PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Man's choice of entrance music: Its Dark and Hell is Hot. Ice Man has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ali
vs
Man

183 cm
21
200 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
213 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conquer
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muhammad Ali!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ice Man!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali catches Man with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Ice Man has been cut.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Ali's shoulder, as Ali tries to avoid the shot.
Man with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ali slips under a jab from Man.
Man staying out of range there.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man avoids the body shot from Ali.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Ali.
Man moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali jabs Man to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Man moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Ali ducks down to avoid it.
Ali looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Man uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Man throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ali stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Man is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man throws a shot from downtown. Ali moves away and avoids it.
Man misses with an uppercut. Ali saw that one coming.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ali under the eye.
Ali has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Araba Fenice in the buildup to the fight.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Man scores with a hook to the body. Ali takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Ali ducks down to avoid it.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Ali counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Ali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ali misses with a low kick.
Ali walks into a jab.
Man connects with the punch.
Ali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Man.
Man throws a hook but Ali blocks it.
Ali gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Man clobbers Ali with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ali on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ali throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ali takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Man looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ali cracks a nice hook into Man's ribs.
Man lands the left hand.
Man throws out a loose jab but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man throws a hook to the side of Ali's head but Ali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ali had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ali lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A lazy left from Man finds it's target.
Man might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Man lands with a nice body punch.
Ali looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
Ali swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
Man tests Ali's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ali throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ali misses the body punch
and Man counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Man changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ali is breathing heavily.
A combination from Man does no damage.
Man lands a two punch combo.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ali counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Man thinking.
Ali connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ice Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ice Man's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Man bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ali's head backwards.
Man uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Ali sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ali moves out of range as Man strikes.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Ali counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ali misses with a straight left.
Ali throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Man stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Man avoids the body shot from Ali.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Man thows a body shot but no joy.
Man looks to land a combination but Ali avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a good cross that connects.
Man slips a jab from Ali.
Ali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Man checks a leg kick.
Man changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Man, as that shot connected.
Man cracks Ali with an open hand slap.
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ali throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.
Man scores with a body shot.
Man throws a right hand that Ali ducks under and follows up with a left that Ali also avoids with ease.
Man slips under a jab.
Jab, jab by Man - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Ali takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Man moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Man.
Man throws a big shot that misses.
Ali missing with a left hand there. Man was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ice Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ali throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Ali misses with an uppercut
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man missing with a left hand there. Ali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man punishes Ali's body with a nice straight punch.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Ali.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Man. That snapped Ali's head back.
Ali misses with a hook
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Man.
Man avoids the body shot from Ali.
Ali ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Man works the jab nicely.

Ali is rocked!
Man missing with a left hand there. Ali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oh Ali is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man.
Ali seems to have got his legs back now.
Man lands the left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man slips a jab and a cross from Ali.
Man jabs Ali right on the nose. Ali blinks but takes it well.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Man takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Man dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Ali got wobbled bad by a big combination! Man presses forward with punches and knees until Ali stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Ali closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ice Man!
Ice Man is the new light heavyweight champion!
Ice Man decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.