PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Edgy Brah (ranked 3534 p4p, 2369 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 355 p4p, 263 weight class). Brah kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dropped by Smoke Serpent. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Derek Vinyard enters the cage!

Brah
vs
Vinyard

173 cm
33
147
14 - 11 - 1

167 cm
32
145
21 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edgy Brah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brah moves out of range of the body kick.
Vinyard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brah tries to counter with a takedown but Vinyard is quick to defend against it.
Vinyard throws an overhand right that lands on Brah's shoulder, as Brah tries to avoid the shot.
Vinyard misses with a hook. Brah ducked under it nicely.

Vinyard moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Vinyard.
Brah working aggressively here.
Vinyard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brah lands a nice uppercut.
Brah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vinyard blocking some punches.
Vinyard swings wildly with an uppercut but Brah uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Brah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinyard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brah backwards.
Brah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard scores with a shot to the side of Brah's head.
Brah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vinyard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brah backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Brah fails to land.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard pushes Brah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vinyard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Brah seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vinyard can turn it around.
Brah blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vinyard blocking some punches.
Vinyard lands a shoulder strike.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vinyard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vinyard blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Vinyard.
Vinyard scores with a shoulder strike.
Brah throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinyard.
Brah throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinyard.
Brah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Vinyard.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brah misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinyard has a couple of punches blocked by Brah.
Vinyard throws a head punch that misses.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinyard blocks an uppercut.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinyard lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brah.
Vinyard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brah.
Brah has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard swings wildly with an uppercut but Brah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinyard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Vinyard - that landed with a thud.
Brah misses with the head strike.
Brah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vinyard works on Brah's body with a couple of short punches.
Brah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinyard throws a head punch that misses.
Vinyard presses Brah against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Vinyard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Vinyard.
Brah feinted with a counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Vinyard.
Vinyard throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brah drops his hands momentarily and Vinyard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vinyard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vinyard cracks Brah with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Vinyard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A low kick from Vinyard misses

and Brah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Vinyard tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Brah manages to move to mount!

Brah is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Vinyard lands with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinyard looks to score with a jab to the body but Brah is just out of range.
Brah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vinyard sprawls and moves away.

Vinyard rushes Brah and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vinyard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brah.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brah.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Vinyard.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brah working aggressively here.
Vinyard scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Vinyard fails to land.
Brah blocking some punches.
Derek Vinyard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Vinyard - that landed with a thud.
Brah takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinyard.

Vinyard manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vinyard.
Brah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vinyard sprawls and moves away.
Vinyard lands with an uppercut that bounces Brah off the cage and back into range.
Brah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vinyard.
Vinyard misses with a looping right.
Brah appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Vinyard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Derek Vinyard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vinyard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Brah counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brah.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vinyard looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Brah has picked Vinyard up and slammed him! Vinyard can't keep hold of the triangle and Brah manages to pass to side control!
Vinyard sneaks back into half guard.
Brah wants to stand up but Vinyard is controlling the position.
Vinyard trying to control but Brah postures up.
Vinyard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four 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.
Brah tries to stand and escape but Vinyard is controlling the position.

Vinyard looking for a kimura from the bottom but Brah passes into side control!

Brah decides to stand up, so the ref orders Vinyard to his feet.
A low kick from Vinyard misses

and Brah counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Derek Vinyard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Vinyard throws a body punch but Brah moves out of range.
Brah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vinyard sprawls and moves away.
The fighters circling - Vinyard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brah ducks under a wild hook from Vinyard.
Brah feinted with a counter takedown.
Vinyard throws out a loose jab but Brah uses good head movement to avoid it.

Vinyard takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinyard digs a right hand underneath Brah's ribcage. Brah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brah.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Brah fails to land.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinyard misses with a punch on the inside.
Brah misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vinyard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brah.
Vinyard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinyard misses with some punches.
Brah has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Brah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vinyard is leaning against Brah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinyard.
Vinyard blocking some punches.
Vinyard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brah throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinyard.
Brah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vinyard pushes Brah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brah swings wildly with an uppercut but Vinyard uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brah.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brah blocking some punches.
Brah working aggressively here.
Brah has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
Vinyard blocking some punches.
Brah misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vinyard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vinyard lands a shoulder strike.

Vinyard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vinyard lands a slapping body shot.
Derek Vinyard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brah takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Derek Vinyard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Vinyard misses.
Brah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Brah.
Vinyard lands a glancing blow to the side of Brah's head.
Vinyard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Edgy Brah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vinyard misses the shot to the body.
Brah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Vinyard misses with a left hand

so Brah counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brah is looking to stand up but Vinyard won't let him.

Brah gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Brah blocks a jab.

Vinyard moves into the clinch successfully.
Brah working aggressively here.
Vinyard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brah has a couple of punches blocked by Vinyard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinyard.
Brah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Edgy Brah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Brah fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Derek Vinyard.
I've got Vinyard winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

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