PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude (ranked 1997 p4p, 3855 weight class) and Luccy Vegas (ranked 238 p4p, 404 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Claude
vs
Vegas

180 cm
25
169
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
170
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Claude!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luccy Vegas!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegas looks to land a combination but Claude avoids it well.
Vegas looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Claude shoots in and gets a takedown into Vegas's guard.
Claude sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vegas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Claude is controlling him.
Claude trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Claude controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Claude content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claude is in close to Vegas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Claude chips away with some ground and pound.
Claude definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Claude not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Claude is looking to work some ground and pound but Vegas has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claude working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Claude slips nicely into half guard.
Claude scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Claude scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Claude 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.
Claude trying to pass the guard but Vegas defending well.
Well, if Claude 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.
Claude throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Claude missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claude takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Claude lands with a punch from half guard.
Vegas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Claude wants to pass the guard but Vegas is defending well.
Claude working Vegas over with strikes.
Claude performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Claude scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Claude is controlling the pace.
Claude scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Vegas is rocked!
Claude slips a nice elbow through Vegas's hands, connecting with Vegas's forehead.
Vegas is still in real trouble! Can Claude finish him?
Claude scores with a big shot! Vegas's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Vegas! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Claude!
Jean Claude retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Jean Claude made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Luccy Vegas spoke after the fight, saying 'Thanks for everyone coming out tonight ! I'll be back way stronger !'.