PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Vector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vector comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica : Whiplash. Vinnie Vector could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mario Hammer's chin.

Vector
vs
Hammer

190 cm
23
195 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

195 cm
20
192 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinnie Vector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mario Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vector throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Vector forces Hammer back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Vector has the dominant position.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Vector tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Vector misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Vector lands a nice uppercut.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Vector keeps him there for the moment.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
Vector landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hammer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vector has double underhooks.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Vector keeps him there for the moment.
Vector throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vector misses with a knee to the head.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vector prevents Hammer from breaking the clinch.
Vector creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hammers head.
Vector working Hammer over with knees to the body.
Vector looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Vector throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Vector keeps him there for the moment.
Vector has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hammer can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hammer manages to break the clinch.
Hammer throws the left hand but Vector avoids the punch easily.
Hammer throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Hammer misses.
Vector dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hammer. That did some damage!
Vector defending well as Hammer loads up on a big left hand.

Vector has Hammer up against the cage in a clinch.
Vector prevents Hammer from breaking the clinch.
Vector lands an elbow inside.
Vector lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vector tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Nice elbow from Vector.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Vector with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
Hammer looks gassed!
Hammer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vector keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Vector.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Vector.
Vector misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
Vector keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vector with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vector unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vector connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hammer's face.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vector lands a right hand.
Vector tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Vector misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vector comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vector using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vector struggles to land a body shot inside as Hammer controls his hands.
Vector missing with knees to the body.
Vector misses with a knee strike.

Hammer breaks the clinch.
Vector misses with a low kick.
Hammer misses with an uppercut.
Hammer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hammer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vector.
Vector throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hammer throws a big shot that misses.
Vector uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hammer.

Vector closes the distance and pushes Hammer back into the cage.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Vector keeps him there for the moment.
Vector trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hammer breaks from the clinch.
Vector lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vector walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vector throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vector keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vector lands with a kick to the temple. Hammer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Vector closes the distance and clinches.
Vector unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vector comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vector connects with a knee to the head.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hammer tries to break free but Vector pushes him back against the cage.
Hammer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vector won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Vector comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vector lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vector tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vector lands an elbow inside that Hammer shrugs off.
Vector has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hammers head.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vector misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer managing to block the knees to the body from Vector.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hammer looks to land a left hand but Vector moved out of range nicely.

Vector closes the distance and clinches.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Vector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hammer backwards.
Vector prevents Hammer from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vector keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vector landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A knee to the head by Vector.
Vector is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Hammer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hammer manages to break the clinch.
Vector cracks the inside of Hammer's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Vector dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A decent looking body kick lands there for Vector.
Hammer just misses with a punch to the body.
Vector feints and then cracks Hammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hammer down.
Vector fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vector cracks the inside of Hammer's front leg.
Vector lands with a slapping head kick.
Vector slips a straight right by Hammer.
Hammer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vector pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vinnie Vector is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vector with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hammer throws a lazy right hand but Vector sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hammer.
A slow jab from Hammer misses its intended target.
Vector ducks under a wild hook from Hammer.
Hammer throws a jab but it's blocked by Vector.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
Vector lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Vector.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vector. That's going to slow Hammer down.

