PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Vinicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chris bridges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). chris bridges is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Vinicius
vs
bridges

175 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Vinicius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, chris bridges!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinicius shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as bridges sprawls well. bridges wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vinicius gets slowly back to his feet.
bridges doesn't manage to clinch there - Vinicius circles away.
bridges fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

bridges gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vinicius to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vinicius preventing the sweep.
Vinicius lands a couple of digs.
Vinicius thows a big elbow that misses.
Vinicius with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vinicius throws a big right hand that misses.
Vinicius thows a big elbow that misses.
bridges preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
bridges looking for a sweep. Not yet bridges, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Vinicius has managed to clinch.
bridges drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vinicius pulls his leg out and moves away.

Vinicius gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinicius lands an uppercut.
Vinicius changes levels and goes for a takedown here. bridges fights it off and pushes away nicely.
bridges throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

bridges moves into range and clinches up with Vinicius.

bridges gets a trip takedown into half guard.
bridges landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vinicius moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
bridges prevents Vinicius from getting back to his feet.
bridges landing some decent shots from guard.
Vinicius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vinicius knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for bridges on the ground.
bridges is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

bridges drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vinicius dives on top into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bridges looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
bridges will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
bridges is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vinicius loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

bridges looking for a guillotine here but Vinicius defends easily.
bridges looks gassed!
bridges lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Vinicius works over bridges with some ground and pound from guard.
Vinicius scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vinicius trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius throwing strikes from guard but bridges blocks nicely.
bridges is trying to control the position but Vinicius postures up.
bridges working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vinicius.
bridges tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vinicius working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
bridges controls Vinicius momentarily but Vinicius frees himself.
bridges manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vinicius is in all sorts of trouble here.
Poor strikes thrown by bridges there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Vinicius is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vinicius is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vinicius wants to control but bridges is having none of it.

Vinicius somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Vinicius changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. bridges tries to avoid it but Vinicius manages to keep hold of a leg and drag bridges to the ground. bridges escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Vinicius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
bridges throws a series of punches but Vinicius moves out of range.
bridges throws a sloppy head kick and Vinicius moves out of range easily.

Vinicius moves into the clinch.
bridges keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vinicius's efforts to push away.
bridges wants a takedown.

bridges decides to pull guard.
Vinicius wants to stand but bridges is controlling his posture from full guard.
Vinicius in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mark Vinicius will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vinicius misses with a body kick.

bridges gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vinicius to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vinicius with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vinicius accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
bridges is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vinicius stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. bridges swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vinicius cracks bridges with a solid left hand.
bridges throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Vinicius throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

bridges is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now bridges is on top in guard.
bridges is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinicius not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vinicius throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Vinicius avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vinicius looking to hit a scissor sweep but bridges is one step ahead there.
bridges looking to sit in guard and control but Vinicius gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vinicius thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
bridges seems keen to control Vinicius's posture.
Vinicius throws a big right hand that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
bridges shoots in looking for a takedown. Vinicius tries to sprawl out of it but bridges keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vinicius manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
bridges misses with a straight right.
bridges fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vinicius.
Vinicius lands a with a good body shot.
Vinicius misses with a takedown

and bridges counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Vinicius is looking for a sweep. bridges is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

bridges stands up from half guard.

Vinicius closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius keeps control of bridges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vinicius creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Vinicius tightens his grip and picks bridges up, before dumping him to the ground. bridges manages to land in guard.
bridges working a defensive guard here.

bridges is looking for a triangle but Vinicius pushes his legs off easily.
Vinicius cracks bridges with a solid left hand.

bridges has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vinicius can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vinicius with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vinicius is looking to work some ground and pound but bridges has wrist control.

bridges wriggles free and stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius misses with a body kick.
Mark Vinicius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Vinicius scores a takedown into full mount!
Vinicius landing strikes from the mount.
bridges tries to hold on but Vinicius pushes him away.
You get the feeling that bridges really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vinicius lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vinicius looking to finish bridges with some ground and pound. This is bad for bridges!
bridges really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vinicius with good strikes from the mount here!
Vinicius lands with some vicious ground and pound - can bridges hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Vinicius will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Vinicius swats away the attempt to clinch by bridges.

Vinicius drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mark Vinicius overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vinicius throws a big right hand that misses.
Vinicius wants to stand and escape but instead bridges has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Vinicius working for submissions but it's allowed bridges to get to half guard.
bridges throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
bridges looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vinicius with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
bridges throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
bridges missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinicius blocking the ground and pound attempt from bridges.
bridges missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vinicius on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vinicius tries to get out of the position.
bridges prevents Vinicius from improving his position.
bridges is trying to control the action in half guard but Vinicius is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vinicius shoots in for a takedown but bridges shows good takedown defense.
Vinicius displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from bridges.
No luck with that takedown attempt from bridges.
bridges has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vinicius fails to land with a series of punches.

bridges scores a takedown into full mount!
Vinicius is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

bridges jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Vinicius is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Vinicius and bridges has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Vinicius takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Vinicius is looking for a sweep.

bridges decides to stand back up.

Vinicius scores with a takedown into bridges's guard.
Vinicius wants to stand but bridges is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bridges lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vinicius!
Vinicius is squirming around, avoiding bridges's attempts to control the action.
bridges with a couple of short strikes.
Vinicius avoids a series of strikes thrown by bridges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
bridges tries to control but Vinicius wriggling away.
Vinicius is looking to get to half guard.
bridges connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Vinicius is desperately trying to improve his position but bridges has a good base and remains in mount.
bridges breaks from Vinicius's wrist control and lands an elbow.
bridges trying to control but Vinicius is having none of it.
Vinicius working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to chris bridges.
I think Vinicius has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Vinicius!