PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Vito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vito
vs
Sullivan

177 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Victor Vito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vito slips a jab and a cross from Sullivan.
Vito takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sullivan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sullivan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Sullivan pushes Vito up against the cage in a clinch.
Vito fails to pull guard.

Sullivan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sullivan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Sullivan clinches up against the cage.
Vito misses with a punch to the body.

Sullivan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Vito misses its intended target.

Sullivan clinches up with Vito and pushes him back against the cage.
Vito can't find room to land a body shot as Sullivan controls the action.
Vito tries a body shot but Sullivan blocks it.

Sullivan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vito takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vito circles away quickly and effectively.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vito circles away quickly and effectively.
Sullivan throws a right hand that Vito ducks under and follows up with a left that Vito also avoids with ease.
Sullivan throws a one two combo.

It looks like Victor Vito has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sullivan slips a jab from Vito.
Vito tries to clinch but Sullivan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vito fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vito throws a hook but Sullivan blocks it.
Mark Sullivan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vito throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sullivan throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Sullivan does no damage.
Sullivan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vito darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Mark Sullivan has been cut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sullivan.
Sullivan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sullivan.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vito darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sullivan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sullivan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sullivan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vito scores with a hook to the body. Sullivan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sullivan looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vito looks to land a combination but Sullivan avoids it well.
Vito swinging wildly here.
Sullivan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sullivan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vito's head.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vito.
Vito misses with a straight left.
Vito swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sullivan.
A punch combination from Sullivan misses.
Vito works the jab nicely.
Vito swinging wildly here.
Vito slips a jab and a cross from Sullivan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan throws a shot from downtown. Vito moves away and avoids it.
Sullivan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sullivan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sullivan is countered with a crisp right hand from Vito that sends him to the canvas! Vito follows him to the mat into side control.

Sullivan is rocked!
Vito throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sullivan is still in real trouble! Can Vito finish him?
Vito 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.
The strikes coming from Vito are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sullivan seems to have recovered his senses.

Vito thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Vito is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sullivan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sullivan dodges the ground and pound from Vito.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vito fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sullivan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Vito thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Vito throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Vito is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sullivan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vito is trying to get an arm triangle but Sullivan is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Vito dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vito, as that shot connected.
Sullivan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vito counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Sullivan. Those never looked like landing.
Vito throws a series of punches but Sullivan moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Vito.

Vito tries to keep at a distance but Sullivan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sullivan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sullivan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mark Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan misses with a two punch combination.
Sullivan misses with an uppercut. Vito saw that one coming.
Sullivan lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan misses with a series of wild punches.
Vito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sullivan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan tries to clinch up.
Sullivan is looking to clinch but Vito is avoiding it.
Victor Vito is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Sullivan misses.
Vito swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mark Sullivan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sullivan throws a body punch but Vito moves out of range.
Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vito was well out of range. Poor timing from Sullivan.
Sullivan slips under a jab from Vito.
Sullivan misses with a two punch combination.
Sullivan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vito dodges the punch combination from Sullivan.
Sullivan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sullivan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sullivan is breathing heavily.
Sullivan tries to clinch there but Vito circles away.
Vito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sullivan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vito looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vito misses with a double jab
and Sullivan counters with a left and a right that stings Vito.
Sullivan tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Sullivan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vito.
Vito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sullivan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vito rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sullivan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Sullivan does no damage.
Vito is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sullivan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan moves away.
Vito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sullivan.
Sullivan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vito tries for a takedown but Sullivan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sullivan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vito throws out a loose jab but Sullivan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vito swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sullivan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vito circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sullivan moves into range and clinches up with Vito.

Sullivan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sullivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from Sullivan both land. Nice combination.
Sullivan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sullivan throws a right and a left that Vito avoids nicely.
Vito misses with a body shot
and Sullivan counters with a left to the body.
Sullivan fails to land with a series of punches.
Vito throws a series of punches but Sullivan avoids them all with ease.
Vito rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Sullivan counters by clinching up.
Vito can't find room to land a body shot as Sullivan controls the action.
Vito tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sullivan just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Vito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sullivan is struggling to control the position.
Vito can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Sullivan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A combination from Sullivan does no damage.
Vito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vito misses with an uppercut.
Vito misses with a double jab.
Vito lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Sullivan instigates a clinch.

Sullivan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sullivan moves into the clinch successfully.
Sullivan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vito is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vito.
Vito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sullivan's elbow.
Vito is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vito struggles to land a body shot inside as Sullivan controls his hands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sullivan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sullivan misses with a wild combination.
Vito thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan.
Sullivan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Sullivan misses.
Vito showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sullivan.
A shot to the body from Vito misses
and Sullivan counters with a nice body shot.
Sullivan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sullivan misses with a few strikes there.

Sullivan moves into the clinch.

Sullivan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vito.
Some wild striking there from Sullivan.
Sullivan misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vito misses with a wild combination.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vito.
Sullivan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vito makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vito swings for the body but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vito.
Vito fails with a takedown attempt.

Sullivan rushes Vito and presses him up against the cage.
Vito working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Sullivan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sullivan misses with an uppercut. Vito saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan throws a series of punches but Vito avoids them all with ease.
Vito throws a shot from downtown. Sullivan moves away and avoids it.
Sullivan tries to close the distance and clinch but Vito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sullivan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sullivan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sullivan throws a combination. Vito tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Vito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sullivan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vito.
Sullivan scores with a nice head shot.
Sullivan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sullivan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sullivan.
Vito shoots in for a takedown but Sullivan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Vito. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sullivan swinging wildly here.
Sullivan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vito counters with a series of strikes. Sullivan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vito throws a nice looking combination but Sullivan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vito circles away quickly and effectively.
Sullivan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vito swings widly with a right hand
and Sullivan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vito.
Sullivan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vito fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Victor Vito.
I think Vito has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!