PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes into the arena with Jared Hudson - Metal Gear May Cry blaring out of the sound system. Vinyard has chosen Here Comes The Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Washington
vs
Vinyard

183 cm
23
193 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
194 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Washington !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinyard throws a push kick but Washington slaps the foot to one side.
Washington looks to land a right hand but Vinyard moved out of range.
Washington wants to clinch but Vinyard slips to the side
and Vinyard counters with a body kick.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinyard was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington .
Washington misses with a left hand
and Vinyard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Washington 's knee momentarily.

Vinyard tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Washington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vinyard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Samuel Washington has been cut.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vinyard prevents a body shot from Washington .
A right hand to the body from Vinyard.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vinyard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Vinyard.

Vinyard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Vinyard jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Washington swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vinyard counters with a left and a right that stings Washington .
Washington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vinyard counters with a right hand to the body.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Vinyard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vinyard with a nice cross.

Samuel Washington 's cut is getting worse.
Samuel Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vinyard lands a big right hand that sends Washington crashing to the mat! Vinyard stays standing though and waves Washington back to his feet!

Washington is rocked!
Vinyard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vinyard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Washington 's sensitive parts.
Vinyard pushes Washington away with a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vinyard lands a nice looking kick to the body. Washington takes a step back to recover.
Vinyard digs a good body shot into Washington 's ribs.
Vinyard thows a body kick. Washington tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Washington takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A nice leg kick lands there from Vinyard.
Vinyard fakes the leg kick and cracks Washington in the body.
Vinyard with a hook.

Samuel Washington 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Vinyard throws the kick towards the body but Washington avoids it.

Vinyard closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Vinyard scores with a nice short uppercut.

Vinyard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vinyard cracks the inside of Washington 's front leg.
Washington will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vinyard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Washington , pushing him back against the cage.
Vinyard scores a nice knee to the body.
Vinyard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Vinyard.
Vinyard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vinyard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Vinyard breaks from the clinch.
Vinyard cracks Washington with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Vinyard drives through and clinches with Washington against the cage.
Vinyard is working Washington over against the cage.

Vinyard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vinyard scores with a push kick.
Vinyard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Jeez, Samuel Washington 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Vinyard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Washington dodges the punch combination from Vinyard.
Vinyard scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vinyard works Washington 's body with a nice hook.
Vinyard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Washington 's calf.

Vinyard rushes Washington and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vinyard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vinyard thuds a left hand into Washington 's body.
Vinyard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Samuel Washington 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Derek Vinyard! Derek Vinyard retains his middleweight title!