PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamey Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Ivo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ivo
vs
Francisco

190 cm
25
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Ivo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jamey Francisco!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Francisco tries to clinch there but Ivo circles away.
Francisco looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ivo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ivo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Francisco misses with a double jab
and Ivo counters with a nice leg kick.
Francisco takes one on the button.
Francisco slips a straight right by Ivo.
Francisco misses with a looping left.
Francisco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Francisco takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice body kick there by Ivo.
Francisco loads up on a big right hand but Ivo slips the punch.
Ivo throws a body punch but Francisco moves out of range.
Anthony Ivo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Ivo as he checks the leg kick.
Ivo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ivo cracks Francisco with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Francisco tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Ivo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco wants to clinch.
Francisco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Francisco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ivo.
Francisco moves in looking to clinch but Ivo pushes him off.
Ivo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Francisco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Francisco moves into the clinch successfully.
Francisco is trying to break free.
Ivo tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Francisco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Francisco avoids it.
Ivo swings wildly with an uppercut but Francisco uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco avoiding damage as Ivo throws knees to the body.
Ivo throws a punch but it's blocked by Francisco.
Ivo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ivo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ivo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Francisco's efforts to push away.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Francisco is trying to break free.
Ivo tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Ivo working aggressively here.
Francisco managing to block the knees to the body from Ivo.
Francisco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivo missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco has Ivo pressed against the cage.
Francisco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Francisco continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ivo trying to land knees to the body.
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Francisco takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Francisco tries a knee to the head but Ivo blocks it.
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
Ivo has had enough of the clinch but Francisco keeps him there for the moment.
Ivo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Francisco avoids it.

Francisco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Francisco drives through and clinches with Ivo against the cage.
Ivo missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ivo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivo working aggressively here.
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
Francisco stalls.
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
Francisco lands a right hand.

It looks like Anthony Ivo has been cut.

Ivo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ivo delivers a nice body kick.
Francisco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Francisco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ivo counters with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Francisco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ivo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ivo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Francisco wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Ivo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Ivo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Francisco has managed to clinch.
Ivo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ivo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Francisco is defending well for now.
Ivo tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Ivo swings wildly with an uppercut but Francisco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivo dodges an elbow strike from Francisco.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Francisco is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivo.
Francisco cracks Ivo with a nice body shot.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Francisco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco throws an elbow that misses.
Francisco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Francisco slows down the pace here.
Ivo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ivo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Francisco is defending well for now.
Francisco lands with a short shot to the head.
Anthony Ivo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Francisco avoiding damage as Ivo throws knees to the body.
Ivo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Francisco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A shot in the inside from Ivo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivo missing with knees to the body.

Francisco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ivo misses with a two punch combination.
Ivo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ivo lands a head kick. Francisco smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A shot to the body from Francisco misses
and Ivo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Francisco misses with a wild body shot.
Francisco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Ivo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francisco walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - Ivo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ivo connects with a leg kick. Francisco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anthony Ivo is winning the standup battle so far.
Francisco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Francisco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco lands a nice shot to the body.
Francisco misses with a double jab.
Ivo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Francisco looks to land a combination but Ivo avoids it well.
Ivo throws a hook but Francisco avoids it easily.

Francisco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ivo, pushing him back against the cage.
Ivo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Francisco has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Francisco.
Ivo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ivo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Francisco avoids it.

Francisco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ivo is looking to slow Francisco down with leg kicks.

Francisco clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Francisco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Francisco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Francisco lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Ivo.
Ivo tries to land knees in the clinch but Francisco avoids the damage to the body.
Francisco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ivo's efforts to push away.
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
Ivo has a couple of punches blocked by Francisco.
Francisco managing to block the knees to the body from Ivo.

Francisco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Francisco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Ivo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Ivo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Ivo misses with a series of wild punches.
Francisco misses with a leg kick
and Ivo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Francisco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ivo can pounce on him.
Francisco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ivo.
Ivo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Francisco.
Ivo connects with a crisp jab.
Francisco is looking to clinch.
Ivo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Francisco.
Ivo throwing a counter right hand but Francisco manages to avoid it.
Francisco is looking to clinch but Ivo is avoiding it.
Francisco sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francisco tries to clinch but Ivo is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Ivo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Francisco doesn't manage to clinch there - Ivo circles away.
Francisco tries to clinch there but Ivo circles away.
Francisco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Francisco.
Ivo works the jab nicely.
Ivo keeps the fight on the outside.
Francisco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Francisco misses with a low kick.
Francisco tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ivo.
Francisco swings for the body but Ivo moves out of range.
Ivo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big right from Ivo misses.
Ivo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Francisco's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ivo throws a one two combo.
Ivo throws a hook but Francisco blocks it.
Francisco tries to work over Ivo's front leg with a kick but Ivo checks it.
Francisco misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Francisco and Ivo goes tumbling to the canvas! Francisco follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Ivo is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in half guard, Francisco seems content to control.
Oh Ivo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Francisco seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Francisco stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Ivo to get to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Francisco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ivo swats away the attempt to clinch by Francisco.
Ivo swats away the attempt to clinch by Francisco.
Ivo misses with a looping left.
Ivo seems to have got his legs back now.
Francisco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivo was well out of range. Poor timing from Francisco.
Ivo scores with a head kick. Francisco tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Francisco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ivo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Francisco on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ivo.
Ivo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Francisco lands a nice hook to Ivo's body. Ivo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ivo.
Ivo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Ivo blocks the leg kick.
Ivo looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Francisco misses with a straight left.
Ivo appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Francisco has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ivo.
Francisco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Francisco misses with a combination
and Francisco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Francisco wants to clinch.
Ivo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ivo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Francisco.
Francisco tries to clinch there but Ivo circles away.
Francisco moves away from the strike by Ivo.
Ivo throws a lazy right hand but Francisco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Francisco moves into range and clinches up with Ivo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Francisco.
Ivo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Francisco can do to turn this around?
Ivo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francisco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivo.
Ivo lands with a left to the head.
Ivo misses with a punch on the inside.

Ivo manages to break the clinch.
Ivo throws a hook but Francisco blocks it.
Francisco tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jamey Francisco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivo scores with a hook.
Francisco tries to clinch up but Ivo circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ivo. Those never looked like landing.
Francisco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Francisco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ivo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Ivo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ivo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Ivo!