PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soze comes to the cage accompanied by Outside - To Forgive but not Forget . Vaughn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Walking Tall kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chris Vaughn has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hannibal Soze's chin.

Soze
vs
Vaughn

190 cm
21
240 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

194 cm
19
267 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hannibal Soze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaughn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vaughn throws a combination that misses
and Soze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soze slips a jab and a cross from Vaughn.

Soze shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Vaughn is trying to defend but Soze finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Soze is looking to advance position but Vaughn won't allow it.

Soze wants to work for an arm triangle but Vaughn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Soze working the head and body with strikes.
Soze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Soze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Soze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Soze 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.

Vaughn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Soze pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn is looking to control Soze's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vaughn avoid being mounted?
Soze slips a nice elbow through Vaughn's hands, connecting with Vaughn's forehead.
Soze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Soze is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Vaughn is just riding it out for now. Soze eventually gives up the hold.
Vaughn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vaughn is looking to control Soze's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vaughn avoid being mounted?
Soze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vaughn's head.
Soze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vaughn defending well though.

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.

Soze is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Soze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vaughn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Soze passes the guard and advances to mount!
Soze is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Soze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vaughn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vaughn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Soze.
Soze landing shots from mount.
Soze landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vaughn hang on?
Vaughn in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Soze looking to control and managing it successfully.

Soze is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Vaughn can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Vaughn taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vaughn is in a horrible position here. Soze smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Soze connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Soze lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze unloading with bombs!
Soze trying to control but Vaughn is having none of it.
Soze landing punches.
Soze landing strikes from the mount and Vaughn is in trouble!

Soze has hold of Vaughn's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vaughn manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Soze lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Soze working for a guillotine from mount but Vaughn is in no mood to give up.
Soze has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vaughn's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Soze dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vaughn misses with a double jab.
Vaughn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Soze counters with a nice uppercut.
Soze shoots in but no luck this time.
The fighters circle momentarily. Soze darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vaughn tries a head kick but it misses.

Vaughn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Soze engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Vaughn wants to sweep here but Soze controlling him for the moment.
Soze lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Soze stopping the sweep attempt from Vaughn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze connects with a couple of short punches.
Soze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vaughn can do to turn this around?

Soze drops back looking for a leg! Vaughn is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vaughn manages to kick Soze off! Soze jumps back into Vaughn's guard.
Soze landing with the ground and pound.

Soze drops back looking for a leg! Vaughn is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vaughn manages to kick Soze off! Soze jumps back into Vaughn's guard.
Soze lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze thows a big elbow that misses.
Soze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soze is looking to work some ground and pound but Vaughn has wrist control.
Vaughn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Soze landing some decent shots from guard.
Vaughn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Soze drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vaughn dives on top into guard.
Vaughn is looking to stand up but Soze won't let him.
Soze is trying to keep Vaughn in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn won't allow Soze to sweep him here.

Soze looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vaughn sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Soze is looking for a triangle but Vaughn pushes his legs off easily.
Soze working a defensive guard here.

Soze has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Vaughn is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Soze.
Soze manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn is keen to just control but Soze is a slippery customer.
Soze slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Vaughn is sitting in close to Soze's body. Soze has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Vaughn is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Vaughn is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Soze.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hannibal Soze!