PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Kowalczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Ivey has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ivey
vs
Kowalczyk

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

170 cm
26
186 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Ivey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Viktor Kowalczyk!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Kowalczyk rushes Ivey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch to the body.
Ivey takes a shot to the head.
Kowalczyk tries to throw a body punch but Ivey avoids it by throwing Kowalczyk back against the cage.
Kowalczyk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ivey misses with some punches.
Kowalczyk lands a nice uppercut.
Kowalczyk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ivey backwards.
Ivey throws a head punch that misses.
Ivey misses with the head strike.
Kowalczyk presses Ivey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kowalczyk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ivey backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalczyk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ivey working aggressively here.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kowalczyk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A left hand lands to the body for Kowalczyk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalczyk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kowalczyk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ivey avoids it.
Ivey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalczyk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kowalczyk blocks an uppercut.
Ivey looking to throw knees to the head but Kowalczyk is blocking nicely.
Kowalczyk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ivey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A body shot lands from Kowalczyk.
Ivey is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Kowalczyk.
A short left from Kowalczyk.

Ivey is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalczyk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ivey or not.
Oh Ivey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk lands a shot to the body.
Kowalczyk lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ivey to his knees! Kowalczyk keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Kowalczyk!
Our winner, Viktor Kowalczyk, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.