PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Van Gogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Van Gogh
vs
Capone

185 cm
21
225 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
26
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Van Gogh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Al Capone!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Capone tries to bum rush Van Gogh with a series of wild strikes but Van Gogh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Capone misses with a straight right.
Capone takes a swing at Van Gogh's ribcage but misses.
Van Gogh avoids a kick to the body.

Van Gogh moves into the clinch.
Capone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands a nice knee to the body.
Capone looks gassed!
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Van Gogh trying to land knees to the body.
Capone goes for a takedown in the clinch but Van Gogh prevents it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Al Capone has been cut.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Gogh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Capone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Van Gogh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gogh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Capone's brow.
Capone blocks the elbow strike.
Van Gogh prevents a takedown attempt there.
Van Gogh lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands an elbow just above Capone 's eye.
Van Gogh throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh trying to land knees to the body.
Van Gogh utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Gogh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Gogh working Capone over with knees to the body.
Van Gogh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Capone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow.
Capone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Gogh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capone.
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Capone blocks an elbow strike from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Gogh working Capone over with knees to the body.
Capone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Van Gogh.
Nice elbow from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Capone has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Van Gogh avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vincent Van Gogh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Capone.
Capone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Al Capone's cut even more.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Capone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Gogh trying to land knees to the body.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Van Gogh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capone.
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Van Gogh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Gogh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Gogh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capone.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside that Capone shrugs off.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Van Gogh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Al Capone's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Van Gogh connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Capone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Capone looks to land a combination but Van Gogh avoids it well.
Capone shoots in for a takedown but Van Gogh shows good takedown defense.
Capone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Gogh. Van Gogh obviously looking to wear him down.

Van Gogh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vincent Van Gogh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands an elbow just above Capone 's eye.
Knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands an elbow just above Capone 's eye.
Capone is breathing heavily.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh working Capone over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Gogh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Van Gogh utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Capone is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Gogh gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh prevents a takedown attempt there.
Vincent Van Gogh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Capone.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Gogh misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Van Gogh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capone can do to turn this around?
Van Gogh scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Capone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Capone wants a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Gogh.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Capone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands a damaging elbow.
Van Gogh utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Gogh trying to land knees to the body.
Van Gogh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Gogh lands an elbow that stopped Capone in his tracks for a moment.
Van Gogh throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside that Capone shrugs off.
Van Gogh tries to land knees in the clinch but Capone avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van Gogh obliges.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gogh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Capone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Gogh tries to land knees in the clinch but Capone avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Van Gogh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Al Capone's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Van Gogh gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Capone goes for a takedown in the clinch but Van Gogh prevents it.
Nice elbow from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh lands a good knee to the midsection. Capone won't want to take too many of those.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Van Gogh crunches a lovely knee into Capone's ribcage.
Van Gogh working Capone over with knees to the body.
Van Gogh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside.
Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capone avoids it.
Capone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gogh.
Capone blocks the elbow strike.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside.
Van Gogh throws an elbow that misses.
Van Gogh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capone.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Van Gogh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Capone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Capone takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.
Capone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Gogh landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Capone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Capone avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
Van Gogh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Capone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Gogh lands a good knee to the midsection. Capone won't want to take too many of those.
Van Gogh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Capone is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Gogh.
Al Capone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Capone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Gogh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Capone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capone's defenses.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone avoids the elbow strike from Van Gogh, against the cage.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gogh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Capone's brow.
Van Gogh scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Van Gogh.
Capone has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Van Gogh is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Van Gogh lands an elbow that stopped Capone in his tracks for a moment.
Van Gogh trying to land knees to the body.
Capone takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Gogh working Capone over with knees to the body.
Van Gogh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Capone takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Van Gogh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Gogh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:24
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:24
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Van Gogh!