PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bachman Viceington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Notch Perrson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Notch Perrson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Viceington
vs
Perrson

170 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

206 cm
21
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bachman Viceington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Notch Perrson!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Viceington gets a takedown into half guard.
Perrson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Viceington throwing shots but Perrson is blocking nicely.
Viceington lands strikes from half guard.
Perrson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Viceington is stalling here. Perrson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Viceington seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Perrson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Viceington is trying to get back to his feet.
Perrson wants to control but Viceington is keeping him busy.
Viceington wants to get back to his feet.
Viceington on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Viceington tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perrson wants to stand but Viceington has his arm trapped.

Perrson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Viceington wants to control but Perrson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perrson trying to control the position but Viceington is working away.

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.
Viceington is letting Perrson control him for a moment.
Viceington is trying to get back to half guard.
Perrson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Perrson tries to move to mount but Viceington blocks the move with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Notch Perrson.

Perrson tries to sprawl but Viceington drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Viceington lands a nice short elbow.
Perrson trying to control from the bottom.
Viceington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Viceington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Viceington trying to control from half guard but Perrson is working away.
Viceington 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perrson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Viceington scores with a couple of nice shots.
Perrson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Viceington scores with a couple of nice shots.
Viceington sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Perrson defending well though.
Perrson tries to roll over but Viceington keeps him under control.
Viceington trying to control the action but Perrson is working from the bottom.
Viceington lands strikes from half guard.
Viceington is thwarting Perrson's attempts to control the position.
Perrson is looking for a sweep. Viceington is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bachman Viceington dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Perrson misses with a hook to the body

and Viceington decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Perrson's guard.
Perrson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Perrson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Viceington with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Viceington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Viceington works over Perrson with some ground and pound from guard.
Viceington scoring with some ground and pound.
Viceington passes Perrson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Viceington lands strikes from half guard.
Perrson is breathing heavily.

Viceington is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Perrson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Perrson is not content to let Viceington control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viceington scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Viceington lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Viceington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Viceington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Viceington lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Viceington.
Perrson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Viceington is trying to work for a kimura but Perrson is defending well.
Viceington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Perrson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perrson wants to control but Viceington is keeping busy.
Viceington lands with a punch from half guard.
Viceington thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perrson's head.
Viceington looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Perrson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Viceington.

Perrson is defending against the submission attempts here by Viceington.
Viceington prevents Perrson from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Viceington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perrson is looking to improve his position.
Viceington winds up and cracks Perrson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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. Viceington connects with a nice short shot to Perrson's temple.
Perrson is looking to escape.
Perrson taking some punishment here, with Viceington in his half guard.
Viceington working over Perrson with some ground and pound. Perrson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Viceington lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Perrson taking some punishment here, with Viceington in his half guard.
Well, if Viceington is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Viceington working Perrson over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viceington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Viceington is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ground and pound from Viceington.
Viceington scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Viceington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Viceington takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Viceington misses with a head shot. Perrson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Viceington trying to control but Perrson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bachman Viceington dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Perrson wants to clinch but Viceington slips to the side

and Viceington counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Viceington trying to control the position from guard on top but Perrson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perrson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Viceington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Perrson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Viceington is controlling him.
Viceington might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Perrson has momentary wrist control but Viceington slips an elbow through the middle.
Viceington lands a couple of elbows.
Viceington landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Perrson has momentary wrist control but Viceington slips an elbow through the middle.
Viceington trying to control the position from guard on top but Perrson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viceington working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Perrson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Viceington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Perrson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Perrson looking to control.
Viceington connects with a couple of short punches.
Viceington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Viceington chips away with some ground and pound.
Viceington wants to control from the top but Perrson keeps moving.
Viceington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Perrson looking for a sweep. Not yet Perrson, not yet.
Viceington sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Perrson's guard.
Perrson is trying to stand.
Viceington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Perrson wants to get back to his feet.
Viceington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perrson keeps working.
Viceington scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Viceington has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viceington cracks Perrson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Viceington raining down shots from the mount!
Perrson is trying to stand.
Viceington lands a big elbow.
Bachman Viceington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Viceington connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Viceington unloading with bombs!
Perrson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Perrson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

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.
Viceington has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Perrson's face.
Viceington with good strikes from the mount here!
Viceington lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BOOM! Viceington connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Viceington avoids the attempt from Perrson to control.
Bachman Viceington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Perrson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Viceington punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Viceington.
Notch Perrson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viceington controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bachman Viceington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Viceington 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bachman Viceington!