PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shinichi Onizuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Onizuka comes to the ring accompanied by The Weeknd - Kiss Land. This should be a great matchup!

Onizuka
vs
Ivanov

185 cm
28
181 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

180 cm
33
188 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

Sex Panther! (160q recovery $149)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinichi Onizuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksey Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Onizuka shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ivanov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Onizuka is pulling down on Ivanov's head. It's preventing any offense from Ivanov, at least for the moment.
Ivanov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Onizuka's guard.
Onizuka trying to hold on to Ivanov's head to control him but Ivanov postures up.

Ivanov is looking for a kimura but Onizuka is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ivanov to get the leverage.
Onizuka trying to control from the bottom.
Ivanov prevents Onizuka from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Ivanov is working for a kimura but Onizuka is defending it quite comfortably.

Ivanov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Onizuka has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ivanov prevents Onizuka from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka trying to hold on to Ivanov's head to control him but Ivanov postures up.
Ivanov is trying to control the action in half guard but Onizuka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ivanov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Onizuka haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Ivanov is trying to work for a kimura but Onizuka is defending well.
Ivanov is thwarting Onizuka's attempts to control the position.

Ivanov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Onizuka sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov wants to pass to mount but Onizuka is defending the position.

Onizuka looking for submissions off his back.

Ivanov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Onizuka has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Onizuka tries to get to full guard but Ivanov has control of the leg.

Ivanov wants to work for an arm triangle but Onizuka is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Onizuka trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka is trying to control but Ivanov passes into side control!
Onizuka wants to control but Ivanov postures up.

Ivanov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Onizuka, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Onizuka is looking for a sweep.
Onizuka is not content to let Ivanov control the position.
Ivanov wants to take a breather but Onizuka manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Ivanov.
Ivanov is looking to pass into half guard but Onizuka pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Onizuka is in guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov keeping moving, preventing Onizuka from controlling successfully.
Onizuka slips nicely into half guard.

Onizuka is looking for submissions but instead, Ivanov has regained full guard.
Ivanov keeping moving, preventing Onizuka from controlling successfully.
Ivanov is trying to control the position but Onizuka postures up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Onizuka manages to get himself to full guard.
Onizuka pulls Ivanov in close to prevent any damage.
Onizuka working a defensive guard here.
Ivanov trying to control the position from guard on top but Onizuka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Onizuka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka wants to hit a switch here but Ivanov passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Onizuka there!

Onizuka has left one of his arms exposed and Ivanov doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Onizuka screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aleksey Ivanov!
An out of breath Aleksey Ivanov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.