PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Issac Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Vasily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Issac Summers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Summers
vs
Vasily

219 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Issac Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fedor Vasily!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasily rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Summers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Summers throws a counter high kick but Vasily was just alert enough to avoid it.
Vasily lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Summers at a distance.
Vasily connects with a good right hand that stumbles Summers. Summers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Summers slips a jab and a cross from Vasily.
Vasily misses with a straight right.
Vasily throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An attempted straight right counter from Summers misses the target.
Vasily looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Summers dodges the punch combination from Vasily.
Vasily throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vasily misses with a two punch combination.
Vasily uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Summers.
Vasily throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vasily missing with a left hand there. Summers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasily throws a nice looking combination but Summers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vasily misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasily misses with the combination.
Vasily throws a series of punches but Summers avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Vasily. Those never looked like landing.
Summers tries a head kick but it misses.
Vasily misses with the combination.
Vasily looks winded!
Vasily slips a jab from Summers.
Vasily throws a nice looking combination but Summers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vasily fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vasily throws a shot from downtown. Summers moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Summers was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vasily throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vasily misses with a jab, cross combination.
Summers is looking for a counter combo.
Summers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Summers has closed the distance and engaged Vasily in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Summers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Summers throws a series of punches but Vasily moves out of range.
Vasily scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vasily takes a step back to recover.

Summers closes the distance and clinches.
Summers lands with a short shot to the head.

Summers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Vasily.
Vasily avoids the head kick by Summers.
Vasily tries to bum rush Summers with a series of wild strikes but Summers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Summers drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Summers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Summers decides to stand back up. Summers steps back and let's Vasily get back to his feet.
Summers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasily.

Summers rushes Vasily and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Summers breaks the clinch.

Vasily gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Summers to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Summers decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Vasily misses with a few strikes there.
Vasily misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Vasily. Those never looked like landing.
Fedor Vasily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Summers manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vasily on his heels. He'll look to pass Vasily's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Summers gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A head kick misses from Summers.

Summers instigates a clinch.

Summers ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Summers no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Summers holds on and takes a little breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fedor Vasily will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Summers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vasily.
Summers went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Summers really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vasily throws a left and a right that both miss
and Summers counters with a three punch combo that has Vasily backing up. Vasily nods at Summers to acknowledge the strikes.
Vasily looks to land a combination but Summers avoids it well.
Issac Summers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Vasily.
Vasily rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Summers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vasily misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vasily digs a good body shot into Summers's ribs.
Vasily throws a series of punches but Summers moves out of range.
Vasily tries to bum rush Summers with a series of wild strikes but Summers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Vasily moves out of range easily.
Summers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Summers is looking for a counter combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Summers has closed the distance and engaged Vasily in a clinch.
Vasily is breathing heavily.

Summers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Vasily lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers throws a series of punches but Vasily avoids them all with ease.
Vasily lands with a shot to the body.
Vasily connects with a body shot.
Summers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Summers appears to be looking for a big counter.
Vasily swings for the body but Summers moves out of range.
Fedor Vasily seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Summers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Summers closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Vasily quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Summers winds up and cracks Vasily with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Summers is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Vasily has managed to free his arm - good work.

Summers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Summers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Summers working the head and body with strikes.
Vasily is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Summers jumps into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Summers working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Check out the look on Summers's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Summers is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vasily knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Vasily looking for a sweep but Summers has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The referee warns Vasily that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Summers has control of Vasily's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Vasily regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Summers landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Summers looking to secure an arm triangle but Vasily defends it well.
Summers landing punches.
Vasily tries to improve his position but instead Summers has taken his back!

Summers working for the choke.
Vasily trying to control the position but Summers manages to sink in the hooks.
Vasily can't escape the position.

Summers has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Issac Summers dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Summers scores with a takedown into Vasily's guard.

Vasily is looking for a triangle here but Summers uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Summers working the head and body with strikes.

Summers stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Vasily rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Summers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasily displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vasily will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Summers.
Vasily takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Summers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vasily.
Vasily scores with a three punch combo!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Summers. Vasily shrugs it off though.

Summers shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Summers wants to get up but he can't break Vasily's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Summers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Summers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Vasily is looking for a triangle here but Summers uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Vasily tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasily looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Summers patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Summers is punishing Vasily with some ground and pound.
Vasily tries to roll but Summers sticks to his back.
Vasily keeps trying to improve his position.

Summers patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Summers has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Vasily's body.
I really don't envy Vasily right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Summers is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Vasily is in bad spot here.

Vasily fending off the submission attempt from Summers.
I really don't envy Vasily right now.

Vasily defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers scores with punches and elbows.
Summers keeps control of the position as Vasily tries to break free.

Summers has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Vasily is trapped and Summers is scoring with shots to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Issac Summers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Summers has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Issac Summers!