PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nico Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Braham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vega
vs
Braham

200 cm
25
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nico Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Braham!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braham shoots in looking for a takedown. Vega tries to sprawl out of it but Braham keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vega manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Braham works Vega's body with a nice hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vega lands a nice elbow.
Braham jumps guard but Vega turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Vega comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vega lands an elbow just above Braham 's eye.
Vega leaning against his opponent.
Vega lands an elbow inside that Braham shrugs off.
Braham blocks an elbow strike from Vega.
Vega lands an elbow that stopped Braham in his tracks for a moment.
Vega lands an elbow that stopped Braham in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vega just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braham's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega throws an elbow but it misses.
Vega lands an elbow inside that Braham shrugs off.
Vega has a couple of punches blocked by Braham.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vega.

It looks like John Braham has been cut.
Vega creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braham's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vega throws an elbow but misses.
Vega lands an elbow that stopped Braham in his tracks for a moment.
Vega lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vega throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Braham jumps guard but Vega turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nico Vega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Braham.
Vega lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega pushes off an throws an elbow but Braham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vega lands a nice elbow.
Vega pushes off an throws an elbow but Braham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vega lands an elbow inside that Braham shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braham is trying to break free.
Braham avoids a wild elbow strike from Vega.
Braham fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega throws an elbow that misses.
Braham avoids a wild elbow strike from Vega.
Braham tries to pull guard but Vega won't allow it.
Vega creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braham's defenses.
Braham looks winded!
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega lands a damaging elbow.
Braham dodges an elbow strike from Vega.
Vega stalling in the clinch.
Vega throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vega.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Braham dodges an elbow strike from Vega.
Vega throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braham blocks an elbow strike from Vega.
Vega lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up John Braham's cut even more.
Braham blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega misses with an elbow over the top.
Braham takes an elbow to the temple.
Braham tries to break free but Vega pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Braham is trying to force a seperation but Vega has the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vega gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vega throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vega comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nico Vega dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Braham's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Braham.
Vega lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Whack! Vega lands a heavy head kick that drops Braham. The ref tackles Vega to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Braham was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Nico Vega!