PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willie Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willie Bader could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vinnie Vincent's chin.

Bader
vs
Vincent

176 cm
34
147 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

178 cm
28
162 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willie Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinnie Vincent!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader scores with a head kick.
Vincent misses the jab.

Vincent closes the distance and clinches.
Bader blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vincent cracks Bader with a nice body shot.
Vincent blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vincent has a couple of punches blocked by Bader.
Vincent blocking some punches.
Vincent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bader blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bader fails to land.
Vincent scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bader misses with the head strike.
Bader misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vincent lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bader fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Bader fails to land.
Vincent stalling.
A nice left hand lands by Vincent.
Vincent blocks an uppercut.
Vincent blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vincent gets through Bader's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vincent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bader pushes Vincent back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bader fails to land.
Bader throws a punch but it's blocked by Vincent.
Bader blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vincent tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bader.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vincent has a couple of punches blocked by Bader.
Vincent lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bader or not.
Bader misses with some punches.
Bader swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bader trying to stall but Vincent improves his position.
A body shot lands from Vincent.
A nice left hand lands by Bader.
Bader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vincent lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vincent has Bader pressed against the cage.
Vincent blocks an uppercut.
Bader working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bader scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vincent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincent stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent blocks a body shot from Bader.
Vincent blocking some punches.
Vincent is trying to maintain a safe position but Bader gets an underhook and turns Vincent into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vincent.
Bader can't find room to land a body shot as Vincent controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vincent.
Bader tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Vincent turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vincent manages to end up in side control.

Vincent is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Bader is trying to escape and Vincent transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Bader is forced to tap! Nice work there by Vincent! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vinnie Vincent!
After winning the bout, Vinnie Vincent thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.