PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herb Brooks (ranked 4974 p4p, 458 weight class) and Prince Vaughn (ranked 7047 p4p, 562 weight class). Herb Brooks looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Brooks
vs
Vaughn

180 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Riner Clothing and Laundry (85%)
Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Herb Brooks!
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, Prince Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks moves away from the strike by Vaughn.
Vaughn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vaughn throws an off balance right hand
and Brooks counters with a right hand to the body.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with a right hand
and Brooks counters with a nice uppercut.
Brooks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vaughn defending well as Brooks loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Vaughn.
Brooks looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Brooks takes the fight into the clinch.
Brooks lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brooks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brooks swings wildly with an uppercut but Vaughn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vaughn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brooks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vaughn backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vaughn is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brooks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Vaughn is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brooks successfully pulls guard.
Brooks has his hands on Vaughn's head, controlling the position.
Vaughn sitting in guard here, content to control.

Vaughn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brooks has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vaughn has managed to get both his arms back between Brooks's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vaughn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brooks is keeping the position for now.
Brooks trying to keep a closed guard but Vaughn is proving a slippery customer.
Brooks pulls Vaughn in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks looking to control.

Brooks had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vaughn defends it easily.
Brooks keeping full guard, as Vaughn tries to pass.

Brooks had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vaughn defends it easily.
Vaughn trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
Brooks seems keen to control Vaughn's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Brooks throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Vaughn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vaughn trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Brooks controls Vaughn momentarily but Vaughn frees himself.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brooks throws an overhand right that lands on Vaughn's shoulder, as Vaughn tries to avoid the shot.
Brooks misses the jab.
Vaughn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vaughn missing with a left hand there. Brooks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brooks thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Vaughn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Vaughn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks lands an overhand right.
Vaughn throws a jab when Brooks was well out of range.
Brooks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vaughn.
Brooks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vaughn connects with a jab.
Brooks throws a looping overhand right but Vaughn ducks down to avoid it.
Vaughn misses with an uppercut. Brooks saw that one coming.
Vaughn slips under a jab from Brooks.
Brooks tests Vaughn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brooks slips under a jab.
Vaughn misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Brooks to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vaughn walks into a left hand.
Vaughn throws a lazy uppercut
and Brooks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vaughn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brooks was well out of range. Poor timing from Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a jab but it's blocked by Brooks.
Vaughn throws a poor cross that misses
and Brooks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herb Brooks dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vaughn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brooks on the side of the head.
Brooks throws a jab but it's blocked by Vaughn.
Herb Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vaughn looks to land a left hand but Brooks moved out of range nicely.
Brooks throwing a counter right hand but Vaughn manages to avoid it.
Brooks has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Vaughn throws a body punch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks slips a straight right by Vaughn.
Nice defenses there by Vaughn.
Vaughn moves out of range of the strikes.
Brooks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vaughn can do to turn this around?
Vaughn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brooks.
Vaughn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brooks at a distance.
Brooks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vaughn on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Brooks misses its intended target.
Vaughn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brooks scores with a hook.
Brooks throws a body punch but Vaughn moves out of range.
Vaughn misses with a hook. Brooks ducked under it nicely.
Brooks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vaughn.

Vaughn gets tackled into the cage by Brooks. Brooks maintains the clinch.
Vaughn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vaughn misses with some punches.
Brooks lands a left hand.
Brooks misses with a punch on the inside.
Vaughn throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
Vaughn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vaughn misses with the head strike.
Brooks tries to throw a body punch but Vaughn avoids it by throwing Brooks back against the cage.
Vaughn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brooks lands a right hand.
Vaughn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brooks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vaughns head.
Brooks lands a left hand.
Brooks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vaughn backwards.
Vaughn is still on wobbly legs! Can Brooks finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks lands a right hand.
Brooks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brooks creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Vaughn's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Vaughn drops to his knees and Brooks pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herb Brooks!
After winning the bout, Herb Brooks thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.