PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Thory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis comes to the cage accompanied by Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower. Thory has chosen It's a fight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vic Thory has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Willis
vs
Thory

187 cm
30
200 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

188 cm
23
195 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vic Thory!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thory throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thory scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Willis doesn't seem bothered though.

Thory moves into range and clinches up with Willis.
Willis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thory's efforts to push away.
I was talking to Willis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Willis lands a right hand.
A short right from Thory on the inside.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thory.
Willis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Willis trying to stall but Thory improves his position.
Willis cracks Thory with a nice body shot.
Willis takes a shot to the head.
Willis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Thory lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Willis has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Thory uses from the top position.
Thory sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thory's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Willis trying to control the position.
Thory is stalling in the full guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Vic Thory hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Thory tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Willis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Willis misses.
Willis lands a jab-cross combination.
Willis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thory lands a nice shot that snaps Willis's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thory sizes up Willis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thory lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis avoids the body shot from Thory.
Willis moves out of range of the leg kick from Thory.
Vic Thory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thory scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Willis lands a two punch combo.
Willis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Willis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thory scores with a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Willis or perhaps it was just good defense by Thory which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Willis drives through and clinches with Thory against the cage.

Thory breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Thory.
Willis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thory.

Thory has Willis up against the cage in a clinch.
Willis tries to stall but Thory uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thory lands a right hand that snaps the head of Willis backwards.
Willis misses with the head strike.
Thory lands a nice shot to the body.
Thory misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thory cracks Willis with a nice body shot.
Thory digs a right hand into Willis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Willis's gas tank.
Willis is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thory can't find room to land a body shot as Willis controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Thory.
Willis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Thory.
Thory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Thory pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Willis gets tackled into the cage by Thory. Thory maintains the clinch.
Thory lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thory lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Thory as the two fighters clinch.
Willis misses with some punches.
Thory scores with a shot to the side of Willis's head.
Willis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thory gets through Willis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Thory pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thory tries a head kick but it misses.
Thory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vic Thory dominated that round.
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.

Thory lands with a straight right. Willis didn't see that one coming.
Thory is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Willis rather than just go for the knockout.
Thory throws a hook but Willis avoids it easily.
Thory pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Willis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Willis is rocked!
Thory scores with a sloppy right hand. Willis should have avoided that one.
Oh Willis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Willis wants to clinch but Thory slips to the side
and Thory counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thory pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thory scores with a kick to the midsection.
Thory slips a jab and a cross from Willis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Willis seems to have got his legs back now.
Thory throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Willis on the side of the head.

Thory cracks Willis with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Willis looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Thory finish him?
Thory pounces like a tiger and cracks Willis with a vicious hook! Willis is down but not out! Thory follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vic Thory!
A victorious Vic Thory thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.