PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Rush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Super Vegeta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vegeta has chosen The Dark Prince as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Rush
vs
Vegeta

183 cm
26
140 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

167 cm
22
143 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Rush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Super Vegeta!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegeta throws a head kick that misses.
Xavier Rush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rush throws a lazy right hand but Vegeta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Rush.
Rush throws a lazy right hand but Vegeta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Rush closes the distance and pushes Vegeta back into the cage.
Rush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vegeta has him pressed against the cage.
Vegeta keeps control of Rush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rush lands an uppercut.
Vegeta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vegeta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rush misses with a punch on the inside.
Rush dodges an elbow strike from Vegeta.
Rush really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Rush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Vegeta takes the fight into the clinch.
Rush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vegeta has him pressed against the cage.
Vegeta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rush throws a punch but it's blocked by Vegeta.
Vegeta lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegeta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rush avoids it.
Rush lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Rush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vegeta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rush closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vegeta counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush darts in trying to clinch
and Vegeta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rush's knee momentarily.

Vegeta clinches up with Rush and pushes him back against the cage.
Vegeta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vegeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Rush breaks the clinch.

Rush clinches up against the cage.
Rush blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rush scores with a shot to the side of Vegeta's head.
Rush misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rush blocks an elbow strike.

Rush breaks from the clinch.
Rush shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vegeta pinned against the cage. Vegeta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Vegeta moves into range and clinches up with Rush.
Vegeta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Vegeta.

It looks like Xavier Rush has been cut.

Rush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vegeta ducks under a wild hook from Rush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No joy there for Vegeta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rush swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rush tries to clinch up
and Vegeta counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vegeta.
Rush shoots in looking for a takedown. Vegeta tries to sprawl out of it but Rush keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vegeta manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Super Vegeta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rush lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Crunch! Vegeta slams his shin into Rush's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Vegeta.
Rush tries to clinch
and Vegeta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rush's knee momentarily.
Vegeta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rush. That did some damage!

Vegeta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rush, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush is trying to break the clinch but Vegeta has him pressed against the cage.
Vegeta takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Vegeta.
Vegeta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vegeta has him pressed against the cage.
Rush lands with a right to the head.
Rush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rush tries to break free but Vegeta pushes him back against the cage.
Vegeta blocking some punches.
Vegeta lands an elbow inside that Rush shrugs off.
Vegeta connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vegeta.
Rush is breathing heavily.
Vegeta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegeta.
Vegeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vegeta lands an elbow inside.

Xavier Rush's cut is getting worse.

Rush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rush shoots in for a takedown but Vegeta shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Rush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vegeta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vegeta punishes Rush's body with a nice straight punch.
Vegeta scoring well with a low kick there.
Rush takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vegeta thumps Rush with a low kick.
Vegeta lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

Vegeta has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rush swings wildly with an uppercut but Vegeta uses good head movement to avoid it.

Vegeta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vegeta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vegeta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rush takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vegeta throws a one two combo.

Rush is rocked!

Vegeta closes the distance and clinches.
Vegeta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vegeta has Rush pressed against the cage, preventing Rush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vegeta has Rush pressed against the cage, preventing Rush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rush blocks an elbow strike from Vegeta.
Vegeta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rush has had enough of the clinch but Vegeta keeps him there for the moment.
Rush throws a head punch that misses.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rush. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A head punch on the inside from Rush fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Vegeta.
A knee to the head by Vegeta.
Vegeta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Xavier Rush's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Vegeta scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Rush is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vegeta misses with an elbow strike.
Rush seems to have got his legs back now.
Vegeta misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Vegeta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Vegeta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Rush's cut.
That's time! Rush's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crunch! Vegeta slams his shin into Rush's torso.
Rush is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vegeta.

Vegeta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vegeta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vegeta with a knee to the head.
Vegeta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vegeta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vegeta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vegeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vegeta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rush blocks an elbow strike.
Rush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vegeta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vegeta lands a knee to the body.
Vegeta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vegeta misses with an elbow strike.
Vegeta trying to land knees to the body.
Rush doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vegeta misses with an elbow over the top.
Vegeta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Rush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vegeta is looking to slow Rush down with leg kicks.
Vegeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Rush circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rush closes the distance and clinches.
Vegeta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rush working hard to break the clinch.
Rush avoids a wild elbow strike from Vegeta.
Vegeta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vegeta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rush is trying to break the clinch but Vegeta has him pressed against the cage.
Vegeta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Vegeta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vegeta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vegeta throws a leg kick which misses Rush's front leg but catches the back leg as Rush tries to avoid it.

Vegeta has Rush up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rush stalling in the clinch but Vegeta improves position.
Vegeta misses with an elbow strike.
Vegeta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rush's defenses.
Rush lands with a right to the head.
Vegeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vegeta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vegeta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

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

Vegeta closes the distance and clinches.
Vegeta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegeta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vegeta keeps control of Rush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vegeta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Rush manages to break the clinch.
Vegeta lands a nice looking body kick.
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!
Rush takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Vegeta closes the distance and clinches.
Vegeta blocking some punches.
Vegeta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vegeta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rush's efforts to push away.
Rush managing to block the knees to the body from Vegeta.
Rush lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Rush manages to break the clinch.

Vegeta clinches.
Vegeta lands an elbow that stopped Rush in his tracks for a moment.
Vegeta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Xavier Rush's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegeta.
Vegeta lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Rush.
Vegeta lands an elbow just above Rush 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Xavier Rush's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Super Vegeta!