PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerard De Villefort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice Vontavious Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vontavious Payne has chosen Hope as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

De Villefort
vs
Vontavious Payne

197 cm
25
265 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

194 cm
27
275 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KnockOut

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerard De Villefort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maurice Vontavious Payne!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vontavious Payne throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Villefort swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Vontavious Payne throws a poor cross that misses
and De Villefort counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vontavious Payne swats away the attempt to clinch by De Villefort.
Vontavious Payne swings widly with a right hand
and De Villefort counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Villefort getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vontavious Payne missing with a left hand there. De Villefort was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Villefort drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vontavious Payne sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Villefort fails with a takedown attempt.
De Villefort lands a nice hook to Vontavious Payne's body. Vontavious Payne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vontavious Payne connects with a body shot.
De Villefort on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Maurice Vontavious Payne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Villefort cracks Vontavious Payne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vontavious Payne scores with a nice right hand.
Vontavious Payne throws a leg kick but De Villefort checks it.
Vontavious Payne looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne tests De Villefort's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Gerard De Villefort has been cut.
Vontavious Payne is looking to slow De Villefort down with leg kicks.
De Villefort lands a jab to the nose.
De Villefort jabs at Vontavious Payne's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Villefort shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vontavious Payne as he avoids it easily.
De Villefort ducks under a wild hook from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne lands a body shot.
De Villefort lands with a nice body punch.
Vontavious Payne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort loads up on a big right hand but Vontavious Payne slips the punch.
De Villefort on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vontavious Payne misses with a straight right.
De Villefort cracks Vontavious Payne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Vontavious Payne - that will leave a mark!
A combination from Vontavious Payne does no damage.
De Villefort blocks the body kick.
De Villefort scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vontavious Payne in his tracks.
Vontavious Payne throws a shot from downtown. De Villefort moves away and avoids it.
De Villefort attempts a counter takedown but Vontavious Payne avoids it well and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort misses with a body shot.
Vontavious Payne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of De Villefort 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick by Vontavious Payne misses
and De Villefort connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vontavious Payne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vontavious Payne misses with a looping left.
De Villefort throws a body punch but Vontavious Payne moves out of range.
De Villefort stuns Vontavious Payne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vontavious Payne swings widly with a right hand
and De Villefort makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vontavious Payne looks winded!
Vontavious Payne takes a swing at De Villefort's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gerard De Villefort will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerard De Villefort's cut.
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.

De Villefort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vontavious Payne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Villefort darts in looking for a takedown but Vontavious Payne gets double underhooks and turns De Villefort into the cage.
Vontavious Payne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Villefort gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vontavious Payne scores with a hook to the body. De Villefort takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Villefort with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by De Villefort.
Vontavious Payne moves away from the strike by De Villefort.
De Villefort scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De Villefort's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vontavious Payne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Villefort scrambles back to his feet.
De Villefort lands with an overhand left.
Vontavious Payne has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Vontavious Payne scoring well with a low kick there.
De Villefort scores with a shot to the body.
Vontavious Payne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A counter left hand to the body from De Villefort misses its target.
De Villefort throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vontavious Payne on the side of the head.
Vontavious Payne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Villefort misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Vontavious Payne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Villefort steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vontavious Payne.
De Villefort misses with a body shot.
De Villefort is looking to wear down Vontavious Payne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
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!
De Villefort takes one on the button.
Vontavious Payne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Villefort changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
De Villefort throws a lazy uppercut
and Vontavious Payne counters with a leg kick.
Crunch! Vontavious Payne slams his shin into De Villefort's torso.
De Villefort throws a big shot that misses.
Vontavious Payne with the counter takedown but De Villefort avoids it easily.
Vontavious Payne connects with a leg kick. De Villefort looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne throws a head kick that misses.
Vontavious Payne throws a sloppy head kick and De Villefort moves out of range easily.
Vontavious Payne misses with a looping right.
Vontavious Payne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vontavious Payne tries to score with a low kick but De Villefort moves his leg out of the way.
It looked like De Villefort was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vontavious Payne throws an overhand right that lands on De Villefort's shoulder, as De Villefort tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vontavious Payne, right into the meat.
Vontavious Payne throws a low kick but De Villefort avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from De Villefort. Those never looked like landing.
De Villefort slips a straight right by Vontavious Payne.
De Villefort swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vontavious Payne needs to keep his hands up - De Villefort had a free shot at his head there.
Vontavious Payne thumps De Villefort with a low kick.
Vontavious Payne throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Villefort cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vontavious Payne misses with a left hand
and Vontavious Payne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like De Villefort has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Vontavious Payne misses the target.
De Villefort throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vontavious Payne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Villefort tries to counter with a takedown but Vontavious Payne is quick to defend against it.
Vontavious Payne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Vontavious Payne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gerard De Villefort's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Vontavious Payne misses with a right hand

and De Villefort counters with a left hand that sends Vontavious Payne to the canvas!
Vontavious Payne wants to sweep here but De Villefort controlling him for the moment.
De Villefort working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Villefort accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Villefort passes easily into side control. Nice work.
De Villefort creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

De Villefort is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vontavious Payne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Villefort swings around for an armbar but Vontavious Payne sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into De Villefort's guard.
Vontavious Payne throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vontavious Payne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Villefort throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
De Villefort wants to sweep here but Vontavious Payne controlling him for the moment.
Vontavious Payne trying to control the position from guard on top but De Villefort is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vontavious Payne wants to pass the guard but De Villefort is keeping the position.
Vontavious Payne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Villefort works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Villefort lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

De Villefort looking to pass the guard.
De Villefort stands up over Vontavious Payne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vontavious Payne is keeping the position for now.
De Villefort stands up over Vontavious Payne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
De Villefort tries to free his leg and advance position but Vontavious Payne is retaining full guard.
Vontavious Payne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
De Villefort slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
De Villefort scoring with punches and elbows.
Gerard De Villefort overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

De Villefort swings around for an armbar but Vontavious Payne sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into De Villefort's guard.

De Villefort looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De Villefort is on top in guard.

Vontavious Payne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Villefort throws an elbow that misses. Vontavious Payne uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in De Villefort's guard. Nice move by Vontavious Payne!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerard De Villefort showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Villefort 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerard De Villefort!
Gerard De Villefort thanked the fans post fight for their support.