PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ted Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Nirvana- Something in the Way. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Nelson
vs
Vasquez

178 cm
26
169 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ted Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson looks to land a right hand but Vasquez moved out of range.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body. Vasquez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vasquez walks into a stiff left hand from Nelson.
Nelson connects with a solid leg kick.

Vasquez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Vasquez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vasquez raining down shots from the mount!
Vasquez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Vasquez thowing shots but they're missing.
Nelson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Vasquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Vasquez connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Vasquez.
Vasquez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vasquez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Vasquez lands a big elbow.
Vasquez dominating with strikes here.
Vasquez lands a nice shot to the head.
Nelson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vasquez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is in a horrible position here. Vasquez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Vasquez is landing with some decent strikes but Nelson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Vasquez lands with some strikes.
Vasquez lands a nice shot to the head.
Vasquez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
Vasquez looking to control but Nelson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vasquez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nelson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vasquez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nelson is desperately trying to improve his position but Vasquez has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vasquez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
Vasquez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nelson's face.
Vasquez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nelson is bucking up trying to escape but Vasquez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Vasquez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vasquez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nelson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vasquez wants to control the pace but Nelson is squirming around nicely.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nelson's face.
Vasquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vasquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson is in a horrible position here. Vasquez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Vasquez content just to control the position here.

Vasquez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasquez tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Vasquez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vasquez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Nelson's half guard.

Nelson is defending against the submission attempts here by Vasquez.
Nelson is not content to let Vasquez control the position.
Vasquez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Vasquez breaks from Nelson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez unloading with bombs!
Nelson tries to hold on but Vasquez postures up.
Vasquez dominating with strikes here.
Vasquez controlling the pace for now.
Vasquez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nelson hang on?
Vasquez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Nelson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vasquez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nelson is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands a heavy elbow.
Vasquez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
Nelson is squirming around, avoiding Vasquez's attempts to control the action.
Vasquez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Nelson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vasquez cracks Nelson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson is squirming around, avoiding Vasquez's attempts to control the action.
Vasquez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vasquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vasquez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vasquez content just to control the position here.
Vasquez working Nelson over with strikes here.
Vasquez landing shots from mount.
Vasquez tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
BOOM! Vasquez connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez raining down shots from the mount!
Vasquez controlling from mount.
Vasquez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Alberto Vasquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nelson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasquez lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson taking shots to the head.
Vasquez lands a heavy elbow.
Vasquez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Vasquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Vasquez fails with a takedown attempt.
Vasquez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vasquez avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Vasquez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nelson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nelson wants it to stay on the feet.
Ted Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Vasquez.
Vasquez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nelson tries to avoid it but Vasquez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nelson to the ground. Nelson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vasquez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nelson thuds his right hand into Vasquez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vasquez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alberto Vasquez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vasquez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vasquez drops his hands momentarily and Nelson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nelson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vasquez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nelson to score with a decent uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Nelson. Beautiful body shot.
Nelson lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Nelson does it's job there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson's corner calls for a 1-2. Nelson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nelson throws out a powerful jab.
Nelson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vasquez doesn't seem bothered though.
Good standup being displayed there by Nelson as he connects with a hook.
Nelson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nelson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nelson feints and then cracks Vasquez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vasquez down.
Nelson tests Vasquez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vasquez misses with a takedown attempt - Nelson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nelson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nelson connects with a right hand. Vasquez shakes it off.
Nelson lands with a hook. Vasquez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Vasquez feints and as Nelson raises his hands in defense, Vasquez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nelson holds on and takes a little breather.
Nelson looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Vasquez postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Vasquez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vasquez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson controls Vasquez momentarily but Vasquez frees himself.
Vasquez wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Nelson. No joy for Vasquez on that attempt.
Vasquez fails with the takedown
and Nelson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Vasquez misses with a takedown attempt
and Nelson counters with a straight right hand.
Nelson with a jab.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body. Vasquez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vasquez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. Vasquez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice shot by Nelson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Vasquez scores with a takedown into Nelson's guard.
Vasquez wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez throws and elbow that misses. Nelson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vasquez's guard. Nice move by Nelson!
Nelson won't allow Vasquez to sweep him here.
Ted Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Vasquez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vasquez lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vasquez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vasquez 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Vasquez!