PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Earl Vespa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saber Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Vespa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Vespa
vs
Tyler

185 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Vespa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saber Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vespa tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vespa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Vespa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Tyler kicks Vespa off and gets to his feet.
Saber Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.

Vespa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tyler keeping full guard, as Vespa tries to pass.
Tyler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tyler looks gassed!

Vespa gets to his feet - Tyler follows without any prompting.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vespa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyler.
Tyler moves in looking to clinch but Vespa pushes him off.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vespa tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tyler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Vespa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vespa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vespa looking to slow down the pace here.

Vespa breaks the clinch.

Vespa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tyler!
Vespa looking to control but Tyler is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vespa is really struggling to control Tyler but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyler is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Vespa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tyler is looking to escape.

Tyler somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vespa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Tyler. No joy for Vespa on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tyler pushes Vespa up against the cage in a clinch.
Vespa keeps control of Tyler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Tyler breaks the clinch.
Vespa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tyler doesn't manage to clinch there - Vespa circles away.
Vespa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vespa throws a sloppy head kick and Tyler moves out of range easily.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses.
Vespa shoots in but Tyler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Vespa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vespa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa is having none of it.
Saber Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vespa throws a nice head kick!
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Vespa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vespa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vespa shoots in but Tyler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Earl Vespa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler moves in looking to clinch but Vespa pushes him off.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Tyler tries to clinch

and Vespa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tyler's guard now.
Vespa won't allow Tyler to get back to his feet.

Vespa gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vespa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tyler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tyler wants to clinch.
Vespa throws a head kick that Tyler semi-blocks.
Vespa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyler.
Vespa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tyler pinned against the cage. Tyler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tyler avoids the head kick by Vespa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tyler takes the fight into the clinch.
Vespa is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyler gets an underhook and turns Vespa into the cage.

Tyler breaks the clinch.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa is having none of it.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vespa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyler fails in his attempt to clinch.

Tyler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tyler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vespa has him pressed against the cage.
Tyler is trying to break free.
Tyler can't break the clinch.
Tyler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tyler can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vespa prevents Tyler from breaking the clinch.
Tyler blocks an elbow strike from Vespa.

Vespa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.

Tyler closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Vespa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyler wants to clinch
and Vespa counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tyler is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Vespa throws a leg kick which misses Tyler's front leg but catches the back leg as Tyler tries to avoid it.
Tyler is looking to clinch.
Tyler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Tyler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vespa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vespa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick by Tyler misses

and Vespa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tyler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vespa is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Vespa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tyler, up you get!
Tyler tries to clinch
and Vespa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Vespa lands a jab-cross combination.
A head kick misses from Vespa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick from Vespa misses.
Tyler wants to clinch but Vespa slips to the side
and Vespa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Vespa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Tyler.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Tyler tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vespa paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Vespa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Vespa gets to his feet. Tyler looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Vespa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Vespa gets to his feet. Tyler looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
No luck for Vespa with that takedown attempt.
Tyler doesn't manage to clinch there - Vespa circles away.
Vespa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyler.
Vespa shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Earl Vespa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is looking to clinch but Vespa is avoiding it.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Tyler darts in trying to clinch
and Vespa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Vespa misses with a kick to the body.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Tyler misses with a leg kick
and Vespa counters with a solid body kick.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt

and Vespa counters by clinching up.
Vespa keeps control of Tyler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vespa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tyler prevents it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyler wants to break free but Vespa has control.
Vespa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vespa has him pressed against the cage.

Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vespa keeps the fight on the outside.
Vespa throws a chopping leg kick but Tyler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is looking to clinch.
Vespa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vespa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyler tries to avoid it but Vespa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyler to the ground. Tyler escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from Tyler.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Vespa misses with a head kick.
Vespa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tyler throws a series of punches but Vespa moves out of range.
Earl Vespa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyler tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vespa.
Vespa throws a sloppy head kick and Tyler moves out of range easily.
Tyler tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Tyler.
Tyler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Tyler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vespa lands with a slapping head kick.
Vespa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tyler but Tyler pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tyler misses with the combination.
Tyler blocks a head kick by Vespa.
Vespa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tyler blocks a head kick by Vespa.
Vespa closes the distance and clinches up with Tyler, looking for a takedown. Vespa pushes Tyler against the cage but Tyler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyler tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Vespa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Tyler moves in looking to clinch but Vespa pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Vespa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Vespa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vespa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tyler.

It looks like Earl Vespa has been cut.
Tyler doesn't manage to clinch there - Vespa circles away.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Tyler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vespa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyler tries to avoid it but Vespa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyler to the ground. Tyler escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vespa tries a head kick but it misses.
Vespa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Tyler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Tyler gets a clinch.
Vespa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vespa is looking to control Tyler's arms but Tyler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vespa has his back to the cage.

Tyler breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Tyler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vespa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Tyler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyler fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Vespa.
Some wild striking there from Tyler.
Vespa throws a head kick but Tyler moves out of range.
Tyler wants to clinch but Vespa slips to the side

and Vespa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Tyler's guard.
Tyler is looking to stand up but Vespa isn't so interested in that idea.

Tyler uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Vespa is looking to clinch but Tyler is avoiding it.
Tyler doesn't manage to clinch there - Vespa circles away.
Vespa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tyler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vespa.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Vespa throws a sloppy head kick and Tyler moves out of range easily.
Tyler tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa moves out of range.
Tyler wants to clinch.
Vespa has a takedown stuffed.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vespa tries a head kick but it misses.
Vespa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyler.
Tyler is looking to clinch but Vespa is avoiding it.
Vespa throws a right hand that Tyler ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyler also avoids with ease.

Tyler moves into the clinch.

Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch but Vespa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyler tries to clinch there but Vespa circles away.
Tyler tries to clinch up but Vespa circles away and keeps his distance.
Saber Tyler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vespa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyler keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyler looks to land a combination but Vespa avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vespa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vespa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyler.
Vespa shoots in looking for a takedown. Tyler tries to sprawl out of it but Vespa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tyler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Earl Vespa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vespa shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyler sprawls well. He's pushed Vespa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tyler wants to clinch.
Vespa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyler moves out of range of the body kick.
Tyler wants to clinch up but Vespa keeps it at a distance.
Tyler tries to clinch there but Vespa circles away.
Vespa lands a nice looking body kick.
Tyler tries to clinch but Vespa is having none of it.
Tyler wants to clinch up but Vespa keeps it at a distance.
Tyler wants to clinch.
Vespa blocks a head kick by Tyler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vespa circles away quickly and effectively.
Vespa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Vespa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick lands from Tyler.

Tyler gets a clinch.

Tyler breaks the clinch.
Vespa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyler moves in looking to clinch but Vespa pushes him off.
A punch combination from Tyler misses.
Tyler tries to close the distance and clinch but Vespa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck for Vespa with that takedown attempt.
Tyler tries to clinch there but Vespa circles away.
Tyler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Earl Vespa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vespa slips a jab and a cross from Tyler.
Tyler throws a sloppy head kick and Vespa moves out of range easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Saber Tyler.
I think Vespa 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earl Vespa!