PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ivan navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty The Headhunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

navarro
vs
The Headhunter

178 cm
21
198 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, ivan navarro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rusty The Headhunter!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
navarro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
navarro stuffs the takedown.
navarro misses with a head kick.
The Headhunter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

The Headhunter instigates a clinch.
navarro is working for takedown but The Headhunter is calmly controlling the position for now.
navarro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Headhunter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Headhunter stops a takedown attempt from navarro.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ivan navarro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Headhunter wants a takedown but no success here.
The Headhunter lands a body shot in the clinch.

navarro has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but The Headhunter regains guard immediately.

navarro gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
navarro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Headhunter looks for a takedown but navarro sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Headhunter fails with an attempt to clinch.

navarro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The Headhunter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Headhunter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. navarro is working away from the top position though.
The Headhunter is not content to let navarro control the position.
navarro lands strikes from half guard.
navarro working The Headhunter over with strikes.
navarro works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
navarro working away.
navarro throws a strike aimed at the side of The Headhunter's head but The Headhunter avoids it well.
navarro throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and The Headhunter works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The Headhunter is controlling navarro's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Headhunter is trying to maintain the position but navarro is very close to passing his half guard.
navarro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
navarro misses with a head shot. The Headhunter uses the momentum to regain guard.
navarro stands up over The Headhunter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
navarro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
navarro throws a big right hand that misses.
The Headhunter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
navarro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
navarro preventing the sweep.
The Headhunter looks gassed!
navarro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

The Headhunter is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

navarro is trying to trip The Headhunter. He has hold of a leg but The Headhunter is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. navarro persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
navarro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Headhunter's head.
navarro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Headhunter looking for a sweep. Not yet The Headhunter, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
navarro trying to control the position from guard on top but The Headhunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
navarro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
navarro won't allow The Headhunter to sweep him here.
navarro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
navarro postures up in The Headhunter's guard and throws a big left but The Headhunter blocks it.
navarro postures up in The Headhunter's guard and throws a big left but The Headhunter blocks it.
navarro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
navarro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
navarro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Headhunter trying to keep a closed guard but navarro is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ivan navarro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Headhunter throws a right hand that navarro ducks under and follows up with a left that navarro also avoids with ease.
The Headhunter shoots and misses

and navarro counters with a single leg into guard. The Headhunter didn't expect that.
navarro throws a big right hand that misses.
navarro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The Headhunter throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
navarro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The Headhunter keeping moving, preventing navarro from controlling successfully.
The Headhunter is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The Headhunter is breathing heavily.

navarro stands and steps away. The Headhunter gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

navarro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Headhunter is squirming around, avoiding navarro's attempts to control the action.
navarro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
navarro scoring with strikes but The Headhunter is staying in there.
navarro dominating with strikes here.
The Headhunter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
navarro lands a nice shot to the head.
navarro unloading with bombs!
navarro working the ground and pound effectively.
navarro lands a big shot there that rocks The Headhunter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
navarro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Headhunter is looking to escape.
ivan navarro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

navarro wants to finish this one by submission but The Headhunter is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from navarro.
navarro fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
navarro trying to control but The Headhunter is having none of it.

navarro is going olschool here, as he tries to force The Headhunter to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so The Headhunter shrugs it off.
The Headhunter tries to hold on but navarro pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Headhunter is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, navarro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The Headhunter is wriggling around trying to escape.
navarro trying to control but The Headhunter is having none of it.
navarro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
navarro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Headhunter on the ground.
The Headhunter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
navarro cracks The Headhunter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Headhunter is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
navarro in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

navarro swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and The Headhunter is now in navarro's guard. A big mistake from navarro there, giving up the dominant position!
The Headhunter controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The Headhunter preventing the sweep.
The Headhunter is looking to work some ground and pound but navarro has wrist control.
The Headhunter trying to control but navarro is working from the bottom.
navarro controls The Headhunter momentarily but The Headhunter frees himself.
navarro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ivan navarro dominated that second round.
That's time! navarro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The Headhunter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and navarro counters with a single leg into guard. The Headhunter didn't expect that.
navarro lands a couple of decent looking shots.
navarro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Headhunter's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells navarro's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
navarro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
navarro landing some decent shots from guard.
The Headhunter has momentary wrist control but navarro slips an elbow through the middle.
navarro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The Headhunter keeping moving, preventing navarro from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
navarro throwing strikes from guard but The Headhunter blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Headhunter trying to keep a closed guard but navarro is proving a slippery customer.
navarro is looking to work some ground and pound but The Headhunter has wrist control.
navarro trying to control the position from guard on top but The Headhunter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
navarro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
navarro landing some decent shots from guard.
navarro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
navarro landing with the ground and pound.

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.
navarro scoring with some ground and pound.
navarro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
navarro is in close to The Headhunter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
navarro cracks The Headhunter with a solid left hand.
The Headhunter wants to sweep but no luck.
navarro is in close to The Headhunter's body, working some short punches and elbows.

navarro drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Headhunter dives on top into guard.
navarro on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if navarro tries to get out of the position.
navarro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Headhunter wants to stand but navarro is controlling his posture from full guard.
navarro looking for a sweep. Not yet navarro, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Headhunter trying to control but navarro is working from the bottom.
navarro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The Headhunter tries to stand but navarro is controlling from the bottom.
navarro striking off his back but it's not causing The Headhunter any problems.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now navarro is on top in guard.
The Headhunter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
ivan navarro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
navarro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
navarro trying to control but The Headhunter is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The Headhunter working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. navarro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. navarro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
navarro postures up in The Headhunter's guard and throws a big left but The Headhunter blocks it.
navarro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Headhunter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

navarro drives through with a takedown into guard.
navarro wants to get up but he can't break The Headhunter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rusty The Headhunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
navarro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

And that's the end of the fight!
ivan navarro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for navarro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ivan navarro!