Vector clinches up with Hammer and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vector misses with a knee strike.
Hammer tries to break free but Vector pushes him back against the cage.
Hammer can't break the clinch.
Vector landing knees to the body.
Vector lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vector lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Vector.
Vector lands a good knee to the midsection. Hammer won't want to take too many of those.
Vector putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vector working Hammer over with knees to the body.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Vinnie Vector has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vector tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Vector with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hammer tries to circle away but Vector has him pinned against the cage.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Hammer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vector has double underhooks.
Vector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
Vector digs a right hand underneath Hammer's ribcage. Hammer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vector utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Vector has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Vector has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hammer tries to circle away but Vector has him pinned against the cage.
Vector lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vector obliges.
Vector creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hammer's defenses.
Vector has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Vector with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hammer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer wants to break free but Vector has control.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vector gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Vector has the dominant position.
Vector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
Vector lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Vector putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hammer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vector with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vector lands a nice elbow.
Hammer tries to break free but Vector pushes him back against the cage.
Vector throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vector misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Vector has the dominant position.
Vector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
A right handed body shot lands from Vector.
Vector landing knees to the body.
Vector throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vector trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer tries to circle away but Vector has him pinned against the cage.
Vector with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vector throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hammer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Vector.
Hammer can't break the clinch.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vector using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hammer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hammer's efforts to push away.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vector with a nice cross.
Hammer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vector.
Hammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Vector closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vector lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hammer is trying to force a seperation but Vector has the dominant position.
Vector scores with a knee to the head.
Hammer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vector has double underhooks.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector scores with a knee to the head.
Vector lands an elbow inside.
Vector gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Vector lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vector lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hammer or not.
Vector scores a nice knee to the body.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Vector.
Hammer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vector won't allow it.
Vector scores with a knee to the head.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vector delivers a nice body kick.
Vector moves out of range of the strikes.
Hammer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinnie Vector dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hammer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vector.
Vector uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hammer.

Vector closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector connects with a knee to the head.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vector throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hammer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vector was well out of range. Poor timing from Hammer.
Vector connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vector scores with a jab.
Hammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vector feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hammer's calf.

Vector takes the fight into the clinch.
Vector digs a right hand into Hammer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hammer's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vector lands a good knee to the midsection. Hammer won't want to take too many of those.
Vector misses with a knee to the head.
Vector lands with a left to the head.
Vector landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Vector.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vector has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vector with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Vector working Hammer over with knees to the body.
Vector keeps control of Hammer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vector lands a knee to the body.
Hammer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vector utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vector with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vector lands a high kick!
Hammer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vector doesn't seem bothered though.
Vector displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hammer throws out the jab.
Vector goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hammer lands a jab.
Hammer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vector circles away quickly and effectively.
Vector is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hammer can do to turn this around?
Vector lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Vector moves into the clinch.
Hammer has had enough of the clinch but Vector keeps him there for the moment.
Hammer tries to break free but Vector pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vector connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hammer's face.
Vector tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Vector lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vector is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Vector lands an elbow inside that Hammer shrugs off.
Vector lands a shoulder strike.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Vector is controlling him.
Mario Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vector throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Hammer.

Hammer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Vector.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hammer wants to get back to striking at distance but Vector won't allow it.
Hammer takes an elbow to the temple.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vector crunches a lovely knee into Hammer's ribcage.
Vector landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hammer tries to break the clinch but Vector is controlling the position.
Vector working Hammer over with knees to the body.
Vector has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vector lands an elbow inside that Hammer shrugs off.
Hammer wants to break free but Vector has control.
Vector crunches a lovely knee into Hammer's ribcage.
Hammer is looking to break free of the clinch but Vector has double underhooks.
Vector creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hammer's defenses.
Vector looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.

Hammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hammer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vector scoring well with a low kick there.
Vector lands a head kick!
Hammer misses with a hook.
Hammer throws a hook to the side of Vector's head but Vector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vector connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vector lands a head kick. Hammer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mario Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammer throws a jab but it's blocked by Vector.
Vinnie Vector is winning the standup battle so far.
Hammer misses with a hook.
Hammer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vector can pounce on him.
Vector thumps Hammer with a low kick.
Vector scores with a head kick.
Vinnie Vector is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Vector rushes Hammer and presses him up against the cage.
Vector scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hammer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Vector.
A short uppercut from Vector.
Vector utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vector scores with a knee to the head.
Vector landing knees to the head.
Vector has Hammer pressed against the cage, preventing Hammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
Vector lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vector obliges.
Hammer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vector stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hammer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vector lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hammer gets through Vector's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vector has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Vector.
Vector lands an elbow that stopped Hammer in his tracks for a moment.
Vector scores with a shot to the side of Hammer's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinnie Vector showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vector has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinnie Vector!