PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irvin Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Fire
vs
Ross

201 cm
24
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Irvin Ross!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ross throws a series of punches but Fire avoids them all with ease.
A left and a right from Ross both land. Nice combination.

It looks like John Fire has been cut.

Fire fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ross to the ground. Fire is now in Ross's guard.
Ross is wriggling around but Fire manages to pass to half guard.

Fire is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ross really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fire. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Fire is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ross defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fire seems to be looking for submissions.

Fire looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ross kicks Fire off and gets back to his feet.
Fire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ross counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ross is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fire gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ross.
Fire takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Fire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ross wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ross makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ross misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ross. That's going to slow Fire down.
Fire shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ross as he avoids it easily.
Ross lands a body shot.
Ross scores with a jab.
Ross connects with a looping right hand.
Fire throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ross's waist but Ross gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fire off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Fire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fire is breathing heavily.
Fire has his takedown stuffed
and Ross counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ross scores with a decent looking hook.
Ross connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross throws a series of punches but Fire moves out of range.
Ross wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fire is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ross.
A shot to the liver by Ross. Beautiful body shot.
Ross shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fire eats them both and turns towards Ross to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
John Fire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ross connects with a body shot that sends Fire's belly button to the back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ross, as that shot connected.
Ross's corner calls for a 1-2. Ross obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ross clobbers Fire with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Fire fails with a takedown attempt.
Ross is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ross scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fire backs up against the cage.
Ross scores with a nice strike.
Fire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ross lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ross is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fire had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Danga de danga de dang - Ross scores with a four punch combination!
Ross feints a jab promting Fire to slip. Ross then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fire slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fire fails to land the takedown.
Ross keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Fire 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fire on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ross is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fire takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irvin Ross dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Fire's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fire shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ross but Ross pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ross swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Fire gets a takedown into half guard.

Fire is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ross has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ross tries to kick Fire off but Fire keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ross is defending against the submission attempts here by Fire.

Ross is defending against the submission attempts here by Fire.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fire is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ross has managed to free his arm - good work.

Fire seems to be looking for submissions.

Ross has one foot on Fire's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Ross clobbers Fire with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fire shoots in for a takedown but Ross shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ross lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fire fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ross avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Fire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ross connects with a body shot.
Ross bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fire's head backwards.
Fire takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ross has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ross misses with the combination.
Fire on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ross lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fire's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ross as he avoids it easily.
Ross lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice shot by Ross.
A left and a right from Ross both land. Nice combination.
Ross tests Fire's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Fire is rocked!

John Fire's cut is getting worse.
Fire looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ross connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Fire is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Fire to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Ross!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Irvin Ross!