PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yaroslav Ivan (ranked 7360 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Homes (ranked 24897 p4p, 0 weight class). Larry Homes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ivan
vs
Homes

193 cm
18
222 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaroslav Ivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Homes!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Homes moves into the clinch successfully.
Ivan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Homes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ivan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Homes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Homes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Homes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ivan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ivan is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homes misses with a knee to the head.

Homes breaks the clinch.

Homes closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Homes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homes blocks a leg kick.
Homes should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Homes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ivan moves away.
Homes throws a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Homes.
Homes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been told by Ivan's head coaches at Cozad MMA St Petersburg that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ivan 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.
Homes thuds a left hand into Ivan's body.
Homes just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Homes misses.

Homes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ivan quickly recovers to half guard.
Homes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ivan has hold of Homes's hands but Homes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homes controlling the action here.

Homes postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Ivan to stand up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Homes throws a body punch but Ivan moves out of range.
Homes throws a leg kick which misses Ivan's front leg but catches the back leg as Ivan tries to avoid it.
Ivan avoids the head kick by Homes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Homes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Homes throws a series of punches but Ivan avoids them all with ease.
Homes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ivan's calf.
Ivan blocks a jab.
Ivan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Homes looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Homes has closed the distance and engaged Ivan in a clinch.

Homes breaks from the clinch.
Homes scores with a hook.
Larry Homes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homes scores with a jab to the body.
Homes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Homes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Homes lands a big head kick that sends Ivan tumbling to the mat! Homes takes a step backwards and waves Ivan back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Ivan is rocked!

It looks like Yaroslav Ivan has been cut.

Homes shoots in and gets a takedown into Ivan's guard.
Oh Ivan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Homes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Homes stands up and waves to Ivan to follow him.
Homes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ivan seems to have got his legs back now.
Homes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ivan rather than just go for the knockout.
Homes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Homes scores with a shot to the body.
Homes looks to throw the jab but Ivan is out of range.
Ivan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Homes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yaroslav Ivan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Homes throws a nice looking combination but Ivan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Homes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Oooooh!!! Homes has knocked Ivan down with a huge combo! Homes steps away and waves a wobbly Ivan back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Homes throws a head kick but Ivan moves out of range.
As Homes tries to get set, Ivan tries to push him back and clinch up but Homes manages to avoid the attempt.
Homes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ivan.
Homes lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Ivan falls backwards - clearly groggy! Homes dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Larry Homes!