PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Ives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonforce- heroes of our time. 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?

Bob
vs
Ives

190 cm
25
290 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
302 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Warrior Clothing
Warrior Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bob!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Ives!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob swinging wildly here.
Ives bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bob fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ives on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ives looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot lands for Bob.

Ives rushes Bob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bob tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ives smiles and moves away.
Bob scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ives looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ives doesn't manage to clinch there - Bob circles away.
Ives misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bob is defended easily by Ives.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob scores with a nice right hand.
Bob shoots in but Ives avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ives looks to land a left hand but Bob moved out of range nicely.
Bob fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ives avoids it really well and circles away.

Ives has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Ives lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Bob fails to pull guard.
Bob tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ives smiles and moves away.
Ives tries to clinch up.
Bob fails with the takedown.
Bob swats away the attempt to clinch by Ives.
Ives wants to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Bob 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ives stuffs the takedown attempt from Bob. Bob gets slowly back to his feet.
Bob throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ives.
Ives takes one to the chin there.
Ives throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ives tries to clinch there but Bob circles away.
Ives ducks under a wild hook from Bob.

Ives rushes Bob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like William Bob has been cut.
Bob tries to pull guard but Ives holds him up against the cage and eventually Bob drops back down to his feet.
Bob jumps guard but Ives stands there with Bob around his waist. Bob gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bob tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ives smiles and moves away.
A slow jab from Bob misses its intended target.
Bob throws a hook but Ives avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ives takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ives tries to clinch but Bob is having none of it.

Ives tries to sprawl but Bob drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bob controlling the action here.
Bob is trying to control. Ives wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ives trying to control but Bob postures up.
Ives is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob is keen to just control but Ives is a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of William Bob.

Ives fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bob, pushing him back against the cage.
Ives comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ives creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
Bob tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ives smiles and moves away.
Ives scores with a sloppy right hand. Bob should have avoided that one.
Ives on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Ives has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ives just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ives just leaning against Bob, taking a breather.
Ives unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bob lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Ives stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ives creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ives dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Bob's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Bob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ives tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Bob shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ives defends it nicely.
Bob is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bob fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ives manages to avoid it.
Ives tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Ives fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ives tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bob tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ives sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bob somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ives stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ives wants to clinch.
Ives wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob lunges at Ives with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ives's hand.
Bob swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ives tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ives works the jab nicely.
Ives swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bob shoots in for a takedown but Ives shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ives throws a jab but it's blocked by Bob.

Bob bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ives is looking to reverse the position.
Ives is letting Bob control him for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ives tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bob wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bob moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Bob thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Ives's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Ives prevents Bob from moving into mount.
Ives tries to improve position but can't.
Ives is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bob is controlling him well.
Bob trying to control the position but Ives is working away.
Ives is trying to get back to his feet.
Bob wants to control but Ives is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ives is trying to improve his position.
Bob trying to control the action but Ives is working from the bottom.
Ives tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ives regains half guard, as Bob was trying to land strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that William Bob will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Bob's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bob misses the shot to the body.

Ives clinches with his opponent.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ives looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Ives as Bob shoots in.
A lazy left from Ives finds it's target.
Ives connects with a body shot.
Bob has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ives clinches up against the cage.
Bob fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ives scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ives displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bob up against the cage.
Ives lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Bob on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ives creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bob's defenses.
Ives landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ives putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bob in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ives lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
Ives lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ives unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Ives escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bob paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ives tries to bum rush Bob with a series of wild strikes but Bob uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ives moves in looking to clinch but Bob pushes him off.
Johnny Ives seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ives works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ives is looking to clinch but Bob is avoiding it.
Bob throws a head kick but Ives moves out of range.

Ives clinches.
Ives misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bob.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ives lands a damaging elbow.
Bob avoiding damage as Ives throws knees to the body.
Ives's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bob fails to pull guard.
Ives controlling the action here for a moment.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
Bob blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ives is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Ives lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ives displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bob up against the cage.

Ives pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ives ducks under a wild hook from Bob.

