PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Gore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance Birmbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Gore has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gore
vs
Birmbaum

179 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
176 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Conviction

Lion Fightwear

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ivan Gore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chance Birmbaum!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birmbaum throws a low kick, looking for Gore's leg but Gore calmly moves out of range.
Gore throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Birmbaum has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gore is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gore. Birmbaum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Birmbaum with the counter takedown but Gore avoids it easily.
Birmbaum gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gore lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Birmbaum tries to land a leg kick but Gore saw it coming and moves away.
Gore throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Birmbaum fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Birmbaum slips under a jab.
Gore misses with a hook

and Birmbaum counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gore utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Birmbaum showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Birmbaum throwing strikes from guard but Gore blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birmbaum stops Gore from standing up.
Birmbaum slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Birmbaum tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gore pushes Birmbaum away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Birmbaum gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gore avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Birmbaum.
Gore tries to escape but Birmbaum is in control.
Gore taking a bit of punishment here - Birmbaum scoring with strikes.
Birmbaum advances nicely into full mount.
Birmbaum wants to control the action but instead Gore gets a body lock and reverses into Birmbaum's guard! Nice work!
Birmbaum looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gore is one step ahead there.
Birmbaum trying to control the position.
Gore stays in close to Birmbaum's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gore wants to get up but he can't break Birmbaum's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Birmbaum trying to keep a closed guard but Gore is proving a slippery customer.
Gore stopping the sweep attempt from Birmbaum.

Gore gets to his feet - Birmbaum follows without any prompting.
A leg kick checked by Gore.
Gore gets off balance looking for a body kick

so Birmbaum counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Gore has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Birmbaum off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Birmbaum just misses with a punch to the body.
Gore tries to close the distance and clinch but Birmbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Birmbaum tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gore scores with the left hand. Birmbaum knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gore swings for the body but Birmbaum moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gore scores with a jab.
Gore cracks Birmbaum with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gore misses with a body kick.
Birmbaum shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gore pinned against the cage. Gore gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gore throws a shot to the body.
Gore throws a hook but Birmbaum blocks it.
Birmbaum changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Gore looks to score with a jab to the body but Birmbaum is just out of range.
Birmbaum is looking for the big counter here.

Gore has closed the distance and engaged Birmbaum in a clinch.
Gore lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Gore dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gore thuds his right hand into Birmbaum's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gore tries to clinch up.
Gore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Birmbaum's head.
Birmbaum lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gore connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Birmbaum.
Birmbaum ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Birmbaum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Birmbaum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gore.
Birmbaum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gore.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gore - that will leave a mark!
Birmbaum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Birmbaum takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ivan Gore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Birmbaum misses with a body shot
and Gore counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gore seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Chance Birmbaum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Birmbaum.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gore darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gore darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Birmbaums jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice defenses there by Birmbaum.
Birmbaum throws a low kick, looking for Gore's leg but Gore calmly moves out of range.
Birmbaum has his takedown stuffed
and Gore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gore throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gore cracks a nice hook into Birmbaum's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gore.
Birmbaum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gore.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Birmbaum's head.
Birmbaum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gore throws a push kick but Birmbaum slaps the foot to one side.
Birmbaum misses with a low kick.
Gore just misses with a punch to the body.
Birmbaum tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jab by Gore.
Gore moves out of range of the body kick from Birmbaum.
Birmbaum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gore was well out of range. Poor timing from Birmbaum.
Gore scores with a head kick. Birmbaum tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Birmbaum looking to score a takedown here. Gore is defending well but Birmbaum drives through and ends up in Gore's guard.
Gore keeping moving, preventing Birmbaum from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmbaum throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Birmbaum stops Gore from standing up.
Birmbaum trying to control the position from guard on top but Gore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Birmbaum looking to sit in guard and control but Gore gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gore stays in close to Birmbaum's body and controls the position.

Gore stands and steps away. Birmbaum gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gore throws a hook but Birmbaum blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birmbaum steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gore. That one must have hurt.
Birmbaum shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gore as he jumps to the side.
Ivan Gore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Birmbaum.
Gore throws a leg kick

and Birmbaum counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Birmbaum is trying to control. Gore wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gore keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Birmbaum is working for a kimura but Gore is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Gore dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Gore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Birmbaum shoots for a double leg takedown but Gore sprawls well. He's pushed Birmbaum's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Birmbaum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gore manages to avoid it.
And Gore counters with a quick kick to the body but Birmbaum blocks it.
Gore avoids the body shot from Birmbaum.
Gore connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gore throws a hook to the side of Birmbaum's head but Birmbaum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Birmbaum throws a one two combo.
Birmbaum swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gore lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Birmbaum blocks a jab.
Gore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Birmbaum gets tackled into the cage by Gore. Gore maintains the clinch.
Gore lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore taking a breather.
Birmbaum throws a punch but it's blocked by Gore.
A short body shot lands from Gore as the two fighters clinch.
Birmbaum looking for a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Gore fails to land.
Birmbaum stalling in the clinch but Gore improves position.
Gore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Birmbaum backwards.
Birmbaum creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Birmbaum is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ivan Gore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Birmbaum.
Birmbaum is pushing Gore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Birmbaum backwards.
Gore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Birmbaum throws an elbow but it misses.
Birmbaum takes a shot to the head.
Chance Birmbaum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gore lands with a light punch inside.
Birmbaum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gore scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ivan Gore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gore is trying to maintain a safe position but Birmbaum gets an underhook and turns Gore into the cage.
Gore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Gore fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gore.

Birmbaum is rocked!
Gore lands an uppercut.
Birmbaum is still on wobbly legs! Can Gore finish him?
Gore works on Birmbaum's body with a couple of short punches.
Birmbaum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Birmbaum is trying to drag Gore to the mat but Gore just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gore dips a shoulder and cracks Birmbaum with a mighty uppercut! Birmbaum falls back against the cage and Gore unloads with a barrage of strikes! Birmbaum is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Gore screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Gore!