PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AB Sly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sly has chosen In Flames - My Sweet Shadow as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ivanov
vs
Sly

185 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
212 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuri Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, AB Sly!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sly tries to clinch there but Ivanov circles away.
Sly ducks under a wild hook from Ivanov.
Ivanov throws a good cross that connects.

Sly scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sly wants to control but Ivanov is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Ivanov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sly is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sly sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ivanov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Sly is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ivanov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ivanov regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov tries to roll over but Sly keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sly is trying to control. Ivanov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No joy there for Sly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivanov lands a jab to Sly's midsection.
Sly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ivanov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sly looks gassed!
Sly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sly misses with a double jab
and Ivanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sly on the side of the head.

Ivanov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ivanov perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sly on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ivanov working the head and body with strikes.
Ivanov moves into full mount! Sly won't be happy about that!
The referee warns Sly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanov lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ivanov controlling his opponent.
Ivanov unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov controlling the position easily from mount.
Ivanov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sly hang on?
Sly tries to hold on but Ivanov pushes him away.
Ivanov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ivanov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ivanov looking to finish Sly with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sly!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sly's face.
Ivanov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ivanov content just to control the position here.
Ivanov looking to control but Sly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ivanov controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ivanov lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Ivanov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ivanov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sly to the mat! Sly manages to get full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Yuri Ivanov.
Sly falls off balance throwing a combination

and Ivanov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sly tries to break free but Ivanov pushes him back against the cage.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.
Ivanov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sly or not.
Ivanov has Sly pressed against the cage, preventing Sly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanov.
Ivanov presses Sly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ivanov digs a right hand underneath Sly's ribcage. Sly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ivanov wants a takedown but no success here.
Still in the clinch, Ivanov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ivanov.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Ivanov.
Ivanov is leaning against Sly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sly is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Ivanov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Ivanov.
Ivanov is leaning against Sly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ivanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ivanov lands an uppercut.
Ivanov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sly backwards.
Ivanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sly backwards.

Sly is rocked!
Ivanov lands a big right hand that drops Sly! The killer instinct kicks in and Ivanov finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ivanov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Ivanov!