PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dwayne waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dwayne waters will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Vasquez
vs
waters

170 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
156 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

FinnFighters Nutrition
Frank`s TASTE

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ernesto Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, dwayne waters!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
waters has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from waters there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vasquez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vasquez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from waters.
waters ducks under a wild hook from Vasquez.
waters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
waters lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
waters is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vasquez throws a jab but it's blocked by waters.
waters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vasquez.
waters uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a body shot.
Vasquez throws a shot from downtown. waters moves away and avoids it.
Vasquez throws a shot to the body.
waters misses with a few strikes there.
Vasquez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from waters.
waters misses with a wild combination.
waters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vasquez throws a hook to the side of waters's head but waters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasquez throws a jab when waters was well out of range.
waters throws out a loose jab but Vasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
waters throws a series of strikes that have Vasquez backpedaling.
Vasquez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Vasquez misses its intended target.
Vasquez works over waters's head and body with a nice combination.
waters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

waters instigates a clinch.
Vasquez gets through waters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vasquez prevents a takedown attempt there.
waters drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vasquez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ernesto Vasquez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dwayne waters.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vasquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
waters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
waters trying to land knees to the body.
Vasquez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
waters is working for takedown but Vasquez is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from waters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by waters.

waters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
waters moves away from the strike by Vasquez.
Vasquez is really struggling to find his range with his punches. waters's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Vasquez misses with a combination
and waters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vasquez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from waters.
Vasquez throws a right hand that waters ducks under and follows up with a left that waters also avoids with ease.
A jab lands there for Vasquez.
waters fails to land the takedown.
waters throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from waters misses.
Vasquez misses with a wild body shot.
Vasquez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
waters has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vasquez finds it's way round the side to connect with waters's head.
Nice defenses there by Vasquez.
Ernesto Vasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez cracks waters with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

waters is rocked!
Vasquez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
waters is still on wobbly legs! Can Vasquez finish him?
Vasquez lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. waters is looking to close the distance but Vasquez sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! waters crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope waters is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Ernesto Vasquez!