PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ang comes to the cage accompanied by ACDC- Long Way To The Top. Rodney Ang could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Aleksey Ivanov's chin.

Ang
vs
Ivanov

183 cm
32
197 lbs
24 - 9 - 1

180 cm
30
173 lbs
21 - 7 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Ang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksey Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ang looks to throw the jab but Ivanov is out of range.
Ivanov cracks Ang with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ivanov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ang.
Ang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ivanov.

Ang has closed the distance and engaged Ivanov in a clinch.
Ivanov blocking some punches.
Ang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ivanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ivanov is trying to pull guard but Ang turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ivanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivanov is trying to pull guard but Ang turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rodney Ang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksey Ivanov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov prevents a body shot from Ang.
Ang misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanov tries to pull guard but Ang forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ivanov is trying to pull guard but Ang has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ang.
Ang can't find room to land a body shot as Ivanov controls the action.
A body shot lands from Ang.
Ivanov looks winded!
Ang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivanov struggles to land a body shot inside as Ang controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ang lands with a short shot to the head.
Ivanov misses with a body punch.
Ang tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivanov avoids the damage to the body.
Ivanov managing to block the knees to the body from Ang.
A short body shot lands from Ang as the two fighters clinch.
Ang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ang lands a body punch.
Ang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ang - that landed with a thud.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ang.
Ang lands a shot to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ang.
Ang lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ivanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ivanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ang.
Nice elbow from Ang.
Good body shot from Ang.
Ang lands a shoulder strike.
Ivanov takes a shot to the head.

Ivanov is rocked!
Ang has Ivanov pressed against the cage. He pushes Ivanov back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Ang throws a beautiful elbow that sends Ivanov crashing to the floor! Ang piles on the pressure with more strikes! Ivanov is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Ang!
Rodney Ang retains his middleweight title!
Rodney Ang very nearly forgot to thank Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.