PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amri Mbeki (ranked 2163 p4p, 1902 weight class) and Vlastimil Vyr (ranked 110 p4p, 100 weight class). Mbeki comes to the cage accompanied by Intro. Amri Mbeki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vlastimil Vyr's chin.

Mbeki
vs
Vyr

195 cm
30
275
14 - 14 - 0

196 cm
30
292
15 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amri Mbeki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vlastimil Vyr!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vyr throws a good cross that connects.
Vyr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mbeki fails with a takedown attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mbeki, as that shot connected.
Nice jab there from Mbeki.
Vyr scores with a hook.
Mbeki has been working on his balance at Gold Samurai's Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Vyr.
Vlastimil Vyr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mbeki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vyr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vyr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vyr misses the shot to the body.
Mbeki is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Vyr.
Vyr throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Mbeki to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Vlastimil Vyr has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mbeki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mbeki.
The fighters circling - Vyr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vyr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mbeki moves forwards but Vyr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vyr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mbeki. Mbeki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mbeki misses with a two punch combination.
Mbeki jabs Vyr right on the nose. Vyr blinks but takes it well.
Vlastimil Vyr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vyr tries to clinch up but Mbeki circles away and keeps his distance.
Mbeki avoids the body shot from Vyr.
Vyr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vyr slips under a jab.
Mbeki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vyr as he avoids it easily.
Vyr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mbeki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mbeki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vyr, as that shot connected.
Vyr sizes up Mbeki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mbeki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vyr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mbeki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vyr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Vyr misses its intended target.

Vyr moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mbeki tries for a takedown but Vyr manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amri Mbeki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vyr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vyr lands a shoulder strike.
Vyr controlling the action here for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Mbeki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mbeki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Vyr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mbeki is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vyr to keep the fight standing.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vyr.
Mbeki is looking to take this one to the mat.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vyr controlling the action here for a moment.
Vyr misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vyr can't find room to land a body shot as Mbeki controls the action.
Vyr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mbeki.
Vyr slowing the pace effectively.
Vyr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vyr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mbeki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vyr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mbeki jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vyr walks away with a smile on his face. Mbeki gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vyr ducks under a wild hook from Mbeki.
Mbeki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vyr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vyr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mbeki connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vyr swings for the body but Mbeki moves out of range.
Mbeki throwing a counter right hand but Vyr manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vyr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mbeki.
Vyr stuns Mbeki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Mbeki misses.
Vyr lands an overhand right.
Vyr scores with a sloppy right hand. Mbeki should have avoided that one.
Good exchange - Vyr coming out on top.
Mbeki lands a jab to the nose.
Mbeki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vyr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vyr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vyr throws a body punch but Mbeki moves out of range.
Vyr throws a hook but Mbeki avoids it easily.
Vyr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vyr is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mbeki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mbeki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vyr.
Mbeki slips a straight right by Vyr.
Vyr tries to close the distance and clinch but Mbeki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mbeki is looking to counter punch.
Vyr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlastimil Vyr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vlastimil Vyr's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Vyr throws a lazy uppercut
and Mbeki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Vyr is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
The fighters circling - Vyr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mbeki is looking to counter punch.
Mbeki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vyr.
Vyr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good exchange - Vyr coming out on top.
Vyr throws a hook but Mbeki avoids it easily.
Mbeki tries to clinch up.
Mbeki misses with an uppercut
and Vyr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mbeki tries to clinch but Vyr is having none of it.
Vyr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vyr doesn't manage to clinch there - Mbeki circles away.
Vyr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vyr throws a good cross that connects.
Vyr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mbeki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mbeki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Mbeki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vyr wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vyr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mbeki.
Vyr pushes Mbeki away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mbeki gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The ground and pound from Mbeki seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mbeki prevents Vyr from escaping the position.
Mbeki trying to control the action but Vyr is working from the bottom.
Mbeki 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.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee asks Mbeki politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Mbeki prefers to stall for the moment though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vyr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vyr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mbeki.
Mbeki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vlastimil Vyr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vyr swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mbeki.
Mbeki tries to move into range but Vyr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vyr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mbeki.
A cross from Vyr lands.
Mbeki is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mbeki swinging wildly here.
Vyr loads up on a big right hand but Mbeki slips the punch.
Mbeki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mbeki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vyr.
Vyr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vyr just misses with a punch to the body.
Vyr lands the left hand.
Mbeki throws a hook to the side of Vyr's head but Vyr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vyr misses with a body shot

and Mbeki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vyr content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vyr has a couple of punches blocked by Mbeki.
Vyr swings wildly with an uppercut but Mbeki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mbeki tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vyr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mbeki up against the cage.
Vyr swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Vyr.
Mbeki tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vyr just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mbeki is trying to stall.
Vyr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mbeki looking to slow down the pace here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vyr.
Vyr throws a head punch that misses.
Mbeki blocking some punches.

Mbeki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mbeki moves out of range as Vyr strikes.
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!
Mbeki moves forwards but Vyr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vyr misses with a body shot.
Vyr misses with a straight left.
Mbeki walks into a stiff left hand from Vyr.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vlastimil Vyr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vlastimil Vyr's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mbeki instigates a clinch.
Mbeki wants to take the fight to the mat but Vyr manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vyr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mbeki backwards.
Mbeki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vyr after a bit of a struggle.
Vyr has Mbeki pressed against the cage, preventing Mbeki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vyr has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mbeki seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vyr can turn it around.
Vyr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mbeki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vyr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vyr slows down the pace here.
Vyr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mbeki up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vyr taking a breather.
Vyr continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Vyr misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vyr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vyr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vyr blocks an elbow strike.
Vyr takes a shot to the head.
Vyr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mbeki's elbow.
Vyr prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amri Mbeki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mbeki.
Vyr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mbeki up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A left hand lands to the body for Vyr.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vyr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mbeki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vyr lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vyr lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mbeki.

Mbeki jumps guard and drags Vyr to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Vyr trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mbeki's guard.

Vyr gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vyr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mbeki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vyr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vyr lands a nice shot to the body.
Vyr takes a swing at Mbeki's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Vyr.
Vyr lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vyr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vyr looks to land a left hand but Mbeki moved out of range nicely.
Vyr cracks a nice hook into Mbeki's ribs.
Vyr throws out a powerful jab.
Mbeki dives in for a single leg takedown but Vyr sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vyr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vyr avoiding damage.
Vyr pushes Mbeki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vyr misses with a body punch.
Vyr lands a right hand.
A short right from Vyr on the inside.
Vyr tries to throw a body punch but Mbeki avoids it by throwing Vyr back against the cage.
Vyr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vyr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mbeki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vyr stalling in the clinch.
Vyr slowing the pace effectively.
Come on Vyr - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mbeki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vyr has him pressed against the cage.
Mbeki jumps guard but Vyr turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mbeki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vyr throws a punch but it's blocked by Mbeki.
A head punch on the inside from Vyr fails to land.
Vyr scores with a shot to the side of Mbeki's head.
Mbeki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amri Mbeki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vlastimil Vyr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mbeki is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlastimil Vyr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vyr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlastimil Vyr!