PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ikerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ikerson has chosen Hopesfall - Andromeda as his entrance music. Mike Ikerson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wade
vs
Ikerson

175 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
188 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Ikerson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Wade.
Ikerson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ikerson moves away.
Ikerson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wade cracks a nice hook into Ikerson's ribs.
Wade misses with a body shot.
Ikerson throws out a counter right but Wade avoids it with no problem.
Ikerson throws a body kick that misses.
Wade lands a slapping body shot.
Wade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ikerson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jeremy Wade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Ikerson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ikerson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ikerson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wade. Ikerson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Ikerson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wade swings for the body but Ikerson moves out of range.
Ikerson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wade.
Wade misses the jab.
Wade throws a lazy uppercut
and Ikerson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Ikerson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ikerson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wade misses the shot to the body.
Despite the aggression on Ikerson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Ikerson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ikerson slips under a jab from Wade.
Ikerson throws a series of strikes that have Wade backpedaling.

It looks like Jeremy Wade has been cut.
Wade throws the kick towards the body but Ikerson avoids it.
Wade throws a right hand that Ikerson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ikerson also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ikerson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wade.
Wade moves forwards but Ikerson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ikerson swinging wildly here.
Wade swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ikerson ducks under a wild hook from Wade.
Wade throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ikerson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wade misses with a hook. Ikerson ducked under it nicely.
Ikerson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Ikerson throws the left hand but Wade avoids the punch easily.
Wade misses with an uppercut. Ikerson saw that one coming.
Ikerson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A cross from Ikerson lands.
Wade shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ikerson eats them both and turns towards Wade to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ikerson throws a looping overhand right but Wade ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ikerson throws a leg kick but Wade sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ikerson looks to throw a body kick
and Wade counters with a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ikerson!
Ikerson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Ikerson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wade throws a series of punches but Ikerson avoids them all with ease.
Wade just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ikerson.
Wade takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ikerson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ikerson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Wade back to the cage. Ikerson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ikerson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wade lands with an uppercut that bounces Ikerson off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ikerson.
Wade misses with a few strikes there.
Wade on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wade throws a hook but Ikerson blocks it.
Wade pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wade uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wade misses the shot to the body.
Wade misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ikerson. Wade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wade lands with a nice combination. Ikerson backs away looking to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wade just misses with a punch to the body.
Ikerson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Ikerson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wade.
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 Jeremy Wade will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Wade's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wade moves out of range of the strikes.
Wade looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wade scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ikerson feints and then cracks Wade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wade down.
Ikerson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wade went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ikerson misses with an uppercut.
Wade appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Wade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ikerson doesn't seem phased though.

Ikerson is rocked!
Wade cracks Ikerson with a hook to the temple - Ikerson is on wobbly legs here! Wade swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Ikerson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Wade wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jeremy Wade!