PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Liquid Gold (ranked 1005 p4p, 1306 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 122 p4p, 157 weight class). Derek Vinyard has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Gold
vs
Vinyard

179 cm
45
150
37 - 27 - 2

167 cm
32
145
21 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 27 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liquid Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinyard slips a straight right by Gold.
A left lands for Gold.
Vinyard drops his hands momentarily and Gold takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Derek Vinyard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vinyard is able to avoid easily.
That kick from Vinyard tenderised Gold's leg. Gold is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vinyard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vinyard now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Vinyard clinches.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold blocking some punches.
Vinyard lands a nice uppercut.
Vinyard lands a shoulder strike.
Vinyard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Vinyard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinyard.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinyard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Vinyard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Vinyard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard working aggressively here.
Gold blocks an uppercut.
Vinyard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Vinyard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vinyard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Vinyard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Vinyard fails to land.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vinyard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinyard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gold seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vinyard can turn it around.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Vinyard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard working aggressively here.
Vinyard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Gold lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vinyard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vinyard misses with the head strike.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard tries to work over Gold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vinyard has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
Gold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard takes a shot to the head.
Vinyard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Vinyard.
Vinyard lands a left hand.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Vinyard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold blocking some punches.
Vinyard scores with a shot to the side of Gold's head.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Vinyard lands a shoulder strike.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard blocks an uppercut.
Vinyard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vinyard.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Vinyard misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinyard.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinyard.
Gold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gold lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vinyard backwards.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinyard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vinyard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
A short left from Vinyard.
Gold throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinyard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Derek Vinyard will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vinyard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vinyard staying out of range there.
Vinyard works Gold's body with a nice hook.
Gold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gold on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vinyard misses with a looping left.
Gold waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vinyard.
Vinyard only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Vinyard looks to land a right hand but Gold moved out of range.
Gold seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gold throws a low kick but Vinyard avoids it.
Vinyard throws a right hand that misses
and Gold counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gold swings widly with a right hand
and Vinyard counters with a straight right hand.
Vinyard thows a body kick. Gold tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gold lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinyard missing with a left hand there. Gold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Vinyard as he connects with a hook.
Vinyard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gold.
Vinyard throws a push kick but Gold slaps the foot to one side.
Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gold.
Vinyard slips under a jab.
Gold throws the left hand but Vinyard avoids the punch easily.
Vinyard lands a nice shot that snaps Gold's head back.
Gold slips a jab from Vinyard.
Vinyard throws a shot to the body.
Vinyard throws an off balance right hand
and Gold counters with a nice body kick.
Vinyard walks into a left hand.
Gold blocks a low kick nicely.
Vinyard on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Vinyard is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Vinyard! Gold dives in looking to finish! Vinyard is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liquid Gold!
After winning the bout, Liquid Gold thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.