PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yam GroMuzgur (ranked 4797 p4p, 4906 weight class) and Ivor Ivanovic (ranked 396 p4p, 399 weight class). GroMuzgur comes to the cage accompanied by Feed the Fire. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

GroMuzgur
vs
Ivanovic

175 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
145
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yam GroMuzgur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivor Ivanovic!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
GroMuzgur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ivanovic's sensitive parts.
Ivanovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches GroMuzgur on the side of the head.
GroMuzgur swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivanovic.
GroMuzgur lands a lovely overhand right.
Ivanovic tries to close the distance and clinch but GroMuzgur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanovic scores with a shot to the body.
Ivanovic throws out a loose jab but GroMuzgur uses good head movement to avoid it.
GroMuzgur half committed to a counter leg kick.
GroMuzgur throws a leg kick but Ivanovic sees it coming and moves out of range.
GroMuzgur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ivanovic! But no joy.
GroMuzgur misses with a low kick.
Ivanovic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ivanovic checks the leg kick.
Ivanovic throws a big shot that misses.
Ivanovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
GroMuzgur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ivanovic.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from GroMuzgur lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ivanovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ivanovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ivanovic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ivanovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanovic swings for the body but GroMuzgur moves out of range.
Ivanovic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ivanovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Ivanovic misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by GroMuzgur. That's going to slow Ivanovic down.
GroMuzgur throws a leg kick which misses Ivanovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Ivanovic tries to avoid it.
Ivor Ivanovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivanovic checks a leg kick nicely.
A clash of legs there as Ivanovic blocks the low kick.
Ivanovic blocks a low kick nicely.
GroMuzgur moves out of range of the strikes.
GroMuzgur throws a sloppy head kick and Ivanovic moves out of range easily.
GroMuzgur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ivanovic.
GroMuzgur tried to counter with a leg kick but Ivanovic avoided it.

Ivanovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
GroMuzgur misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, GroMuzgur scores with a nice short uppercut.
GroMuzgur lands with a short shot to the head.
GroMuzgur tries a body shot but Ivanovic blocks it.
GroMuzgur lands a hook that snaps the head of Ivanovic backwards.
GroMuzgur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
GroMuzgur throws a punch but it's blocked by Ivanovic.
A head punch on the inside from GroMuzgur fails to land.
GroMuzgur tries a body shot but Ivanovic blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
GroMuzgur tries a body shot but Ivanovic blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanovic blocking some punches.
Ivanovic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Ivanovic manages to break the clinch.
Ivanovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
GroMuzgur ducks under a wild hook from Ivanovic.
GroMuzgur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ivanovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. GroMuzgur manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ivanovic avoids the body shot from GroMuzgur.
GroMuzgur tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ivanovic is able to avoid easily.
GroMuzgur with a nice calf kick.
Ivanovic throws a good cross that connects.
GroMuzgur takes a jab right on the kisser.
GroMuzgur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
GroMuzgur misses with a leg kick.
Ivanovic lands with a good body shot.
GroMuzgur throws a hook to the side of Ivanovic's head but Ivanovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ivanovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
GroMuzgur appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
GroMuzgur takes one to the side of the head.
Ivanovic lands the left hand.
GroMuzgur throws a low kick but Ivanovic moves out of range easily.
Ivanovic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
GroMuzgur tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanovic avoids the head kick by GroMuzgur.
Ivanovic works GroMuzgur's body with a nice hook.
Ivanovic misses with an uppercut. GroMuzgur saw that one coming.
Ivanovic lands with an uppercut that bounces GroMuzgur off the cage and back into range.

GroMuzgur is rocked!

Ivanovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh GroMuzgur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
GroMuzgur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ivanovic's elbow.
GroMuzgur misses with a body punch.
GroMuzgur misses with a punch on the inside.
Ivanovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivanovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ivanovic pushes GroMuzgur 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!
Ivanovic stalling against the cage.
GroMuzgur misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ivanovic blocks an uppercut.
Ivanovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
GroMuzgur throws a head punch that misses.
GroMuzgur swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
GroMuzgur has a couple of punches blocked by Ivanovic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
GroMuzgur throws a head punch that misses.
Ivanovic blocks a body shot from GroMuzgur.

Ivanovic breaks the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ivanovic checks a leg kick.
Ivanovic lands a nice hook to GroMuzgur's body. GroMuzgur takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ivanovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ivanovic lunges in with a left hook that violently twists GroMuzgur head around and knocks him out cold! Ivanovic hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivor Ivanovic!