PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Vaninico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaninico has chosen All I Ever Wanted as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wilson
vs
Vaninico

188 cm
22
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinicius Vaninico!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaninico on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vinicius Vaninico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vaninico takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vaninico throws a looping overhand right but Wilson ducks down to avoid it.
Wilson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vaninico misses with a hook
and Wilson counters with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wilson.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wilson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vaninico has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vaninico and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vaninico misses with a right hand
and Wilson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vaninico on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wilson. Wilson obviously looking to wear him down.
Vaninico shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wilson counters with an inside leg kick.
Vaninico looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Wilson.
Vaninico checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vaninico fails with the takedown
and Wilson counters with a low kick, right behind Vaninico 's knee.
Wilson cracks the inside of Vaninico's front leg.
A solid body kick from Wilson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaninico takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wilson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vaninico has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wilson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wilson lands a nice hook to Vaninico's body. Vaninico takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vaninico stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wilson.
Wilson throws a shot to the body.
Wilson lands a really nice looking cross but Vaninico seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson scores with a spinning back kick!
Wilson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vaninico.
Wilson lands with a good body shot.
Vaninico slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wilson!
Wilson works Vaninico's body with a nice hook.
Wilson lands with a kick to the temple. Vaninico shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vaninico.
That kick from Wilson tenderised Vaninico's leg. Vaninico is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wilson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vaninico on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vaninico with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wilson counters with a solid body kick.
Wade Wilson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinicius Vaninico.
Vaninico takes one on the button.
Vaninico throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wilson counters with a thumping low kick.
Wilson lands a nice hook to Vaninico's body. Vaninico takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vaninico misses with a takedown
and Wilson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wilson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wilson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wilson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vaninico's calf.
Vaninico misses with a takedown attempt
and Wilson counters with a thumping low kick.

Wilson takes the fight into the clinch.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Vaninico's head.
Vaninico wants a takedown but no success here.

Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Vaninico pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wilson connects with a right hand. Vaninico shakes it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wilson. That's going to slow Vaninico down.
Wilson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vaninico. Vaninico circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vaninico throws a lazy uppercut
and Wilson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vaninico throws a lazy uppercut
and Wilson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vaninico misses with an uppercut
and Wilson counters with an outside leg kick.
Wade Wilson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses the jab.
Wilson misses with a body shot.
Wilson walks into a straight right hand from Vaninico.
Wilson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vaninico fails to land the takedown.
Vaninico swings widly with a right hand
and Wilson counters with a right hand to the body.
Vaninico shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wilson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vaninico throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wilson on the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilson. Vaninico does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilson swinging wildly here.
A big right from Vaninico misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Wilson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wilson misses with a wild body shot.

Vaninico scores a takedown into full mount!
Vaninico looking to finish with strikes here!
Wilson tries to lock up and control but Vaninico gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vaninico thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Vaninico dominating with strikes here.
Vaninico has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wilson's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilson is squirming around, avoiding Vaninico's attempts to control the action.
Vaninico lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wilson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wilson tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Vaninico tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Vaninico punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vaninico trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vaninico breaks from Wilson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Vaninico punching from mount but Wilson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vaninico landing strikes from the mount.
Vaninico punching from mount but Wilson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vaninico sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wilson taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaninico trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wilson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wilson manages to control the position for a moment.
Vaninico putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaninico cracks Wilson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vaninico can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wilson is looking to escape.
Vaninico landing punches.
Vaninico looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vaninico looking to ground and pound but Wilson is blocking nicely.
Vaninico lands a nice shot to the head.
Vaninico can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wilson is looking to escape.
Vaninico with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaninico landing shots from mount.
Vaninico postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wilson looks a forlorn figure.
Vaninico throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Vaninico putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vaninico landing punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaninico wants to control but Wilson has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vaninico is taking a breather. Wilson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vaninico wants to take a breather but Wilson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Vaninico showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wilson wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Wilson as Vaninico shoots in.
Vaninico throws a right hand that misses
and Wilson counters with a series of strikes. Vaninico will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wilson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vaninico moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
Vaninico darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vaninico throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Wilson to counter with a crisp jab.
Vaninico with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wilson counters with an inside leg kick.
Wade Wilson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinicius Vaninico.
Wilson walks into a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vaninico misses with a left hand
and Wilson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vaninico's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vaninico misses with a takedown attempt
and Wilson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vaninico misses with a hook
and Wilson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vaninico's knee momentarily.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vaninico might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaninico fails with a takedown attempt.
Wilson scores with a leg kick.
Vaninico doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wilson counters with a leg kick.
Vaninico takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Wilson closes the distance and clinches.

Wilson breaks the clinch.
Wilson stalks Vaninico and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vaninico's face. Vaninico staggers backwards, shaken.
Wilson misses with a leg kick.
Vaninico misses with a double jab
and Wilson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vaninico's knee momentarily.
Vaninico takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaninico thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vaninico throws a combination that misses
and Wilson counters with a good low kick that Vaninico was not able to check.
Vaninico misses with a hook
and Wilson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vaninico with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wilson to score with a decent uppercut.
Vaninico with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wilson counters with a thumping low kick.
Vaninico misses with a right hand
and Wilson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wilson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vaninico's sensitive parts.
Vaninico has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Wilson.
Wilson stalks Vaninico and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vaninico's face. Vaninico staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson looks for the body kick but Vaninico saw that one coming.
Wilson throws a nice outside leg kick.

Vaninico looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Wilson!
Vaninico sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaninico avoids the attempt from Wilson to control.
Vaninico lands a heavy elbow.
Vaninico lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vinicius Vaninico has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vaninico content just to control the position here.
Wilson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Vaninico looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wilson tries to hold on but Vaninico pushes him away.
Vaninico thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Vaninico pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vaninico working the ground and pound effectively.
Vaninico raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vaninico can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wilson is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vaninico punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wade Wilson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wade Wilson!