PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Voller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lars Voller has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Voller
vs
Love

191 cm
27
218 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
206 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

ONI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Voller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Love.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Voller misses with a kick to the body.
Love takes a swing at Voller's ribcage but misses.
Love thumps Voller with a low kick.
Lars Voller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voller wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Love looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Voller. That did some damage!
Voller lands a body shot.
Voller throws a push kick but Love slaps the foot to one side.
Voller misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Love.
The fight stays on the outside here - Voller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Voller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love blocks a head kick by Voller.
Voller has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voller.
Love lands a jab.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Love avoids the head kick by Voller.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Voller - that will leave a mark!
Voller wants to clinch.
Love lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Love jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Voller has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Voller and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Voller drives through and clinches with Love against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Voller has Love pressed against the cage, preventing Love from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Love's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Voller throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Voller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Love's brow.

Voller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love avoids the head kick by Voller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Voller moves away and avoids it.
Voller throws a body kick that misses.
Voller throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick from Love misses.
Love scores with a jab to the head.
Voller blocks the body kick.
Nice body kick there by Voller.
Voller misses the shot to the body.
Voller throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
Voller fakes the leg kick and cracks Love in the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voller lands with a slapping head kick.
Voller throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Voller does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Love.
Love takes a swing at Voller's ribcage but misses.
Voller throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Love counters with a good low kick that Voller was not able to check.
Nice body kick there by Voller.
Love with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Voller to score with a decent uppercut.
Voller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.
Sloppy strikes from Love. Those never looked like landing.
Love moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love tries to work over Voller's front leg with a kick but Voller checks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Love.
Good shot there by Love.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vagner Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Voller scores with a kick to the midsection.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Love.
Love misses the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Voller has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Voller and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love moves out of range as Voller throws a body kick.
Love has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Voller.
Love is looking to chop away at Voller's legs.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice body punch from Voller.
Love blocks a head kick by Voller.
Love lands a glancing blow to the side of Voller's head.
Love looks to land a left hand but Voller moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Voller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love tries a low kick but Voller avoids it.
Voller takes one to the side of the head.
Love takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Voller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Voller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Voller moves out of range of the body kick.
Vagner Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Voller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Voller, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick
and Love counters with a slapping leg kick.
Voller on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Love. Love obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Voller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Voller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Voller throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Love throws a leg kick but Voller sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Love looks to land a left hand but Voller moved out of range nicely.
Voller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voller throws a quick inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Voller blocks the low kick.
Voller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller cracks Love with an open hand slap.
Voller delivers a nice body kick.
Voller lands with a kick to the ribs.

Voller rushes Love and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voller misses with an elbow strike.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Voller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voller.
Love throws the left hand but Voller avoids the punch easily.
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Voller throws a front kick that sends Love stumbling back into the cage.
Voller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voller wants to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Voller.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love throws out a loose jab but Voller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voller stuns Love with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Voller is looking to wear down Love with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voller.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love lands with a hook. Voller tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lars Voller will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Voller blocks a jab.
Love throws a leg kick that is checked
and Voller counters with a nice body kick.
Voller gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Love counters with a good low kick that Voller was not able to check.
Voller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Voller throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Voller throws a front kick aimed at Love's knee but Love avoids it well.
Love scores with a nice head shot.
Love works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voller ducks under a wild hook from Love.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throws a jab when Voller was well out of range.
Voller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Love lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Love scores with a nice body kick.
Love throws a head kick that misses.
Voller is looking to clinch.
Voller walks into a straight right hand from Love.
Voller throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
Voller goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love scores with a jab to the head.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Voller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voller tries to score with a low kick but Love moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Voller throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Voller tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Voller gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Love makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voller throws the kick towards the body but Love avoids it.
Voller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Voller scores with a spinning back kick!
Love goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Voller tries to land a front kick but Love steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Voller lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Love scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw.
Voller just misses with a punch to the body.
Voller misses with a kick to the body.
Voller throws a head kick that misses.
Voller takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love throws a jab when Voller was well out of range.
Love throws a leg kick which misses Voller's front leg but catches the back leg as Voller tries to avoid it.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Voller misses with the body kick
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Voller down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Love misses with a two punch combination.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Voller.
Love lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Voller at a distance.
Voller walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
Voller fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Love checks it well.
A low kick from Voller misses
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Voller. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Voller dodges the punch combination from Love.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vagner Love really dominated that round.
That's time! Voller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Love throws the kick towards the body but Voller avoids it.
Love blocks a low kick nicely.
Voller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love tries to land a leg kick but Voller saw it coming and moves away.
Voller pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Voller.

Voller takes the fight into the clinch.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voller misses with an elbow over the top.
Love is trying to pull guard but Voller has him pressed against the cage.
Voller being controlled against the cage.
Love tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Love tries to break free but Voller pushes him back against the cage.
Love dodges an elbow strike from Voller.
Love displaying some good clinch control by pressing Voller up against the cage.
Love struggles to land a body shot inside as Voller controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love avoids a wild elbow strike from Voller.

Love has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Voller uses from the top position.
Voller slips nicely into half guard.

Voller stands up from half guard.
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Voller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Voller has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Voller there as he acknowledges the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Voller scores with a spinning back kick!
Voller misses with a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Voller.
Voller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Voller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Voller throws a right hand that misses
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Voller throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
Love throws a poor cross that misses
and Voller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love cracks the inside of Voller's front leg.
Love's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love lands a leg kick that knocks Voller off balance momentarily.
Voller scores with a head kick.
Voller stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Voller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Love takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Love is looking to score with low kicks.
Love fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Voller on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Love avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Love misses with an uppercut. Voller saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Love crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Voller - the referee stops the clock and Love gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Voller. Love manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Love will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Love walks into a straight right hand from Voller.
Voller lands with a kick to the temple. Love shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Voller just misses with a punch to the body.
Voller throws a leg kick
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Love lands a glancing blow to the side of Voller's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Voller throws a body kick that misses.
Nice shot by Love.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Voller. Love shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love blocks the body kick.
Voller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Voller misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Voller misses
and Love counters with a good low kick that Voller was not able to check.
Love bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Voller's head backwards.
Love with a jab.
Voller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Good exchange - Love coming out on top.
Voller scores with a push kick.
Voller blocks the body kick.
Voller throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Love counters with a nice leg kick.
Lars Voller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Love to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Love throws a hook to the side of Voller's head but Voller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body kick there by Voller.
Voller just misses with a punch to the body.
Voller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Love's calf.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Voller slips the punch.
Love keeps Voller at a distance using the push kick.
Voller misses with a body kick.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Voller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Voller does it's job there.
Voller throws a leg kick but Love moved away.
Donk. Love catches Voller right on the button with a cross.
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Love fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Voller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Voller misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Voller lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Love has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Love and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Voller misses with the body kick
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love throws a lazy body kick
and Voller counters with a right hand to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Voller 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a sloppy right hand. Voller should have avoided that one.
Voller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Voller misses with a wild body shot.
Voller looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Voller throws a head kick that misses
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vagner Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Love throws a nice inside leg kick.
Voller moves out of range of the strikes.
Voller thuds his shin into the meat of Love's side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Voller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Voller is looking to land body kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vagner Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:49
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vagner Love!
Vagner Love is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Vagner Love, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.