PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ni Hao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hao
vs
Ivey

185 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
215 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ni Hao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Ivey!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hao.
A telegraphed right hand from Ivey misses the target.
Ivey lands a jab to the head.
Hao moves out of range as Ivey strikes.
Hao swings for the body but Ivey moves out of range.
Ivey slips under a jab from Hao.
Hao throws a looping overhand right but Ivey ducks down to avoid it.
Hao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ivey finds it's way round the side to connect with Hao's head.
Hao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ivey lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ivey slips under a jab.
A big right from Hao misses.
Hao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ivey counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivey connects with a single shot there.

Ivey clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivey.
Hao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A bit of stalling here from Ivey.
Ivey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ivey is working Hao over against the ropes.
Ivey lands with a right to the head.
Hao wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivey won't allow it.
Hao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Ivey as the two fighters clinch.
Hao is trying to break the clinch but Ivey has him pressed against the ropes.
Ivey lands a body punch.
Ivey is leaning against Hao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hao wants to break free but Ivey has control.
A left hand lands to the body for Ivey.
Ivey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Ivey looking to slow down the pace here.
Ivey pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ivey gets through Hao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hao is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivey lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ivey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ivey.
Ivey lands a body shot.
Ivey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ivey keeps control of Hao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ivey lands a body punch.
Ivey pushes Hao back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivey.
Ivey cracks Hao with a nice body shot.
Ivey gets through Hao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ivey.
Ivey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ivey works on Hao's body with a couple of short punches.
Hao tries to break free but Ivey pushes him back against the ropes.
Ivey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Ivey presses Hao against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ivey lands with a left to the head.
Ivey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haos head.
Ivey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ivey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hao.
Ivey scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivey cracks Hao with a nice body shot.
Ivey lands a hook that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Ivey lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hao backwards.
Ivey just leaning against Hao, taking a breather.
Ivey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ivey lands a body punch.
Ivey scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivey lands with a left to the head.
Ivey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ivey presses Hao against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ivey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haos head.
Ivey pushes Hao back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Ivey.
Nice body punch from Ivey - that landed with a thud.
Ivey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivey just leaning against Hao, taking a breather.
Ivey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hao tries to break free but Ivey pushes him back against the ropes.
Hao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ivey has him pressed against the ropes.
Hao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ivey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ivey gets through Hao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ivey lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ivey.
Nice body punch from Ivey - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ivey.
A nice left hand lands by Ivey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivey stalls.
A short uppercut from Ivey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Ivey.
Ivey scores with a shot to the side of Hao's head.
A short body shot lands from Ivey as the two fighters clinch.
Hao wants to get back to striking at distance but Ivey won't allow it.
A right hand to the body from Ivey.
Ivey gets through Hao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hao wants to break free but Ivey has control.
Ivey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ivey lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ivey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hao up against the ropes.
Ivey lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ivey.
Ivey presses Hao against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Ivey.
Ivey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivey pushes Hao back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Ivey.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivey pushes Hao back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Ivey scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Ivey.
Ivey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hao wants to break free but Ivey has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Ivey 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.

Hao missing with a left hand there. Ivey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hao takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Hao misses the target.
Ivey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Hao is rocked!
Ivey lands a with a good body shot.
Jab by Ivey.
Oh Hao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivey cracks Hao with a hook to the temple - Hao is on wobbly legs here! Ivey swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Hao falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Ivey wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Phil Ivey!