PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aleksey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faber has chosen m.o.v.e - around the world as his entrance music. Aleksey Ivanov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ivanov
vs
Faber

180 cm
24
173 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

168 cm
28
169 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksey Ivanov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jackson Faber!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanov.
Ivanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faber moves away.
Ivanov lands with a good body shot.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ivanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ivanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ivanov lands a nice shot to the body.
Ivanov slips under a jab from Faber.
Faber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ivanov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Faber wants to clinch but Ivanov slips to the side
and Ivanov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ivanov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ivanov misses with a body shot.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivanov takes a swing at Faber's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov misses with a body shot.
Faber throws a series of punches but Ivanov moves out of range.
Ivanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faber manages to avoid it.
Faber wants to clinch but Ivanov slips to the side
and Ivanov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Faber closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ivanov counters with a straight right hand.
Ivanov is looking to wear down Faber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good exchange - Ivanov coming out on top.
Ivanov is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Faber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ivanov.
Jackson Faber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Ivanov lands an overhand right.
Ivanov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Faber tries to clinch up.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Ivanov. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson Faber is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ivanov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ivanov is defended easily by Faber.
Ivanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faber was well out of range. Poor timing from Ivanov.
Ivanov fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksey Ivanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Faber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ivanov tries to throw a body punch but Faber avoids it by throwing Ivanov back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivanov tries to pull guard but Faber holds him up against the cage and eventually Ivanov drops back down to his feet.
Faber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faber lands a good knee to the midsection. Ivanov won't want to take too many of those.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
Faber is looking to control Ivanov's arms but Ivanov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Faber has his back to the cage.
Faber lands with a left to the head.
Faber digs a right hand underneath Ivanov's ribcage. Ivanov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faber with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Faber.
Faber lands a knee to the head.
Faber scores with a knee to the head.

Faber breaks the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Faber lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ivanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ivanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Faber moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Faber.
Ivanov tries to pull guard but Faber won't allow it.
Ivanov can't find room to land a body shot as Faber controls the action.
Faber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ivanov tries to work over Faber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Faber stalling in the clinch but Ivanov improves position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Faber obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faber lands a damaging elbow.
Faber lands a nice knee to the body.

Faber breaks from the clinch.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Faber.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Faber.
Ivanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ivanov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ivanov's hands.
Ivanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ivanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov is having none of it.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber is looking to clinch but Ivanov is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Faber moves into range and clinches up with Ivanov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Faber dominated that round.
That's time! Ivanov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faber on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ivanov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
A slow jab from Ivanov misses its intended target.
Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Ivanov circles away.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivanov slips a jab from Faber.
Faber moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Faber on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Faber throws a jab but it's blocked by Ivanov.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivanov staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faber moves away.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ivanov is able to avoid easily.

Faber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Faber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ivanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson Faber seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ivanov can't find room to land a body shot as Faber controls the action.
Faber looking to throw knees to the head but Ivanov is blocking nicely.
Faber tries a knee to the head but Ivanov blocks it.
Ivanov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Faber smiles and moves away.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson Faber seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ivanov takes a swing at Faber's ribcage but misses.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Faber has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Faber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber wants to clinch.
Faber wants to clinch.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Faber wants to clinch but Ivanov slips to the side
and Ivanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Ivanov thuds a left hand into Faber's body.
Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Ivanov circles away.
Ivanov digs a good body shot into Faber's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Faber gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Faber tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Faber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ivanov wants to pass the guard but Faber is keeping the position.
Ivanov lands a couple of digs.
Ivanov throws and elbow that misses. Faber uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ivanov's guard. Nice move by Faber!
Ivanov wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Ivanov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Faber is aware though and is defending well.

Faber stands up from Ivanov's guard - Faber perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ivanov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ivanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivanov staying out of range there.

Ivanov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Faber did well to prevent Ivanov getting side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ivanov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ivanov is thwarting Faber's attempts to control the position.
Ivanov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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 Aleksey Ivanov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Faber darts in trying to clinch
and Ivanov counters with a left to the body.
Ivanov tries for a takedown but Faber sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ivanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faber was well out of range. Poor timing from Ivanov.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Faber wants to clinch.
Faber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ivanov throws out the jab.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber throws a hook to the side of Ivanov's head but Ivanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ivanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Faber.
Ivanov misses the shot to the body.
Ivanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanov misses with a body shot.

Faber has Ivanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Faber.

