PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Vinetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinetto comes to the cage accompanied by Forgive Me Being Lost. Vincent Vinetto had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Vinetto
vs
Love

195 cm
33
210 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

188 cm
33
206 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q)
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Vinetto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vinetto lands a jab.
Love misses with a left hand
and Vinetto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
Vinetto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Vinetto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vinetto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Vinetto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Vinetto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Love throws out a loose jab but Vinetto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love lands with a good body shot.
Vinetto takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Love throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Love throws a leg kick that misses.
Vinetto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vinetto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vinetto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Vinetto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Love momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A clash of legs there as Vinetto blocks the low kick.
Vinetto avoids a kick to the body.
Vinetto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Love.
A jab from Vinetto finds it's way through Love's defenses.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Vinetto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vinetto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Loves jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Love will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Love thumps Vinetto with a low kick.
Vinetto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vinetto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vagner Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love throws a right hand that Vinetto ducks under and follows up with a left that Vinetto also avoids with ease.
Vinetto swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Vinetto wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinetto misses with a looping right.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vinetto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vinetto tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Vinetto lands with a hook. Love tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Love missing with a left hand there. Vinetto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vinetto bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Vinetto ducks down to avoid it.
Vinetto stuns Love with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vinetto tries to land a front kick but Love steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Love throws a big counter head kick but Vinetto avoids it with no problem.
Vinetto throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinetto throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Love scores with a jab to the head.
Vinetto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Vinetto closes the distance and clinches.
Love throws a head punch that misses.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vinetto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Vinetto.
Vinetto throws a punch but it's blocked by Love.
Vinetto throws a head punch that misses.
Vinetto tries a body shot but Love blocks it.
Vinetto throws a punch but it's blocked by Love.
Love lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vinetto backwards.
Love has a couple of punches blocked by Vinetto.
Vinetto lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinetto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinetto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Love's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Love.
Vinetto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vinetto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vinetto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Love tries to work over Vinetto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Love.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vinetto lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Vinetto fails to land.
Vinetto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vinetto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinetto.
Vinetto swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Love tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Love fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vinetto checks it well.
Vinetto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Vinetto lands a big head kick that sends Love tumbling to the mat! Vinetto takes a step backwards and waves Love back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Love is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Love avoids the body shot from Vinetto.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vinetto.
Love looks to throw the jab but Vinetto is out of range.
Vinetto ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Vinetto dodges the punch combination from Love.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinetto lunges at Love with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Love's hand.
Vinetto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vinetto slips under a jab from Love.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinetto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Love at a distance.
Vinetto tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vinetto has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Love wants to clinch up but Vinetto keeps it at a distance.
Love works Vinetto's body with a nice hook.
Decent striking displayed by Vinetto there.
Love throws a lazy uppercut
and Vinetto counters with a left to the body.
Love throws a nice outside leg kick.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vinetto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A leg kick checked by Vinetto.
Vinetto throwing a counter right hand but Love manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Vinetto.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Vinetto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Vinetto finish him?
Love slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Love seems to have recovered his senses.
Vincent Vinetto is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a right hand that misses

and Vinetto counters with a crisp right hand that drops Love! Vinetto lets Love back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Love bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vinetto's head backwards.
Vinetto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Vinetto lands a big uppercut and Love crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Love looks OK. Vinetto waves Love back to his feet!
Love wants to clinch up but Vinetto keeps it at a distance.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vinetto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Vinetto blocks the leg kick.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vinetto.
Love fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vinetto tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
Vinetto doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Love swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Love misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinetto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vinetto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vinetto scores with a jab. Love acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love walks into a jab.
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Vinetto.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Vinetto.
Vinetto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Love misses
enabling Vinetto to counter with a crisp jab.
Vinetto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Love.
Vinetto takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vinetto feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Love sprawling to the canvas! Love rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Vinetto finish him?!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Love gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Vinetto gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Love is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Vinetto!
An out of breath Vincent Vinetto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.