PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Ibraham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Jole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ibraham
vs
Jole

186 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Nutrition Down Under

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Ibraham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Jole!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Ibraham.
Ibraham ducks under a wild hook from Jole.
Ibraham throws a leg kick but Jole sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Jole misses with the combination.
Ibraham definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ibraham ducks under a wild hook from Jole.
Ibraham tried to counter with a leg kick but Jole avoided it.
Black Jole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ibraham has closed the distance and engaged Jole in a clinch.
Jole works on Ibraham's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jole can't break the clinch.
Ibraham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jole avoids it.
Jole pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ibraham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jole's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jole wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ibraham landing knees to the head.
Ibraham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Ibraham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jole throws a poor cross that misses
and Ibraham counters with a nice leg kick.
Ibraham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jole just misses with a punch to the body.
It appears Ibraham was looking to counter with a kick there.
Ibraham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jole.

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

Jole is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ibraham.
Ibraham staying out of range there.
Jole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ibraham.
Good leg kick by Ibraham there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ibraham moves in looking to clinch but Jole pushes him off.
Jole checks a low kick from Ibraham.
It seemed like Jole was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ibraham in his tracks.
No joy there for Jole, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jole lands a nice hook to Ibraham's body. Ibraham takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ibraham ducks under a wild hook from Jole.
Ibraham fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jole just manages to avoid it.
Jole misses with a hook
and Ibraham counters with a low kick, right behind Jole 's knee.
Jole throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ibraham counters with a body kick.
Jole lands a nice shot that snaps Ibraham's head back.
Ibraham wants to clinch up but Jole keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Jole was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ibraham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jole's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ibraham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jole lands the left hand.
Ibraham fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ibraham throws a leg kick that misses.
Jole throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Jole throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibraham scores with a leg kick.
Ibraham misses with a head kick.
Ibraham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ibraham plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Ibraham dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ibraham takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ibraham tries to clinch but Jole moves away
and Jole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from Jole misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jole throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ibraham looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ibraham tries to clinch up.

Ibraham pushes Jole up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibraham prevents Jole from breaking the clinch.
Jole is looking to break free of the clinch but Ibraham has double underhooks.
Jole lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ibraham or not.
Jole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jole taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jole tries to circle away but Ibraham has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ibraham throws an elbow but misses.
Ibraham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jole lands a body punch.
The referee calls for Jole to work.
Ibraham misses with a knee strike.
Ibraham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jole's elbow.

Ibraham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jole will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jole takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibraham tries a head kick but it misses.
Jole throws out a counter right but Ibraham avoids it with no problem.
Jole lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ibraham at a distance.
Ibraham wants to clinch.
Jole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Ibraham.
Black Jole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jole misses with a double jab.
Ibraham fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jole just manages to avoid it.
Ibraham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jole can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jole waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ibraham.
Jole scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jole throws a body punch but Ibraham moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ibraham, right into the meat.
Ibraham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ibraham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ibraham slips a jab and a cross from Jole.
Ibraham attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jole scores with a hook to the body. Ibraham takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Jole.
Jole misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ibraham counters with a nice right hand that sends Jole toppling to the canvas! Jole scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ibraham finish him?!
Jole is still on wobbly legs! Can Ibraham finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ibraham chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Ibraham throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Jole is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). George Ibraham!
George Ibraham made sure to mention his sponsor, Nutrition Down Under in his post fight interview.