PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Izquierdo (ranked 701 p4p, 1157 weight class) and Jonathan Boaler (ranked 97 p4p, 167 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Izquierdo
vs
Boaler

190 cm
28
216
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
28
212
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Core Combat

MKFC
Finnish Elite Extreme Science

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Izquierdo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonathan Boaler!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izquierdo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Boaler eats them both and turns towards Izquierdo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Boaler pushes Izquierdo up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Izquierdo.
A bit of stalling here from Izquierdo.
Izquierdo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Izquierdo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boaler fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Boaler tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Izquierdo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Boaler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Izquierdo smiles and moves away.
Ivan Izquierdo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Boaler.
Izquierdo misses with a straight left.
Izquierdo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boaler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Izquierdo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boaler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boaler tries to clinch up
and Izquierdo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Boaler is rocked!
Izquierdo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Izquierdo misses with a looping left.
Izquierdo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Izquierdo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boaler was well out of range. Poor timing from Izquierdo.
Boaler shoots and misses

and Izquierdo counters with a crisp right hand that drops Boaler! Izquierdo lets Boaler back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Boaler is still on wobbly legs! Can Izquierdo finish him?
Boaler fails with the takedown
and Izquierdo counters with a big left hand that crumples Boaler! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Izquierdo!
Ivan Izquierdo retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Ivan Izquierdo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.