PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aristos Ioannidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aldous Huxley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ioannidis comes to the cage accompanied by If I Can't - 50 Cent. Aristos Ioannidis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aldous Huxley's chin.

Ioannidis
vs
Huxley

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aristos Ioannidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aldous Huxley!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huxley moves in looking to clinch but Ioannidis pushes him off.

Ioannidis pushes Huxley up against the cage in a clinch.
Huxley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Ioannidis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ioannidis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Huxley's guard.
Ioannidis controlling from the top position.

Ioannidis stands and steps away. Huxley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Huxley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Aristos Ioannidis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ioannidis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Huxley defends it nicely.
Ioannidis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Huxley. Huxley obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ioannidis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Huxley avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aristos Ioannidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ioannidis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huxley moves to clinch but Ioannidis breaks away

and Ioannidis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ioannidis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aristos Ioannidis.
Ioannidis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Huxley defends it nicely.
Huxley is looking to clinch.
Aldous Huxley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huxley tries to clinch up

and Ioannidis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Huxley!
Ioannidis raining down shots from the mount!
Huxley working to try and regain half guard.
Huxley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ioannidis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ioannidis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ioannidis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Huxley looks a forlorn figure.
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!
Ioannidis takes Huxley's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Huxley is in trouble.

Huxley is looking to escape but he's done so without protecting himself and Ioannidis manages to counter with a nice rear naked choke! Huxley is in trouble and he's forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aristos Ioannidis!
A very excited looking Aristos Ioannidis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.