PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amadeus Astra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Astra might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Once in a Lifetime. Ibrahimovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mind Heist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Astra
vs
Ibrahimovic

175 cm
29
162 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

190 cm
24
167 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amadeus Astra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Ibrahimovic!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astra loads up on a big right hand but Ibrahimovic slips the punch.
Ibrahimovic feints and then cracks Astra's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Astra down.
Donk. Astra catches Ibrahimovic right on the button with a cross.
Ibrahimovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Ibrahimovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Astra throws out the jab.
Astra connects with a body shot.

Astra shoots in and gets a takedown into Ibrahimovic's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Astra tries to free his leg and advance position but Ibrahimovic is retaining full guard.
Astra postures up.
Astra is looking to work some ground and pound but Ibrahimovic has wrist control.
Astra content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Astra 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.
Astra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Astra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ibrahimovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Astra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra won't allow Ibrahimovic to get back to his feet.
Ibrahimovic looking to control.
Astra won't allow Ibrahimovic to sweep him here.
Ibrahimovic controls Astra momentarily but Astra frees himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Astra's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Astra is fighting to break Ibrahimovic's control of his arms but Ibrahimovic is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Astra might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Astra stops Ibrahimovic from standing up.
Astra in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ibrahimovic keeping moving, preventing Astra from controlling successfully.
Astra postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Aleksandar Ibrahimovic was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ibrahimovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astra.
Astra's corner calls for a 1-2. Astra obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra missing with a left hand there. Ibrahimovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Astra jabs Ibrahimovic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Astra throws a combination. Ibrahimovic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Astra works Ibrahimovic's body with a nice hook.
Ibrahimovic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
An inside leg kick from Ibrahimovic misses.
Astra throws out a loose jab but Ibrahimovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ibrahimovic tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Astra counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Astra seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ibrahimovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Astra in particular looking to stall.
Astra seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ibrahimovic for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ibrahimovic's head.
Astra thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Astra missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Astra wants to control but Ibrahimovic is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ibrahimovic is holding on to half guard well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Amadeus Astra.
Ibrahimovic jabs at Astra's body.
Ibrahimovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Astra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Astra misses with a wild body shot.
Astra misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Astra shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ibrahimovic is trying to defend but Astra finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Astra misses with a head shot. Ibrahimovic uses the momentum to regain guard.
Astra throwing strikes from guard but Ibrahimovic blocks nicely.
Astra advances to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astra wants to take a breather but Ibrahimovic is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ibrahimovic wants to control but Astra is keeping busy.
Ibrahimovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ibrahimovic is looking to clinch.
Astra misses with a straight left.
Astra shoots in but no luck this time.
Astra scores with a nice right hand.
Astra scores with a decent looking hook.
Astra shoots in but Ibrahimovic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ibrahimovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Astra misses with a body shot.
Astra throws a jab but it's blocked by Ibrahimovic.
Astra misses with a straight left.
Amadeus Astra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amadeus Astra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ibrahimovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Astra shoots in and drives through. Ibrahimovic sprawls well.

Ibrahimovic closes the distance and clinches.
Astra tries for a takedown. No joy.
Astra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ibrahimovic misses with a knee strike.
Ibrahimovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Astra scores with a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Astra is trying to pull guard but Ibrahimovic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Astra slows down the pace here.
Ibrahimovic is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic stops a takedown attempt from Astra.
Ibrahimovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ibrahimovic connects with a knee to the head.
Astra is trying to pull guard but Ibrahimovic has him pressed against the cage.
Astra jumps guard but Ibrahimovic stands there with Astra around his waist. Astra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Ibrahimovic.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Astra fails to pull guard.
Ibrahimovic stalling in the clinch but Astra improves position.
Ibrahimovic taking a breather.
Ibrahimovic crunches a lovely knee into Astra's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic misses with a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Astra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Astra controlling the action here for a moment.
Astra tries to score a body lock takedown but Ibrahimovic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ibrahimovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Astra avoids the damage to the body.
Astra lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Aleksandar Ibrahimovic has been cut.
Ibrahimovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ibrahimovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Astra.
Ibrahimovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Astra scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astra lands a left hand.
Astra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ibrahimovic looking to slow down the pace here.
Astra lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Astra jumps into guard, dragging Ibrahimovic to the mat.
Amadeus Astra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Astra is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Astra looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ibrahimovic stopping the sweep attempt from Astra.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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 Amadeus Astra will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Ibrahimovic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Astra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Astra misses with a wild body shot.
Astra misses with a wild body shot.
Astra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Astra goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Astra misses with a straight left.
Astra dives in and grabs Ibrahimovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ibrahimovic pushes down on Astra's head and hops out.
Decent striking displayed by Astra there.

Ibrahimovic is rocked!
Astra fails to land with a series of punches.
Ibrahimovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Astra finish him?
Astra misses with a looping left.
Astra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Astra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ibrahimovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Astra shoots in for a takedown. SLAM! Brutal! Ibrahimovic is out cold and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Amadeus Astra!
During a confident post fight interview, Amadeus Astra thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.