PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fresh Crimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Vaughn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaughn has chosen Walking Tall as his entrance music. 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?

Crimson
vs
Vaughn

190 cm
34
251 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

194 cm
24
282 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fresh Crimson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Crimson.
Vaughn just misses with a punch to the body.
Crimson connects with a solid leg kick.
Vaughn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crimson.
Vaughn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crimson.
Crimson stuns Vaughn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vaughn cracks a nice hook into Crimson's ribs.
Nice takedown defense from Vaughn. No joy for Crimson on that attempt.
Crimson lands a slapping body shot.
Vaughn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Crimson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaughn throws a hook but Crimson avoids it easily.

Crimson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Crimson trying to control but Vaughn is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vaughn pulls Crimson in close to prevent any damage.
Vaughn trying to control the position.
Crimson advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn regains half guard.
Crimson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Vaughn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Vaughn is trying to maintain the position but Crimson is very close to passing his half guard.
Crimson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Vaughn.
Crimson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vaughn keeps working.
Vaughn is looking to control Crimson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vaughn avoid being mounted?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Crimson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vaughn napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Vaughn is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Vaughn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Crimson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Vaughn's shoulder. That is not cool.

Crimson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Crimson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Vaughn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Vaughn makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Vaughn connects with a body shot that sends Crimson's belly button to the back.
Nice takedown defense from Vaughn. No joy for Crimson on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fresh Crimson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crimson just misses with a punch to the body.
Crimson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Crimson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vaughn circles away.
Crimson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with a looping left.
Vaughn needs to keep his hands up - Crimson had a free shot at his head there.
Some wild striking there from Vaughn.
Vaughn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crimson.
Crimson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vaughn circles away quickly and effectively.
Vaughn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vaughn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vaughn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crimson.
Crimson is breathing heavily.
Crimson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vaughn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crimson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Crimson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vaughn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with a looping right.
Vaughn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vaughn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vaughn throws a low kick but Crimson moves out of range easily.
Crimson lands a glancing blow to the side of Vaughn's head.
Vaughn looks to land a combination but Crimson avoids it well.
Crimson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vaughn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vaughn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crimson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vaughn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crimson doesn't seem bothered though.
Crimson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vaughn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crimson misses with a straight left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vaughn stuffs the takedown.
Crimson swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaughn.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Vaughn circles away and keeps his distance.

Crimson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vaughn's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vaughn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Crimson tries to stand but Vaughn is controlling from the bottom.
Crimson trying to control the position from guard on top but Vaughn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crimson tries to free his leg and advance position but Vaughn is retaining full guard.
Vaughn is pulling down on Crimson's head to control his posture.
Crimson stopping the sweep attempt from Vaughn.
Crimson postures up in Vaughn's guard and throws a big left but Vaughn blocks it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Crimson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up because Fresh Crimson just wasn't active enough.
Sloppy strikes from Vaughn. Those never looked like landing.
Crimson throws a shot from downtown. Vaughn moves away and avoids it.
Crimson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vaughn.
Chris Vaughn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vaughn. Crimson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Vaughn will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vaughn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crimson misses with a low kick.
Crimson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vaughn tries to avoid it but Crimson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vaughn to the ground. Vaughn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vaughn just misses with a punch to the body.
Good shot there by Vaughn.
Crimson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vaughn as he jumps to the side.
Vaughn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Crimson is out of range and Vaughn settles back down.
Vaughn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vaughn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crimson.
Crimson looks to land a combination but Vaughn avoids it well.
Crimson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vaughn misses with a looping left.
Vaughn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crimson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Vaughn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Vaughn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Vaughn looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Vaughn looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Crimson postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Chris Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with a looping left.
Crimson slips under a jab.
Vaughn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vaughn tries to clinch but Crimson is having none of it.

