PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad The Last (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Iglias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

The Last
vs
Iglias

191 cm
25
225 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

183 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vlad The Last!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enrique Iglias!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Last tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Iglias closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Iglias manages to break the clinch.
The Last tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Iglias counters with a shoot takedown. The Last fights it but they end up in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Iglias throwing strikes from guard but The Last blocks nicely.

Iglias gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

The Last darts in and clinches Iglias up against the cage.
The Last has had enough of the clinch but Iglias keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The Last's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Iglias shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Last as he avoids it easily.
The Last closes the distance but Iglias moves to the side

and Iglias counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iglias prevents a takedown attempt there.
Iglias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Last smiles and moves away.
The Last tries to clinch but Iglias moves out of range.
Iglias fails with the takedown
and The Last counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Iglias thinking.
Vlad The Last has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Iglias.
The Last tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Iglias paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vlad The Last seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Iglias gets the takedown into side control.
Iglias tries to advance to mount but The Last denies him.
The Last is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Iglias decides to stand up, so the ref orders The Last to his feet.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Iglias has eaten all the pies!
Iglias tries to clinch there but The Last circles away.
The Last closes the distance but Iglias moves to the side

and Iglias counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Iglias.
The Last misses with an elbow strike.

The Last breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Last wants to clinch.

The Last shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Iglias has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Last trying to control from half guard but Iglias is working away.
The Last stalling away here and it's allowed Iglias to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Iglias has his feet on The Last's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Iglias manages to get an easy takedown there - catching The Last on his heels. He'll look to pass The Last's guard now, I'm sure.
Iglias engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Last wants to stand and escape but Iglias is having none of it.
The Last knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Iglias on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Enrique Iglias.
Iglias fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Last avoids it really well and circles away.
Iglias slaps away a takedown attempt from The Last, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Iglias dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Iglias manages to get an easy takedown there - catching The Last on his heels. He'll look to pass The Last's guard now, I'm sure.
Iglias throwing strikes from guard but The Last blocks nicely.
Iglias is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The Last is trying to control the position but Iglias postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Vlad The Last wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Iglias shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Last pinned against the cage. The Last gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iglias looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Last is fending him off so far but Iglias persists. Nope, The Last circles away and we're back to standing.
Iglias misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Last tries to clinch but Iglias moves away

and Iglias counters with a takedown into side control.
Iglias has control of an arm but The Last manages to advance to Iglias's back!
Iglias trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The Last doesn't have the hooks in and Iglias manages to turn into his guard.
Iglias throwing strikes from guard but The Last blocks nicely.

Iglias gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iglias scores with a jab to the jaw.
Iglias misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vlad The Last has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Iglias.
The Last tries to close the distance and clinch but Iglias swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Iglias darts in and clinches The Last up against the cage.
Iglias drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Last gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Iglias misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Last.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iglias is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Last gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Last misses with an elbow over the top.
Iglias goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Last prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

The Last pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Iglias looks for a takedown but The Last sprawls well.

The Last closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Iglias fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Last lands a nice knee to the body.

Iglias gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, The Last regains guard.
The Last keeping moving, preventing Iglias from controlling successfully.
The Last is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Iglias is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Iglias slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Iglias showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The Last takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Iglias avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Iglias rushes The Last and presses him up against the cage.

Iglias breaks the clinch.
The Last keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Last, right into the meat.
Iglias takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Last lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Iglias is looking to clinch but The Last is avoiding it.
The Last wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Last tries to clinch but Iglias is having none of it.

The Last closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Iglias quickly recovers to half guard.
Iglias trying to control from the bottom.
Iglias wants to improve his position but The Last is controlling well.
The Last is trying to control the action in half guard but Iglias is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Iglias looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The Last prevents Iglias from standing back up.

Iglias looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Last prevents Iglias from improving his position.
Iglias is refusing to be controlled, as The Last sits in half guard.
The Last is really struggling to control Iglias but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The Last stalling away here and it's allowed Iglias to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Iglias has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Iglias has his feet on The Last's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vlad The Last is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iglias will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Iglias tries to sprawl but The Last drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Iglias trying to control but The Last postures up.
Iglias keeping hold of The Last's head, controlling as best he can.

The Last decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
The Last wants to clinch.
Vlad The Last has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Iglias with that takedown attempt.
Vlad The Last has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Iglias.
Iglias circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iglias has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Last.
Iglias shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Last as he jumps to the side.
Iglias chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Last can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iglias fails with a takedown attempt.

Iglias tries to keep at a distance but The Last has taken the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad The Last showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Iglias 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Iglias!