PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vic Vinegar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murray Rothbard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinegar comes to the cage accompanied by Birds of War. Rothbard has chosen Anarchy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Murray Rothbard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Vinegar
vs
Rothbard

180 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vic Vinegar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murray Rothbard!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinegar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rothbard.
Vinegar is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rothbard.
Vinegar ducks under a wild hook from Rothbard.
Vinegar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Vinegar jabs Rothbard right on the nose. Rothbard blinks but takes it well.
Murray Rothbard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vinegar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rothbard counters with a right hand to the body.
Vinegar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vinegar avoids the body shot from Rothbard.

Vinegar gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinegar has Rothbard pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rothbard manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Vinegar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rothbard backwards.
Rothbard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rothbard scores with a shoulder strike.
Rothbard scores with a shot to the side of Vinegar's head.
Rothbard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rothbard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vinegar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Vinegar.

It looks like Murray Rothbard has been cut.

Rothbard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rothbard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vinegar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vinegar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothbard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinegar was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothbard.
Vinegar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rothbard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinegar was well out of range. Poor timing from Rothbard.
Rothbard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vinegar doesn't seem bothered though.
Vinegar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vinegar throws a body punch but Rothbard moves out of range.
Rothbard lands with a nice combination. Vinegar backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Vic Vinegar has been cut.
Jab, jab by Vinegar - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rothbard is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vinegar moves away.
Rothbard stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rothbard wants it to stay on the feet.
Vinegar misses the jab.
Rothbard misses with a wild body shot.
Rothbard misses with a straight left.
Rothbard misses with a body shot.
Vinegar closes the distance but Rothbard moves to the side
and Rothbard counters with a three punch combo that has Vinegar backing up. Vinegar nods at Rothbard to acknowledge the strikes.
Rothbard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vinegar tries for a takedown but Rothbard circles away easily
and Rothbard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Vinegar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good work by Vinegar as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rothbard. Vinegar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vinegar attempts a counter takedown but Rothbard avoids it well and moves away.
Rothbard moves away from the strike by Vinegar.
Vinegar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rothbard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vinegar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothbard lands a nice looking body shot.
Vinegar slips a jab from Rothbard.
Rothbard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vinegar.
Rothbard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Vinegar drives through and clinches with Rothbard against the cage.
Rothbard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rothbard struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinegar controls his hands.
Vinegar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rothbard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rothbard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vinegar throws a body punch but Rothbard moves out of range.
Vinegar connects with a body shot.
Vinegar tries to clinch up
and Rothbard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Rothbard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vinegar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rothbard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vinegar.
Vinegar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vinegar scores with a decent looking hook.
Vinegar misses with an uppercut. Rothbard saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murray Rothbard dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rothbard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vinegar moves away.
Vinegar fails with a takedown attempt.
Vinegar misses with a wild body shot.
Vinegar tests Rothbard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rothbard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vinegar at a distance.
Rothbard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rothbard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vinegar.
Vinegar throws a hook but Rothbard blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinegar misses with a takedown
letting Rothbard counter with a right hand.

Vinegar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rothbard, pushing him back against the cage.
Rothbard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothbard lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Rothbard.
Vinegar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rothbard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vinegar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vinegar tries to throw a body punch but Rothbard avoids it by throwing Vinegar back against the cage.

Rothbard breaks the clinch.
Rothbard misses with a looping right.
Rothbard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vinegar manages to avoid it.
Vinegar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Vinegar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vinegar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rothbard.
Rothbard looks to score with a jab to the body but Vinegar is just out of range.
Vinegar is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rothbard.
Nice uppercut there from Rothbard.
Rothbard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vinegar rather than just go for the knockout.
Rothbard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothbard moves out of range of the strikes.
Rothbard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vinegar is defended easily by Rothbard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Vinegar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Vinegar rushes Rothbard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Vinegar.
Rothbard can't find room to land a body shot as Vinegar controls the action.
Vinegar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vinegar misses with a body punch.
Vinegar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinegar has Rothbard pressed against the cage, preventing Rothbard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rothbard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rothbard gets through Vinegar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vinegar.
A head punch on the inside from Rothbard fails to land.
Rothbard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Rothbard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rothbard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vinegar.
Vinegar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rothbard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vinegar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vinegar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rothbard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Vinegar misses
and Rothbard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rothbard scores with a jab to the head.
Rothbard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vinegar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rothbard sprawls and moves away.
Rothbard throws a looping overhand right but Vinegar ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard throws a body punch but Vinegar moves out of range.
Vinegar misses with a hook. Rothbard ducked under it nicely.
Rothbard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vinegar doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Rothbard cracks Vinegar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vinegar slips under a jab.
Rothbard throws a shot from downtown. Vinegar moves away and avoids it.
Vinegar takes a swing at Rothbard's ribcage but misses.
Rothbard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rothbard swings for the body but Vinegar moves out of range.
Vinegar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rothbard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vinegar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rothbard.
Vinegar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rothbard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murray Rothbard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Vinegar misses with a wild body shot.
Rothbard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vinegar manages to avoid it.
Vinegar shoots in and drives through. Rothbard sprawls well.
Rothbard throws a leg kick that is checked

so Vinegar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rothbard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Vinegar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rothbard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rothbard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vinegar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vinegar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Vinegar slips a nice elbow through Rothbard's hands, connecting with Rothbard's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinegar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rothbard's head.
Vinegar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vinegar trying to control the action but Rothbard is working from the bottom.

Vinegar is looking for a kimura but Rothbard is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Vinegar to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothbard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rothbard is positioning himself well to prevent Vinegar advancing to mount.
Vinegar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vinegar trying to control the pace.
Vinegar prevents Rothbard from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Vinegar is trying to control. Rothbard wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rothbard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vinegar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rothbard is trying to get back to full guard.
Vinegar wants to take a breather but Rothbard is having none of it.
Vinegar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vinegar thows a huge punch but Rothbard dodges it nicely.
Vinegar is trying to control the action in half guard but Rothbard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rothbard misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rothbard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rothbard gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Vinegar counters with a takedown into side control.
Vinegar throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rothbard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rothbard tries to escape but Vinegar is in control.
Vinegar cracks Rothbard with a big right hand but Rothbard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rothbard is looking to regain half guard here but Vinegar keeps moving and retains side control.
Vinegar scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothbard tries to bench press Vinegar off him but Vinegar keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vinegar is looking to take a break and control but Rothbard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rothbard taking a bit of punishment here - Vinegar scoring with strikes.
Vinegar trying to control the action but Rothbard is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vinegar working the ground and pound from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vic Vinegar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rothbard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murray Rothbard!
A very excited looking Murray Rothbard made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.