PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vandelay comes to the cage accompanied by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man . Chen has chosen Black Sabbath - War Pigs as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Vandelay
vs
Chen

173 cm
27
154 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

178 cm
28
160 lbs
11 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Art Vandelay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kung Chen!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vandelay. Vandelay obviously looking to wear him down.

Chen clinches up against the cage.
Chen is trying to push Vandelay away but Vandelay has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Chen.
Vandelay has Chen pressed against the cage, preventing Chen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chen is trying to break the clinch but Vandelay is controlling him.
Vandelay lands an uppercut.

Vandelay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Chen.

Chen clinches up against the cage.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vandelay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vandelay lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chen is looking to break free of the clinch but Vandelay has double underhooks.
A short left from Vandelay.
Chen has had enough of the clinch but Vandelay keeps him there for the moment.
Vandelay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vandelay manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Chen misses.
Vandelay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vandelay feints and then cracks Chen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chen down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Chen misses.
Vandelay avoids the body shot from Chen.
Kung Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen is looking to chop away at Vandelay's legs.
Chen looks to land a right hand but Vandelay moved out of range.
Chen throws the left hand but Vandelay avoids the punch easily.
Chen is looking to clinch but Vandelay is avoiding it.
Vandelay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chen.
Vandelay dips to his left and cracks Chen with an uppercut!
Vandelay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kung Chen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good shot there by Chen.
Chen thows a leg kick but Vandelay checks it
and Vandelay counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chen's knee momentarily.
Vandelay looks to land a left hand but Chen moved out of range nicely.
Chen throws a series of punches but Vandelay avoids them all with ease.
Chen is looking to clinch but Vandelay is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandelay fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vandelay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vandelay is looking to slow Chen down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Vandelay.
Vandelay is looking to clinch but Chen is avoiding it.
Vandelay misses with a head kick.
A combination from Chen does no damage.
Vandelay shoots in for a takedown but Chen shows good takedown defense.
Chen throws out a loose jab but Vandelay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vandelay misses with a low kick as Chen jumps back.
No joy there for Chen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vandelay has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vandelay there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chen looks to land a body kick but Vandelay moved away.
Chen lands a head kick. Vandelay smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Chen thows a leg kick but Vandelay checks it
and Vandelay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chen works over Vandelay's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Art Vandelay has been cut.
Chen tries to land a body kick
and Vandelay counters with a leg kick.
Vandelay keeps the fight on the outside.
Vandelay thows a body shot but no joy.
Chen misses with a body kick.
Vandelay buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vandelay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chen.
Vandelay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chen wants to clinch.
Vandelay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Chen tries to keep at a distance but Vandelay has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vandelay throws a head punch that misses.
Chen misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen slowing the pace effectively.
Chen blocking some punches.
Vandelay struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen.
Chen can't break the clinch.
Vandelay lands with a right to the head.
Chen tries to break free but Vandelay pushes him back against the cage.

Chen breaks from the clinch.
Chen connects with a looping right hand.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vandelay throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chen throws out a powerful jab.
Chen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vandelay counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chen throws a jab when Vandelay was well out of range.
Vandelay feints and then cracks Chen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chen down.
Vandelay throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kung Chen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Art Vandelay's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vandelay throws a low kick, looking for Chen's leg but Chen calmly moves out of range.
Vandelay moves out of range of the body kick from Chen.
Vandelay fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vandelay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chen throws a series of strikes that have Vandelay backpedaling.
Vandelay throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vandelay throws an overhand right that lands on Chen's shoulder, as Chen tries to avoid the shot.
Chen tries to clinch there but Vandelay circles away.
Chen tries to bum rush Vandelay with a series of wild strikes but Vandelay uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chen moves out of range as Vandelay throws a body kick.
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vandelay throws a head kick but Chen moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Vandelay.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vandelay, right into the meat.
Chen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vandelay.

Chen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chen is trying to break the clinch but Vandelay is controlling him.
Vandelay works on Chen's body with a couple of short punches.
Vandelay scores with a knee to the head.

Vandelay manages to break the clinch.

Chen gets tackled into the cage by Vandelay. Vandelay maintains the clinch.
Vandelay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vandelay misses with a knee to the head.
Chen is trying to break free.
Chen has Vandelay pressed against the cage, preventing Vandelay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chen.

Chen manages to break the clinch.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vandelay throws a leg kick which misses Chen's front leg but catches the back leg as Chen tries to avoid it.
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!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vandelay.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. Chen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chen throws a sloppy head kick
and Vandelay counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chen thinking.
Chen is looking to clinch but Vandelay is avoiding it.
Chen throws a low kick but Vandelay moves out of range easily.
Nice body kick there by Vandelay.
Vandelay cracks the inside of Chen's front leg.
Vandelay blocks the body kick.
Chen tries a head kick but it misses.
Chen is breathing heavily.
Chen scores with a jab.
Vandelay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chen is able to avoid easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vandelay, right into the meat.
Chen scores with a nice strike.
Art Vandelay is winning the standup battle so far.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vandelay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vandelay lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vandelay.
Chen wants to get back to striking at distance but Vandelay won't allow it.
Art Vandelay has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Vandelay breaks from the clinch.
Vandelay misses with a head kick.
Chen throws a head kick but Vandelay moves out of range.
Chen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vandelay lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vandelay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chen is able to avoid easily.
Vandelay chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vandelay.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vandelay.
A head kick by Chen misses
and Vandelay counters with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vandelay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kung Chen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay lands an overhand right.
Chen throws a head kick that misses.

Vandelay closes the distance and pushes Chen back into the cage.
Vandelay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vandelay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chen takes a shot to the head.
Vandelay putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vandelay prevents Chen from breaking the clinch.
Vandelay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chen working aggressively here.
Vandelay trying to stall but Chen improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vandelay's elbow.
Vandelay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vandelay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vandelay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Vandelay breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Art Vandelay dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Art Vandelay's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Chen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vandelay scores with a jab to the jaw.

Chen is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Vandelay! Chen is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Art Vandelay!
A victorious Art Vandelay thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.