PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Iverson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Zawistowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iverson comes to the cage accompanied by Through the pain. Joe Iverson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Iverson
vs
Zawistowski

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
20
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Iverson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Zawistowski!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iverson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zawistowski scores with a nice body kick.
Iverson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zawistowski.
Zawistowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zawistowski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Iverson.
Zawistowski misses with a kick to the body.
Iverson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zawistowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Zawistowski moves out of range of the strikes.

Zawistowski clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zawistowski takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Iverson pulls guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Iverson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zawistowski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Zawistowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Iverson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Iverson working for submissions but it's allowed Zawistowski to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iverson tries to get to full guard but Zawistowski has control of the leg.
Iverson is trying to control but Zawistowski passes into side control!
Iverson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zawistowski remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zawistowski advances to full mount.
Iverson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Iverson tries to improve his position but instead Zawistowski has taken his back!
Zawistowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Iverson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Iverson tries to roll but Zawistowski sticks to his back.
Iverson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Iverson tries to get to full guard but Zawistowski has control of the leg.
Iverson gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Iverson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Iverson looking for a triangle here. Zawistowski is fighting it but it looks tight! Iverson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Zawistowski is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Joe Iverson!
Joe Iverson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.