|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovid Julios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Vanhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vanhorn has chosen Cult of Personality as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
26
279 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
|
193 cm
27
265 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ovid Julios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lex Vanhorn!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanhorn looks for a takedown but Julios sprawls well.
Julios moves into range and clinches up with Vanhorn.
Julios tries a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vanhorn.
Julios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vanhorn.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhorn's face.
Julios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vanhorn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Julios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Julios lands a nice knee to the body.
Vanhorn looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Julios scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Lex Vanhorn has been cut.
Julios prevents a body shot from Vanhorn.
Vanhorn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vanhorn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Julios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julios with a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks with his arms.
Julios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhorn blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanhorn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Julios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Julios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhorn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Julios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks with his arms.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhorn's face.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Julios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Julios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Julios connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Julios.
Julios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhorn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks with his arms.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks with his arms.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vanhorn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vanhorn is trying to pull guard but Julios has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Julios misses with a knee to the head.
Vanhorn jumps guard but Julios stands there with Vanhorn around his waist. Vanhorn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ovid Julios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lex Vanhorn.
Julios tries a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks it.
Julios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhorn blocks it with crossed arms.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhorn's face.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhorn's face.
Julios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhorn blocks it with crossed arms.
Vanhorn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Julios is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vanhorn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Julios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhorn blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Vanhorn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Julios gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Julios scores with a knee to the head.
Julios misses with a knee strike.
Vanhorn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Julios up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios misses with a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks with his arms.
Vanhorn tries to score a body lock takedown but Julios shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vanhorn jumps guard but Julios stands there with Vanhorn around his waist. Vanhorn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vanhorn tries to pull guard but Julios holds him up against the cage and eventually Vanhorn drops back down to his feet.
Julios tries a knee to the head but Vanhorn blocks it.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vanhorn's face.
Julios looking to throw knees to the head but Vanhorn is blocking nicely.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vanhorn effectively controlling the action here.
Vanhorn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Julios just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanhorn is trying to pull guard but Julios turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Julios misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Julios.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vanhorn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vanhorn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Julios with a knee to the head.
Julios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanhorn blocks it with crossed arms.
Julios landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Julios landing knees to the head.
Julios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Julios misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Julios tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Julios misses with a knee strike.
Vanhorn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Julios lands a knee to the head.
Julios scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lex Vanhorn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Julios is looking to clinch.
Vanhorn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Julios is trying to defend but Vanhorn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Julios gets full guard.
Julios looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Julios wants to sweep but no luck.
Vanhorn looking to pass the guard.
Vanhorn stopping the sweep attempt from Julios.
Julios is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Julios keeping full guard, as Vanhorn tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios keeping moving, preventing Vanhorn from controlling successfully.
Vanhorn is breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Julios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vanhorn gets tackled into the cage by Julios. Julios maintains the clinch.
Vanhorn jumps guard.
Julios pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vanhorn is keeping the position for now.
Julios trying to control but Vanhorn is working from the bottom.
Julios is looking to stand up but Vanhorn won't let him.
Julios wants to control from the top but Vanhorn keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ovid Julios just wasn't active enough.
Julios lands a high kick to the side of Vanhorn's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Julios dives into guard, looking to finish.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanhorn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Julios doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Julios manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Julios stands and steps away. Vanhorn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Julios moves in looking to clinch but Vanhorn pushes him off.
Lex Vanhorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanhorn tries for a takedown but Julios circles away easily
and Julios counters with a head kick that drops Vanhorn!
Vanhorn is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Julios pushing down on Vanhorn's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Vanhorn is still in real trouble! Can Julios finish him?
Julios seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Julios is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Vanhorn seems to have recovered his senses.
Julios is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vanhorn can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanhorn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Julios would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Julios wants to control from the top but Vanhorn keeps moving.
Julios trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vanhorn's guard.
Julios looking to sit in guard and control but Vanhorn gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Julios looking for subs off his back but Vanhorn has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanhorn trying to control from half guard but Julios is working away.
Vanhorn is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Julios is just riding it out for now. Vanhorn eventually gives up the hold.
Julios is looking for a sweep. Vanhorn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Julios looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Julios controlling the position well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lex Vanhorn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Vanhorn fails with the takedown
and Julios counters with a flying knee that drops Vanhorn!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vanhorn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Julios gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Julios trying to control but Vanhorn is working from the bottom.
Julios wants to stand but Vanhorn is controlling his posture from full guard.
Julios got a little sloppy there for a moment and Vanhorn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Julios has managed to get both his arms back between Vanhorn's legs - danger averted.
Vanhorn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Julios looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios trying to control but Vanhorn is working from the bottom.
Julios wants to get up but he can't break Vanhorn's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Julios decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Vanhorn looks for a takedown but Julios sprawls well.
Julios plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Julios moves into the clinch successfully.
Julios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanhorn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vanhorn takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanhorn pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanhorn is looking for a triangle but Julios pushes his legs off easily.
Vanhorn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Julios defends well.
Julios sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vanhorn's guard.
Julios is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Julios tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanhorn wants to improve his position but Julios is controlling well.
Julios is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Vanhorn is just riding it out for now. Julios eventually gives up the hold.
Julios stalling.
Julios is stalling here. Vanhorn is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Julios seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Vanhorn has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ovid Julios overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julios is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Julios gets back to half guard.
Julios is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vanhorn's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vanhorn's back!
Julios is working for a rear naked choke. Vanhorn is not defending it well and Julios has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Vanhorn refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Vanhorn's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ovid Julios!
A very excited looking Ovid Julios rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
