PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Manuel Ibanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hung Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibanez comes into the arena with Can't Hold Us (ft. Ray Dalton) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis blaring out of the sound system. Francisco Manuel Ibanez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hung Lo's chin.

Manuel Ibanez
vs
Lo

192 cm
24
241 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
24
264 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Francisco Manuel Ibanez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hung Lo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lo moves away from the strike by Ibanez.
Lo throws a head kick that misses.

Lo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ibanez wants to break free but Lo has control.
Ibanez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lo lands a nice shot to the body.
Ibanez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ibanez can't find room to land a body shot as Lo controls the action.

Ibanez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ibanez blocks a jab.
Lo tries to clinch but Ibanez moves out of range.
Ibanez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Ibanez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ibanez scores with a hook.

It looks like Hung Lo has been cut.
Ibanez misses with a series of wild punches.
Lo misses with a series of wild punches.
Lo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibanez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lo was well out of range. Poor timing from Ibanez.
Lo is looking to clinch but Ibanez is avoiding it.
Ibanez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ibanez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lo moves away.

Lo clinches up with Ibanez and pushes him back against the cage.
Ibanez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lo or not.
Ibanez looking to slow down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Ibanez.
A short left from Ibanez.

Lo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lo keeps the fight on the outside.
Ibanez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lo to score with a decent uppercut.
Ibanez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ibanez blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibanez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ibanez throws a body punch but Lo moves out of range.

Lo moves into range and clinches up with Ibanez.
Lo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ibanez can't find room to land a body shot as Lo controls the action.
Ibanez wants to get back to striking at distance but Lo won't allow it.
Ibanez working hard to break the clinch.
Lo misses with some punches.

Lo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lo tries to clinch but Ibanez is having none of it.
Ibanez tests Lo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ibanez just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Ibanez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lo is looking to clinch but Ibanez is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Ibanez misses.
We've been told by Ibanez's head coaches at House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lo throws a wild body kick that Ibanez sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo scores with a hook.

Lo clinches.
Lo cracks Ibanez with a nice body shot.
A short left from Ibanez.
Lo stalling in the clinch.
Lo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ibanez has a couple of punches blocked by Lo.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Ibanez uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ibanez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ibanez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lo defending well as Ibanez loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibanez slips a jab and a cross from Lo.
Ibanez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ibanez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lo moves away.
Ibanez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Lo gets tackled into the cage by Ibanez. Ibanez maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ibanez.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lo lands with a left to the head.

It looks like Francisco Manuel Ibanez has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ibanez has him pressed against the cage.
Lo pushes Ibanez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lo taking a breather.
Ibanez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lo misses with a short punch on the inside.

Ibanez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lo slips under a jab from Ibanez.
Lo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lo lands with a kick to the temple. Ibanez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Francisco Manuel Ibanez will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ibanez gets a clinch.
Ibanez throws a big uppercut that drops Lo! More strikes from Ibanez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lo lies dazed against the cage as Ibanez celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francisco Manuel Ibanez!
Our winner, Francisco Manuel Ibanez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.