PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Vronsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bryce ahr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Vronsky could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to bryce ahr's chin.

Vronsky
vs
ahr

181 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Crippler's Corner
Crippler's Corner

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Vronsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bryce ahr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ahr dives in and grabs Vronsky's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vronsky pushes down on ahr's head and hops out.
Vronsky scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
ahr fails with the takedown.
ahr fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Michael Vronsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bryce ahr.

Vronsky shoots in and bounces ahr off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Vronsky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
ahr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vronsky content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vronsky keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of ahr's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vronsky throwing strikes but missing.
ahr wants to control the position but Vronsky says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Vronsky lands strikes from half guard.
ahr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vronsky looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
ahr wants to control but Vronsky is keeping busy and won't allow it.
ahr taking some punishment here, with Vronsky in his half guard.
Vronsky controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vronsky takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vronsky is nestled in close to ahr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
ahr looks gassed!
Vronsky working the head and body with strikes.
Vronsky is nestled in close to ahr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
ahr taking some punishment here, with Vronsky in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Vronsky there.
Vronsky working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ahr is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vronsky scores with a couple of nice shots.
Still in half guard, Vronsky seems content to control.
Vronsky lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Vronsky seems content to control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vronsky connects with a nice short shot to ahr's temple.
Vronsky is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vronsky sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vronsky working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Vronsky looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vronsky takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vronsky looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Vronsky there.
Vronsky seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vronsky is nestled in close to ahr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vronsky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
ahr taking some punishment here, with Vronsky in his half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vronsky uses his free foot to push down on ahr's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for ahr.
Vronsky scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Vronsky 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.

ahr gets caught flat footed, as Vronsky shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
ahr has momentary wrist control but Vronsky slips an elbow through the middle.
Vronsky landing some decent shots from guard.
Vronsky postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
ahr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vronsky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vronsky distracts ahr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vronsky passes ahr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vronsky looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks ahr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
ahr is breathing heavily.
Vronsky controlling the pace.
Vronsky passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vronsky sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vronsky has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
ahr wants to hold on but Vronsky pushes him away.

That's two 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.
Vronsky punishing his opponent with strikes.
ahr is desperately trying to improve his position but Vronsky has a good base and remains in mount.
Vronsky controlling from the full mount.
Vronsky working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Vronsky landing strikes, looking to finish!
Michael Vronsky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vronsky landing punches.
Vronsky working ahr over with strikes here.

ahr is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vronsky working away from the top, dropping strikes.
ahr is still in real trouble! Can Vronsky finish him?
Vronsky putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vronsky lands a big elbow.
Vronsky with the ground and pound from mount.
Vronsky lands a big shot there that rocks ahr but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Vronsky loads up with a big shot that hurts ahr! He's pulled Vronsky in close but Vronsky has postured up and lands more strikes. Can ahr survive? More strikes from Vronsky and ahr is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Michael Vronsky!