PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Barover (ranked 4944 p4p, 437 weight class) and Koh Ibu (ranked 994 p4p, 107 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Barover
vs
Ibu

177 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

175 cm
25
159 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Barover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koh Ibu!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibu scores with a nice right hand.
Ibu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ibu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barover shoots in for a double leg but Ibu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ibu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barover avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barover feinted with a counter takedown.
Ibu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Barover slips a jab from Ibu.
Barover moves out of range as Ibu throws a body kick.
Barover feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ibu! Barover is out on his feet! Ibu rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Barover is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Barover is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koh Ibu!
A very excited looking Koh Ibu rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.