PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Neil (ranked 2185 p4p, 241 weight class) and Michael Vick (ranked 3883 p4p, 390 weight class). Neil's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Linkin Park - In the end. The key to victory for Luke Neil has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Neil
vs
Vick

182 cm
26
192 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Vick!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vick feints the counter takedown.
Neil lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Neil looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vick takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've been told by Neil's head coaches at The Kegerator - 650$ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Neil misses with a series of wild punches.
Vick feints the counter takedown.
Neil tries to bum rush Vick with a series of wild strikes but Vick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vick fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick moves out of range.
Vick tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vick fails to land the takedown.
Neil throws a big counter combination but Vick scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick walks into a stiff left hand from Neil.
Nice defenses there by Neil.
Neil looks to land a body kick but Vick moved away.
Neil lands a nice shot that snaps Vick's head back.
Vick has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Vick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vick is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Neil throws out a powerful jab.
Neil throws a one two combo.
Neil slips a straight right by Vick.
Neil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luke Neil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Neil scores with a jab to the head.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick moves out of range.
Vick drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Neil defends it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A thudding body kick lands there by Neil!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vick dives in for a single leg takedown but Neil sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Luke Neil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Vick.
Neil takes a swing at Vick's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Neil misses.
Vick with the counter takedown but Neil avoids it easily.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick avoids them all with ease.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick avoids them all with ease.
Nice body kick there by Neil.
Neil connects with a single shot there.
Neil misses with a series of wild punches.
A low kick from Neil is predictable there

and Vick counters with a takedown into side control.
Neil struggling a bit here.
Vick trying to control the action but Neil is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Neil can't do much from the bottom here.
Vick wants to control but Neil is keeping him busy.
Neil can't do much from the bottom here.
Vick trying to control the position but Neil is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vick lands a nice forearm strike.
Vick is putting a hurting on Neil here, landing some big shots from side control.
Neil takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vick has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Neil really wants to buck Vick off and get back to his feet.
Vick landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vick prevents Neil from getting the reversal.
Vick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! Vick connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Neil dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Neil throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neil throws a combination that misses

and Vick counters with a shoot takedown. Neil fights it but they end up in guard.
Vick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Neil is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vick pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Neil is keeping the position for now.
Neil trying to keep a closed guard but Vick is proving a slippery customer.
Neil keeping moving, preventing Vick from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vick is looking to work some ground and pound but Neil has wrist control.
Vick connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick throwing strikes but missing.
Vick trying to control but Neil is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Vick missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Neil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vick can do to turn this around?
Neil throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vick shoots in but Neil avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Neil misses with a few strikes there.
And Vick tries to counter it with a takedown but Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vick.
Luke Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Neil.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Neil misses with a two punch combination.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick avoids them all with ease.
Vick is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A leg kick checked by Vick.
Neil throws the kick towards the body but Vick avoids it.
Neil throws a wild body kick that Vick sees coming a mile off.
Vick drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Neil defends it well.
Luke Neil is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick avoids them all with ease.
Vick with the counter takedown but Neil avoids it easily.
Neil throws a series of punches but Vick moves out of range.
Vick drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Neil defends it well.
Neil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neil looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neil looks to land a combination but Vick avoids it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Neil.
Neil missing with a left hand there. Vick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vick changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Neil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neil misses with a few strikes there.
Neil looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vick tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vick moves out of range of the body kick from Neil.
Vick feints the counter takedown.
No luck for Vick with that takedown attempt.
Luke Neil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Vick.
Neil scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Neil just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Neil!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vick tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Neil defends well and Vick ends up having to push Neil into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Neil lands a two punch combo.
Vick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Neil moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Vick checks a leg kick.
Neil thuds a left hand into Vick's body.
Neil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Neil.
Neil swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Vick counters with a nice double leg into side control. Neil won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Neil dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Neil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Neil tries to bum rush Vick with a series of wild strikes but Vick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vick shoots in and drives through. Neil sprawls well.
Neil is looking to counter punch.
Neil closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Neil with a nice cross.
Neil throws a half hearted mid kick.
And Vick tries to counter it with a takedown but Neil pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Neil throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Neil throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vick.

Vick looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Neil!
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Neil's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vick with the ground and pound but Neil regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Neil with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Neil is trying is best to control the position here.
Vick throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Neil has hold of Vick's hands but Vick slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Neil is not content to let Vick control the position.
Neil blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vick.
Vick working over Neil with some ground and pound. Neil looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vick is nestled in close to Neil, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Neil looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Neil is refusing to be controlled, as Vick sits in half guard.
Vick 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.
Neil blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vick.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Neil avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vick looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Neil is fending him off so far but Vick persists. Nope, Neil circles away and we're back to standing.
Neil misses with a few strikes there.
Vick tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Neil throws a front kick aimed at Vick's knee but Vick avoids it well.
Neil fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vick tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neil misses with a combination

and Vick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Neil manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Vick tries for a takedown but Neil manages to get underhooks.
Luke Neil has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Vick.

Vick has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Neil is trying to keep an underhook but Vick manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Vick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Neil taking some punishment here, with Vick in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Neil actively working from the bottom here.
Vick not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vick not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neil is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vick lands a nice short elbow.
Vick sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Neil defending well though.
Neil looks like he's trying to stand up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Vick thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Neil's head.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Vick looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Neil swinging wildly here.
Michael Vick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neil connects with a leg kick. Vick looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Neil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Neil, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Neil!
Luke Neil decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.