PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Vurny (ranked 1237 p4p, 163 weight class) and Kwiwan Fogomayu (ranked 1137 p4p, 149 weight class). Fogomayu has chosen Kyamadu as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Vurny
vs
Fogomayu

187 cm
37
203 lbs
30 - 21 - 0

180 cm
34
185 lbs
25 - 13 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldo Vurny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kwiwan Fogomayu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vurny takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fogomayu, right into the meat.
Vurny shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fogomayu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vurny thinking.
Vurny has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rabid Dog in the buildup to the fight.
Vurny ducks right into an uppercut from Fogomayu.

Vurny closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fogomayu controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Vurny is keen to just control but Fogomayu is a slippery customer.
Fogomayu is trying to get back to full guard.
Fogomayu blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vurny.
Fogomayu tries to get to full guard but Vurny has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vurny thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fogomayu's head.
Vurny is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fogomayu manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Vurny with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vurny throws a strike but Fogomayu rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Fogomayu throwing strikes from guard but Vurny blocks nicely.
Vurny is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fogomayu is looking for a sweep. Vurny is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Vurny is thwarting Fogomayu's attempts to control the position.
Fogomayu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vurny.
Vurny 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.
Fogomayu is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vurny slows the pace down in half guard.
Vurny working over Fogomayu with some ground and pound. Fogomayu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Vurny is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fogomayu sees it coming and defends easily.
Vurny thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fogomayu's head.
Fogomayu trying to control here.
Vurny thows a huge punch but Fogomayu dodges it nicely.
Fogomayu is looking for a sweep. Vurny is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Vurny works his way into side control.
Vurny misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fogomayu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Vurny off and has taken his back!
Fogomayu is landing with strikes from the back.
Fogomayu is trying to stick to Vurny's back but Vurny is turning into Fogomayu. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Fogomayu's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Vurny.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vurny loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vurny trying to control the position from guard on top but Fogomayu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vurny won't allow Fogomayu to sweep him here.
Vurny distracts Fogomayu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vurny lands a couple of elbows.
Vurny stands up over Fogomayu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fogomayu wants to sweep but no luck.
Vurny is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fogomayu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vurny tries to free his leg and advance position but Fogomayu is retaining full guard.
Fogomayu keeping moving, preventing Vurny from controlling successfully.
Vurny working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fogomayu's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fogomayu doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Vurny postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fogomayu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vurny scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vurny throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Vurny dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fogomayu looks to land a right hand but Vurny moved out of range.
Vurny gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vurny fails with a takedown attempt.
Vurny ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vurny darts in looking for a takedown but Fogomayu gets double underhooks and turns Vurny into the cage.
Fogomayu looks to score with a jab to the body but Vurny is just out of range.
Fogomayu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Vurny looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fogomayu!
Sloppy strikes there by Vurny.
Vurny throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fogomayu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Vurny throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Fogomayu works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vurny not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fogomayu has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Fogomayu flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fogomayu is trying to get back to full guard.
Vurny missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vurny drops an elbow to the side of Fogomayu's head.
Vurny working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fogomayu is trying to get back to full guard.
Fogomayu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vurny scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vurny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fogomayu defending well though.
Fogomayu tries to roll over but Vurny keeps him under control.
Fogomayu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Vurny is looking to pass into half guard but Fogomayu pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Fogomayu is in guard.

Fogomayu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vurny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fogomayu throws a big right hand that misses.
Fogomayu postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vurny looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fogomayu is one step ahead there.
Fogomayu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fogomayu wants to control from the top but Vurny keeps moving.
Fogomayu won't allow Vurny to sweep him here.
Fogomayu trying to control the position from guard on top but Vurny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aldo Vurny overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vurny bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fogomayu's guard.

Vurny is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fogomayu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vurny scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fogomayu wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vurny scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fogomayu keeping full guard, as Vurny tries to pass.
Vurny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fogomayu can do to turn this around?
Fogomayu is trying to keep Vurny in close.
Vurny keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fogomayu's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Vurny's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fogomayu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vurny is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vurny passes Fogomayu's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Vurny working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Vurny throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Fogomayu to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Vurny 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!

Vurny throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fogomayu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vurny.
Vurny misses with a takedown attempt - Fogomayu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vurny misses with a body kick.
Vurny listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vurny has his takedown stuffed
and Fogomayu counters with a straight right hand.
Fogomayu looks to throw the jab but Vurny is out of range.

Vurny throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fogomayu was covering up waiting for the punch and Vurny finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fogomayu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fogomayu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vurny tries to free his leg and advance position but Fogomayu is retaining full guard.
Vurny trying to control but Fogomayu is working from the bottom.
Vurny postures up and lands a big shot to Fogomayu's brow.
Fogomayu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vurny manages to get himself to full guard.

Vurny working for a triangle but Fogomayu defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fogomayu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fogomayu postures up in Vurny's guard and throws a big left but Vurny blocks it.
Fogomayu being controlled here momentarily.
Kwiwan Fogomayu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vurny looking for a sweep. Not yet Vurny, not yet.
Fogomayu distracts Vurny with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vurny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vurny looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Vurny looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fogomayu is one step ahead there.
Vurny wants to hit a switch here but Fogomayu passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Vurny there!
Fogomayu dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vurny takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fogomayu cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vurny regains half guard.
Vurny is looking to get back to full guard here but Fogomayu has managed to pass to side control instead.
Vurny sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Vurny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vurny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vurny has hold of Fogomayu's hands but Fogomayu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fogomayu prevents Vurny from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vurny trying to control but Fogomayu postures up.

Fogomayu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Vurny avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fogomayu.
Vurny gets full guard.
Fogomayu landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vurny is trying to keep Fogomayu in close.
Vurny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kwiwan Fogomayu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vurny 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aldo Vurny!
During a confident post fight interview, Aldo Vurny thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.