PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Saplin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saplin comes to the cage accompanied by Invincible. Price has chosen The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marcus Saplin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Saplin
vs
Price

195 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

[MMABR]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Saplin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vinnie Price!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saplin tries to move into range but Price moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Saplin takes one to the chin there.
Price scores with a nice right hand.
Price misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Price scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saplin moves away.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saplin.
Price scores with a jab to the body.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price catches Saplin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Price bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Saplin moves away and avoids it.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Price lands with an overhand left.
Price thuds his right hand into Saplin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Price throws a body punch but Saplin moves out of range.
Saplin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Price finds it's way round the side to connect with Saplin's head.
Price takes a swing at Saplin's ribcage but misses.
Price lands a slapping body shot.
Price shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Saplin as he avoids it easily.
Price cracks a nice hook into Saplin's ribs.
A shot to de liver by Price. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Saplin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Price misses with a body shot.
Price digs a good body shot into Saplin's ribs.
Danga de danga de dang - Price scores with a four punch combination!
Price lands an overhand right.
Saplin stuffs the takedown.
Marcus Saplin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinnie Price.
Nice cross by Price.
Saplin tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Price thuds a left hand into Saplin's body.
Saplin takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Price throws a good cross that connects.
Price fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Saplin on the side of the head.

Price fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Saplin sprawls well initially but Price persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Price controlling the action here.
Saplin tries to get to full guard but Price has control of the leg.
Saplin is working hard here to advance position.
Price wants to pass to mount but Saplin is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price wants to stand but Saplin has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Saplin actively working from the bottom here.

Saplin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Saplin is breathing heavily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice uppercut there from Price.
Price dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Price scores with a jab to the head.
Marcus Saplin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Price missing with a left hand there. Saplin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Price dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Price shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saplin defends it nicely.
A left lands for Price.
Price fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Saplin.
Saplin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Price lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Price throws out a loose jab but Saplin uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price misses the jab.
Saplin tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Price pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Price throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Saplin is just out of range.
Saplin tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Saplin.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saplin moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Saplin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Price lands a really nice looking cross but Saplin seems unphased.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Price works the jab nicely.
Price lands a body shot.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Saplin leaves Price with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vinnie Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saplin doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Price tries to score with a low kick but Saplin moves his leg out of the way.
Marcus Saplin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Price throws an overhand right that lands on Saplin's shoulder, as Saplin tries to avoid the shot.
Price fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Price tries to bum rush Saplin with a series of wild strikes but Saplin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saplin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price connects with the punch.
Price connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saplin tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saplin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
Price connects with a crisp jab.
Saplin moves out of range as Price strikes.
Vinnie Price seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saplin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Saplin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Price scores with a punch to the head.
Saplin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Price.
Price lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Price.
Price connects with a single shot there.
Price connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saplin checks a leg kick.
Price lands a jab to Saplin's midsection.
Price swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saplin.
Price will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Price misses with a double jab.
Saplin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Price moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Price scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Price stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saplin manages to avoid it.
Saplin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Saplin moves away and avoids it.
Saplin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Price throws a nice looking combination but Saplin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Price.
Price lands with a nice combination. Saplin backs away looking to recover.
Price scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Price.
Price stuns Saplin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Price lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saplin moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saplin avoids the head kick by Price.
Saplin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Saplin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Price fails to land the takedown.
Price lands a glancing blow to the side of Saplin's head.
Price closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Saplin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a right and a left that both miss.
Price ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Price is looking to chop away at Saplin's legs.
Price does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Saplin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Price tries to score with a low kick but Saplin moves his leg out of the way.
Vinnie Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Price lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Price connects with a nice looking jab.
Price moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saplin ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price punishes Saplin's body with a nice straight punch.
Price has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good exchange - Price coming out on top.
Saplin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Price looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Price stands up and waves to Saplin to follow him.
Marcus Saplin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Price scores with a jab. Saplin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Price shoots in for a double leg but Saplin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinnie Price comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Price has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinnie Price!