PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Lomax (ranked 5347 p4p, 505 weight class) and Sturm Brightblade (ranked 5764 p4p, 522 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lomax
vs
Brightblade

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

The Juice

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lomax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sturm Brightblade!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomax lands a head shot.

Brightblade moves into the clinch successfully.
Lomax makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lomax blocks a body shot from Brightblade.
Lomax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Lomax.
Lomax works on Brightblade's body with a couple of short punches.
Brightblade misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brightblade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brightblade misses with a knee to the head.
Brightblade looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lomax working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brightblade utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lomax is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brightblade will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lomax up against the cage.
Brightblade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Vincent Lomax has been cut.
Lomax trying to stall but Brightblade improves his position.
Brightblade gets through Lomax's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brightblade lands with a left to the head.
Brightblade wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Brightblade.
Lomax prevents a body shot from Brightblade.
Lomax lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brightblade backwards.
Lomax lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Lomax breaks from the clinch.
Brightblade is looking to clinch but Lomax is avoiding it.
Vincent Lomax is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lomax blocks a head kick by Brightblade.
Lomax throwing a counter right hand but Brightblade manages to avoid it.
Brightblade throws a front kick that sends Lomax stumbling back into the cage.
Jab by Lomax.
Brightblade closes the distance and clinches up with Lomax, looking for a takedown. Brightblade pushes Lomax against the cage but Lomax circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lomax lands a glancing blow to the side of Brightblade's head.

Brightblade gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lomax taking a breather.
Brightblade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lomax in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lomax as Brightblade tries to tie him up.
Lomax misses with some punches.
Brightblade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brightblade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Come on Lomax - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lomax lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brightblade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lomax avoids it.
Brightblade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lomax lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brightblade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brightblade tries to stall but Lomax uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brightblade misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lomax.
Brightblade wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brightblade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brightblade misses with a body punch.
Lomax scores with a shot to the side of Brightblade's head.
Lomax managing to block the knees to the body from Brightblade.
Lomax taking a breather.
Brightblade throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lomaxs head.
A shot in the inside from Lomax.

Lomax manages to break the clinch.
Brightblade walks into a jab.
Lomax scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brightblade in his tracks.
Brightblade takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vincent Lomax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Lomax.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lomax comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brightblade steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lomax.
Brightblade wants to counter the offense by Lomax and move into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brightblade takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Brightblade has Lomax up against the cage in a clinch.
Lomax is working Brightblade over against the cage.
Brightblade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brightblade manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brightblade connects with a knee to the head.
Lomax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lomax scores with a shoulder strike.
Brightblade tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Lomax on the inside.
Brightblade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lomax avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lomax as Brightblade tries to tie him up.
Lomax blocks an uppercut.
Brightblade using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lomax has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lomax on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vincent Lomax will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vincent Lomax's cut.
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.

Lomax jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lomax scores with a jab to the body.
Lomax keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Lomax wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lomax punishes Brightblade's body with a nice straight punch.
Brightblade on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lomax ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lomax thuds a left hand into Brightblade's body.
Lomax listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Brightblade is looking to clinch.
Lomax scores with a nice head shot.
Lomax lands with an uppercut that bounces Brightblade off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomax jabs Brightblade to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lomax cracks Brightblade with an open hand slap.
Lomax clobbers Brightblade with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Brightblade is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Lomax lands a beautiful left hook that drops Brightblade. Brightblade tries to recover but Lomax is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Brightblade lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Lomax!