PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vaness Vision (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeuss Balmuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Vaness Vision is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Vision
vs
Balmuda

188 cm
25
238 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

225 cm
20
274 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vaness Vision!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zeuss Balmuda!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vision pushes Balmuda up against the cage in a clinch.
Vision avoiding damage.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
Vision cracks Balmuda with a nice body shot.
Balmuda looks gassed!
Vision misses with a knee to the head.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Balmuda.
Vision putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balmuda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balmuda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balmuda misses with the head strike.
Vision blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Balmuda fails to land.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balmuda misses with an elbow strike.
Balmuda wants to break the clinch but can't.
Balmuda looking to throw knees to the head but Vision is blocking nicely.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Balmuda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balmuda is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vision utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vision avoids a wild elbow strike from Balmuda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vision with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vision misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Vision with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vision stalls.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balmuda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vision lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vision obliges.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balmuda has a couple of punches blocked by Vision.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vision lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.

Vision wants the takedown. Balmuda is fighting it off but Vision persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Balmuda's guard against the cage.
Vision would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Vision distracts Balmuda with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vision with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vision wants to stand but Balmuda has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vision trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Balmuda wants to get back to his feet but Vision is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vision fails with an attempt to clinch.

Vision moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
Balmuda stalling in the clinch but Vision improves position.
Vision scores with a knee to the head.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vision.
A knee to the head by Vision.
Vision is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vision unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balmuda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
A knee to the head by Vision.
Vision scores with a knee to the head.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balmuda blocks it with crossed arms.
Vision connects with a knee to the head.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Vision scores a nice knee to the body.
Vision putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balmuda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vision with a knee to the head.
Vision with a knee to the head.
Vision drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Balmuda gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Balmuda looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Vision.
Vision managing to block the knees to the body from Balmuda.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vision.
Balmuda misses with a punch on the inside.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balmuda trying to land knees to the body.
Vision utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Balmuda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vision has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vision prevents a body shot from Balmuda.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Balmuda throws an elbow that misses.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vaness Vision 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.

Vision closes the distance and clinches.
Balmuda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balmuda blocks it with crossed arms.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vision misses with a knee to the head.
Balmuda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Vision here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Balmuda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vision.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vision working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vision lands a knee to the body.
Balmuda scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vision misses with a knee strike.
Vision on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vision lands a nice knee to the body.
Vision will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Balmuda up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vision.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vision putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balmuda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision scores with a knee to the head.
Vision unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vision misses with a knee to the head.
Balmuda looking to throw knees to the head but Vision is blocking nicely.
Vision utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Vision lands a nice knee to the body.
Vision stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vision crunches a lovely knee into Balmuda's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vision displaying some good clinch control by pressing Balmuda up against the cage.
Vision scores a nice knee to the body.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
Vision connects with a nasty looking knee right to Balmuda's face.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vision working Balmuda over with knees to the body.
Balmuda takes an elbow to the temple.
Balmuda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vision is defending well for now.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balmuda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vision.
Balmuda has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balmuda stalling in the clinch but Vision improves position.
Balmuda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vision's elbow.
Vision landing knees to the body.
Balmuda tries to stall but Vision uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
Vision is struggling to control the position.
Balmuda trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vision working Balmuda over with knees to the body.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vision with a knee to the head.
Balmuda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vision has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balmuda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vision stalls.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
Vision working Balmuda over with knees to the body.
Vision holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Balmuda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision is working for takedown but Balmuda is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from Balmuda fails to land.
Vision is struggling to control the position.
Vision lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vision with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vision lands a good knee to the midsection. Balmuda won't want to take too many of those.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Balmuda throws a punch but it's blocked by Vision.
Vision using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vision working Balmuda over with knees to the body.
Vision has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balmuda avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Balmuda looking to stall.
Balmuda misses with a punch on the inside.
Vision misses with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vision utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vision throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balmuda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vision scores a nice knee to the body.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vaness Vision dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vision is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balmuda darts in trying to clinch

and Vision holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balmuda swings wildly with an uppercut but Vision uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balmuda looking to slow down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vision obliges.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balmuda being controlled against the cage.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vision avoids the elbow strike from Balmuda, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vision putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balmuda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balmuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vision landing knees to the head.
Vision connects with a nasty looking knee right to Balmuda's face.
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision tries to land a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks with his arms.
Vision landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vision lands a knee to the head.
Vision lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vision with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision landing knees to the body.
Balmuda throws a punch but it's blocked by Vision.
Vision with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balmuda wants to stall.
Vision connects with a knee to the head.
Vision keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balmuda's efforts to push away.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vision tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vision tries a knee to the head but Balmuda blocks it.
Vision landing knees to the head.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Vision turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vision manages to end up in side control.
Balmuda is trying to get back to his feet.

Vision decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Vision is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vaness Vision is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vision is looking to clinch.
Vision is looking to clinch but Balmuda is avoiding it.
Balmuda closes the distance but Vision moves to the side

and Vision holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Balmuda trying to stall but Vision improves his position.
Vision working Balmuda over with knees to the body.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balmuda trying to land knees to the body.
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vision lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vision with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision tries for a takedown. No joy.
Balmuda looking to stall.
Vision using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balmuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Vision.
Vision misses with a knee strike.

Vision is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Balmuda can't fight it off and eventually Vision manages to take the fight to the floor. Balmuda looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Vision stops Balmuda from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vision sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balmuda wants to stand but Vision is controlling the position.
Balmuda keeping moving, preventing Vision from controlling successfully.

Vision gets to his feet. Balmuda looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Vision fails to land the takedown.
Balmuda closes the distance but Vision moves to the side

and Vision counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vision.
Vaness Vision is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Balmuda can't find room to land a body shot as Vision controls the action.
Vision blocks an elbow strike.
Vision landing knees to the head.
Vision landing knees to the body.
Zeuss Balmuda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vision looking to throw knees to the head but Balmuda is blocking nicely.
Balmuda misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vaness Vision showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vision, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vaness Vision!