PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Ivkov (ranked 3245 p4p, 2360 weight class) and Jetmir Erminus (ranked 324 p4p, 253 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ivkov
vs
Erminus

177 cm
27
149
7 - 6 - 0

171 cm
20
150
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandar Ivkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jetmir Erminus!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erminus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ivkov throwing a counter right hand but Erminus manages to avoid it.
Ivkov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Erminus.
Erminus tries for a takedown but Ivkov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Erminus drives through with a takedown into Ivkov's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Erminus slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ivkov working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erminus throws a big elbow that misses.
Erminus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ivkov wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivkov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Erminus.
Ivkov has Erminus pulled in close to control his posture.
Ivkov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Erminus is working Ivkov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ivkov is trying to control the position but Erminus postures up.
Erminus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Erminus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ivkov's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Erminus lands a couple of digs.
Ivkov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Erminus connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Erminus landing with the ground and pound.
Erminus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Erminus stays in close to Ivkov's body and controls the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ivkov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Erminus shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ivkov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Erminus happy to just control the position for now.
Ivkov is trying to control Erminus's posture but Erminus avoids it.
Erminus creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ivkov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ivkov is trying to escape the position but Erminus is controlling the position.
Ivkov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ivkov tries to get out of the position.

Erminus has hold of Ivkov's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ivkov tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Erminus cranks the arm and Ivkov screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ivkov, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jetmir Erminus!
Jetmir Erminus 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.