PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Fold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ihu Ihaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ihu Ihaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fold
vs
Ihaka

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
262 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Fold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ihu Ihaka!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ihaka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Ihaka clinches up against the cage.
Fold throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fold tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fold tries a knee to the head but Ihaka blocks it.
Ihaka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ihaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fold tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fold is looking to break free of the clinch but Ihaka has double underhooks.
Fold blocking some punches.
Ihaka throws a head punch that misses.
Ihaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fold working aggressively here.
Fold misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Fold.
Fold is looking to control Ihaka's arms but Ihaka gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fold has his back to the cage.
Fold misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fold tries to land a knee to the head but Ihaka blocks with his arms.
Ihaka misses with a punch to the body.
Fold managing to block the knees to the body from Ihaka.
Ihaka misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ihaka as Fold tries to tie him up.
Fold tries to land a knee to the head but Ihaka blocks with his arms.
Fold wants to stall.
Fold tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ihaka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fold using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ihaka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ihaka misses with the head strike.
Ihaka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fold's elbow.
Ihaka lands a shoulder strike.
Fold looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ihaka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ihaka cracks Fold with a nice body shot.
Ihaka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ihaka lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ihaka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fold takes a shot to the head.
Fold taking a breather.
Maybe Fold would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bill Fold.
Ihaka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fold is out of range and Ihaka settles back down.
Ihaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fold ducks under a wild hook from Ihaka.
Ihaka takes a kick to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Ihaka misses the target.
Ihaka scores with a hook.
Ihaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fold circles away quickly and effectively.
Ihaka connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ihaka lands a big uppercut and Fold crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Fold looks OK. Ihaka waves Fold back to his feet!

Fold is rocked!
Ihaka works Fold's body with a nice hook.
Ihaka scores with a jab to the body.
Fold is breathing heavily.
Ihaka cracks Fold with a left hook right on the temple and Fold goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Ihaka lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Fold is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ihu Ihaka!
After winning the bout, Ihu Ihaka thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.