PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Flay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and VinniJay Acunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Flay
vs
Acunia

168 cm
31
177 lbs
31 - 19 - 1

180 cm
29
181 lbs
19 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition
160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bobby Flay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, VinniJay Acunia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acunia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flay takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Acunia clinches.
Acunia just leaning against Flay, taking a breather.
Acunia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Flays head.
Flay is working Acunia over against the cage.
Flay unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Flay misses with a body punch.
Flay misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flay keeps control of Acunia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Flay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Acunia's elbow.
Flay tries to land a knee to the head but Acunia blocks with his arms.
Acunia lands a nice uppercut.
Flay looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Acunia is trying to maintain a safe position but Flay gets an underhook and turns Acunia into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Flay.
Flay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Acunia has had enough of the clinch but Flay keeps him there for the moment.
Flay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Acunia avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flay connects with a nasty looking knee right to Acunia's face.
Acunia works on Flay's body with a couple of short punches.
Flay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Acunia scores with a hook to the body.
Flay lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Flay.
Come on Flay - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Flay stalling in the clinch but Acunia improves position.
Flay struggles to land a body shot inside as Acunia controls his hands.
Flay is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Flay lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Acunia takes a shot to the head.
Acunia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Acunia struggles to land a body shot inside as Flay controls his hands.
Flay pushes Acunia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flay throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acunia has a couple of punches blocked by Flay.
Acunia is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Acunia is leaning against Flay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Acunia.
Acunia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flay tries to land knees in the clinch but Acunia avoids the damage to the body.
Acunia managing to block the knees to the body from Flay.
Acunia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Acunia.
The crowd are getting on Acunia's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Acunia prevents a body shot from Flay.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flay as Acunia tries to tie him up.
Acunia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acunia prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Acunia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flay tries to land knees in the clinch but Acunia avoids the damage to the body.
Flay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Acunia scores with a shoulder strike.
Acunia has Flay pushed against the cage.
Flay stalling in the clinch but Acunia improves position.
Acunia trying to control the position but instead, Flay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Acunia into the cage.
Flay misses with a body punch.
Acunia looking to slow down the pace here.
Flay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Acunia digs a right hand underneath Flay's ribcage. Flay let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Acunia looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by VinniJay Acunia.
Flay throws a big shot that misses.

Acunia takes the fight into the clinch.
Flay missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acunia taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Flay fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Acunia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Acunia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Flay wants the takedown. Acunia is fighting it off but Flay persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Acunia's guard against the cage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Flay trying to control the position from guard on top but Acunia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Acunia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Flay is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Acunia is trying to control the position but Flay postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bobby Flay will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Flay looks to land a left hand but Acunia moved out of range nicely.
Flay moves in looking to clinch but Acunia pushes him off.

Acunia clinches up against the cage.
Acunia blocking some punches.
Flay trying to land knees to the body.
Flay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flay looking to slow down the pace here.
Flay looking to throw knees to the head but Acunia is blocking nicely.
Flay working aggressively here.
Flay tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Acunia avoids it.
Acunia trying to control the position but instead, Flay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Acunia into the cage.
Flay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flay.
Acunia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Flay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Acunia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Flay digs a right hand underneath Acunia's ribcage. Acunia let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flay lands a knee to the head.

It looks like VinniJay Acunia has been cut.
Flay tries to throw a body punch but Acunia avoids it by throwing Flay back against the cage.
Flay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Acunia lands a hook that snaps the head of Flay backwards.
Flay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Acunia prevents a body shot from Flay.
Acunia avoids the elbow strike from Flay, against the cage.
Acunia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Flay.
Flay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flay is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Acunia pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Acunia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flay trying to land knees to the body.
Flay misses with the head strike.
Acunia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flay up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Acunia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Acunia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flay tries to clinch up but Acunia circles away and keeps his distance.
Flay avoids the body shot from Acunia.
Acunia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Acunia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Acunia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flay gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Flay is looking to clinch but Acunia is avoiding it.
Acunia scores with a shot to the body.
Flay feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Acunia's calf.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Acunia 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.
Flay misses with a wild combination.

Acunia clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flay lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flay.
Flay tries to work over Acunia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flay misses with the head strike.
Flay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Acunia.
Acunia stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Acunia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Flay is fighting off a takedown attempt but Acunia is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Flay to the mat. Flay regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Acunia looking to pass the guard.
Acunia with a nice head shot there.
Flay trying to control the position.
Flay tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flay is working hard here to advance position.
Flay trying to keep a closed guard but Acunia is proving a slippery customer.
Acunia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acunia scoring with some ground and pound.
Flay not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Flay had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Acunia defends it easily.
Acunia advances to half guard.
Flay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Acunia is trying to control. Flay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Acunia is looking to advance position but Flay won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but VinniJay Acunia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on VinniJay Acunia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Flay shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Acunia sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Acunia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are battling for position here. Acunia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Acunia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Flay is one step ahead there.
Acunia manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Flay is desperately trying to improve his position but Acunia has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Flay is looking to get to half guard.
Acunia putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Acunia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Acunia lands a nice shot to the head.
Acunia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Acunia is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Flay is surviving well by controlling Acunia's body position as best he can.
Acunia raining down shots from the mount!
Acunia with the ground and pound from mount.

Flay is rocked!
Acunia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Flay?
Oh Flay is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Acunia drops a big elbow. That's hurt Flay! More shots from Acunia and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). VinniJay Acunia!
During a confident post fight interview, VinniJay Acunia thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.