PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Madison (ranked 6567 p4p, 23711 weight class) and Ingolf Ulfriksson (ranked 612 p4p, 637 weight class). Madison comes to the cage accompanied by Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap. Ulfriksson has chosen Hvem Er Hun as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joshua Madison had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Madison
vs
Ulfriksson

192 cm
26
202
3 - 7 - 0

194 cm
28
215
3 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ingolf Ulfriksson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Madison is rocked!

It looks like Joshua Madison has been cut.
Ulfriksson defending well as Madison loads up on a big left hand.
Oh Madison is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ulfriksson tries to close the distance and clinch but Madison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ulfriksson tries to sprawl but Madison drives through with a takedown into half guard.
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!
Well, if Madison is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Ulfriksson manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Madison keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Madison has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ulfriksson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ulfriksson jerks Madison's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Madison drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Ulfriksson goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Ulfriksson because Madison was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Ingolf Ulfriksson!
Ingolf Ulfriksson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Joshua Madison stepped up to the mic, saying 'I took an L tonight but that doesn't mean it's over for me. This is only the beginning of something much bigger. I'll be back. The Marathon Continues.'.