PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flash McPuggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vergil Vicious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McPuggins
vs
Vicious

200 cm
22
220 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

184 cm
26
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flash McPuggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vergil Vicious!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPuggins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vergil Vicious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by McPuggins.
Vicious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McPuggins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McPuggins slips under a jab.
McPuggins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vicious throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vicious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McPuggins avoids a punch combination nicely.
McPuggins moves away from the strike by Vicious.
Vicious misses with a few strikes there.
Vicious misses with the combination.
Vicious misses with the combination.
McPuggins defending well as Vicious loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Vicious misses.
Vicious throws a series of punches but McPuggins moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Vicious.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vicious fails to land with a series of punches.
Vicious throws a series of punches but McPuggins avoids them all with ease.
Vicious fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vicious fails to land with a series of punches.
McPuggins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vicious.
Vicious throws a big shot that misses.
Vicious on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vicious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McPuggins avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Vicious does no damage.
Vicious looks gassed!
McPuggins throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

McPuggins rushes Vicious and presses him up against the cage.
McPuggins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vicious in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McPuggins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPuggins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vicious's face.
Vicious tries to break free but McPuggins pushes him back against the cage.
Vicious tries to break the clinch but McPuggins is controlling the position.
McPuggins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McPuggins lands a nice knee to the body.
McPuggins keeps control of Vicious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicious wants to break the clinch but can't.
McPuggins lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McPuggins.
McPuggins scores with a knee to the head.
McPuggins lands a knee to the body.
Vicious tries to break free but McPuggins pushes him back against the cage.
Vicious is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McPuggins crunches a lovely knee into Vicious's ribcage.
McPuggins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vicious's face.
Vicious takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vicious looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vicious looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McPuggins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flash McPuggins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from McPuggins, right into the meat.
Vergil Vicious is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McPuggins connects with a high kick.
Vicious misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Vicious.
Vicious misses with the combination.
Vicious takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A telegraphed right hand from Vicious misses the target.
Vicious throws a series of punches but McPuggins avoids them all with ease.
Vicious throws a series of punches but McPuggins avoids them all with ease.
McPuggins has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

McPuggins pushes Vicious up against the cage in a clinch.
Vicious takes a knee to the side of the body.
McPuggins lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vicious is trying to force a seperation but McPuggins has the dominant position.
McPuggins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Vergil Vicious has been cut.
Vicious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McPuggins lands a damaging elbow.
McPuggins lands a nice knee to the body.
McPuggins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vicious in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vicious takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McPuggins crunches a lovely knee into Vicious's ribcage.
Vicious wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vicious wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McPuggins scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McPuggins obliges.
Vicious looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPuggins has Vicious pressed against the cage, preventing Vicious from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vicious has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vicious tries to circle away but McPuggins has him pinned against the cage.
McPuggins lands an elbow inside.
Vicious is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
McPuggins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McPuggins lands a knee to the head.
McPuggins lands an elbow that stopped Vicious in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McPuggins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vicious avoids it.
McPuggins has Vicious pressed against the cage, preventing Vicious from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McPuggins lands a damaging elbow.
McPuggins landing knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McPuggins lands an elbow just above Vicious 's eye.
Vicious is trying to push McPuggins away but McPuggins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flash McPuggins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vergil Vicious's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Vicious throws a series of punches but McPuggins moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Vicious. Those never looked like landing.
Vicious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McPuggins.
A combination from Vicious does no damage.

McPuggins moves into the clinch successfully.
Vicious is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McPuggins obliges.
McPuggins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from McPuggins.
McPuggins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vicious's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPuggins lands an elbow inside.
Vicious wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McPuggins has him pressed against the cage.
McPuggins lands an elbow inside that Vicious shrugs off.
Vicious wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vicious looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McPuggins lands a nice knee to the body.
Vicious tries to break the clinch but McPuggins is controlling the position.
Vicious tries to circle away but McPuggins has him pinned against the cage.
Vicious wants to get back to striking at distance but McPuggins won't allow it.
Vicious avoiding damage as McPuggins throws knees to the body.
Vicious is trying to force a seperation but McPuggins has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicious wants to break free but McPuggins has control.
Vicious tries to break free but McPuggins pushes him back against the cage.
McPuggins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McPuggins obliges.
Vicious takes an elbow to the temple.
McPuggins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McPuggins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four 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.
McPuggins crunches a lovely knee into Vicious's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Vicious's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McPuggins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vicious in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vergil Vicious has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McPuggins landing knees to the body.
Vicious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McPuggins's elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vicious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McPuggins's elbow.
Vicious tries to break the clinch but McPuggins is controlling the position.
McPuggins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flash McPuggins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McPuggins 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flash McPuggins!