PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shuuji Hanamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Shuuji Hanamoto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Shuuji Hanamoto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hanamoto
vs
Ivanov

186 cm
24
195 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

185 cm
23
197 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shuuji Hanamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuri Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanamoto with a poor takedown

and Ivanov counters by clinching up.
Ivanov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hanamoto or not.
Hanamoto blocks a body shot from Ivanov.
Ivanov lands an uppercut.
Ivanov tries a body shot but Hanamoto blocks it.
Ivanov works on Hanamoto's body with a couple of short punches.
Ivanov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hanamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ivanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ivanov tries to work over Hanamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivanov.

It looks like Shuuji Hanamoto has been cut.
Hanamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shuuji Hanamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanamoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ivanov walks away with a smile on his face. Hanamoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hanamoto blocks the body kick.
Ivanov scores with a sloppy right hand. Hanamoto should have avoided that one.
Hanamoto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ivanov counters with a straight right hand.
Hanamoto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice defenses there by Hanamoto.

Ivanov pushes Hanamoto up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov scores with a shot to the side of Hanamoto's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Ivanov.
Hanamoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ivanov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hanamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivanov misses with a body punch.
Hanamoto prevents a body shot from Ivanov.
Hanamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Hanamoto avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
Ivanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ivanov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hanamoto's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivanov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ivanov lands a shot to the body.
Ivanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hanamotos head.
Ivanov lands a nice uppercut.
Hanamoto tries to pull guard but Ivanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Hanamoto drops back down to his feet.
Hanamoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanov.
Ivanov lands a body punch.
Ivanov misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov can't find room to land a body shot as Hanamoto controls the action.
Ivanov working aggressively here.
Ivanov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ivanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ivanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivanov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivanov lands with a left to the head.
Ivanov lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanamoto blocks an uppercut.
Ivanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto tries to pull guard but Ivanov won't allow it.
Ivanov scores with a shot to the side of Hanamoto's head.

Hanamoto is rocked!
Ivanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hanamotos head.
Oh Hanamoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivanov lands a body punch.
Ivanov tries a body shot but Hanamoto blocks it.
Hanamoto seems to have got his legs back now.
Hanamoto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivanov lands with a left to the head.
Hanamoto blocks a body shot from Ivanov.
Ivanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hanamotos head.
Ivanov works on Hanamoto's body with a couple of short punches.
Ivanov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Ivanov floors Hanamoto with a big punch on the inside! Hanamoto is trying to recover but Ivanov dives into side control.
Ivanov looking to control but instead Hanamoto has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanov trying to advance position but Hanamoto counters by regaining guard.
Hanamoto trying to control the position here.
Hanamoto working a defensive guard here.

Hanamoto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ivanov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ivanov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov advances to half guard.
Ivanov is looking to take a break and control but Hanamoto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hanamoto preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Ivanov throwing shots but Hanamoto is blocking nicely.
Ivanov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ivanov prevents Hanamoto from improving his position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hanamoto.
Hanamoto controlling the position.
Ivanov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hanamoto keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.
Ivanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Hanamoto is retaining full guard.
Hanamoto keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.

Hanamoto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ivanov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Hanamoto is looking for a triangle here but Ivanov uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Hanamoto manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ivanov's best efforts.
Ivanov stalling away here and it's allowed Hanamoto to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hanamoto looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ivanov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanamoto is looking to improve his position.
Ivanov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Ivanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shuuji Hanamoto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hanamoto shoots in for a double leg but Ivanov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Ivanov has Hanamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Hanamoto wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hanamoto.
Hanamoto fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shuuji Hanamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivanov can't find room to land a body shot as Hanamoto controls the action.
Ivanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ivanov lands a shoulder strike.
Ivanov lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Ivanov.
Ivanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hanamoto jumps guard but Ivanov stands there with Hanamoto around his waist. Hanamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanamoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ivanov walks away with a smile on his face. Hanamoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck for Hanamoto with that takedown attempt.
Ivanov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hanamoto's head backwards.
Ivanov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hanamoto's head.

Ivanov rushes Hanamoto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto blocks an uppercut.
Ivanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ivanov lands a right hand.
Hanamoto jumps guard but Ivanov stands there with Hanamoto around his waist. Hanamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ivanov.
A short uppercut from Ivanov.
Ivanov lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanamoto jumps guard but Ivanov stands there with Hanamoto around his waist. Hanamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanamoto tries to pull guard but Ivanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Hanamoto drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ivanov walks away with a smile on his face. Hanamoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hanamoto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A low kick from Hanamoto is predictable there
and Ivanov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hanamoto is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Shuuji Hanamoto's cut is getting worse.

Ivanov rushes Hanamoto and presses him up against the cage.
Ivanov scores with a shot to the side of Hanamoto's head.
Nice body punch from Ivanov - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ivanov tries a body shot but Hanamoto blocks it.
Ivanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hanamotos head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ivanov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ivanov lands a body punch in the clinch.
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!
Ivanov lands a big right hand that drops Hanamoto! 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 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Ivanov!