PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greater Daemon Of (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Of's choice of entrance music: Blood For The Blood God. Greater Daemon Of is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Vega
vs
Daemon Of

215 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
260 lbs
4 - 8 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oscar Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Greater Daemon Of!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Of closes the distance and clinches.

Of breaks from the clinch.

Of closes the distance and pushes Vega back into the cage.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Oscar Vega has been cut.
Of lands a knee to the head.
Of connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vega's face.
Vega wants to get back to striking at distance but Of won't allow it.

Of breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Of clinches with his opponent.

Of breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Of gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vega is looking to break free of the clinch but Of has double underhooks.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Of clinches with his opponent.

Of breaks the clinch.

Of instigates a clinch.

Of's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vega tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Of paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Of closes the distance and clinches.
Vega looking to slow down the pace here.

Of's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Of looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Of fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vega throws a series of punches but Of avoids them all with ease.
Of doesn't manage to clinch there - Vega circles away.
Vega wants to clinch but Of slips to the side

and Of counters by clinching up.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Vega is rocked!

Of breaks the clinch.
Oh Vega is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Of gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vega seems to have got his legs back now.

Of breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Of wants to clinch.

Of pushes Vega up against the cage in a clinch.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vega throws a series of punches but Of avoids them all with ease.
Of tries to clinch but Vega is having none of it.
Of clinches but Vega breaks the clinch

and Vega counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Of looks gassed!
Vega is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vega trying to control but Of is working from the bottom.

Vega is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vega looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega thows a big elbow that misses.
Of keeping moving, preventing Vega from controlling successfully.

That's four 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.
Of working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vega.
Vega tries to free his leg and advance position but Of is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vega on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Vega.
Of doesn't manage to clinch there - Vega circles away.
Of closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fight stays on the outside here - Of looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Of clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Of breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greater Daemon Of dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Vega's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Of fails with an attempt to clinch.

Of forces Vega back against the cage and clinches.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck for Vega with that takedown attempt.
Vega throws a nice looking combination but Of bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Of is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Of looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vega circles away from the clinch attempt.
Of wants to clinch.
Vega throws a right hand that Of ducks under and follows up with a left that Of also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Of moves into range and clinches up with Vega.
Of with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Of's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Of moves out of range as Vega throws a body kick.
Of tries to clinch but Vega is having none of it.
Of avoids the head kick by Vega.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Of forces Vega back against the cage and clinches.

Of breaks the clinch.
Of tries to clinch there but Vega circles away.

Of scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Of is breathing heavily.
Vega is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Of's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Of's back!
Vega has Of flattened out and is raining down punches.
Of is taking damage to the body and head.
Of staying busy and making it hard for Vega to control.
Of is trying to get back to his feet but Vega has full control of the position and if anything, Of has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Vega landing with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of holding both Vega 's hands and preventing any damage.
Of covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Will Vega go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Vega.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Vega's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Vega lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vega throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Of right now.
Of is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Vega off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Vega trying to control.

Vega looking for the choke from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Vega dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Vega's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Vega changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Of tries to avoid it but Vega manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Of to the ground. Of escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Of is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Of wants to clinch.
Of doesn't manage to clinch there - Vega circles away.

Of rushes Vega and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Of pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Of wants to clinch.
Of tries to clinch up.

Of closes the distance and clinches.

Of's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vega keeps the fight on the outside.
Vega tries to clinch up

and Of counters by moving into the clinch.
Of takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Of breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vega is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Of sprawls well. Of wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vega gets slowly back to his feet.
Oscar Vega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Of moves into the clinch.
Vega tries to land knees in the clinch but Of avoids the damage to the body.
Vega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vega wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vega is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Of pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oscar Vega. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Of breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vega tries to close the distance and clinch but Of swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Of is looking to clinch but Vega is avoiding it.

Of moves into range and clinches up with Vega.
Vega tries to pull guard but Of won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Of.
Of misses with a knee to the head.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Of moves in looking to clinch but Vega pushes him off.
Vega fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of avoids the head kick by Vega.
Vega tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Of paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Of fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.

Of manages to break the clinch.
Of is looking to clinch.
Of staying out of range there.

Vega takes the fight into the clinch.
Of prevents the takedown attempt.
Vega is trying to break the clinch but Of has him pressed against the cage.
Of lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vega is trying to break the clinch but Of is controlling him.
Vega changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Of fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vega shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Of as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vega is defended easily by Of.

Of rushes Vega and presses him up against the cage.
Vega looking to stall.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Of breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Of moves into range and clinches up with Vega.
Of tries to break free but Vega pushes him back against the cage.

Of breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vega has a takedown stuffed.

Of instigates a clinch.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vega throws the kick towards the body but Of avoids it.
Vega throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Of pushes Vega up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vega.

Of escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vega throws a leg kick but Of sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Of looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vega looks to land a combination but Of avoids it well.
Of keeps the fight on the outside.
Of tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vega misses with a straight left.
Vega shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Of but Of pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vega looks to score with a jab to the body but Of is just out of range.

Of pushes Vega up against the cage in a clinch.
Of lands a knee to the head.
Vega jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Of walks away with a smile on his face. Vega gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vega misses with an uppercut. Of saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greater Daemon Of comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Of has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greater Daemon Of!