PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandelay (ranked 252 p4p, 38 weight class) and Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 547 p4p, 70 weight class). Vandelay comes to the cage accompanied by Answering Machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vandelay
vs
Fitzpatrick

180 cm
24
153 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
165 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Art Vandelay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Fitzpatrick misses its intended target.
Vandelay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fitzpatrick takes one to the chin there.
Vandelay throws a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay throws a hook but Fitzpatrick blocks it.
Vandelay missing with a left hand there. Fitzpatrick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vandelay loads up on a big right hand but Fitzpatrick slips the punch.

Fitzpatrick pushes Vandelay up against the cage in a clinch.
Fitzpatrick misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow inside that Vandelay shrugs off.
A short uppercut from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick throws an elbow that misses.
Vandelay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vandelay has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vandelay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzpatrick lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vandelay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fitzpatrick trying to control the position but instead, Vandelay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fitzpatrick into the cage.
Vandelay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Vandelay.
Vandelay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vandelay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick blocks a body shot from Vandelay.
Fitzpatrick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vandelay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vandelay misses with the head strike.
Vandelay misses with the head strike.
Fitzpatrick blocking some punches.
Fitzpatrick slows down the pace here.
Fitzpatrick misses with some punches.
Fitzpatrick misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzpatrick prevents Vandelay from breaking the clinch.
Vandelay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fitzpatrick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vandelay struggles to land a body shot inside as Fitzpatrick controls his hands.
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow inside that Vandelay shrugs off.
Vandelay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzpatrick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Vandelay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Fitzpatrick fails to land.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice shot to the body.
Vandelay scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow inside that Vandelay shrugs off.

It looks like Art Vandelay has been cut.
Fitzpatrick lands with a light punch inside.
Fitzpatrick lands with a left to the head.
Fitzpatrick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fitzpatrick misses with the head strike.
Fitzpatrick is pushing Vandelay up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vandelay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vandelay scores with a shot to the side of Fitzpatrick's head.
Vandelay has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzpatrick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vandelay pushes Fitzpatrick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fitzpatrick scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vandelay.
Vandelay misses with some punches.
Fitzpatrick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Vandelay has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vandelay blocking some punches.
A short left from Vandelay.
Vandelay blocks a body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay blocks an elbow strike.
Fitzpatrick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vandelay scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vandelay blocks an elbow strike.

Vandelay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vandelay throws a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fitzpatrick was well out of range. Poor timing from Vandelay.
Fitzpatrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fitzpatrick has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Vandelay misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick throws out a powerful jab.
Fitzpatrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vandelay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vandelay.
Fitzpatrick throws a body shot but no joy.
Fitzpatrick takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vandelay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fitzpatrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vandelay connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body punch from Vandelay.
Vandelay stuns Fitzpatrick with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vandelay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick takes one to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick throws a head punch that misses.
Vandelay is trying to push Fitzpatrick away but Fitzpatrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vandelay blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Art Vandelay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Art Vandelay's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Fitzpatrick. Vandelay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vandelay with a jab.
Vandelay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vandelay slips a straight right by Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay throws a lazy right hand but Fitzpatrick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fitzpatrick tries to counter by closing the distance.
Art Vandelay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandelay scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vandelay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay swings for the body but Fitzpatrick moves out of range.
Fitzpatrick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vandelay throws a hook to the side of Fitzpatrick's head but Fitzpatrick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Fitzpatrick on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vandelay misses with a few strikes there.
Fitzpatrick throws a body punch but Vandelay moves out of range.
Vandelay looks to land a combination but Fitzpatrick avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vandelay lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fitzpatrick at a distance.
Vandelay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vandelay takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fitzpatrick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vandelay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab by Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fitzpatrick in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Vandelay. That snapped Fitzpatrick's head back.
Vandelay scores with a hook.
Vandelay cracks a nice hook into Fitzpatrick's ribs.
A jab lands there for Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fitzpatrick.
A jab from Vandelay misses.
Vandelay throws a nice looking combination but Fitzpatrick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vandelay scores with a jab to the body.
Vandelay slips a jab and a cross from Fitzpatrick.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vandelay misses the jab.
It seemed like Fitzpatrick was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vandelay moves out of range of the strikes.
Vandelay was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vandelay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Vandelay as he connects with a hook.
Vandelay scores with a jab to the body.
Fitzpatrick takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fitzpatrick's head.
We've been told by Vandelay's head coaches at Urban Achievers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Vandelay scores with a hook to the body. Fitzpatrick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vandelay stalks Fitzpatrick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fitzpatrick's face. Fitzpatrick staggers backwards, shaken.
Fitzpatrick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vandelay throws out the jab.
Fitzpatrick steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vandelay.
Vandelay connects with a looping right hand.
Fitzpatrick takes one to the chin there.
Fitzpatrick walks into a left hand.
Fitzpatrick thuds a left hand into Vandelay's body.
Fitzpatrick thuds a left hand into Vandelay's body.
Fitzpatrick moves away from the strike by Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vandelay bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vandelay connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fitzpatrick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fitzpatrick lands with a right hand.
Fitzpatrick thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick tests Vandelay's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Vandelay is rocked!
Vandelay is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Oh Vandelay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fitzpatrick scores with a jab to the body.
Vandelay switches off momentarily and Fitzpatrick cracks him with a monster right hand! Vandelay topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Fitzpatrick dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Fitzpatrick!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francis Fitzpatrick!
In his post fight interview, Francis Fitzpatrick started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.