PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eladio Vasquez (ranked 3637 p4p, 5811 weight class) and Piff Lord (ranked 446 p4p, 595 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Vasquez
vs
Lord

181 cm
28
185
3 - 6 - 0

184 cm
26
190
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eladio Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Piff Lord!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lord rushes Vasquez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Vasquez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lord controlling the action here for a moment.

Vasquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Vasquez.

Lord fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vasquez, pushing him back against the cage.

Vasquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez looks to land a combination but Lord avoids it well.
Lord swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasquez.

Lord has closed the distance and engaged Vasquez in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord tries a knee to the head but Vasquez blocks it.
Lord looking to stall.
Lord with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord misses with a knee to the head.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but Vasquez blocks with his arms.
Vasquez tries to break free but Lord pushes him back against the cage.
Lord prevents Vasquez from breaking the clinch.

Vasquez manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Vasquez.
Lord slips a jab and a cross from Vasquez.
Vasquez throws a head kick that misses.

Vasquez gets a clinch.
Vasquez tries to break free but Lord pushes him back against the cage.
Lord using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lord lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vasquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lord misses with a knee to the head.
Lord with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vasquez is trying to break free.
Lord misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vasquez.
Lord landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Lord.
Vasquez wants to break free but Lord has control.
A frustrated look appears on Vasquez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vasquez throws a head punch that misses.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but Vasquez blocks with his arms.
Vasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Lord won't allow it.
Lord scores with a knee to the head.
Vasquez can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord misses with a knee strike.

Vasquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez looks to clinch
and Lord counters with a head kick.
Vasquez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lord appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Lord moves into the clinch.
Vasquez working hard to break the clinch.
Lord is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lord misses with a knee to the head.
Vasquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've been informed that Lord has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Vasquez misses with a hook to the ribs.

Vasquez manages to break the clinch.

Lord gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Vasquez takes the fight into the clinch.
Lord slowing the pace effectively.
Vasquez misses with a body punch.
Lord misses with a knee to the head.
Lord throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lord prevents Vasquez from breaking the clinch.
Lord misses with a knee to the head.
Lord with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lord pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasquez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Vasquez fails with the takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Piff Lord dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lord clinches up against the cage.

Vasquez breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Vasquez.
Lord counters with a body kick.

Vasquez moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vasquez as Lord tries to tie him up.
Vasquez is trying to push Lord away but Lord has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez throws a right and a left that Lord avoids nicely.
Vasquez misses with a hook.

Lord instigates a clinch.

Vasquez breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vasquez.
Eladio Vasquez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lord is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vasquez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Lord clinches.

Vasquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez throws a lazy head kick
and Lord counters with a head kick. That will keep Vasquez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A combination from Vasquez does no damage.
Lord throws a fast counter high kick but Vasquez manages to duck under it in time.
Piff Lord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lord gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasquez is trying to force a seperation but Lord has the dominant position.
Lord keeps control of Vasquez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lord with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lord trying to stall but Vasquez improves his position.
Vasquez wants to break free but Lord has control.
Lord misses with a knee strike.
Piff Lord seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez is trying to break the clinch but Lord is controlling him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vasquez can't break the clinch.

Vasquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasquez lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Piff Lord has been cut.
Vasquez shoots in and drives through. Lord sprawls well.

Lord drives through and clinches with Vasquez against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasquez is trying to break free.
Lord keeps control of Vasquez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lord has him pressed against the cage.
Vasquez wants to break free but Lord has control.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lord throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vasquez blocks it with crossed arms.

Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez throws the kick towards the body but Lord avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Lord's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lord tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vasquez throws a low kick, looking for Lord's leg but Lord calmly moves out of range.
Vasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lord tries to clinch up but Vasquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lord tries to clinch up but Vasquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lord moves forwards but Vasquez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vasquez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Lord moves into range and clinches up with Vasquez.
Lord stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vasquez has had enough of the clinch but Lord keeps him there for the moment.
Vasquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Lord.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Vasquez misses with the combination.
Lord moves in looking to clinch but Vasquez pushes him off.
Vasquez shoots in looking for a takedown but Lord manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vasquez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Vasquez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez misses the shot to the body.
Vasquez tries to clinch but Lord is having none of it.
Vasquez wants to clinch.
Lord doesn't manage to clinch there - Vasquez circles away.
Lord fails with an attempt to clinch.

Lord closes the distance and clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eladio Vasquez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Piff Lord's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lord moves into the clinch.
Lord using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vasquez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lord missing with knees to the body.

Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Vasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vasquez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lord tries to avoid it but Vasquez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lord to the ground. Lord escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lord is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Lord tries to clinch up.
Lord tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vasquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vasquez misses with a straight right.

Lord closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vasquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lord rushes Vasquez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lord throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vasquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Lord throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vasquez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez tries to circle away but Lord has him pinned against the cage.
Vasquez is trying to break free.
Vasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Lord won't allow it.

Vasquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lord moves in looking to clinch but Vasquez pushes him off.
Vasquez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lord.

Lord instigates a clinch.

Vasquez breaks the clinch.
Lord avoids the head kick by Vasquez.
Vasquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eladio Vasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasquez is looking to score with low kicks.
Vasquez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Lord fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vasquez, pushing him back against the cage.
Vasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord slows down the pace here.
Vasquez trying to stall but Lord improves his position.
Lord using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vasquez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lord is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vasquez is trying to push Lord away but Lord has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lord stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lord with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lord landing knees to the head.
Lord keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vasquez's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez tries to break free but Lord pushes him back against the cage.
Lord tries to land knees in the clinch but Vasquez avoids the damage to the body.

Vasquez manages to break the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vasquez. That's going to slow Lord down.

Lord has managed to clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vasquez tries to break the clinch but Lord is controlling the position.
Lord unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vasquez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasquez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lord up against the cage.
Lord lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lord has Vasquez pressed against the cage, preventing Vasquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lord scores a nice knee to the body.
Lord is looking to control Vasquez's arms but Vasquez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lord has his back to the cage.
Come on Lord - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Lord won't allow it.
Lord lands a knee to the head.
Lord tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vasquez is trying to force a seperation but Lord has the dominant position.
Vasquez is looking to break free of the clinch but Lord has double underhooks.
Lord stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piff Lord comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lord has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piff Lord!