PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karl Denke (ranked 22417 p4p, 2657 weight class) and Ace Giannis Ignacio (ranked 713 p4p, 349 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ignacio's choice of entrance music: This is the Moment. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Denke
vs
Ignacio

186 cm
25
189
4 - 11 - 0

178 cm
27
200
12 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl Denke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ace Giannis Ignacio!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Ignacio does no damage.
Denke is looking to counter punch.
Denke scores with a punch to the head.
Denke lands with a nice body punch.
Ignacio avoids a kick to the body.
Ignacio tries a quick counter leg kick but Denke is wise to it.
Denke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ignacio misses with a body shot.
Denke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Denke. Ignacio shrugs it off though.
Karl Denke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Denke digs a good hook to Ignacio's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Denke.
Denke fails to land with a series of punches.
Ignacio shapes to counter with a head kick.
Denke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ignacio throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Denke throws a sloppy head kick and Ignacio moves out of range easily.
Ignacio unleashes a big counter combination but Denke bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ignacio blocks a head kick by Denke.
Ignacio looks to throw the jab but Denke is out of range.
Ignacio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignacio walks into a jab.
Denke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ignacio manages to avoid it.
Denke lands an overhand right.
Denke lands with a shot to the body.
Denke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ignacio was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ignacio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Denke throws a hook but Ignacio blocks it.
Denke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ignacio moves away.
It seemed like Ignacio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ignacio moves out of range of the body kick.
Ignacio dodges the punch combination from Denke.
Ignacio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Denke swings for the body but Ignacio moves out of range.
Denke cracks Ignacio with an open hand slap.
Ignacio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke takes a swing at Ignacio's ribcage but misses.
Denke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ignacio's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denke just misses with a punch to the body.
Denke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ignacio.
Good leg kick by Denke.
Denke looks to land a combination but Ignacio avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ignacio! But no joy.
Denke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ignacio moves away.
Ignacio throws a jab but it's blocked by Denke.
Ignacio misses with a head kick.
Denke throws a big shot that misses.
Denke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Ignacio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ignacio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ignacio connects with a leg kick.
Denke throws a shot from downtown. Ignacio moves away and avoids it.
Denke misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignacio slips under a jab from Denke.
Denke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Denke misses with a two punch combination.
Ignacio throws a jab but it's blocked by Denke.
Denke misses with an uppercut.
Ignacio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Denke to score with a decent uppercut.
Denke lands an overhand right.
Ignacio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignacio doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Denke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denke throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Ignacio to counter with a crisp jab.
Denke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ignacio.
Denke throws a nice head kick!
Ignacio scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denke moves forwards but Ignacio connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Denke lands a jab to Ignacio's midsection.
Ignacio tries to bum rush Denke with a series of wild strikes but Denke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Denke.
Denke is looking to slow Ignacio down with leg kicks.
A big left from Denke misses.
Denke tries a head kick but it misses.
Denke moves away from the strike by Ignacio.
An attempted straight right counter from Denke misses the target.
Denke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ignacio.
A leg kick checked by Denke.
Ignacio throws a head kick that misses
and Denke counters with a stiff right hand.
Denke gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denke misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Ignacio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Denke throws a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Denke dominated that round.
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.

Denke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ignacio.
Denke misses the shot to the body.
Denke throws a head kick that misses
and Ignacio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Denke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ignacio avoids the head kick by Denke.
Denke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A good leg kick by Denke.
Denke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ignacio counters with a good low kick that Denke was not able to check.
Denke lands a slapping body shot.
Ignacio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denke dips to his left and cracks Ignacio with an uppercut!
Ignacio avoids the body shot from Denke.
Ignacio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ignacio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Denke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Denke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke lands with a nice body kick.
Ignacio loads up on a big right hand but Denke slips the punch.
Denke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Denke blocks a jab.
Denke misses the shot to the body.
Denke motions for Ignacio to come forward. Denke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Denke misses with a body shot.
Ignacio throws a head kick that misses.
Denke quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Denke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Denke blocks a head kick by Ignacio.
Denke is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Denke misses with a body punch
and Ignacio counters with a straight right hand.
Denke looks for the body kick but Ignacio saw that one coming.
Ignacio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Denke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ignacio.
Denke lands with a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Denke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignacio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignacio is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Denke swings for the body but Ignacio moves out of range.
A big right from Denke misses.
Nice jab there from Denke.
Denke digs a good body shot into Ignacio's ribs.
Denke feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ignacios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Denke throws a one two combo.
Denke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ignacio can do to turn this around?
Denke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Denke throws a hook but Ignacio blocks it.
Ignacio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Denke takes one on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Denke lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ignacio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ignacio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Denke throws a low kick but Ignacio avoids it.
Denke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Karl Denke is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignacio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denke.
Denke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ignacio works Denke's body with a nice hook.
Ignacio measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Denke! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ace Giannis Ignacio!
In his post fight interview, Ace Giannis Ignacio gave a big smile as he said 'Im not surprise maducfuckrsss'.