PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ajax Clean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damienn Ives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Clean
vs
Ives

180 cm
18
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ajax Clean!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damienn Ives!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ives scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Clean gets back to half guard.
Ives lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Clean actively working from the bottom here.
Ives thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clean's head.
Clean really is a fat lump.
Ives slips a nice elbow through Clean's hands, connecting with Clean's forehead.
Clean gets back to full guard.
Ives postures up and lands a big shot to Clean's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ives working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Clean's head.
Clean manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ives wants to hold on but Clean pushes him away.
Clean can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ives is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clean is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ives is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Clean jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ives is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ives and Clean has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Clean is looking to take a break and control but Ives is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ives struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Clean is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ives knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Clean tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Clean has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ives is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clean is looking to take a break and control but Ives is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clean tries to clinch there but Ives circles away.

Ives shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Clean tries to lock up and control but Ives gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Clean is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ives scoring with strikes but Clean is staying in there.
Clean in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Clean is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Clean is working hard here to advance position.
Ives working Clean over with strikes here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Clean is wriggling around trying to escape.
Clean wants to control but Ives is having none of it.
Clean gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ives lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ives looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Clean wants to get back to full guard.

Clean looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damienn Ives dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Clean with a poor takedown

so Ives counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Clean wants to sweep here but Ives controlling him for the moment.

Clean looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ives working some strikes from top position.
Clean is trying to keep Ives in close.
Ives cracks Clean with a solid left hand.
Ives chips away with some ground and pound.
Ives lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ives scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Clean has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ives can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ives postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ives scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ives lands a couple of elbows.
Clean is trying to control the position but Ives postures up.
Ives missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ives throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ives is breathing heavily.

Clean looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Ives avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ives cracks Clean with a solid left hand.

Ives got a little sloppy there for a moment and Clean has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ives has managed to get both his arms back between Clean's legs - danger averted.
Ives is working Clean over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ives is in close to Clean's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clean working a defensive guard here.
Ives must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ives landing with the ground and pound.
Clean trying to control the position.

Clean looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Clean controls Ives momentarily but Ives frees himself.
Ives really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Clean. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Clean is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ives is in close to Clean's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Clean is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ives scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives is in close to Clean's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Clean had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ives defends it easily.
Ives postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ives lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ives working some strikes from top position.
Clean not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ives postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clean is trying to control the position but Ives postures up.
Clean bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ives's guard.
Ives keeping full guard, as Clean tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clean trying to control the position from guard on top but Ives is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clean passes Ives's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damienn Ives showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Clean closes the distance looking to clinch

and Ives counters with a shoot takedown. Clean fights it but they end up in guard.
Ives lands a couple of digs.
Ives working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ives chips away with some ground and pound.
Ives stands up over Clean, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clean working a defensive guard here.
Clean looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ives is one step ahead there.
Ives connects with a couple of short punches.

Ives has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Clean to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ives is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Clean pulls down on the head and he's put Ives to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ajax Clean!
Ajax Clean is the new heavyweight champion!