PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Castiel Vien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Castiel Vien has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Castiel Vien seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Vien
vs
Dance

180 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Castiel Vien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Dance!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vien lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dance backs up against the cage.
Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vien uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Castiel Vien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dance slips a jab and a cross from Vien.
Vien tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vien throws a series of punches but Dance avoids them all with ease.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Vien lands a nice hook to Dance's body. Dance takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Vien does no damage.
Vien works Dance's body with a nice hook.
Vien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vien is breathing heavily.
Vien scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vien throws a right and a left that Dance avoids nicely.
Vien looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vien just misses with a punch to the body.
Vien misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Vien misses.
Vien fails to land with a series of punches.
Vien fails to land with a series of punches.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vien looks to land a combination but Dance avoids it well.
Vien misses with a few strikes there.
Vien throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Vien.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vien throws a series of punches but Dance avoids them all with ease.
A big left from Vien misses.
Vien misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Vien misses.
Castiel Vien is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Vien. Those never looked like landing.
Vien tries to bum rush Dance with a series of wild strikes but Dance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Vien. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Vien.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Vien swinging wildly here.
A jab from Vien misses.
Vien throws a series of punches but Dance moves out of range.
Vien throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vien looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dance checks a low kick from Vien.
Vien misses with a two punch combination.
Vien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vien misses with a wild combination.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Vien tries to bum rush Dance with a series of wild strikes but Dance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vien throws a nice looking combination but Dance bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vien throws a series of punches but Dance avoids them all with ease.
Vien looks to land a combination but Dance avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Castiel Vien dominated that round.
That's time! Vien's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vien misses with a wild combination.
Vien misses with the combination.
Dance dodges the punch combination from Vien.
Dance avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vien looks to land a combination but Dance avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vien throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vien swings for the body but Dance moves out of range.
Vien looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vien looks to land a combination but Dance avoids it well.
Vien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Dance avoids the body shot from Vien.
Vien misses with a series of wild punches.
Vien lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dance circles away quickly and effectively.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Vien.
Vien misses with a wild body shot.
Vien swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dance slips a jab from Vien.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Vien throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Vien lands with a nice body punch.
Dance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vien.
Dance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vien.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vien throws a leg kick but Dance sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Vien throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vien swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Vien does no damage.
Dance keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vien.
Vien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dance checks a low kick from Vien.
Dance avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vien misses with a series of wild punches.
Vien looks to land a combination but Dance avoids it well.
A slow jab from Vien misses its intended target.
Vien loads up on a big right hand but Dance slips the punch.
Vien throws a right and a left that Dance avoids nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dance might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Vien has got the better of the exchanges.
Vien throws a leg kick but Dance sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Castiel Vien dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vien throws a right hand that Dance ducks under and follows up with a left that Dance also avoids with ease.
Dance ducks under a wild hook from Vien.
Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Vien misses.
Vien misses with a few strikes there.
Dance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vien.
Vien misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dance dodges the punch combination from Vien.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance ducks under a wild hook from Vien.
Vien looks to land a left hand but Dance moved out of range nicely.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dance slips a jab and a cross from Vien.
Vien throws a series of punches but Dance moves out of range.
Dance blocks a jab.
Vien misses with a wild body shot.
Vien rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dance moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dance manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vien. Dance does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Dance.
Vien is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dance can do to turn this around?
Vien throws a leg kick but Dance sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vien throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vien fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vien tries to bum rush Dance with a series of wild strikes but Dance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vien misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Dance checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vien misses with a series of wild punches.
Vien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Castiel Vien is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vien fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dance is out of range.
Vien throws a right and a left that Dance avoids nicely.
Vien misses the shot to the body.
Vien misses with a double jab.
Vien misses with a hook.
Vien misses with a two punch combination.
Castiel Vien is winning the standup battle so far.
Vien throws a body punch but Dance moves out of range.
Vien throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dance.
Vien misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dance dodges the punch combination from Vien.
Dance uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vien.
A punch combination from Vien misses.
Vien misses with a two punch combination.
Vien fails to land with a series of punches.
Vien throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vien swinging wildly here.
Vien throws a right and a left that Dance avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Castiel Vien showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vien has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:24
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Castiel Vien!
A very excited looking Castiel Vien 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.