PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Vaghi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Brunswick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Vaghi
vs
Brunswick

186 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Plays chess

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Vaghi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Brunswick!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Vaghi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brunswick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brunswick swings for the body but Vaghi moves out of range.
Vaghi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brunswick swivels and escapes.
Vaghi tries to clinch but Brunswick moves away

and Brunswick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brunswick.
Vaghi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brunswick lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vaghi fails to pull guard.
Vaghi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brunswick has Vaghi pushed against the cage.
Vaghi looking to stall.
Vaghi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Vaghi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vaghi can't break the clinch.
Brunswick stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brunswick lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunswick lands a shot to the body.
Brunswick taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Brunswick fails to land.
Vaghi tries to pull guard but Brunswick holds him up against the cage and eventually Vaghi drops back down to his feet.
Vaghi prevents Brunswick from breaking the clinch.
Brunswick scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Brunswick.
Vaghi tries to pull guard but Brunswick won't allow it.
Brunswick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vaghi wants to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brunswick.
Vaghi goes for a takedown attempt but Brunswick pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vaghi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaghi is looking to clinch but Brunswick is avoiding it.
Brunswick tries to clinch up but Vaghi circles away and keeps his distance.
A lazy body kick from Vaghi

and Brunswick counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Vaghi is looking to improve his position.
Vaghi trying to control from the bottom.

Brunswick decides to stand and escape the position.
Vaghi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brunswick counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Brunswick looks gassed!
Vaghi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brunswick counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vaghi has closed the distance and engaged Brunswick in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Brunswick.

Brunswick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vaghi fails with the takedown
and Brunswick counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brunswick tries to clinch but Vaghi is having none of it.
Brunswick moves in looking to clinch but Vaghi pushes him off.
Vaghi tries to clinch
and Brunswick counters with a good low kick that Vaghi was not able to check.
Brunswick tries to clinch but Vaghi moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Brunswick.
Vaghi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Brunswick moves into range and clinches up with Vaghi.
Vaghi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Brunswick manages to break the clinch.
Vaghi keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaghi tries a head kick but it misses.
Brunswick doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaghi circles away.
Brunswick is looking to clinch but Vaghi is avoiding it.
Vaghi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brunswick. That one must have hurt.
Vaghi misses with a takedown
and Brunswick counters with a stiff right hand.
Brunswick fakes the leg kick and cracks Vaghi in the body.
Brunswick doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaghi circles away.
Vaghi tries to clinch up

and Brunswick decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vaghi's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brunswick wanted to stand there but Vaghi had control of the position.
Vaghi wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Brunswick dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vaghi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Vaghi lands in his opponent's guard.
Vaghi wanted to stand there but Brunswick had control of the position.
Vaghi prevents Brunswick from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brunswick keeping moving, preventing Vaghi from controlling successfully.

Brunswick has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Vaghi off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vaghi misses with a takedown attempt

and Brunswick counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vaghi is working for takedown but Brunswick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vaghi has Brunswick pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brunswick manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Vaghi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brunswick is stalling here.

Vaghi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaghi lands a jab to Brunswick's midsection.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vaghi.
Brunswick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vaghi darts in trying to clinch
and Brunswick counters with a low kick, right behind Vaghi 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vaghi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brunswick keeps the fight on the outside.
Brunswick tries to land a leg kick but Vaghi saw it coming and moves away.
Brunswick tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vaghi counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vaghi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Vaghi lands in his opponent's guard.
Vaghi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brunswick is keeping the position for now.
Brunswick keeping moving, preventing Vaghi from controlling successfully.
Brunswick bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vaghi's guard.
Brunswick wants to stand and escape but instead Vaghi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brunswick can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brunswick is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brunswick wants to stand but Vaghi has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaghi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brunswick's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brunswick's back!
Vaghi trying to control momentarily.
Vaghi is really struggling to control Brunswick but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Brunswick breaks Vaghi's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Vaghi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brunswick can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vaghi controls Brunswick momentarily but Brunswick frees himself.
Brunswick wanted to stand there but Vaghi had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vaghi is trying to control the position but Brunswick postures up.
Vaghi keeping moving, preventing Brunswick from controlling successfully.
Vaghi trying to keep a closed guard but Brunswick is proving a slippery customer.
Brunswick stays in close to Vaghi's body and controls the position.
Vaghi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brunswick's guard.
Vaghi stops Brunswick from standing up.
Brunswick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Vaghi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brunswick.

Vaghi tries to keep at a distance but Brunswick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brunswick lands a knee to the head.

Vaghi manages to pull guard.
Vaghi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vaghi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brunswick.
Brunswick must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brunswick stands and throws Vaghi's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Brunswick decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Vaghi tries to clinch up.
Brunswick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vaghi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Brunswick clinches.
Brunswick trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunswick cracks Vaghi with a nice body shot.

Brunswick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Vaghi clinches up with Brunswick and pushes him back against the cage.
Vaghi tries to break the clinch but Brunswick is controlling the position.

Brunswick manages to break the clinch.
Brunswick misses with a low kick.
Vaghi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brunswick missing with a left hand there. Vaghi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vaghi fails with the takedown

and Brunswick holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vaghi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vaghi tries to stall but Brunswick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brunswick gets through Vaghi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Vaghi jumps guard.
Brunswick tries to free his leg and advance position but Vaghi is retaining full guard.
Brunswick stopping the sweep attempt from Vaghi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vaghi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Brunswick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vaghi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Vaghi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brunswick tries to free his leg and advance position but Vaghi is retaining full guard.

Vaghi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brunswick can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vaghi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaghi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brunswick preventing the sweep.
Vaghi is pulling down on Brunswick's head to control his posture.
Vaghi working a defensive guard here.
Vaghi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brunswick is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brunswick tries to stand but Vaghi is controlling from the bottom.
Vaghi has Brunswick pulled in close to control his posture.
Brunswick stopping the sweep attempt from Vaghi.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vaghi lands with a slapping head kick.
Brunswick tries to clinch but Vaghi moves out of range.
Brunswick stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brunswick.
Vaghi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brunswick counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ivan Vaghi.
I think Vaghi 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Vaghi!