PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kid Fireball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kizeal Ingram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Fireball
vs
Ingram

173 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

172 cm
28
169 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Lion Fightwear

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kid Fireball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kizeal Ingram!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fireball cracks Ingram with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fireball lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fireball fails to land with a series of punches.
Ingram misses with a hook
and Fireball counters with a head kick.
Ingram lands with a nice body punch.
Ingram lands a nice shot to the body.
Kid Fireball seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fireball missing with a left hand there. Ingram was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ingram swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the body from Fireball misses
and Ingram counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fireball misses with a double jab.
Ingram takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fireball throws a hook to the side of Ingram's head but Ingram sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ingram feints a counter leg kick.
Ingram swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ingram connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram jabs Fireball to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ingram ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fireball takes a swing at Ingram's ribcage but misses.
Ingram staying out of range there.
Fireball throws a head kick but Ingram moves out of range.
Fireball looks to land a left hand but Ingram moved out of range nicely.
Ingram appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fireball misses with a jab to the body
and Ingram counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Fireball. Those never looked like landing.
Fireball backing away here, and Ingram unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fireball throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ingram counters with an inside leg kick.
Fireball takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fireball misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fireball misses with a series of wild punches.
Ingram throws a looping overhand right but Fireball ducks down to avoid it.
Fireball is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ingram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fireball looks to score with a jab to the body but Ingram is just out of range.
Ingram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fireball swinging wildly here.
Ingram is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fireball with a body shot.
Ingram scores with a jab.
Fireball misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Fireball throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Ingram was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fireball swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ingram counters with a nice uppercut.
Fireball is looking to land body kicks.
Fireball throws a body shot but no joy.
Ingram is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fireball with a body shot.
Fireball swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fireball misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fireball tries a head kick but it misses.
Ingram changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fireball swings widly with a right hand
and Ingram counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ingram lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fireball works Ingram's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fireball takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fireball swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fireball ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ingram moves away.
Fireball misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ingram fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ingram throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ingram ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fireball moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Fireball misses the target.
Fireball throws a shot from downtown. Ingram moves away and avoids it.
Ingram steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fireball.
A leg kick checked by Fireball.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kid Fireball will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fireball lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fireball will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab from Ingram.
Ingram attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fireball throws an overhand right that lands on Ingram's shoulder, as Ingram tries to avoid the shot.
Fireball swings for the body but Ingram moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fireball swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ingram cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ingram cracks Fireball with a good jab.
Ingram takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram blocks a head kick by Fireball.
Ingram misses with a low kick.
Fireball throwing a counter right hand but Ingram manages to avoid it.
Kid Fireball is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fireball misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fireball uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ingram.
Ingram needs to keep his hands up - Fireball had a free shot at his head there.
Ingram digs a good hook to Fireball's body.
Ingram needs to keep his hands up - Fireball had a free shot at his head there.
Fireball misses with a hook
and Ingram counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fireball tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kid Fireball is winning the standup battle so far.
Fireball throws a sloppy body shot
and Ingram makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fireball throws a shot from downtown. Ingram moves away and avoids it.
Ingram appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fireball lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fireball swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fireball lands with a shot to the body.
Fireball swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ingram counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ingram.
Fireball connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ingram's hands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fireball.
Ingram fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fireball has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ingram misses with an uppercut.
Fireball scores with a hook to the body. Ingram takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ingram looks to throw the jab but Fireball is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fireball, as that shot connected.
Ingram swings for the body but Fireball moves out of range.
Ingram avoids the head kick by Fireball.
Fireball takes a swing at Ingram's ribcage but misses.
Fireball throws a poor cross that misses
and Ingram counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ingram takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fireball slips a straight right by Ingram.
Fireball misses with an uppercut
and Ingram counters with a nice uppercut.
Ingram on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fireball swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fireball misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fireball is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fireball lands with a hook. Ingram tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ingram fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fireball manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fireball misses with a body shot.
Fireball lands with an uppercut that bounces Ingram off the cage and back into range.
Ingram misses with a looping right.
Ingram thumps Fireball with a low kick.
Fireball throws a half hearted mid kick.
It seemed like Ingram was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fireball catches Ingram with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fireball misses with a body shot.
Ingram jabs Fireball to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Fireball dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Ingram showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fireball.
Ingram takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fireball throws a right and a left that Ingram avoids nicely.
Fireball scores with a jab to the body.
Fireball works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fireball scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingram blocks a head kick by Fireball.
Fireball is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ingram can do to turn this around?
Fireball misses with a lunging right hand
and Ingram counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ingram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ingram lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fireball throws a jab but it's blocked by Ingram.
Fireball connects with a jab.
Fireball avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fireball closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ingram misses with a left hand
and Fireball counters with a straight right hand.
Fireball looks to throw the jab but Ingram is out of range.
Fireball lands with a straight right. Ingram didn't see that one coming.
Fireball throws a shot from downtown. Ingram moves away and avoids it.
Fireball lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ingram staying out of range there.
Fireball throws a body shot but no joy.
Ingram is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fireball with a body shot.
Ingram waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fireball.
Ingram tries a low kick but Fireball avoids it.
Ingram walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fireball checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fireball cracks the inside of Ingram's front leg.
Fireball swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fireball pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ingram dodges the punch combination from Fireball.
A nice side step and Ingram releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ingram.
Nice jab there from Fireball.
Ingram is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fireball.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Ingram might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Fireball has got the better of the exchanges.
Ingram misses the shot to the body.
Fireball misses with a right hand
and Ingram connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fireball throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ingram let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ingram takes one on the button.
Ingram throws a shot to the body.
Fireball lands a jab to the head.
Kizeal Ingram has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kid Fireball is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fireball misses with a combination
and Ingram counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fireball thinking.
Ingram scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ingram throws a low kick but Fireball moves out of range easily.
A jab from Fireball finds it's way through Ingram's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Fireball misses
and Ingram connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Kid Fireball has been cut.
Fireball fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ingram falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Fireball counter with a right hand.
Fireball throws a sloppy body shot
and Ingram counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fireball misses with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Fireball showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fireball has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Fireball!