PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mustafa Aray (ranked 4326 p4p, 328 weight class) and Luis Vega (ranked 2437 p4p, 212 weight class). Vega has chosen Truth - Atomic thunder as his entrance music. On his way into the ring it seems that Mustafa Aray has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mustafa Aray seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Aray
vs
Vega

176 cm
25
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

154 cm
20
134 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mustafa Aray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Vega!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aray misses with a takedown
and Vega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vega cracks Aray with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Nice body punch from Vega.
Aray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice takedown defense from Vega. No joy for Aray on that attempt.
Aray tries for a takedown but Vega circles away easily
and Vega counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aray thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mustafa Aray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aray with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vega connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Vega gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vega scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vega scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aray wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Vega lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Aray fails to land.
Aray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Aray is rocked!
Vega lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Aray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vega gets through Aray's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vega scores with a shot to the side of Aray's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega lands a left hand.
Vega lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Aray to his knees! Vega keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Vega!
Luis Vega decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.