PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joh Jah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaughn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Thing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jah
vs
Vaughn

188 cm
28
212 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

188 cm
27
226 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joh Jah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Jah does no damage.
Vaughn scores with a jab. Jah acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jah blocks a jab.
Jah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jah doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaughn circles away.
Jah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaughn moves away.
Jah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vaughn.
Jah is looking to clinch.
Vaughn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Vaughn - just one landing.
Jah with a hook.
Jah sizes up Vaughn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vaughn stuffs the takedown attempt from Jah. Jah gets slowly back to his feet.
Jah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jah misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Vaughn.

Jah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vaughn backwards.
Still in the clinch, Vaughn scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Vaughn as the two fighters clinch.

Vaughn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaughn throws a hook but Jah avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Vaughn. That snapped Jah's head back.
Jah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vaughn under the eye.
Vaughn swings for the body but Jah moves out of range.

Jah closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Vaughn did well to prevent Jah getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Vaughn wants to get back to full guard.
Jah tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vaughn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jah.
Jah not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Jah looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Vaughn wants to control but Jah is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jah landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vaughn is trying to control but can't.
Jah 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.
Jah throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vaughn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jah.
Vaughn has hold of Jah's hands but Jah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jah missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Jah gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Vaughn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jah fails with the takedown
letting Vaughn counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah takes a swing at Vaughn's ribcage but misses.
Jah tries to bum rush Vaughn with a series of wild strikes but Vaughn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joh Jah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vaughn clinches up with Jah and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jah has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Vaughn regains guard immediately.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Jah postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vaughn is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jah, into his guard.
Vaughn must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Vaughn controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jah wants to stand up but Vaughn is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joh Jah dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jah misses with the combination.
Jah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vaughn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vaughn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jah misses with an uppercut. Vaughn saw that one coming.
Vaughn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vaughn might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Jah has managed to clinch.

Jah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rick Vaughn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Vaughn misses the target.
Vaughn walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vaughn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jah lands with a left to the head.

Jah has hold of one of Vaughn's legs. Vaughn is fighting the takedown attempt but Jah gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Joh Jah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jah working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vaughn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jah wants to get back to his feet.
Vaughn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Vaughn stands up from half guard.
Vaughn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vaughn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jah moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jah darts in and clinches Vaughn up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vaughn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jah.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Rick Vaughn has been cut.
Vaughn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Vaughn breaks from the clinch.
Vaughn is breathing heavily.
Jah throws a right hand that Vaughn ducks under and follows up with a left that Vaughn also avoids with ease.
Jah shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vaughn as he jumps to the side.
Jah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaughn.
Jah swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaughn.
Vaughn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jah.
Jah on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn swats away the attempt to clinch by Jah.
Jah throws a right and a left that Vaughn avoids nicely.
Vaughn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vaughn moves in looking to clinch but Jah pushes him off.
No joy there for Jah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jah tries to bum rush Vaughn with a series of wild strikes but Vaughn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vaughn moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jah wants to clinch.
Vaughn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Vaughn misses.
Vaughn jabs Jah to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vaughn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Jah.
Vaughn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vaughn looks to land a right hand but Jah moved out of range.
Vaughn swings for the body but Jah moves out of range.
Vaughn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Jah does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jah throws a right hand that Vaughn ducks under and follows up with a left that Vaughn also avoids with ease.
Jah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vaughn throws out the jab.
Vaughn stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rick Vaughn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rick Vaughn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vaughn scores with a decent looking hook.
Vaughn looks to land a left hand but Jah moved out of range nicely.
Vaughn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jah misses with a wild combination.
Jah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vaughn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vaughn lands a right hook to the body.
Jah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jah wants to clinch up but Vaughn keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Jah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Jah is having none of it.
Vaughn lands with a nice body punch.
Jah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vaughn is looking to clinch.
Rick Vaughn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jah misses with a jab to the body
and Vaughn counters with a two punch combo.
Vaughn throws a right hand that Jah ducks under and follows up with a left that Jah also avoids with ease.
Jah moves in looking to clinch but Vaughn pushes him off.
Vaughn scores with a punch to the head.
Jah closes the distance and clinches up with Vaughn, looking for a takedown. Jah pushes Vaughn against the cage but Vaughn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jah doesn't manage to clinch there - Vaughn circles away.
Jah tries for a takedown but Vaughn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vaughn misses with a series of wild punches.
Jah staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jah was well out of range. Poor timing from Vaughn.
Jah throws a series of punches but Vaughn moves out of range.
Vaughn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jah thows a body shot but no joy.
Vaughn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jah lands a jab-cross combination.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jah wants to clinch up but Vaughn keeps it at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vaughn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jah.
Vaughn throws a shot to the body.
Vaughn throws a hook but Jah avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jah walks into a stiff left hand from Vaughn.
Vaughn doesn't manage to clinch there - Jah circles away.
A cross from Vaughn lands.
Vaughn slips a jab and a cross from Jah.
Vaughn thuds a left hand into Jah's body.
Joh Jah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughn is looking to clinch but Jah is avoiding it.
Vaughn catches Jah with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vaughn stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joh Jah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vaughn missing with a left hand there. Jah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn tries to throw a body punch but Jah avoids it by throwing Vaughn back against the cage.
Jah lands with a left to the head.
Vaughn misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jah has Vaughn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vaughn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Vaughn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jah connects with a single shot there.
Jah gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Jah has closed the distance and engaged Vaughn in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vaughns head.

Vaughn breaks the clinch.
A combination from Vaughn does no damage.
Vaughn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jah swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Vaughn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vaughn 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Vaughn!