Vaughn moves into range and clinches up with Crimson.
Crimson gets underhooks to prevent Vaughn's takedown attempt.
Crimson lands with a short shot to the head.
Vaughn taking a breather.
Crimson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crimson gets through Vaughn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Vaughn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crimson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crimson is looking to score with low kicks.
Vaughn misses with an uppercut.
Crimson scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Crimson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Vaughn's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crimson is one step ahead there.
Crimson is stalling in the full guard.
Vaughn keeping moving, preventing Crimson from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fresh Crimson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Crimson throws out a powerful jab.
Vaughn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chris Vaughn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crimson swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaughn.
Vaughn lands with a good body shot.
Crimson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vaughn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Crimson somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fresh Crimson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crimson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vaughn throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson lands a nice hook to Vaughn's body. Vaughn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Vaughn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crimson.
Vaughn tries for a takedown but Crimson manages to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Vaughn.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vaughn prevents a body shot from Crimson.
Crimson is pressed up against the cage. Vaughn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crimson down to the mat. Crimson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fresh Crimson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crimson slips a jab and a cross from Vaughn.
Crimson fails with the takedown.
Vaughn throws a one two combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vaughn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crimson tries for a takedown but Vaughn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Vaughn.
Vaughn scores with a jab to the body.

Crimson gets tackled into the cage by Vaughn. Vaughn maintains the clinch.
Crimson misses with a punch on the inside.
Vaughn is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short left from Crimson.
Vaughn lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crimson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vaughn jumps guard but Crimson stands there with Vaughn around his waist. Vaughn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crimson lands with a short shot to the head.

Vaughn breaks from the clinch.
Crimson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice sprawl there from Vaughn as Crimson shoots in.
Crimson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crimson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vaughn looks to score with a jab to the body but Crimson is just out of range.
Jab from Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a big shot that misses.
Crimson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crimson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Vaughn clinches.
Vaughn is trying to pull guard but Crimson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Crimson lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Vaughn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Crimson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Crimson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vaughn misses with a left hand

and Crimson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Crimson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
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.
Vaughn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Vaughn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vaughn blocks the strikes from Crimson.
Vaughn controlling the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaughn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Vaughn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chris Vaughn wasn't active enough on the ground.
Vaughn lands with a straight right. Crimson didn't see that one coming.
Nice takedown defense from Vaughn. No joy for Crimson on that attempt.
Crimson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fresh Crimson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crimson avoids the body shot from Vaughn.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crimsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vaughn thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for Vaughn.
Vaughn looks to land a combination. Crimson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Crimson blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crimson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A lazy left from Vaughn finds it's target.
Vaughn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crimson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vaughn as he jumps to the side.
Crimson dodges the punch combination from Vaughn.
Vaughn throws a hook to the side of Crimson's head but Crimson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Vaughn circles away and keeps his distance.
Crimson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaughn.
Vaughn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crimson was well out of range. Poor timing from Vaughn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vaughn. Crimson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vaughn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crimson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck for Crimson with that takedown attempt.
Crimson has a takedown stuffed.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Crimson is defended easily by Vaughn.
Vaughn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Crimson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crimson misses with a double jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vaughn, as that shot connected.
Vaughn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crimson. That did some damage!
Vaughn misses the shot to the body.
Vaughn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vaughn is looking to clinch but Crimson is avoiding it.
Vaughn throws a looping overhand right but Crimson ducks down to avoid it.
Crimson dives in and grabs Vaughn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vaughn pushes down on Crimson's head and hops out.
Crimson shoots in but no luck this time.
A shot to the liver by Vaughn. Beautiful body shot.
Crimson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn misses with a body shot.

Vaughn tries to sprawl but Crimson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Crimson prevents Vaughn from improving his position.
Vaughn is controlling Crimson's trapped leg to prevent Crimson from advancing to side control.
Vaughn is trying to maintain the position but Crimson is very close to passing his half guard.
Vaughn regains full guard. Nicely done.
Chris Vaughn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Vaughn is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Crimson postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Vaughn keeping moving, preventing Crimson from controlling successfully.
Crimson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vaughn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crimson can pounce on him.
Crimson tries to clinch up.
Crimson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vaughn pinned against the cage. Vaughn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn misses the shot to the body.
Vaughn scores with the left hand. Crimson knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaughn throws out a leg kick but Crimson moves out of range and Vaughn only half commits.
Nice takedown defense from Vaughn. No joy for Crimson on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Vaughn as Crimson shoots in.
Fresh Crimson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crimson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vaughn finds it's way round the side to connect with Crimson's head.
Nice sprawl there from Vaughn as Crimson shoots in.
Vaughn leaves Crimson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vaughn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jab, jab by Vaughn - just one landing.
Vaughn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crimson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vaughn scores with a three punch combo!
Crimson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vaughn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vaughn misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Vaughn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vaughn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Vaughn!
Chris Vaughn decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.