PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Craig Regan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ecif Irhcaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Craig Regan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Regan
vs
Irhcaz

189 cm
24
146 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

225 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

[MMABR] Winners' Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Craig Regan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ecif Irhcaz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irhcaz tries to bum rush Regan with a series of wild strikes but Regan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Regan slips a straight right by Irhcaz.
Ecif Irhcaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irhcaz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Irhcaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Regan was well out of range. Poor timing from Irhcaz.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Regan throws a head kick but Irhcaz moves out of range.
Regan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Irhcaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Regan circles away quickly and effectively.
Regan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Irhcaz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Regan.
Irhcaz swinging wildly here.
Regan dives in and grabs Irhcaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Irhcaz pushes down on Regan's head and hops out.
Irhcaz throws a nice looking combination but Regan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Irhcaz lands a with a good body shot.
Regan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Regan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Regan is breathing heavily.
Irhcaz is controlling Regan's trapped leg to prevent Regan from advancing to side control.
Irhcaz wants to get back to his feet.
Irhcaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irhcaz missing with punches from the bottom.
Irhcaz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Irhcaz.

Regan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Regan looking to pass the guard.
Regan connects with a couple of short punches.
Regan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Irhcaz keeping moving, preventing Regan from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Regan tries to free his leg and advance position but Irhcaz is retaining full guard.
Regan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Regan prevents Irhcaz from getting back to his feet.
Regan stands and throws Irhcaz's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Regan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Regan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Regan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irhcaz is trying to buck Regan off.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Regan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Irhcaz's waist but Irhcaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Regan off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Regan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irhcaz scores with a jab to the head.
Regan blocks a jab.
Regan fails with a takedown attempt.
Regan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Irhcaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Irhcaz.
Irhcaz cracks a nice hook into Regan's ribs.
Irhcaz connects with the punch.
Irhcaz scores with a three punch combo!
Regan moves out of range as Irhcaz strikes.
Irhcaz stuffs the takedown attempt from Regan. Regan gets slowly back to his feet.
Irhcaz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Irhcaz lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Irhcaz as Regan shoots in.
Irhcaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Regan.
Regan tries to clinch up but Irhcaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Regan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Irhcaz defends it nicely.
A jab from Irhcaz finds it's way through Regan's defenses.
Irhcaz misses with an uppercut.
Irhcaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Regan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Regan slips a jab from Irhcaz.

Regan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Regan wants to work for an arm triangle but Irhcaz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Regan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Regan passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ecif Irhcaz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A telegraphed right hand from Irhcaz misses the target.
Regan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Irhcaz blocks a head kick by Regan.
A head kick misses from Regan.
A lazy left from Irhcaz finds it's target.
Irhcaz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Regan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Irhcaz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Regan shoots in for a takedown but Irhcaz shows good takedown defense.
Regan dodges the punch combination from Irhcaz.
Irhcaz throws a nice looking combination but Regan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Regan needs to keep his hands up - Irhcaz had a free shot at his head there.
Irhcaz throws the left hand but Regan avoids the punch easily.
Regan delivers a nice body kick.
Regan tries for a takedown but Irhcaz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Regan throws a head kick but Irhcaz moves out of range.
Irhcaz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Regan in his tracks.
Regan closes the distance and clinches up with Irhcaz, looking for a takedown. Regan pushes Irhcaz against the cage but Irhcaz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Regan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Regan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irhcaz.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Regan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Irhcaz tries to avoid it but Regan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Irhcaz to the ground. Irhcaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Irhcaz.
Regan misses with a body kick.
Regan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Irhcaz as Regan shoots in.
Ecif Irhcaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Irhcaz swinging wildly here.
Irhcaz scores with a jab.
Regan dives in and grabs Irhcaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Irhcaz pushes down on Regan's head and hops out.
Irhcaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Regan shoots in for a takedown but Irhcaz shows good takedown defense.
Irhcaz blocks a head kick by Regan.
The fighters circling - Irhcaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Regan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Irhcaz avoids the head kick by Regan.
Irhcaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Regan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Irhcaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Irhcaz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Regan fails with a takedown attempt.
Irhcaz swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Regan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Regan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Irhcaz wants to control but Regan is keeping busy.
Regan prevents Irhcaz from improving his position.

Regan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Regan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irhcaz tries to kick Regan off but Regan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Irhcaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Regan shoots in but no luck this time.
A head kick misses from Regan.
Irhcaz clobbers Regan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Regan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Irhcaz kicks off Regan and gets to his feet.
Regan dives in and grabs Irhcaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Irhcaz pushes down on Regan's head and hops out.
Irhcaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irhcaz throws a combination. Regan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Regan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A head kick misses from Regan.
Regan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Irhcaz scores with a jab.
Irhcaz throws a series of punches but Regan avoids them all with ease.
Regan lands with a slapping head kick.
Regan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Irhcaz misses with a wild combination.
Irhcaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Regan is just out of range.
Irhcaz stuffs the takedown attempt from Regan. Regan gets slowly back to his feet.
Irhcaz lands with a nice combination. Regan backs away looking to recover.
Irhcaz misses with a looping right.

Regan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Irhcaz has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Regan off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irhcaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Craig Regan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jab by Irhcaz.

Regan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Irhcaz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Regan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Irhcaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Regan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Irhcaz looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Irhcaz looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Irhcaz!
Regan tries to bench press Irhcaz off him but Irhcaz keeps the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Irhcaz in side control, throwing shots but Regan defends.
Regan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Regan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Regan is trying to control Irhcaz's posture but Irhcaz avoids it.
Craig Regan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Regan is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Irhcaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Irhcaz misses its intended target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Regan is defended easily by Irhcaz.
A swing and a miss from Irhcaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Regan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Irhcaz as he avoids it easily.
Regan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Irhcaz connects with a nice looking jab.
Irhcaz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Irhcaz tests Regan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Regan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Irhcaz.
Irhcaz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Irhcaz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Irhcaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Irhcaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Regan shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Regan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Irhcaz throws a hook but Regan blocks it.
Regan throws a sloppy head kick and Irhcaz moves out of range easily.
Irhcaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Regan fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Irhcaz.
A slow jab from Regan misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Irhcaz defends it nicely.
Irhcaz leaves Regan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Regan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Irhcaz throws a series of punches but Regan avoids them all with ease.
Regan ducks under a wild hook from Irhcaz.
Regan tries to clinch there but Irhcaz circles away.
Irhcaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Regan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Regan landing strikes from the mount and Irhcaz is in trouble!
Regan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Regan throwing strikes here but Irhcaz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Regan throws some wild stikes that Irhcaz manages to avoid easily.
Irhcaz manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Irhcaz defending well though.

Regan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Irhcaz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Regan.

Regan wants to work for an arm triangle but Irhcaz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Regan prevents Irhcaz from standing back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Craig Regan.
I think Regan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Craig Regan!