PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Izquierdo (ranked 1496 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Fraga (ranked 2367 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Izquierdo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Izquierdo
vs
Fraga

190 cm
26
216 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

174 cm
20
208 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ivan Izquierdo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Julio Fraga!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izquierdo misses with the combination.
Izquierdo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ivan Izquierdo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Izquierdo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Ivan Izquierdo has been cut.

Izquierdo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Izquierdo breaks from the clinch.
Fraga's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Izquierdo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fraga scrambles back to his feet.
Izquierdo cracks Fraga with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Izquierdo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Izquierdo throws a jab but it's blocked by Fraga.
It seemed like Fraga was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Fraga misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Izquierdo is looking to clinch.
Izquierdo misses with a combination
enabling Fraga to counter with a crisp jab.
Izquierdo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fraga! But no joy.
The crowd cheers as Izquierdo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fraga doesn't seem phased though.
Fraga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Izquierdo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fraga! But no joy.
Izquierdo looks to throw the jab but Fraga is out of range.
Izquierdo lands a really nice looking cross but Fraga seems unphased.
Izquierdo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Izquierdo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Fraga on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice jab there from Izquierdo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izquierdo staying out of range there.
Izquierdo missing with a left hand there. Fraga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fraga now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fraga connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Izquierdo throws a body shot but no joy.
Fraga throws out a counter right but Izquierdo avoids it with no problem.
Fraga throws a shot from downtown. Izquierdo moves away and avoids it.
Fraga thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fraga avoids the body shot from Izquierdo.

Izquierdo closes the distance and clinches.
Fraga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Izquierdo blocks a body shot from Fraga.
Izquierdo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Izquierdo pulls guard successfully.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Izquierdo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fraga doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fraga manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fraga must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Izquierdo is trying to keep Fraga in close.

Izquierdo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fraga defends well.
Fraga looking to pass the guard.

Izquierdo looking for subs off his back but Fraga has passed one foot through into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Izquierdo looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Izquierdo is looking to improve his position.
Fraga takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Izquierdo gets back to full guard.
Izquierdo keeping moving, preventing Fraga from controlling successfully.

Fraga avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Izquierdo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Izquierdo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Izquierdo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fraga.
Izquierdo misses with a wild body shot.
Izquierdo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Izquierdo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Izquierdo takes a swing at Fraga's ribcage but misses.
Fraga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fraga misses with a shot to the body
and Izquierdo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Izquierdo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Izquierdo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Fraga counter with a right hand.

Izquierdo is rocked!
Fraga throws an uppercut from hell that sends Izquierdo clean off his feet! He's out cold! Fraga stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Julio Fraga!
During a confident post fight interview, Julio Fraga thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.