PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludwig Vann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vann is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 5th. Powers has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. James Powers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Powers
vs
Vann

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Bushido Fightwear
BlackStar Athletics

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ludwig Vann!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vann fails to land with a series of punches.
Vann misses with a wild combination.

Powers gets caught flat footed, as Vann shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vann wants to pass the guard but Powers is keeping the position.
Powers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vann manages to get himself to full guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powers content to stall in guard here.
Vann really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Powers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vann trying to control the position.
Powers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Powers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vann's head.
Powers controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Powers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vann's head.
Powers advances position into side control!
Powers lands some shots froms side control.
Powers 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vann wants to control but Powers postures up.
Powers scoring with punches from side control.
Powers looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Powers is putting a hurting on Vann here, landing some big shots from side control.
Vann being controlled for a moment.
Vann tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Powers is working Vann over with some ground and pound from side control.
Powers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Powers working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vann is letting Powers control him for a moment.
Powers landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vann taking a bit of punishment here - Powers scoring with strikes.
A control attempt from Vann but he's now mounted!
Vann is desperately trying to improve his position but Powers has a good base and remains in mount.
Powers scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vann?
Vann is working to get back to half guard.
Powers lands a nice shot to the head.
Powers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vann hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vann is in a horrible position here. Powers smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Powers.
Powers looking to finish Vann with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vann!

Vann is rocked!
Powers controlling from the full mount.
Powers pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vann is still in real trouble! Can Powers finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powers controlling from mount.
Vann seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Powers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vann's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Powers dominated that round.
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.

Vann closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Powers is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Vann's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Vann stalling away here and it's allowed Powers to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Powers on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Powers tries to get out of the position.
Vann in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vann tries to free his leg and advance position but Powers is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vann is looking to advance position but Powers has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Vann keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vann is in a horrible position here. Powers smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Powers raining down shots from the mount!
Powers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Powers lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Powers postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Vann badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Powers around the waist but Powers pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Powers is the winner by TKO! Powers jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Powers!