PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between True Vengeance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vengeance
vs
Slaughter

190 cm
30
195 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
29
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, True Vengeance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Slaughter!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaughter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vengeance lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Slaughter throws a nice looking combination but Vengeance bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Slaughter scores with a jab to the head.
Vengeance throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slaughter.
Slaughter throws a series of punches but Vengeance avoids them all with ease.
Vengeance misses with the combination.
Vengeance moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vengeance lands with a straight right. Slaughter didn't see that one coming.
A punch combination from Slaughter misses.
Vengeance pushes Slaughter away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vengeance swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Slaughter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Vengeance.
Vengeance shoots in for a takedown but Slaughter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Slaughter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Slaughter misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slaughter. Vengeance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slaughter 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.
Slaughter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vengeance avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Slaughter does no damage.
Slaughter slips under a jab.
Slaughter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vengeance.
Nice shot by Vengeance.
Slaughter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vengeance swings for the body but Slaughter moves out of range.
Vengeance misses with a straight right.
Slaughter fails to land with a series of punches.
Vengeance loads up on a big right hand but Slaughter slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vengeance 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.
Slaughter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vengeance.
Vengeance misses with a double jab.
Vengeance checks the leg kick.
Vengeance throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vengeance lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab lands there for Vengeance.
Slaughter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance tries for a takedown but Slaughter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for True Vengeance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circling - Slaughter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
True Vengeance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slaughter throws a series of punches but Vengeance avoids them all with ease.
Slaughter throws a low kick but Vengeance moves out of range easily.
Slaughter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slaughter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vengeance counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vengeance moves out of range as Slaughter throws a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vengeance scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Vengeance gets a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slaughter regains full guard. Nicely done.
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 True Vengeance will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vengeance blocks a head kick by Slaughter.
Daniel Slaughter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vengeance steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Slaughter. That one must have hurt.
Vengeance connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vengeance will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vengeance chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Slaughter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Slaughter misses with a body kick.
Slaughter connects with a body shot that sends Vengeance's belly button to the back.
Vengeance lands with a cross.
Slaughter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengeance avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vengeance throws a leg kick which misses Slaughter's front leg but catches the back leg as Slaughter tries to avoid it.
Slaughter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vengeance looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Slaughter works over Vengeance's head and body with a nice combination.
Slaughter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slaughter misses with a wild combination.
Slaughter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vengeance.
Slaughter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab lands there for Vengeance.
Slaughter misses with a double jab.
Vengeance ducks under a wild hook from Slaughter.
Slaughter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vengeance cracks Slaughter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vengeance looks to score with a jab to the body but Slaughter is just out of range.
Slaughter swinging wildly here.
Vengeance misses with a straight right.
Vengeance misses with an uppercut
and Slaughter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Slaughter swings for the body but Vengeance moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Vengeance. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vengeance.
Vengeance misses with a low kick.
Slaughter throws a combination. Vengeance tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Slaughter.
Vengeance throws a wild body kick that Slaughter sees coming a mile off.
Vengeance fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slaughter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vengeance takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vengeance. Slaughter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vengeance throws a hook to the side of Slaughter's head but Slaughter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Vengeance misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vengeance lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Daniel Slaughter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vengeance takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vengeance connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daniel Slaughter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vengeance closes the distance and clinches up with Slaughter, looking for a takedown. Vengeance pushes Slaughter against the cage but Slaughter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slaughter throws a head kick but Vengeance moves out of range.
Slaughter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vengeance finds it's way round the side to connect with Slaughter's head.
Slaughter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like True Vengeance has been cut.
Vengeance looks to land a combination but Slaughter avoids it well.
Vengeance blocks a jab.
Vengeance goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Slaughter catches Vengeance with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Slaughter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter blocks a jab.
Vengeance checks the leg kick.
Slaughter misses with a series of wild punches.
Vengeance is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slaughter.
Vengeance misses with a body kick.
Vengeance throws a shot to the body.
Vengeance misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vengeance.
Vengeance throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Slaughter tries to sprawl but Vengeance drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaughter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vengeance's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vengeance's back!
Slaughter misses with a punch to the head.
Slaughter scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Slaughter has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vengeance breaks Slaughter's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Vengeance looking to pass the guard.

Vengeance is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Slaughter is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Slaughter has escaped and now he's on top!
Slaughter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter trying to control the position from guard on top but Vengeance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vengeance has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Slaughter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Slaughter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Vengeance looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Slaughter postures up in Vengeance's guard and throws a big left but Vengeance blocks it.

Vengeance has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Slaughter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slaughter postures up and lands a big shot to Vengeance's brow.
Slaughter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vengeance is keeping the position for now.
Slaughter wants to control from the top but Vengeance keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vengeance trying to control the position.

Vengeance is looking for a triangle but Slaughter pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slaughter trying to control the position from guard on top but Vengeance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vengeance throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slaughter cracks Vengeance with a solid left hand.

Vengeance working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Slaughter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Slaughter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slaughter trying to control the position from guard on top but Vengeance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slaughter landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Slaughter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Slaughter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Daniel Slaughter!
Daniel Slaughter gave a mention to Steel Penn's Laundry 93% in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).