PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pernell Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanilla Ice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karl
vs
Ice

183 cm
25
170 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

191 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Sun-Tzu

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pernell Karl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vanilla Ice!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ice.
Nice shot by Karl.
Karl defending well as Ice loads up on a big left hand.
Karl appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Karl takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ice feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karl's calf.
Ice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Karl counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karl misses with a straight left.
Karl throws a hook but Ice blocks it.
Ice moves out of range of the strikes.
Karl misses with a hook
and Ice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karl misses with a right hand
and Ice counters with a stiff right hand.
Ice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karl counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ice scores with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Karl misses the target.
Karl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karl misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Karl moves out of range as Ice throws a body kick.
Ice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karl connects with a body shot that sends Ice's belly button to the back.
Karl throws a hook but Ice avoids it easily.
Vanilla Ice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karl.
Ice appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Karl throws a looping overhand right but Ice ducks down to avoid it.
Ice looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ice is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ice lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ice.

It looks like Pernell Karl has been cut.
Karl takes a kick to the side of the head.
Karl lands an overhand right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ice, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick there by Ice.
Ice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ice misses with a wild combination.

Karl tries to keep at a distance but Ice has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karl needs to keep his hands up - Ice had a free shot at his head there.
Karl throws a series of punches but Ice moves out of range.
Ice now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ice moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ice just misses with a punch to the body.
Ice's jab looks to have found its range, popping Karl under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karl throws a body punch but Ice moves out of range.
Ice misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ice!
Ice throws a right hand that misses
and Karl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karl scores with a jab.
Karl throws out a loose jab but Ice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karl looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ice takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karl pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ice is out of range and Karl settles back down.
Karl misses with a wild body shot.
Karl with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ice to score with a decent uppercut.
Ice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karl was well out of range. Poor timing from Ice.
Ice has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ice scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karl throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Karl lands with an uppercut that bounces Ice off the cage and back into range.
Ice just misses with a punch to the body.
Ice throws a sloppy body shot
and Karl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ice slips a straight right by Karl.
Ice is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Karl takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A big left from Karl misses.
Ice throws out a counter right but Karl avoids it with no problem.
Ice fakes the leg kick and cracks Karl in the body.
Ice throws a push kick but Karl slaps the foot to one side.
Ice swings widly with a right hand
and Karl counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick there by Ice.
Ice comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ice misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vanilla Ice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pernell Karl's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ice shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Karl eats them both and turns towards Ice to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ice tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karl slips a jab from Ice.
Karl loads up on a big right hand but Ice slips the punch.
Ice has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ice lands a jab to the nose.
Ice with a nice cross.
Ice works over Karl's head and body with a nice combination.
Ice scores with a kick to the body.
Vanilla Ice seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ice throws a leg kick but Karl moved away.
Karl swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karl dodges the punch combination from Ice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ice looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karl checks a leg kick nicely.
Ice pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karl tries to move into range but Ice moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ice walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karl was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Ice misses with a wild combination.
Karl swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karl misses with a wild body shot.
Ice lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karl lands a jab-cross combination.
Karl scores with a body shot.
Karl lands a nice looking body shot.
Ice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karl counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ice thinking.
Ice is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ice looks to land a body kick but Karl moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Ice.
Nice body kick from Ice.
Ice checks a low kick from Karl.
Ice throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karl takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karl misses with a two punch combination.
Ice throws the left hand but Karl avoids the punch easily.
Karl fails to land with a series of punches.
Karl throws a looping overhand right but Ice ducks down to avoid it.
Ice scores with a decent looking hook.
Karl misses the shot to the body.
Ice lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karl backs up against the cage.
Karl darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Ice is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karl sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Ice's defenses. It connects perfectly with Ice's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pernell Karl!
A very excited looking Pernell Karl rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.