PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeong Hoon Chai (ranked 4878 p4p, 3555 weight class) and Ivor Ivanovic (ranked 422 p4p, 354 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Chai
vs
Ivanovic

175 cm
18
145
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
145
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeong Hoon Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivor Ivanovic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovic throws a hook but Chai avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Ivanovic.
Ivanovic jabs Chai right on the nose. Chai blinks but takes it well.
Ivanovic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ivanovic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Ivanovic closes the distance and pushes Chai back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Chai fails to land.
Ivanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chai.
Ivanovic taking a breather.
Ivanovic slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chai.
Chai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ivanovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivanovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ivanovic is looking to control Chai's arms but Chai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ivanovic has his back to the cage.
Chai throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chai is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ivanovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivanovic just leaning against Chai, taking a breather.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivanovic is looking to control Chai's arms but Chai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ivanovic has his back to the cage.
Chai wants to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ivanovic as Chai tries to tie him up.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Chai blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
A short body shot lands from Chai as the two fighters clinch.
Ivanovic throws a head punch that misses.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chai trying to stall but Ivanovic improves his position.
Chai trying to stall but Ivanovic improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai slowing the pace effectively.
Ivanovic has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
Ivanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.

Chai breaks the clinch.
Ivanovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chai shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ivanovic looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
Ivanovic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ivanovic walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanovic throws a hook but Chai avoids it easily.
Chai appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ivor Ivanovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ivanovic on the side of the head.
We've been told by Chai's head coaches at Master Chai's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Chai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivanovic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ivanovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
Ivanovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ivanovic looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic takes a swing at Chai's ribcage but misses.
Chai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ivanovic lands with a hook. Chai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ivanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Ivanovic fails to land.
Ivanovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivanovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
Ivanovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ivanovic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chai misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.

Chai manages to break the clinch.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ivanovic looks to land a left hand but Chai moved out of range nicely.
Chai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ivanovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Ivanovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chai momentarily.
Chai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ivanovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Ivanovic.
Good exchange - Ivanovic coming out on top.
Ivanovic lands with a hook. Chai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ivanovic misses with a straight left.
Ivanovic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ivanovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ivanovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ivanovic throws a jab when Chai was well out of range.
Chai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ivanovic misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanovic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chai doesn't seem bothered though.
Ivanovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivor Ivanovic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chai loads up on a big right hand but Ivanovic slips the punch.
Chai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chai throws a leg kick but Ivanovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ivanovic dodges the punch combination from Chai.
Ivanovic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chai with a body shot.
Ivanovic swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Ivanovic loads up on a big right hand but Chai slips the punch.
Ivanovic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chai doesn't seem bothered though.
Chai lands a slapping body shot.
Ivanovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ivanovic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chai on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Ivanovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ivanovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Chai moves out of range of the strikes.
Ivanovic throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai lands the left hand.
Ivanovic tries to clinch
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
Chai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Chai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ivanovic stuns Chai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ivor Ivanovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ivanovic lands with a cross.
Ivanovic misses with a body shot.
Ivanovic throws a hook to the side of Chai's head but Chai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivanovic. Chai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chai jabs Ivanovic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chai's hands.
Ivanovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chai's hands.
Chai misses with a double jab.
Ivanovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ivanovic throws a hook but Chai avoids it easily.
Ivanovic throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
A little feinted left hand from Chai on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Ivanovic.
Chai is looking to counter punch.
Chai lands with a nice combination. Ivanovic backs away looking to recover.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as Ivanovic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ivanovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ivanovic misses with a straight left.
Ivanovic blocks a jab.
Chai blocks a jab.
Ivanovic digs a good hook to Chai's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanovic misses with a looping left.
Ivanovic lands a jab to the head.
Ivanovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ivanovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ivanovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
Chai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ivanovic misses with a hook.
Chai slips a straight right by Ivanovic.
A quick step to the side and Chai tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Ivanovic. That snapped Chai's head back.
Ivanovic looks to throw the jab but Chai is out of range.
Ivanovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Chai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai scores with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ivanovic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ivanovic manages to avoid it.
Ivanovic moves to clinch but Chai breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Chai drops Ivanovic with a beautiful combination! Ivanovic stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Chai is looking for the KO!

Ivanovic is rocked!

It looks like Ivor Ivanovic has been cut.
Ivanovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ivanovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Chai finish him?
Good standup being displayed there by Ivanovic as he connects with a hook.
Chai slips under a jab.
Ivanovic seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Chai.
Chai thuds a left hand into Ivanovic's body.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ivanovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ivor Ivanovic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ivor Ivanovic's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Chai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ivanovic circles away quickly and effectively.

Ivanovic clinches.
Ivanovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chai struggles to land a body shot inside as Ivanovic controls his hands.
Ivanovic letting Chai take a breather here.
Ivanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chai is trying to maintain a safe position but Ivanovic gets an underhook and turns Chai into the cage.
Chai lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Chai taking a breather.
Chai stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ivanovic as Chai tries to tie him up.
Ivanovic lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chai lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chai stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ivanovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chai as Ivanovic tries to tie him up.
Chai lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Chai stalling in the clinch.
Chai scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivanovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivanovic tries to stall but Chai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ivanovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivanovic's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Chai is looking to control Ivanovic's arms but Ivanovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chai has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Chai.
Chai is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ivanovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chai tries to work over Ivanovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Chai manages to break the clinch.
Ivanovic moves out of range as Chai strikes.
Chai misses with an uppercut
and Ivanovic counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ivanovic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ivanovic.
Ivanovic misses the shot to the body.
Chai lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic misses with a straight left.
Chai swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chai throws a low kick but Ivanovic moves out of range easily.
Ivanovic slips under a jab from Chai.
A little jabbing left from Ivanovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ivanovic.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chai. That's going to slow Ivanovic down.
Ivanovic lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Chai finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ivor Ivanovic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ivanovic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ivanovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chai at a distance.
Chai slips a straight right by Ivanovic.
Chai fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ivanovic just manages to avoid it.
Ivanovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chai throws out the jab.
Ivanovic throws out a counter right but Chai avoids it with no problem.
Chai throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Ivanovic to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
Chai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Chai counters with a left and a right that stings Ivanovic.
Ivanovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ivanovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Chai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Ivanovic as he connects with a hook.
Ivanovic throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Jeong Hoon Chai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivanovic misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Ivanovic.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Ivanovic moved out of range.
Ivanovic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ivanovic throws a right hand that misses
and Chai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ivanovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chai's hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ivor Ivanovic.
Well Ivanovic 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivor Ivanovic!