PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad The Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yngve Ingvar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Impaler comes to the cage accompanied by What does the Fox Say. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Impaler
vs
Ingvar

178 cm
31
178 lbs
20 - 8 - 2

180 cm
29
173 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Vlad The Impaler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Yngve Ingvar!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ingvar lands a nice hook to The Impaler's body. The Impaler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from The Impaler.
Ingvar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Impaler. The Impaler obviously looking to wear him down.
The Impaler stuns Ingvar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ingvar wants to clinch up but The Impaler keeps it at a distance.
The Impaler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ingvar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Impaler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Impaler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ingvar avoids the body shot from The Impaler.
Ingvar scores with a decent looking hook.
The Impaler throws a leg kick
and Ingvar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ingvar scores with a hook.
The Impaler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ingvar moves away.
The Impaler scores with a decent looking hook.
The Impaler stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ingvar scores with a nice body kick.
The Impaler thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Impaler lands a slapping body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from The Impaler.
The Impaler throws a right hand that misses
and Ingvar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Impaler throws a leg kick
letting Ingvar counter with a right hand.
The Impaler throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Impaler misses with a hook
and Ingvar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ingvar instigates a clinch.
The Impaler throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingvar.
Ingvar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Ingvar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Impaler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Impaler on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The Impaler moves out of range of the leg kick from Ingvar.
Vlad The Impaler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ingvar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ingvar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ingvar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Impaler avoids the head kick by Ingvar.
The Impaler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ingvar.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ingvar.
Ingvar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ingvar sizes up The Impaler with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ingvar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Impaler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ingvar manages to avoid it.
The Impaler throws the left hand but Ingvar avoids the punch easily.
Ingvar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ingvar checks a low kick from The Impaler.
Ingvar scores with a head kick. The Impaler tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ingvar slips under a jab from The Impaler.
Ingvar throws a looping overhand right but The Impaler ducks down to avoid it.

Ingvar closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Ingvar.
Ingvar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Vlad The Impaler has been cut.
Ingvar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ingvar lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Impaler backwards.
The Impaler misses with the head strike.
Ingvar lands a nice knee to the body.
The Impaler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ingvar's elbow.
Ingvar swings wildly with an uppercut but The Impaler uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Impaler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ingvar manages to break the clinch.
Ingvar lands an overhand right.
A slow jab from Ingvar misses its intended target.
Ingvar throws a sloppy head kick and The Impaler moves out of range easily.
The Impaler misses with a leg kick.
The Impaler misses with a low kick.
Ingvar walks into a left hand.
The Impaler throws a leg kick that misses.
Ingvar tries to clinch but The Impaler is having none of it.
Ingvar ducks under a wild hook from The Impaler.
Ingvar tries to work over The Impaler's front leg with a kick but The Impaler checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by The Impaler as he connects with a hook.
Ingvar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Impaler thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Impaler misses with a wild body shot.
The Impaler keeps the fight on the outside.

Ingvar forces The Impaler back against the cage and clinches.
Ingvar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ingvar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ingvar tries to clinch there but The Impaler circles away.
The Impaler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ingvar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Impaler thows a body shot but no joy.
The Impaler lands with a shot to the body.
Ingvar throws a sloppy head kick
and The Impaler counters with a three punch combo that has Ingvar backing up. Ingvar nods at The Impaler to acknowledge the strikes.

Ingvar is rocked!
Ingvar thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Impaler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ingvar checks a low kick from The Impaler.
Ingvar lands a slapping body shot.
The Impaler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yngve Ingvar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vlad The Impaler's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Impaler throws a leg kick
and Ingvar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A lazy left from The Impaler finds it's target.
Ingvar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Impaler works the jab nicely.
A jab from The Impaler misses.
The Impaler thows a body shot but no joy.
The Impaler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Impaler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Impaler takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The Impaler with a nice cross.
Ingvar connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Impaler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ingvar was well out of range. Poor timing from The Impaler.
Ingvar looks to score with a jab to the body but The Impaler is just out of range.
The Impaler lands a high kick!
Ingvar is still on wobbly legs! Can The Impaler finish him?
Nice body kick there by Ingvar.
Ingvar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ingvar.
Ingvar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingvar takes a swing at The Impaler's ribcage but misses.
Ingvar seems to have recovered his senses.