Ives moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnny Ives seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ives lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ives.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bob jumps guard but Ives stands there with Bob around his waist. Bob gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ives has Bob pressed against the cage.
Ives lands an elbow that stopped Bob in his tracks for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ives - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ives gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ives displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bob up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ives.
Bob throws the left hand but Ives avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ives wants to clinch.
Ives misses with a wild combination.
Ives tries to clinch there but Bob circles away.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Ives misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ives looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bob looks for a takedown but Ives sprawls well.
Ives throws out a powerful jab.
Johnny Ives is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bob doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ives tries to clinch but Bob moves out of range.
Bob scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ives really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Bob's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Bob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ives gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ives breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ives is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bob.
Bob shoots in but Ives avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ives avoids the head kick by Bob.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bob paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ives closes the distance and pushes Bob back into the cage.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bob tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ives just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bob fails to pull guard.
Ives lands a right hand.

Ives's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ives connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bob. Bob circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ives avoids the head kick by Bob.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ives darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.
Bob tries to pull guard but Ives won't allow it.
Ives lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Ives breaks the clinch.

Ives clinches with his opponent.

Ives manages to break the clinch.
Bob shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ives as he jumps to the side.
Bob misses with a wild combination.

Ives pushes Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bob fails with a takedown attempt.
Bob avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bob.
Ives lands a jab-cross combination.
Bob shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ives as he avoids it easily.
Bob takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ives drives through and clinches with Bob against the cage.
Ives lands an elbow just above Bob 's eye.

Ives breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ives has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
Ives lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Ives comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ives is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Ives taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Ives's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Ives landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ives is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ives stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ives.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Bob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bob is defended easily by Ives.
Ives keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Ives moves into range and clinches up with Bob.
Ives lands an elbow inside.

William Bob's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Ives.
Bob on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ives breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ives lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ives.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ives pushes Bob up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ives.

Ives's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bob takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bob tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ives swivels and escapes.

Ives closes the distance and pushes Bob back into the cage.
Ives holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ives is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ives missing with knees to the body.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
Bob takes an elbow to the temple.
Ives lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ives unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bob being controlled against the cage.
Ives lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ives dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on William Bob'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. This is the final round!

Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ives closes the distance and clinches.
Ives has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Ives clinches up against the cage.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bob looks to score with a jab to the body but Ives is just out of range.
Bob misses with a body punch

and Ives counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Ives breaks the clinch.
Ives keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob swats away the attempt to clinch by Ives.
Ives takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bob avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ives just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob lands a nice hook to Ives's body. Ives takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Bob misses the target.
Bob misses with a straight right.
Ives lands a body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Ives clinches with his opponent.
Bob avoiding damage as Ives throws knees to the body.
Ives lands an elbow inside that Bob shrugs off.
Ives tries to land knees in the clinch but Bob avoids the damage to the body.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ives just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bob takes a swing at Ives's ribcage but misses.
Ives moves in looking to clinch but Bob pushes him off.
Bob has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bob there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bob scores with a hook to the body. Ives takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bob connects with the punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bob.
Ives slips a jab from Bob.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ives tries to clinch there but Bob circles away.
Bob misses with a looping left.
Bob waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ives.
Ives tries to clinch but Bob is having none of it.

Ives moves into range and clinches up with Bob.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ives.
Bob fails to pull guard.
Bob jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ives walks away with a smile on his face. Bob gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bob fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ives manages to avoid it.
Ives lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ives fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ives wants to clinch up but Bob keeps it at a distance.
Ives is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ives doesn't manage to clinch there - Bob circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ives tries to clinch but Bob moves out of range.
Ives lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch but Bob swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bob throws a sloppy head kick and Ives moves out of range easily.

Ives clinches with his opponent.

Ives breaks the clinch.
Ives slaps away a takedown attempt from Bob, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ives is looking to clinch but Bob is avoiding it.

Ives has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Ives slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ives lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bob tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ives just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bob fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ives stalling in the clinch.
Ives lands an elbow inside.
Ives is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ives.
Ives slips a straight right by Bob.
Ives tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bob paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnny Ives is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bob misses with an uppercut.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bob tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ives sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bob somewhat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ives rushes Bob and presses him up against the cage.
William Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob tries to throw a body punch but Ives avoids it by throwing Bob back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Ives comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ives has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 44:49
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 44:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 44:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Ives!
Johnny Ives is the new super heavyweight champion!