PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Vince (ranked 2124 p4p, 255 weight class) and Marty Stephensson (ranked 5363 p4p, 556 weight class). Arnold Vince had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Vince
vs
Stephensson

193 cm
24
265 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

199 cm
33
262 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Red Light Coffeeshop

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnold Vince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marty Stephensson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vince misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stephensson.
Stephensson throws out a counter right but Vince avoids it with no problem.
Stephensson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stephensson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vince.
Vince connects with a body shot.
Stephensson looks to land a right hand but Vince moved out of range.
Vince cracks a nice hook into Stephensson's ribs.
A big right from Vince misses.
Vince misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stephensson.
Stephensson walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vince with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vince throws a lazy right hand but Stephensson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stephensson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vince tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stephensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Vince.
Arnold Vince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vince sizes up Stephensson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vince thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stephensson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vince throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vince takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Stephensson misses the target.
Vince throws an off balance right hand
and Stephensson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vince misses the jab.
Stephensson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stephensson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vince.
Stephensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Stephensson misses.
Stephensson avoids the body shot from Vince.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vince misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Stephensson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stephensson throws out a loose jab but Vince uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vince lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vince misses with an uppercut. Stephensson saw that one coming.
Stephensson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vince steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stephensson.
Vince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vince misses with a wild body shot.
Vince throws a big shot that misses.
Stephensson lands a glancing blow to the side of Vince's head.
A big left from Vince misses.
Stephensson throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vince throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stephensson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vince listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vince throws a poor cross that misses
and Stephensson counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Arnold Vince has been cut.
Vince throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vince misses the shot to the body.
Stephensson moves out of range as Vince strikes.
Vince lands a jab to the nose.
Vince tests Stephensson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vince throws an off balance right hand
and Stephensson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vince scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vince throws a hook but Stephensson avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stephensson lands a jab.
Vince connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stephensson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vince.
A telegraphed right hand from Vince misses the target.
Stephensson misses with a straight left.
Vince swings widly with a right hand
enabling Stephensson to counter with a crisp jab.
Vince takes a swing at Stephensson's ribcage but misses.
Stephensson moves away from the strike by Vince.
Vince misses with a shot to the body
and Stephensson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stephensson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vince.
Stephensson slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnold Vince dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Vince's cut.
That's time! Vince's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vince swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vince missing with a left hand there. Stephensson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stephensson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vince on the side of the head.
Stephensson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vince.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Stephensson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Vince has got the better of the exchanges.
Vince throws a shot from downtown. Stephensson moves away and avoids it.
Stephensson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vince lands with a shot to the body.
Vince misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stephensson! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vince loads up on a big right hand but Stephensson slips the punch.
Stephensson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vince cracks Stephensson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slow jab from Vince misses its intended target.
Vince pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Stephensson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vince loads up on a big right hand but Stephensson slips the punch.
The crowd cheers as Vince lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stephensson doesn't seem phased though.

Stephensson is rocked!
BAM! Vince delivers a spinning backfist that drops Stephensson like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Arnold Vince!
After the fight, Arnold Vince was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.