PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Crisostomo Ibarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baleviet Kavomivolodos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crisostomo Ibarra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ibarra
vs
Kavomivolodos

172 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crisostomo Ibarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baleviet Kavomivolodos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibarra misses the shot to the body.
Kavomivolodos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ibarra.

Kavomivolodos gets a takedown into half guard.
Kavomivolodos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kavomivolodos is stalling here. Ibarra is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kavomivolodos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ibarra has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Ibarra looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kavomivolodos is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ibarra thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kavomivolodos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ibarra's best efforts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kavomivolodos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kavomivolodos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ibarra has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kavomivolodos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ibarra is refusing to be controlled, as Kavomivolodos sits in half guard.
Kavomivolodos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavomivolodos is pressing down on Ibarra's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ibarra is holding on for now.
Kavomivolodos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Ibarra actively working from the bottom here.
Kavomivolodos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ibarra knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kavomivolodos is trying to control. Ibarra wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra trying to hold on to Kavomivolodos's head to control him but Kavomivolodos postures up.
Kavomivolodos works his way into full mount!
Kavomivolodos trying to control but Ibarra is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ibarra tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kavomivolodos trying to control but Ibarra is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kavomivolodos avoids the attempt from Ibarra to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baleviet Kavomivolodos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ibarra swats away the attempt to clinch by Kavomivolodos.
Crisostomo Ibarra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kavomivolodos slips a straight right by Ibarra.
Ibarra lands with a cross.
Ibarra swings for the body but Kavomivolodos moves out of range.
Kavomivolodos needs to keep his hands up - Ibarra had a free shot at his head there.
Kavomivolodos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ibarra lands a slapping body shot.
Kavomivolodos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ibarra.
Ibarra takes a swing at Kavomivolodos's ribcage but misses.
Ibarra swings for the body but Kavomivolodos moves out of range.
Ibarra throws a hook but Kavomivolodos blocks it.
Ibarra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ibarra stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ibarra wants it to stay on the feet.

Kavomivolodos gets a clinch.
Kavomivolodos is breathing heavily.
Ibarra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kavomivolodos prevents Ibarra from breaking the clinch.
Kavomivolodos misses with a punch to the body.
Kavomivolodos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kavomivolodos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ibarra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Crisostomo Ibarra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baleviet Kavomivolodos.
Ibarra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibarra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ibarra working hard to break the clinch.
Ibarra tries to circle away but Kavomivolodos has him pinned against the cage.
Ibarra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kavomivolodos takes a shot to the head.

Kavomivolodos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ibarra thows a body shot but no joy.
Crisostomo Ibarra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ibarra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kavomivolodos.
Ibarra throws a body punch but Kavomivolodos moves out of range.
Ibarra scores with a jab to the body.
Ibarra ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ibarra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ibarra fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Kavomivolodos is rocked!
Kavomivolodos moves out of range of the strikes.
Kavomivolodos is still on wobbly legs! Can Ibarra finish him?
A big right from Ibarra misses.
Kavomivolodos moves away from the strike by Ibarra.
Kavomivolodos slips a straight right by Ibarra.
Ibarra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibarra throws a jab when Kavomivolodos was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kavomivolodos slips a jab from Ibarra.
Ibarra missing with a left hand there. Kavomivolodos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ibarra misses with an uppercut. Kavomivolodos saw that one coming.
Ibarra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kavomivolodos can do to turn this around?
A jab from Ibarra misses.
A big right from Ibarra misses.
Ibarra throws a shot from downtown. Kavomivolodos moves away and avoids it.

Kavomivolodos clinches up with Ibarra and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ibarra.

Ibarra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kavomivolodos moves out of range of the strikes.
Ibarra misses with a straight right.
Ibarra looks to land a left hand but Kavomivolodos moved out of range nicely.
Ibarra misses the jab.
Kavomivolodos slips a straight right by Ibarra.
Ibarra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ibarra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kavomivolodos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra lands with a shot to the body.
Ibarra looks to land a right hand but Kavomivolodos moved out of range.
Ibarra looks to land a left hand but Kavomivolodos moved out of range nicely.
Ibarra throws a hook but Kavomivolodos blocks it.
Kavomivolodos blocks a jab.
Ibarra misses with a straight left.
Kavomivolodos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crisostomo Ibarra is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Ibarra misses.
Ibarra throws the left hand but Kavomivolodos avoids the punch easily.
Ibarra misses with a hook.
Ibarra throws a jab but it's blocked by Kavomivolodos.
Ibarra throws a hook but Kavomivolodos avoids it easily.
Kavomivolodos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kavomivolodos blocks a jab.
Ibarra cracks a nice hook into Kavomivolodos's ribs.
The fighters circling - Ibarra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ibarra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kavomivolodos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibarra looks to land a left hand but Kavomivolodos moved out of range nicely.
Kavomivolodos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ibarra throws out the jab.
Ibarra misses with a hook.
Kavomivolodos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ibarra pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ibarra misses with a looping right.
Kavomivolodos slips under a jab.
Kavomivolodos slips under a jab from Ibarra.
Ibarra throws an overhand right that lands on Kavomivolodos's shoulder, as Kavomivolodos tries to avoid the shot.
Kavomivolodos seems to have recovered his senses.
Kavomivolodos shoots in for a takedown but Ibarra shows good takedown defense.
Ibarra takes a swing at Kavomivolodos's ribcage but misses.
Ibarra thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kavomivolodos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ibarra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ibarra leaves Kavomivolodos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ibarra slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crisostomo Ibarra dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ibarra misses with a body shot.
Ibarra misses with a straight right.

Ibarra gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kavomivolodos wants to get up but he can't break Ibarra's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Kavomivolodos is trying to land a reversal but Ibarra doesn't like that idea too much. He pushed the legs to the side and dives into side control. He's managed to grab a loose arm triangle. Ibarra is tightening it up though! This could be trouble for Kavomivolodos! Kavomivolodos trying desperately to escape but he's gone limp! He's out! Wooooorld class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Ibarra!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Crisostomo Ibarra!