Ingvar moves into the clinch.
Ingvar can't find room to land a body shot as The Impaler controls the action.
Ingvar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Impaler has a couple of punches blocked by Ingvar.
Ingvar misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Impaler blocks a body shot from Ingvar.
A head punch on the inside from Ingvar fails to land.
Ingvar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Impaler throws a punch but it's blocked by Ingvar.
The Impaler blocks an elbow strike from Ingvar.
The Impaler misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Impaler tries to work over Ingvar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from The Impaler.
Ingvar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from The Impaler fails to land.
The Impaler blocking some punches.
The Impaler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
The Impaler misses with a punch to the body.
The Impaler misses with some punches.
The Impaler tries to work over Ingvar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ingvar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
The Impaler blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ingvar.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ingvar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Impaler takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Impaler can't find room to land a body shot as Ingvar controls the action.
Ingvar lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Impaler backwards.
The Impaler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ingvar's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from The Impaler fails to land.

Ingvar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ingvar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ingvar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ingvar throws a poor cross that misses

and The Impaler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Impaler.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Ingvar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ingvar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Impaler wants to get up but he can't break Ingvar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ingvar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ingvar is keen to just control but The Impaler is a slippery customer.
Ingvar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The Impaler controlling the position for now.

Ingvar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Impaler kicks off Ingvar and gets to his feet.
The Impaler throws a chopping leg kick but Ingvar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ingvar tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Impaler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Impaler moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ingvar misses with a body kick.
Ingvar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ingvar checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Impaler takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Impaler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from The Impaler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ingvar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Impaler throws a looping overhand right but Ingvar ducks down to avoid it.
Ingvar takes a swing at The Impaler's ribcage but misses.
Ingvar misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Yngve Ingvar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vlad The Impaler's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ingvar checks a low kick from The Impaler.
The Impaler throws out a leg kick but Ingvar moves out of range and The Impaler only half commits.
A swing and a miss from The Impaler.
Vlad The Impaler is winning the standup battle so far.
The Impaler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Impaler misses with a body shot.
Ingvar swings widly with a right hand
letting The Impaler counter with a right hand.
Ingvar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ingvar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ingvar lands a front kick.

Ingvar has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Impaler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ingvar lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Impaler backwards.
Ingvar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Impaler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Impaler.
The Impaler misses with a punch to the body.
Ingvar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ingvar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ingvar avoids the body shot from The Impaler.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ingvar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ingvar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Impaler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ingvar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ingvar looks for the body kick but The Impaler saw that one coming.
The Impaler cracks Ingvar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ingvar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Impaler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ingvar was well out of range. Poor timing from The Impaler.
Ingvar blocks a leg kick.
Ingvar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ingvar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Impaler was well out of range. Poor timing from Ingvar.
Ingvar wants to clinch up but The Impaler keeps it at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Impaler.
The Impaler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Impaler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vlad The Impaler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Impaler blocks the body kick.
The Impaler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ingvar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ingvar scores with a nice head shot.

Ingvar has closed the distance and engaged The Impaler in a clinch.
The Impaler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Ingvar.
The Impaler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ingvar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Impaler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Impaler misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from The Impaler fails to land.
Ingvar lands a left hand.
The Impaler lands a hook that snaps the head of Ingvar backwards.
The Impaler tries to work over Ingvar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Impaler blocks the elbow strike.
The Impaler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Impaler misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Ingvar - that landed with a thud.

Ingvar breaks from the clinch.
Ingvar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Impaler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ingvar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Impaler manages to avoid it.
Ingvar misses with an uppercut.
The Impaler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Impaler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Impaler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ingvar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ingvar 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.
Ingvar digs a good body shot into The Impaler's ribs.
Ingvar throws a looping overhand right but The Impaler ducks down to avoid it.
Ingvar scores with a head kick. The Impaler tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ingvar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Impaler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler throws a solid leg kick but Ingvar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Impaler.
Ingvar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Impaler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ingvar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Ingvar.
The Impaler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ingvar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ingvar throws a push kick but The Impaler slaps the foot to one side.
Yngve Ingvar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Impaler thows a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Impaler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A punch lands to the side of The Impaler 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ingvar thuds his shin into the meat of The Impaler's side.
Ingvar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Impaler. Ingvar does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ingvar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Impaler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Impaler looks to land a body kick but Ingvar moved away.
Ingvar wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yngve Ingvar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ingvar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Yngve Ingvar!
A very excited looking Yngve Ingvar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Vlad The Impaler stepped up to the mic, saying 'Its easy to spam kicks and not go for a finish. I like to finish and sorry I didnt!'.