PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vishis Vourture (ranked 2003 p4p, 3109 weight class) and Jarron Faith (ranked 145 p4p, 209 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vourture
vs
Faith

163 cm
23
130
5 - 3 - 0

166 cm
22
137
4 - 6 - 0

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Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vishis Vourture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jarron Faith!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faith misses with a straight left.
Faith throws a head kick that misses.
Faith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Faith blocks the body kick.
Faith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vourture wants to land a leg kick but Faith is out of range.
Faith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vourture.
Faith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vourture. Vourture circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Faith connects with the punch.
Faith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Faith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vourture stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faith throws out a loose jab but Vourture uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vourture seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Faith lands a nice shot that snaps Vourture's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Faith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vourture, pushing him back against the cage.
Vourture scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vourture creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vourture's elbow.
Faith avoiding damage as Vourture throws knees to the body.
Faith looking to stall.
Faith taking a breather.

Vourture breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, jab by Faith - just one landing.

Faith closes the distance and clinches.
Vourture is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faith is defending well for now.
Vourture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vourture blocks the elbow strike.
Faith takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jarron Faith has been cut.
Vourture blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vourture misses with a knee to the head.
Vourture connects with a nasty looking knee right to Faith's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vourture.
Faith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faith presses Vourture against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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!
Vourture blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faith.
Vourture working aggressively here.
Vourture misses with a punch on the inside.
Vourture is trying to maintain a safe position but Faith gets an underhook and turns Vourture into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vourture avoids a wild elbow strike from Faith.

Vourture's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vourture throws a leg kick that misses.
Faith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faith lands with an uppercut that bounces Vourture off the cage and back into range.
Vourture uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faith.
Faith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Faith.
Faith has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Faith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Faith moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faith throws an overhand right that lands on Vourture's shoulder, as Vourture tries to avoid the shot.
Vourture throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Faith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vourture looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vourture tries to work over Faith's front leg with a kick but Faith checks it.
Vourture tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Faith is able to avoid easily.
It seemed like Faith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vourture needs to keep his hands up - Faith had a free shot at his head there.
Faith avoids the head kick by Vourture.
Faith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vourture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vourture uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faith.
Faith misses with a few strikes there.
Vourture lands a front kick.
Vourture goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That kick from Vourture tenderised Faith's leg. Faith is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Faith misses with a looping right.

Faith rushes Vourture and presses him up against the cage.
Faith throws a punch but it's blocked by Vourture.
Vourture is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Vourture's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faith is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vourture had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Vourture throws a solid leg kick but Faith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vourture.
Faith looks to throw the jab but Vourture is out of range.
Faith throws a jab when Vourture was well out of range.
Jarron Faith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vourture looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A lazy left from Vourture finds it's target.
Vourture feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Faiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Faith fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vourture on the side of the head.
Vourture swings for the body but Faith moves out of range.
Vourture backing away here, and Faith unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Vourture swats away the attempt to clinch by Faith.
Faith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Faith's corner calls for a 1-2. Faith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Faith blocks a head kick by Vourture.
Vourture misses with a head kick.
Faith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Faith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Faith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vourture can pounce on him.
Faith looks to land a right hand but Vourture moved out of range.

Vourture gets tackled into the cage by Faith. Faith maintains the clinch.
Faith lands a good knee to the midsection. Vourture won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vourture takes an elbow to the temple.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Vourture misses with a knee strike.

Vourture breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vourture throws out a leg kick but Faith moves out of range and Vourture only half commits.
Faith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vourture.
Vourture takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faith blocks a low kick nicely.
Faith jabs at Vourture's body.
Faith missing with a left hand there. Vourture was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Faith misses the shot to the body.
Faith just misses with a punch to the body.
Vourture throws a shot from downtown. Faith moves away and avoids it.
Faith connects with a body shot that sends Vourture's belly button to the back.
Faith misses with a wild body shot.
Faith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vourture counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Faith moves out of range of the body kick from Vourture.
Faith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vourture.
Faith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Faith throws a lazy right hand but Vourture sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faith feints a jab promting Vourture to slip. Faith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Vourture slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Faith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vourture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vourture pivots, looking for a leg kick but Faith is out of range and Vourture settles back down.

Faith closes the distance and clinches.
Vourture tries to stall but Faith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vourture swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vourture goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vourture tries to land knees in the clinch but Faith avoids the damage to the body.

Vourture manages to break the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Faith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Faith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vourture slips a straight right by Faith.
Vourture scores with a nice body kick.
Vourture throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Faith clobbers Vourture with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vourture throws a series of punches but Faith avoids them all with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Faith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vourture swats away the attempt to clinch by Faith.
Faith's corner calls for a 1-2. Faith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Faith lands with a nice body kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vourture with the inside leg kick.
Faith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Faith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vourture manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faith. Vourture does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Vourture.
Vourture is looking to score with low kicks.
Vourture uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faith.
The fighters circling - Faith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Faith throws a lazy uppercut
and Vourture connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faith moves out of range of the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Faith blocks the leg kick.
Faith appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Good work by Faith as he checks the leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jarron Faith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jarron Faith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Faith connects with a body shot that sends Vourture's belly button to the back.
Faith lands an overhand right.
A shot to the liver by Vourture. Beautiful body shot.
Vourture takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice shot by Faith.
Vourture takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice cross by Faith.
Vourture throws a leg kick but Faith sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Faith swings widly with a right hand
and Vourture counters with a low kick, right behind Faith 's knee.
Jarron Faith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Faith lands a right hook to the body.
Faith throws a head kick but Vourture moves out of range.
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!
Vourture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vourture dodges the punch combination from Faith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vourture moves out of range of the strikes.
Vourture feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Vourture keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vourture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vourture throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vourture misses with a straight right.
Vourture keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faith.
Faith throws a looping overhand right but Vourture ducks down to avoid it.
Vourture feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Faith checks a low kick from Vourture.
Faith misses with a body shot
and Vourture counters with a head kick. That will keep Faith thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Faith is rocked!
Vourture feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Faith collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vishis Vourture!