PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aristos Ioannidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Huddlestone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ioannidis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is If I Can't - 50 Cent. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ioannidis
vs
Huddlestone

185 cm
26
185 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

190 cm
31
166 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aristos Ioannidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Huddlestone!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ioannidis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ioannidis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Huddlestone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ioannidis.
Ioannidis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Huddlestone's head.
Ioannidis moves in looking to clinch but Huddlestone pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Huddlestone.
Huddlestone shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ioannidis eats them both and turns towards Huddlestone to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Aristos Ioannidis has been cut.
Ioannidis tries to clinch up but Huddlestone circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ioannidis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huddlestone lands a leg kick that knocks Ioannidis off balance momentarily.
Huddlestone lands a nice looking body kick.
Ioannidis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Huddlestone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Huddlestone. Ioannidis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Huddlestone there.
Huddlestone keeps the fight on the outside.
Huddlestone stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Huddlestone wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aristos Ioannidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huddlestone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Huddlestone gets tackled into the cage by Ioannidis. Ioannidis maintains the clinch.

Huddlestone manages to break the clinch.
Aristos Ioannidis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huddlestone throws a head kick that Ioannidis semi-blocks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Huddlestone.
Huddlestone stuffs the takedown.
A nice combination there by Huddlestone.
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!
Huddlestone tries to bum rush Ioannidis with a series of wild strikes but Ioannidis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ioannidis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huddlestone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tom Huddlestone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huddlestone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ioannidis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Huddlestone has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Ioannidis closes the distance but Huddlestone moves to the side
and Huddlestone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Ioannidis. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Ioannidis misses with a takedown attempt - Huddlestone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ioannidis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Huddlestone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ioannidis moves out of range of the leg kick from Huddlestone.
Ioannidis fails with a takedown attempt.
Huddlestone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ioannidis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Huddlestone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ioannidis's knee momentarily.
Huddlestone swats away the attempt to clinch by Ioannidis.
Ioannidis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Huddlestone connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ioannidis scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ioannidis shoots in for a double leg but Huddlestone sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Huddlestone darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A solid body kick from Huddlestone.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ioannidis.
Ioannidis shoots in for a double leg but Huddlestone sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ioannidis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ioannidis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ioannidis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ioannidis pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ioannidis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Huddlestone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ioannidis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huddlestone throws a push kick but Ioannidis slaps the foot to one side.
Ioannidis looks to land a left hand but Huddlestone moved out of range nicely.
Huddlestone tries to land a front kick but Ioannidis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Huddlestone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huddlestone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Huddlestone misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Huddlestone checks a low kick from Ioannidis.
Ioannidis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Huddlestone avoids it really well and circles away.
Huddlestone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Huddlestone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aristos Ioannidis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ioannidis throws a jab but it's blocked by Huddlestone.
Ioannidis blocks the body kick.
Huddlestone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Huddlestone tries a head kick but it misses.
Huddlestone misses with a head kick.
Aristos Ioannidis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ioannidis misses with a takedown attempt - Huddlestone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Huddlestone lands with a slapping head kick.
Huddlestone keeps Ioannidis at a distance using the push kick.
Huddlestone throws a right and a left that Ioannidis avoids nicely.
Huddlestone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ioannidis.
Ioannidis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Huddlestone displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ioannidis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aristos Ioannidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huddlestone scores with a jab to the head.
Huddlestone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ioannidis misses with a body shot.
Huddlestone throws a sloppy head kick and Ioannidis moves out of range easily.
Huddlestone circles away from the clinch attempt
and Huddlestone counters with a right hand to the body.
Huddlestone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Huddlestone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ioannidis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Huddlestone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ioannidis tries to clinch up.
Huddlestone is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Huddlestone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ioannidis momentarily.
Huddlestone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ioannidis's calf.
Ioannidis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ioannidis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Huddlestone throws a wild body kick that Ioannidis sees coming a mile off.
Huddlestone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Huddlestone throws a combination. Ioannidis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ioannidis avoids the head kick by Huddlestone.
Ioannidis looks to land a body kick but Huddlestone moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huddlestone misses with a head kick.
Huddlestone misses with a kick to the body.
Huddlestone throws a shot to the body.
Ioannidis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Huddlestone feints a jab promting Ioannidis to slip. Huddlestone then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ioannidis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Huddlestone misses with a head kick.
Huddlestone slaps away a takedown attempt from Ioannidis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Huddlestone. Those never looked like landing.
Huddlestone closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A low kick from Ioannidis is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huddlestone throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Huddlestone.
Danga de danga de dang - Ioannidis scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Huddlestone!
Huddlestone misses with a combination

and Ioannidis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ioannidis.
Our sources have told us that Ioannidis has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Huddlestone is trying to force a seperation but Ioannidis has the dominant position.
Ioannidis goes for a takedown attempt but Huddlestone pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A jab from Huddlestone does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ioannidis has his takedown stuffed
and Huddlestone counters with a three punch combo that has Ioannidis backing up. Ioannidis nods at Huddlestone to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Huddlestone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aristos Ioannidis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Huddlestone swats away the attempt to clinch by Ioannidis.
Ioannidis moves out of range of the body kick.
Huddlestone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ioannidis shoots and misses
and Huddlestone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ioannidis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Huddlestone thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ioannidis if he has to take too many more of those.
Huddlestone closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Ioannidis is rocked!
Ioannidis gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Huddlestone gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Ioannidis is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Huddlestone!
Tom Huddlestone made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'thank you god!'.