PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed comes to the cage accompanied by Trivium / Shogun. Vitali Klitschko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Speed
vs
Klitschko

200 cm
25
275 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

200 cm
27
265 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Perkele!

Vitality

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cameron Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitali Klitschko!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed slips a jab from Klitschko.
Klitschko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Speed finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Speed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Speed throws out a powerful jab.
Klitschko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speed.
Klitschko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Klitschko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klitschko misses with a lunging right hand
and Speed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitschko thows a body shot but no joy.
Klitschko misses with a hook. Speed ducked under it nicely.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klitschko moves away.
Speed throws a solid leg kick but Klitschko takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Speed.
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Speed thumps Klitschko with a low kick.
Speed throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Klitschko avoids the head kick by Speed.
A big left from Klitschko misses.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Klitschko checks a leg kick.
Klitschko misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with a lunging right hand
and Speed counters with a leg kick.
Klitschko missing with a left hand there. Speed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Speed.
Vitali Klitschko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klitschko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Speed.
Speed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Klitschko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Speed takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Speed moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Speed staying out of range there.
Klitschko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Klitschko wants it to stay on the feet.
Klitschko misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Speed misses its intended target.
Speed lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speed paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Klitschko throws a right hand that misses
and Speed counters with a big head kick but Klitschko shrugs it off.
Klitschko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Speed.
Speed staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Klitschko looks winded!
Klitschko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Speed makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Klitschko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Speed slips under a jab from Klitschko.
Speed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klitschko.
A nice inside leg kick there by Speed. That's going to slow Klitschko down.
Klitschko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Speed throws a sloppy head kick and Klitschko moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Speed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klitschko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klitschko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Speed counters with a thumping low kick.
Speed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Speed lands a right hook to the body.

Speed scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Klitschko seems a little lost for a moment, as Speed dominates the positioning.
Speed landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Speed is controlling him well.
Klitschko seems a little lost for a moment, as Speed dominates the positioning.
Klitschko taking a bit of punishment here - Speed scoring with strikes.
Speed controls the position.
Speed grinds an elbow into Klitschko's temple.
Speed works to advance to full mount. Klitschko defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Klitschko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Speed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Speed's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Klitschko is bucking up trying to escape but Speed cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

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!
Speed punishing his opponent with strikes.
Klitschko is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Klitschko is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Klitschko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Speed. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Speed trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Speed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Speed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klitschko tries to reverse the position but Speed maintains control.
Speed lands a big shot there that rocks Klitschko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Speed controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klitschko is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Klitschko misses with a wild body shot.
Speed throws a push kick but Klitschko slaps the foot to one side.
Klitschko checks a low kick from Speed.
Klitschko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klitschko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Speed at a distance.
Speed connects with a leg kick. Klitschko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Speed thumps Klitschko with a low kick.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
Speed tries a head kick but it misses.
Klitschko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Klitschko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klitschko can do to turn this around?
Speed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klitschko. That did some damage!
Klitschko misses with a lunging right hand

and Speed counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Klitschko's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Speed stays in close to Klitschko's body and controls the position.
Klitschko is looking to stand up but Speed isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed pushes down on Klitschko's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Klitschko trying to control from the bottom.
Speed slows the pace down in half guard.
Speed wants to lay and pray for a moment but Klitschko keeps working.
Speed seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Klitschko is looking to escape.
Cameron Speed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Speed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Klitschko.
Klitschko moves out of range of the body kick.
Klitschko misses with a hook
and Speed counters with a solid body kick.
Speed shoots for a double leg takedown but Klitschko sprawls well. He's pushed Speed's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko looks to throw the jab but Speed is out of range.
Nice cross by Klitschko.
Speed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Speed looking to score a takedown here. Klitschko is defending well but Speed drives through and ends up in Klitschko's guard.
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!
Speed controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Klitschko pulls Speed in to control the position.
Speed with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Speed pushes down on Klitschko's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Speed is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Speed seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Klitschko for as long as he can get away with.
Speed seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Klitschko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Klitschko trying to control from the bottom.
Klitschko is looking to get back to is feet but Speed passes into side control.
Speed is looking to take a break and control but Klitschko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed is chipping away with strikes.
Speed taking a breather here.
Speed moves into full mount!
Klitschko tries to reverse the position but Speed maintains control.
The referee warns Klitschko that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Speed dominating with strikes here.
Speed content just to control the position here.
Speed lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed with a couple of short strikes.
Klitschko is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed controlling the position easily from mount.
Klitschko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Speed controlling from the full mount.
Klitschko is looking to improve his position but Speed isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed controlling his opponent.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Speed working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Speed dominated that second round.
That's time! Speed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Klitschko throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Klitschko does no damage.
Speed shoots for a double leg takedown but Klitschko sprawls well. He's pushed Speed's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Speed avoids the body shot from Klitschko.
Speed lands with a kick to the ribs.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt.
Klitschko dips to his left and cracks Speed with an uppercut!
Speed throws a head kick but Klitschko moves out of range.
Speed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Speed lands with a nice body kick.

Speed shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Speed was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speed lands a big shot there that rocks Klitschko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Klitschko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Speed postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Klitschko looks a forlorn figure.
Klitschko wants to control but Speed is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed controlling the position easily from mount.
Speed trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Klitschko is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Speed tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Speed working Klitschko over with strikes here.
Klitschko is squirming around, avoiding Speed's attempts to control the action.
Speed lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Klitschko hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klitschko is in a horrible position here. Speed smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Klitschko is working to get back to half guard.
Vitali Klitschko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed trying to control but Klitschko is having none of it.
Speed lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Klitschko hang on?
Klitschko is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Speed lands a big shot there that rocks Klitschko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Klitschko is rocked!
Speed lands a big shot to the head and Klitschko winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cameron Speed!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Cameron Speed made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.