PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Van Vactor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rik Spahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Vactor comes to the cage accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch- The Pride. Spahn has chosen Slap my elbow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Ethan Van Vactor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Van Vactor
vs
Spahn

190 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

168 cm
25
219 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Van Vactor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rik Spahn!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Vactor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Spahn swivels and escapes.

Spahn throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Van Vactor tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Spahn is in Van Vactor's guard.
Spahn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Van Vactor working a defensive guard here.
Spahn wants to control from the top but Van Vactor keeps moving.
Spahn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Van Vactor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Van Vactor looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Van Vactor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Spahn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Van Vactor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spahn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Spahn throwing strikes but missing.
Van Vactor is controlling Spahn's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spahn throws a big elbow that misses.
Van Vactor is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spahn is controlling him.
Spahn trying to control but Van Vactor is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Spahn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Spahn stopping the sweep attempt from Van Vactor.
Spahn trying to stand up but can't free himself from Van Vactor's guard.
Van Vactor keeping moving, preventing Spahn from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spahn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Spahn trying to control but Van Vactor is working from the bottom.
Spahn lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spahn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Spahn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Spahn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Van Vactor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Van Vactor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Spahn scoring with some ground and pound.

Van Vactor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Spahn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spahn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Van Vactor's head.
Spahn throws a big elbow that misses.
Spahn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spahn preventing the sweep.
Spahn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Vactor's head.
Van Vactor wants to sweep but no luck.

Van Vactor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Spahn is aware though and is defending well.
Spahn lands a couple of elbows.
Van Vactor working a defensive guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Van Vactor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Spahn throws a big right hand that misses.
Spahn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Van Vactor's head.
Spahn trying to control but Van Vactor is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Vactor is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Spahn working some strikes from top position.
Spahn postures up and lands a big shot to Van Vactor's brow.
Van Vactor has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Spahn has passed into side control.

Spahn thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Van Vactor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Spahn connects with a decent elbow.
Spahn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spahn is working Van Vactor over with some ground and pound from side control.
Van Vactor taking a bit of punishment here - Spahn scoring with strikes.

Van Vactor is rocked!
Spahn lands a big left to the face of Van Vactor, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Spahn and another - Van Vactor is out! Spahn stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rik Spahn!
Rik Spahn is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Rik Spahn started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.