PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dvan Irago (ranked 1985 p4p, 289 weight class) and Rohith Sharma (ranked 2019 p4p, 293 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!

Irago
vs
Sharma

195 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

192 cm
19
224 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dvan Irago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rohith Sharma!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irago moves away from the strike by Sharma.
Sharma scores with a nice head shot.
Irago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharma.
Sharma fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Irago on the side of the head.
Sharma 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.
Sharma blocks a jab.

Sharma closes the distance and pushes Irago back into the cage.
Sharma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Sharma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Irago cracks Sharma with an open hand slap.
Irago missing with a left hand there. Sharma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sharma looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sharma misses with a series of wild punches.
Sharma cracks Irago with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Irago scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Irago throws a looping overhand right but Sharma ducks down to avoid it.
Irago throws a series of punches but Sharma moves out of range.
A combination from Irago does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irago digs a good hook to Sharma's body.
Sharma scores with a shot to the body.
Irago definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Sharma. Those never looked like landing.
Irago throws a series of punches but Sharma moves out of range.
Sharma connects with a jab.
Irago lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Irago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sharma.
Sharma misses with a wild body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sharma struggles to land a body shot inside as Irago controls his hands.
Sharma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sharma fails to land.
Irago wants to break free but Sharma has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma misses with a body punch.
Sharma lands a right hand.
Sharma tries to throw a body punch but Irago avoids it by throwing Sharma back against the cage.
Sharma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Sharma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Irago avoids the body shot from Sharma.
Dvan Irago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irago has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Irago there as he acknowledges the shot.
Irago closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Sharma does it's job there.
The fighters circling - Irago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sharma digs a good body shot into Irago's ribs.
Irago moves out of range of the strikes.
Irago lands an overhand right.
Sharma misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Irago misses its target.
Sharma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Irago moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharma moves into the clinch.
Sharma effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Sharma on the inside.

Sharma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Irago throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Irago tests Sharma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left lands for Sharma.
Irago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irago misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irago misses with a two punch combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sharma! But no joy.
Sharma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sharma lands a nice hook to Irago's body. Irago takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sharma swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irago.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Sharma.
A jab from Irago misses.
A big right from Irago misses.
Irago takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Irago misses with a body shot.
Sharma connects with a body shot that sends Irago's belly button to the back.
Sharma is looking to land body kicks.
Irago was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Irago takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Irago throws a lazy uppercut
and Sharma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Irago throws a series of punches but Sharma avoids them all with ease.
Sharma throws the left hand but Irago avoids the punch easily.
Sharma slips under a jab.
Irago throws a hook but Sharma blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharma scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Irago is breathing heavily.
Sharma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Irago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Sharma finds it's way through Irago's defenses.
Sharma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sharma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irago.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sharma works the jab nicely.
Sharma throws a lazy right hand but Irago sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sharma stuns Irago with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Irago misses the target.
Irago takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Irago takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sharma takes a swing at Irago's ribcage but misses.
Irago lands a lovely overhand right.
Irago thows a left - swing and a miss!
Irago scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Irago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharma.
Sharma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Irago misses with a hook.

Sharma closes the distance and clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sharma lands with a right to the head.
Sharma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Sharma.
Sharma pushes Irago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Dvan Irago has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sharma.

Irago is rocked!

Sharma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sharma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Irago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Irago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sharma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irago backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Irago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Irago blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharma has Irago pressed against the cage, preventing Irago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sharma.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irago wants to break free but Sharma has control.
Sharma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irago blocks a body shot from Sharma.
Sharma working aggressively here.
Sharma tries to work over Irago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharma lands a right hand.
Sharma lands with a right to the head.
Oh Irago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sharma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Irago seems to have got his legs back now.
A short left from Sharma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharma can't find room to land a body shot as Irago controls the action.
Irago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma lands a left hand.
Sharma lands with a right to the head.
Irago can't break the clinch.
Sharma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sharma can't find room to land a body shot as Irago controls the action.
Sharma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irago backwards.
Irago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sharma fails to land.
Sharma tries to work over Irago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharma swings wildly with an uppercut but Irago uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irago can't break the clinch.
Sharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Irago.
Sharma pushes Irago back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sharma leaning against his opponent.
Sharma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharma scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sharma pushes Irago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Irago tries to circle away but Sharma has him pinned against the cage.
Irago prevents a body shot from Sharma.
Sharma pushes Irago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharma is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rohith Sharma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dvan Irago's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Irago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sharma with a nice cross.
Sharma throws a big shot that misses.
Dvan Irago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Irago misses the shot to the body.
Irago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Sharma misses the target.
Sharma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sharma throws a shot from downtown. Irago moves away and avoids it.
Irago was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big right from Sharma misses.
Irago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharma.
Irago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharma moves away.
Sharma avoids the body shot from Irago.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharma is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Irago.
Sharma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sharma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irago.
Nice body punch from Sharma.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sharma connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma lands a head shot.
Sharma moves out of range of the strikes.
Sharma catches Irago with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sharma tries a head kick but it misses.
A left lands for Sharma.
Sloppy strikes from Irago. Those never looked like landing.
Sharma's corner calls for a 1-2. Sharma obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sharma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sharma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Irago working hard to break the clinch.
Irago looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sharma throws a punch but it's blocked by Irago.
Irago blocks an uppercut.
Sharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sharma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sharma lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Irago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sharma pushes Irago back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Irago backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharma misses with a body punch.
Sharma works on Irago's body with a couple of short punches.

Sharma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Irago misses with a body shot.
Sharma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Irago.
Irago throws a series of punches but Sharma moves out of range.

Sharma closes the distance and clinches.
Sharma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sharma.
Sharma is pushing Irago up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rohith Sharma is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Sharma.
Sharma continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Sharma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sharma swings wildly with an uppercut but Irago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharma lands an uppercut.

Irago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Irago moves out of range of the body kick from Sharma.
Irago misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Irago throws out a loose jab but Sharma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sharma looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Irago dodges the punch combination from Sharma.
Sharma throws a leg kick but Irago checks it.
Irago appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dvan Irago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Irago misses.
Sharma bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sharma lands with a nice body punch.
Sharma throws a head kick that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sharma is looking to slow Irago down with leg kicks.
Sharma lands a nice looking body shot.
Irago takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Sharma closes the distance and clinches.
Irago tries a body shot but Sharma blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rohith Sharma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sharma has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rohith Sharma!
Rohith Sharma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Dvan Irago spoke after the fight, saying 'Ref is a drug abuser'.