PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Vatubua (ranked 5730 p4p, 5171 weight class) and Rengar Tritty (ranked 576 p4p, 554 weight class). Vatubua's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, O Fortuna. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vatubua
vs
Tritty

189 cm
18
203
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
214
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Vatubua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rengar Tritty!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vatubua darts in and clinches Tritty up against the cage.
Tritty is trying to break the clinch but Vatubua is controlling him.
Vatubua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tritty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tritty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vatubua.
Vatubua misses with a punch to the body.
Vatubua definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Vatubua tries to throw a body punch but Tritty avoids it by throwing Vatubua back against the cage.
Vatubua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vatubua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vatubua lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tritty looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vatubua throws an elbow but it misses.
Vatubua misses with a knee to the head.
Tritty blocks the elbow strike.
Vatubua stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatubua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Rengar Tritty has been cut.
Vatubua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vatubua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatubua creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Vatubua fails to land.
Vatubua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vatubua prevents Tritty from breaking the clinch.
Vatubua misses with a knee strike.
Tritty is trying to break the clinch but Vatubua is controlling him.
Vatubua can't find room to land a body shot as Tritty controls the action.
Vatubua lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Vatubua.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua trying to land knees to the body.
Vatubua swings wildly with an uppercut but Tritty uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Vatubua.
Vatubua misses with a knee strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vatubua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vatubua with a knee to the head.
Vatubua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tritty is defending well for now.
Vatubua scores with a knee to the head.
Vatubua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tritty wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatubua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua misses with a knee to the head.
Vatubua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but Tritty blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but Tritty blocks it.
Vatubua tries to work over Tritty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vatubua lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tritty is trying to push Vatubua away but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tritty's face.
Tritty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vatubua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vatubua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tritty is trying to break the clinch but Vatubua is controlling him.
Vatubua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Rengar Tritty's cut even more.
Tritty blocks an uppercut.
Vatubua has Tritty pressed against the cage, preventing Tritty from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tritty avoiding damage as Vatubua throws knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vatubua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Vatubua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rengar Tritty's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vatubua closes the distance and clinches.
Vatubua trying to land knees to the body.
Vatubua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tritty's face.
Vatubua prevents Tritty from breaking the clinch.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vatubua with a knee to the head.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but Tritty blocks it.
Vatubua misses with a knee to the head.
Vatubua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Vatubua.
Tritty avoids the elbow strike from Vatubua, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vatubua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tritty's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatubua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tritty is breathing heavily.
Vatubua misses with a punch on the inside.
Tritty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vatubua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tritty is defending well for now.
Vatubua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tritty can do to turn this around?
Tritty blocks an elbow strike from Vatubua.
Vatubua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tritty blocks it with crossed arms.
Vatubua swings wildly with an uppercut but Tritty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tritty blocks the elbow strike.
Vatubua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tritty in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tritty managing to block the knees to the body from Vatubua.
Vatubua has Tritty pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tritty takes an elbow to the temple.
Vatubua throws an elbow but it misses.
Vatubua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vatubua tries to throw a body punch but Tritty avoids it by throwing Vatubua back against the cage.
Vatubua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tritty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vatubua.
A short left from Vatubua.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tritty is trying to break free.
Vatubua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tritty being controlled against the cage.
Vatubua controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua struggles to land a body shot inside as Tritty controls his hands.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vatubua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vatubua misses with a knee to the head.
Vatubua stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vatubua is struggling to control the position.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but Tritty blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tritty tries to break the clinch but Vatubua is controlling the position.
Vatubua dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vatubua missing with knees to the body.
Tritty has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tritty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vatubua lands a nice knee to the body.
Vatubua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but Tritty blocks with his arms.
Tritty can't break the clinch.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Vatubua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rengar Tritty's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Vatubua is looking to clinch but Tritty is avoiding it.
Vatubua tries to clinch there but Tritty circles away.
Tritty lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Vatubua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tritty is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Vatubua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tritty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vatubua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tritty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Tritty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vatubua misses with an uppercut
and Tritty counters with a stiff right hand.
Vatubua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tritty makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatubua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vatubua wants to clinch but Tritty slips to the side
and Tritty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vatubua doesn't manage to clinch there - Tritty circles away.
Tritty swats away the attempt to clinch by Vatubua.
A little jabbing left from Tritty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fighters circling - Tritty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A cross from Tritty lands.
Tritty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rengar Tritty is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tritty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vatubua.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua is looking to clinch.
Tritty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vatubua.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tritty! But no joy.
Sam Vatubua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tritty misses with a series of wild punches.
Vatubua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vatubua tries to clinch
and Tritty counters with a stiff right hand.

Vatubua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vatubua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tritty blocks it with crossed arms.
Vatubua throws a head punch that misses.
Tritty is looking to break free of the clinch but Vatubua has double underhooks.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but Tritty blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tritty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tritty is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vatubua can't find room to land a body shot as Tritty controls the action.
Vatubua is struggling to control the position.
Tritty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vatubua slowing the pace effectively.
Tritty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vatubua scores with a knee to the head.
Vatubua misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vatubua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tritty is trying to push Vatubua away but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vatubua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tritty in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tritty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tritty being controlled against the cage.
Vatubua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vatubua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vatubua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vatubua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vatubua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rengar Tritty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tritty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Vatubua.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vatubua, 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Vatubua!
Sam Vatubua decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.