PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Irenicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Newdles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irenicus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shadows of Amn. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Irenicus
vs
Newdles

178 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

172 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 4 - 1 - 1, 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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nicky Newdles!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newdles moves in looking to clinch but Irenicus pushes him off.
Irenicus misses with a straight right.
Newdles misses with a hook.
Irenicus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Newdles, right into the meat.
Irenicus misses the shot to the body.
Newdles scores with a leg kick.
Irenicus moves out of range of the leg kick from Newdles.
Irenicus misses with a left hand
and Newdles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irenicus lands with an uppercut that bounces Newdles off the cage and back into range.

Newdles clinches.
Newdles tries to stall but Irenicus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Irenicus lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Newdles fails to land.
Newdles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Irenicus struggles to land a body shot inside as Newdles controls his hands.
Irenicus lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Irenicus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irenicus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Irenicus taking a breather.
A short right from Irenicus on the inside.

Newdles pulls guard effortlessly.
Newdles is looking to sweep but instead, Irenicus has passed into half guard.
Newdles is trying to get back to full guard.
Irenicus trying to pass the guard but Newdles defending well.
Irenicus trying to control from half guard but Newdles is working away.
Newdles is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Irenicus in particular looking to stall.
Newdles keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jon Irenicus wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Newdles walks into a straight right hand from Irenicus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Irenicus lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Newdles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Newdles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slapping leg kick lands for Newdles.
Newdles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Irenicus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Newdles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Irenicus looks to score with a jab to the body but Newdles is just out of range.
Newdles thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from Irenicus.
Irenicus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newdles works Irenicus's body with a nice hook.
Newdles throws a front kick aimed at Irenicus's knee but Irenicus avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Newdles. Those never looked like landing.
Newdles is looking to clinch.
Newdles tries to move into range but Irenicus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Irenicus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Irenicus 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.
Newdles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Newdles fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Irenicus is out of range.
Irenicus is looking to chop away at Newdles's legs.
Nicky Newdles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newdles slips a jab from Irenicus.
Newdles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irenicus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Irenicus misses the target.
Newdles misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irenicus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Newdles.
Newdles throws a low kick but Irenicus avoids it.
Irenicus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Irenicus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Newdles instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irenicus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Irenicus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newdles.
Newdles has Irenicus pressed against the cage.
Irenicus lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newdles has a couple of punches blocked by Irenicus.
Irenicus working aggressively here.
Irenicus swings wildly with an uppercut but Newdles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irenicus trying to control the position but instead, Newdles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Irenicus into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Irenicus dominated that round.
That's time! Irenicus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Irenicus punishes Newdles's body with a nice straight punch.
Newdles scores with a three punch combo!
Irenicus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Irenicus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Irenicus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Newdles blocks the leg kick.
Newdles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Irenicus misses with a hook
and Newdles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Irenicus scoring well with a low kick there.
Irenicus moves out of range as Newdles strikes.
Newdles misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Newdles. Those never looked like landing.
Irenicus looks to land a left hand but Newdles moved out of range nicely.
Newdles misses with a straight left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irenicus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Newdles.
Irenicus throws a jab but it's blocked by Newdles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irenicus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Newdles staying out of range there.
Newdles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irenicus was well out of range. Poor timing from Newdles.
Newdles with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Irenicus to score with a decent uppercut.
Newdles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Newdles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Newdles throws a shot from downtown. Irenicus moves away and avoids it.
Newdles ducks under a wild hook from Irenicus.
Newdles throws a jab when Irenicus was well out of range.
Jon Irenicus is winning the standup battle so far.
Newdles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Irenicus throws an overhand right that lands on Newdles's shoulder, as Newdles tries to avoid the shot.
Newdles moves to clinch but Irenicus breaks away

and Irenicus counters by clinching up.
Irenicus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newdles backwards.
Newdles stalling in the clinch but Irenicus improves position.
Irenicus stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irenicus tries to throw a body punch but Newdles avoids it by throwing Irenicus back against the cage.
Newdles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Irenicus tries to throw a body punch but Newdles avoids it by throwing Irenicus back against the cage.
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!
Irenicus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newdles's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irenicus.
Newdles is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newdles.
Irenicus avoiding damage.
Irenicus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newdles looking to stall.
Irenicus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newdles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irenicus is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Irenicus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Irenicus slowing the pace effectively.
Irenicus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Irenicus blocks a body shot from Newdles.
Irenicus lands with a left to the head.
Irenicus scores with a shoulder strike.

Newdles is rocked!
Irenicus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Newdless head.
Newdles is still on wobbly legs! Can Irenicus finish him?
Still in the clinch, Irenicus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Irenicus creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Newdles's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Newdles drops to his knees and Irenicus pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Irenicus!
A very excited looking Jon Irenicus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.