Faber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivanov. Faber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ivanov shoots for a double leg takedown but Faber sprawls well. He's pushed Ivanov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ivanov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ivanov misses with a hook. Faber ducked under it nicely.
Faber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ivanov throws a shot to the body.
Ivanov throws an overhand right that lands on Faber's shoulder, as Faber tries to avoid the shot.
Faber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ivanov manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to clinch up but Ivanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Ivanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faber was well out of range. Poor timing from Ivanov.
Faber wants to clinch up but Ivanov keeps it at a distance.
Faber wants to clinch.

Faber clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ivanov misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanov wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksey Ivanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanov wants to break free but Faber has control.
Faber prevents a body shot from Ivanov.
Faber scores with a knee to the head.
Ivanov tries to pull guard but Faber won't allow it.
Faber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov lands a right hand.
Ivanov lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Faber smiles and moves away.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanov.
Faber tries to clinch up but Ivanov circles away and keeps his distance.

Faber moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Faber takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Faber manages to break the clinch.
Faber tries to clinch up but Ivanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Ivanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faber.
Ivanov shoots in looking for a takedown but Faber manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ivanov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jackson Faber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice uppercut there from Faber.

Faber has closed the distance and engaged Ivanov in a clinch.
Faber landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Faber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanov.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ivanov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Faber manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
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 trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ivanov trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faber not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jackson Faber just about did enough to take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivanov. Faber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faber wants to clinch.
Faber tries to clinch there but Ivanov circles away.
Faber is looking to clinch but Ivanov is avoiding it.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov is having none of it.
Ivanov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ivanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ivanov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ivanov shoots in for a takedown but Faber shows good takedown defense.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Faber misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov misses with a wild body shot.
Faber just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber tries to clinch up but Ivanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Faber tries to clinch up.
Faber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Faber moves out of range of the strikes.
Ivanov staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ivanov. Faber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Ivanov pushes him off.
Ivanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov scores with a jab to the head.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ivanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ivanov throws a looping overhand right but Faber ducks down to avoid it.

Ivanov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ivanov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Faber wants to get back to his feet.
Faber is staying active underneath Ivanov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ivanov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ivanov thows a huge punch but Faber dodges it nicely.
Ivanov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faber blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ivanov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ivanov seems to be working for a kimura but Faber defends the submission attempt.
Ivanov throws a strike but Faber avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Faber has Ivanov pulled in close to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ivanov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivanov thows a big elbow that misses.
Ivanov trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Aleksey Ivanov wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Faber is looking to clinch but Ivanov is avoiding it.
Faber wants to clinch up but Ivanov keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faber throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksey Ivanov had his way with Jackson Faber in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Faber wants to clinch up but Ivanov keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faber takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Faber tries to clinch there but Ivanov circles away.
Faber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faber misses with a body shot.
Faber fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.
Faber tries to clinch
and Ivanov counters with a three punch combo that has Faber backing up. Faber nods at Ivanov to acknowledge the strikes.
Ivanov throws a hook to the side of Faber's head but Faber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Ivanov pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ivanov misses with a wild body shot.
Ivanov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Faber moves in looking to clinch but Ivanov pushes him off.
Faber tries to clinch there but Ivanov circles away.
Ivanov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Faber as he jumps to the side.
Faber wants to clinch up but Ivanov keeps it at a distance.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanov.
Faber avoids the body shot from Ivanov.
Ivanov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ivanov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A slow jab from Faber misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Faber.

Faber has Ivanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Ivanov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Faber just stands there and leans against the cage.
A short left from Faber.
Faber keeps control of Ivanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Faber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ivanov backwards.
Ivanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Faber controls his hands.
Faber lands a good knee to the midsection. Ivanov won't want to take too many of those.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanov jumps guard but Faber stands there with Ivanov around his waist. Ivanov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksey Ivanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ivanov as Faber tries to tie him up.
Faber missing with knees to the body.

Faber manages to break the clinch.
Faber tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Ivanov counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to clinch but Ivanov is having none of it.
Faber wants to clinch up but Ivanov keeps it at a distance.
Ivanov thows a body shot but no joy.
Ivanov throws an overhand right that lands on Faber's shoulder, as Faber tries to avoid the shot.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ivanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ivanov misses the shot to the body.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber tries to clinch up.
Faber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov thows a body shot but no joy.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A lazy left from Faber finds it's target.
Nice body punch from Ivanov.
A jab lands there for Ivanov.

Faber clinches up against the cage.
Faber is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ivanov is keeping busy.

Ivanov gets control of Faber's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ivanov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ivanov trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Faber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Faber has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 47:48
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Faber! Jackson Faber retains his welterweight title!