PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaston Tellurique (ranked 2022 p4p, 5891 weight class) and Paul Vandorne (ranked 267 p4p, 571 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tellurique
vs
Vandorne

180 cm
26
185
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
19
175
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaston Tellurique !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Vandorne!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellurique looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vandorne looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Vandorne shoots in but no luck this time.

Tellurique moves into the clinch.
Vandorne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tellurique makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vandorne drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A hook to the body from Tellurique .
Tellurique lands a knee to the head.
Tellurique lands a left hand.
Tellurique lands a body punch.
Tellurique lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vandorne takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've been informed that Vandorne has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tellurique lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tellurique lands with a right to the head.
Tellurique scores with a shoulder strike.
Tellurique lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tellurique digs a right hand into Vandorne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vandorne's gas tank.
Good body shot from Tellurique .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellurique lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vandorne or not.
Tellurique lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tellurique .
Tellurique unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vandorne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tellurique working Vandorne over with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tellurique creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tellurique stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vandorne takes a shot to the head.
Vandorne is looking to break free of the clinch but Tellurique has double underhooks.
Tellurique works on Vandorne's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Tellurique as the two fighters clinch.
Tellurique lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tellurique creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tellurique throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tellurique .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tellurique throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tellurique presses Vandorne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Tellurique .
Tellurique lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tellurique is stalling here.
Tellurique lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Tellurique - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Tellurique .
Tellurique lands with a left to the head.
Tellurique lands a nice uppercut.
Tellurique lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Tellurique .
Tellurique throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vandornes head.

Vandorne is rocked!
Nice body punch from Tellurique - that landed with a thud.
Tellurique throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tellurique avoiding damage.
Good body shot from Tellurique .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellurique lands a hook that snaps the head of Vandorne backwards.
Tellurique lands a right hand.
Tellurique scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vandorne is still on wobbly legs! Can Tellurique finish him?
Tellurique lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tellurique throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vandornes head.
Tellurique pushes Vandorne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tellurique lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tellurique digs a right hand underneath Vandorne's ribcage. Vandorne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tellurique working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tellurique lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Tellurique .
Tellurique throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vandornes head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tellurique lands a left hand.
Tellurique throws a big uppercut that drops Vandorne! More strikes from Tellurique and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Vandorne lies dazed against the cage as Tellurique celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaston Tellurique !
Gaston Tellurique thanked the fans post fight for their support.