PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andokuhle Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad The Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Impaler has chosen Blues Saraceno - Dogs of War as his entrance music. Vlad The Impaler is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Congo
vs
The Impaler

180 cm
31
183 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

178 cm
38
178 lbs
34 - 19 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andokuhle Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 3, fighting out of New York, Vlad The Impaler!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo scores with a decent looking hook.
Congo wants to clinch up but The Impaler keeps it at a distance.
Congo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Impaler slips under a jab.
The Impaler throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Congo to counter with a crisp jab.
The Impaler thumps Congo with a low kick.
The Impaler looks to land a right hand but Congo moved out of range.
The Impaler throws a jab when Congo was well out of range.
The Impaler throws a body punch but Congo moves out of range.
Congo seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Congo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Congo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Impaler throws a hook to the side of Congo's head but Congo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Congo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The Impaler closes the distance and pushes Congo back into the cage.
Congo pushes The Impaler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Impaler struggles to land a body shot inside as Congo controls his hands.
Congo working aggressively here.
The Impaler lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Impaler lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Congo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Congo misses with the head strike.
The Impaler blocks an uppercut.
The Impaler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Congo takes a shot to the head.
The Impaler throws a head punch that misses.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Impaler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Congo blocks an uppercut.
Congo throws a head punch that misses.
The Impaler managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
The Impaler misses with the head strike.
The Impaler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Congo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Impaler scores with a hook to the body.
Congo prevents a body shot from The Impaler.
Congo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Impaler misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Impaler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Congo backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler tries a body shot but Congo blocks it.
Congo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Congo.
The Impaler working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Impaler.
The Impaler misses with the head strike.
Congo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Congo misses with the head strike.
Congo blocks a body shot from The Impaler.
The Impaler blocks an uppercut.
Congo lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Impaler backwards.
A body shot lands from Congo.
Congo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Congo swings wildly with an uppercut but The Impaler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo misses with a punch to the body.
Congo tries to work over The Impaler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Congo can't find room to land a body shot as The Impaler controls the action.
The Impaler misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler digs a right hand into Congo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Congo's gas tank.
The Impaler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Congo lands a body punch.
The Impaler managing to block the knees to the body from Congo.
Congo scores with a shot to the side of The Impaler's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Congo.
The Impaler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Still in the clinch, Congo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Congo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Impaler lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Congo prevents a body shot from The Impaler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Impaler.
Congo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Congo gets through The Impaler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Congo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Impalers head.
The Impaler blocks a body shot from Congo.
The Impaler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Impaler scores with a shot to the side of Congo's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from The Impaler as the two fighters clinch.
Congo is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Congo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Impaler avoiding damage as Congo throws knees to the body.
Congo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Impaler.
The Impaler misses with some punches.
The Impaler throws a punch but it's blocked by Congo.
Congo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Congo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Congo misses with some punches.
Congo blocking some punches.
The Impaler lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from The Impaler.
The Impaler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Impaler prevents a body shot from Congo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Impaler lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Still in the clinch, The Impaler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Congo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The Impaler pushes Congo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from The Impaler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vlad The Impaler will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The Impaler scores with the left hand. Congo knows he should have avoided that one.
The Impaler lands a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Impaler.
The Impaler scores with a jab.
Congo tries to clinch but The Impaler is having none of it.
The Impaler throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Impaler fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Impaler. Congo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Congo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Impaler flicks out a counter leg kick but Congo steps away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Impaler scores with a shot to the body.
The Impaler lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Congo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Impaler manages to avoid it.
Congo wants to clinch up but The Impaler keeps it at a distance.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo stuffs the takedown attempt from The Impaler. The Impaler gets slowly back to his feet.
The Impaler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Impaler there as he acknowledges the shot.
Congo connects with a jab.
The Impaler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Impaler defending well as Congo loads up on a big left hand.
Congo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Impaler finds it's way round the side to connect with Congo's head.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Congo scores with the left hand. The Impaler knows he should have avoided that one.
The Impaler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Congo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Congo digs a good hook to The Impaler's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Congo tests The Impaler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Congo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Impaler doesn't seem bothered though.
The Impaler misses with a looping right.
Vlad The Impaler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Congo.
The Impaler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Congo's sensitive parts.
Congo throws a hook to the side of The Impaler's head but The Impaler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Impaler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Congo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Impaler.
A countering left hand to the body from The Impaler misses.
Congo swings for the body but The Impaler moves out of range.
Congo misses the jab.
The Impaler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Congo is able to avoid easily.
It looked like Congo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Impaler throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Congo staying out of range there.
The Impaler connects with a single shot there.
The Impaler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vlad The Impaler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Congo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Andokuhle Congo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Congo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Impaler. The Impaler obviously looking to wear him down.
The Impaler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Congo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Impaler.
Congo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Impaler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Congo.
The Impaler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Congo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Congo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Impaler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Congo. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for The Impaler.
The Impaler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Congo's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Congo throws a shot from downtown. The Impaler moves away and avoids it.
The Impaler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Congo.
The Impaler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Impaler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Congo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Congo throws the left hand but The Impaler avoids the punch easily.
Congo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slow jab from The Impaler misses its intended target.
Congo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Impaler ducks under a wild hook from Congo.
The Impaler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vlad The Impaler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The Impaler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Congo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Impaler scrambles back to his feet.
Congo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Impaler.
Congo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Impaler misses with a low kick.
The Impaler thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Congo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from The Impaler.
The Impaler lands a leg kick that knocks Congo off balance momentarily.
Congo swings for the body but The Impaler moves out of range.
The Impaler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Impaler throws a hook but Congo avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Impaler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Congo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The Impaler counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The Impaler will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Congo throwing a counter right hand but The Impaler manages to avoid it.
The Impaler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Congo manages to avoid it.
Congo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Congo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo thuds his right hand into The Impaler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The Impaler just misses with a punch to the body.
Congo misses with a wild body shot.
The Impaler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Congo was well out of range. Poor timing from The Impaler.
An attempted straight right counter from Congo misses the target.
The Impaler cracks Congo with a good jab.
The Impaler fails with the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Congo misses the target.
Congo tries to close the distance and clinch but The Impaler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Congo walks into a stiff left hand from The Impaler.
The Impaler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from The Impaler finds it's way through Congo's defenses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Impaler 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 Congo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Congo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Impaler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Andokuhle Congo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Congo scores with a nice right hand.
Congo scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Impaler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Congo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Impaler was well out of range. Poor timing from Congo.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Congo misses with a punch to the body.
The Impaler lands a nice uppercut.
The Impaler tries a body shot but Congo blocks it.
Congo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Impaler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Congo's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Congo.
The Impaler lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from The Impaler.

Congo is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Congo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Impaler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Impaler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Congo scores with a shoulder strike.
The Impaler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Impaler has a couple of punches blocked by Congo.
The Impaler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Oh Congo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Impaler pushes Congo against the cage. The Impaler is working some dirty boxing. The Impaler pushes off with a quick right hook! Congo goes down! Congo tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! The Impaler moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vlad The Impaler!
Vlad The Impaler tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.