PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Wright (ranked 22677 p4p, 720 weight class) and Tony Vazzappo (ranked 3530 p4p, 424 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wright
vs
Vazzappo

178 cm
26
178 lbs
5 - 13 - 1

185 cm
33
170 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Ethan Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Vazzappo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vazzappo throws the kick towards the body but Wright avoids it.
Wright looks to land a combination but Vazzappo avoids it well.
Vazzappo misses with a wild combination.
Wright is looking for a counter combo.
Wright looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vazzappo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vazzappo's waist but Vazzappo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wright off to one side.
Vazzappo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A punch combination from Vazzappo misses.
Vazzappo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vazzappo jabs at Wright's body.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Vazzappo circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vazzappo! But no joy.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Vazzappo.
Vazzappo misses with a leg kick

and Wright counters with a shoot takedown. Vazzappo fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright throwing strikes from guard but Vazzappo blocks nicely.
Vazzappo controlling Wright's posture.
Vazzappo wants to stand up but Wright is controlling him.
Wright working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vazzappo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vazzappo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wright throwing strikes from guard but Vazzappo blocks nicely.
Wright throwing strikes but missing.

That's two 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.
Wright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wright stops Vazzappo from standing up.
Vazzappo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wright.
Wright has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vazzappo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wright controls the pace.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vazzappo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vazzappo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wright working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vazzappo's head.
Vazzappo controlling the position.
Wright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vazzappo wants to get back to his feet but Wright is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vazzappo misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright ducks right into an uppercut from Vazzappo.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Vazzappo.
Sloppy strikes from Vazzappo. Those never looked like landing.
Wright checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wright appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tony Vazzappo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Wright gets a takedown into half guard.
Vazzappo gets full guard.
Wright landing with the ground and pound.
Wright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wright works over Vazzappo with some ground and pound from guard.
Wright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vazzappo is looking to stand up but Wright isn't so interested in that idea.
Vazzappo keeping moving, preventing Wright from controlling successfully.
Vazzappo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wright.
Vazzappo trying to control the position here.
Wright scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wright chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tony Vazzappo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Good leg kick by Vazzappo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vazzappo misses with a few strikes there.
Vazzappo tries to bum rush Wright with a series of wild strikes but Wright uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wright went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Vazzappo looks to land a right hand but Wright moved out of range.
A big left from Vazzappo misses.
Wright appears to be looking for a big counter.

Wright moves into the clinch successfully.

Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Vazzappo pushes him off.

Vazzappo gets caught flat footed, as Wright shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Vazzappo wriggles free and stands up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vazzappo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Vazzappo.
Wright appears to be looking for a big counter.
Vazzappo misses with a double jab.
Vazzappo lands a two punch combo.
Ethan Wright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vazzappo throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Vazzappo does it's job there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wright is defended easily by Vazzappo.
Vazzappo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wright dives in and grabs Vazzappo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vazzappo pushes down on Wright's head and hops out.
Vazzappo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Vazzappo misses.
Vazzappo tests Wright's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wright is defended easily by Vazzappo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ethan Wright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Vazzappo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vazzappo misses with a wild body shot.
Wright moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vazzappo stuffs the takedown.
and Vazzappo counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Wright! He's just covering up as Vazzappo starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Vazzappo!
A very excited looking Tony Vazzappo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.