PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaughn comes to the cage accompanied by Walking Tall. Calaway has chosen R.I.P. as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Vaughn
vs
Calaway

194 cm
28
282 lbs
15 - 19 - 0

208 cm
29
296 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Vaughn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Calaway!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calaway lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Vaughn backs up against the cage.

It looks like Chris Vaughn has been cut.
A slow jab from Calaway misses its intended target.
Calaway moves in looking to clinch but Vaughn pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Calaway.
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway scores with the left hand. Vaughn knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vaughn throws a hook but Calaway blocks it.
Vaughn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed right hand from Vaughn misses the target.
Calaway doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaughn circles away.
Calaway misses the jab.
Calaway takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Calaway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Calaway misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Calaway.
Nice defenses there by Vaughn.
Calaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn looks to land a left hand but Calaway moved out of range nicely.
A combination from Vaughn does no damage.
Calaway defending well as Vaughn loads up on a big left hand.
Calaway throws a jab but it's blocked by Vaughn.
Calaway throws a shot from downtown. Vaughn moves away and avoids it.
Vaughn staying out of range there.
Calaway is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Vaughn misses with a straight right.
A combination from Calaway does no damage.
Calaway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vaughn.
Vaughn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vaughn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Calaway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vaughn swings for the body but Calaway moves out of range.
Calaway connects with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Vaughn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vaughn manages to avoid it.
Calaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vaughn.
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!
Calaway throws out a powerful jab.
Vaughn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calaway connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Calaway wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Calaway avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vaughn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Calaway scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vaughn in his tracks.
Calaway throws a hook but Vaughn avoids it easily.
Vaughn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Calaway swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vaughn.
Vaughn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Calaway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Vaughn misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Vaughn misses the target.
Calaway looks to throw the jab but Vaughn is out of range.
Vaughn looks to score with a jab to the body but Calaway is just out of range.
Vaughn misses with a right hand
and Calaway counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Calaway moves away from the strike by Vaughn.
A slow jab from Vaughn misses its intended target.
Calaway punishes Vaughn's body with a nice straight punch.
Calaway takes a swing at Vaughn's ribcage but misses.
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!
Vaughn throws a series of punches but Calaway avoids them all with ease.
Vaughn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Calaway.
Calaway connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vaughn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calaway.
Calaway lands with an overhand left.

Chris Vaughn's cut is getting worse.
Calaway ducks under a wild hook from Vaughn.
Vaughn slips a straight right by Calaway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn looks to land a right hand but Calaway moved out of range.
Calaway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Calaway is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vaughn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Calaway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vaughn.
Calaway throws a nice inside leg kick.
Calaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vaughn misses the jab.
Calaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vaughn.
Vaughn thows a body shot but no joy.
Vaughn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calaway.
Calaway steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vaughn.
Nice shot by Calaway.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calaway connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vaughn looks to land a right hand but Calaway moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calaway. Vaughn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calaway takes a swing at Vaughn's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Calaway dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Vaughn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vaughn clobbers Calaway with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vaughn scores with a hook.
Mark Calaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughn looks to score with a jab to the body but Calaway is just out of range.
Calaway slips under a jab from Vaughn.

Calaway rushes Vaughn and presses him up against the cage.
Calaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vaughn prevents Calaway from breaking the clinch.
Calaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Vaughn.
Calaway lands a damaging elbow.
Calaway lands with a left to the head.
Vaughn has had enough of the clinch but Calaway keeps him there for the moment.
Calaway managing to block the knees to the body from Vaughn.
Vaughn working hard to break the clinch.
Calaway landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calaway lands an elbow just above Vaughn 's eye.
Vaughn takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vaughn jumps guard but Calaway stands there with Vaughn around his waist. Vaughn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Calaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vaughn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Calaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vaughn has Calaway pressed against the cage, preventing Calaway from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Calaway scores with a hook to the body.
Vaughn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Calaway's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Calaway keeps control of Vaughn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vaughn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vaughn tries for a takedown but Calaway manages to get underhooks.
Calaway misses with the head strike.
Vaughn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vaughn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Calaway misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Vaughn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calaway misses with a punch on the inside.
Calaway misses with a knee to the head.
Vaughn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Calaway gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Calaway pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Calaway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway lands a jab.

Chris Vaughn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calaway scores with a hook to the body. Vaughn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Calaway has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vaughn misses with an uppercut. Calaway saw that one coming.
Vaughn sizes up Calaway with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Calaway ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vaughn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Calaway misses with a wild body shot.
Vaughn slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Calaway, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Calaway misses the target.
Vaughn takes a swing at Calaway's ribcage but misses.
Vaughn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Calaway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vaughn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A clash of legs there as Calaway blocks the low kick.
Vaughn throws a looping overhand right but Calaway ducks down to avoid it.
Calaway throws a shot to the body.
Vaughn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Calaway.
Calaway scores with a jab.
Calaway blocks a jab.

Calaway has closed the distance and engaged Vaughn in a clinch.
Vaughn fails to pull the fight into his 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!
Vaughn working hard to break the clinch.
Calaway scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Calaway breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vaughn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calaway moves away.
Calaway misses with a wild combination.
Calaway misses with a hook. Vaughn ducked under it nicely.
Vaughn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Calaway connects with a jab.
Vaughn staying out of range there.
Calaway misses with an uppercut.
Vaughn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Calaway's hands.
Calaway misses with an uppercut.
Vaughn throws a series of punches but Calaway moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vaughn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaughn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Calaway.
Vaughn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Calaway showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Vaughn's cut.
That's time! Vaughn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Calaway throws a nice looking combination but Vaughn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice straight punches there by Vaughn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vaughn.
Good standup being displayed there by Calaway as he connects with a hook.
Calaway changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Calaway looks to land a right hand but Vaughn moved out of range.
Vaughn misses with a looping right.
Calaway lands a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Calaway.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calaway lands with a nice body punch.
Calaway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vaughn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some wild striking there from Calaway.
Calaway takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Calaway connects with a looping right hand.
Vaughn throws a jab when Calaway was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vaughn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vaughn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calaway misses with a lunging right hand
and Vaughn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vaughn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vaughn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vaughn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calaway misses with an uppercut. Vaughn saw that one coming.
Calaway staying out of range there.
Calaway keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vaughn.
Calaway feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vaughns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Calaway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Calaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vaughn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vaughn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn takes one to the side of the head.

Jeez, Chris Vaughn's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Calaway is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vaughn takes a swing at Calaway's ribcage but misses.
Vaughn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vaughn looks to throw the jab but Calaway is out of range.
Calaway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vaughn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vaughn slips a straight right by Calaway.
Vaughn ducks under a wild hook from Calaway.
Calaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calaway avoids the body shot from Vaughn.
Calaway slips under a jab from Vaughn.

Vaughn tries to keep at a distance but Calaway has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vaughn misses with a punch to the body.

Vaughn pulls Calaway into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Vaughn keeping moving, preventing Calaway from controlling successfully.
Vaughn looking for a sweep. Not yet Vaughn, not yet.
Calaway has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Vaughn is proving hard to escape from.
Chris Vaughn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mark Calaway is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Mark Calaway has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Vaughn misses with a body shot.
Calaway misses with a hook.
Calaway showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaughn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Calaway.
Calaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calaway fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice jab there from Vaughn.
Calaway looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Calaway - just one landing.
Vaughn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calaway manages to avoid it.
Calaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Calaway.
Calaway scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vaughn lands with an uppercut that bounces Calaway off the cage and back into range.
Vaughn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vaughn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Calaway comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Calaway 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Calaway!
Mark Calaway took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Resssttt in... Peeeaaccceee'.