is to die by my hand'.