PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Blaylock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Vengrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaylock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Head Like a Hole. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vengrio's choice of entrance music: Muay Thai. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blaylock
vs
Vengrio

192 cm
23
273 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

190 cm
32
287 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Blaylock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Vengrio!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaylock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vengrio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaylock misses with a wild combination.

Vengrio drives through and clinches with Blaylock against the cage.
Vengrio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blaylock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vengrio keeps control of Blaylock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blaylock wants to get back to striking at distance but Vengrio won't allow it.
Blaylock blocks an elbow strike.
Vengrio has a couple of punches blocked by Blaylock.
Blaylock avoiding damage as Vengrio throws knees to the body.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaylock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vengrio lands an uppercut.
Blaylock avoiding damage.
Vengrio has Blaylock pressed against the cage, preventing Blaylock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vengrio misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengrio tries to throw a body punch but Blaylock avoids it by throwing Vengrio back against the cage.
Vengrio taking a breather.
Blaylock blocks an uppercut.
Vengrio scores with a hook to the body.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vengrio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
Blaylock blocks an uppercut.
Vengrio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blaylock trying to control the position but instead, Vengrio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blaylock into the cage.
Blaylock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vengrio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vengrio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dirk Blaylock has been cut.
Vengrio misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio taking a breather.
Blaylock looking to slow down the pace here.
Vengrio leaning against his opponent.
Blaylock lands a nice uppercut.
Vengrio lands an elbow just above Blaylock 's eye.
Blaylock is trying to push Vengrio away but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vengrio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vengrio connects with a knee to the head.
Vengrio is looking to control Blaylock's arms but Blaylock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vengrio has his back to the cage.
Vengrio lands a nice knee to the body.
Blaylock is breathing heavily.
Vengrio is working Blaylock over against the cage.
Vengrio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vengrio lands an elbow inside that Blaylock shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio avoiding damage.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from Vengrio.
Vengrio with a knee to the head.
Vengrio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vengrio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vengrio working Blaylock over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vengrio stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Vengrio's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaylock avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Blaylock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vengrio lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Blaylock being controlled against the cage.
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vengrio's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vengrio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vengrio working aggressively here.
Blaylock is trying to break free.
Blaylock lands a right hand.
Vengrio misses with some punches.
Vengrio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaylock is trying to push Vengrio away but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vengrio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Blaylock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Blaylock does no damage.
Vengrio lands a really nice looking cross but Blaylock seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Vengrio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Blaylock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blaylock with a poor takedown

and Vengrio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vengrio.
Vengrio can't find room to land a body shot as Blaylock controls the action.
Blaylock takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vengrio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blaylock's efforts to push away.
Blaylock blocks the elbow strike.
Blaylock avoiding damage as Vengrio throws knees to the body.
Arthur Vengrio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vengrio.

Blaylock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vengrio stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaylock. Blaylock gets slowly back to his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vengrio tries a knee to the head but Blaylock blocks it.
Blaylock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vengrio scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengrio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vengrio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vengrio lands an elbow inside.

Dirk Blaylock's cut is getting worse.
Vengrio tries a knee to the head but Blaylock blocks it.
Vengrio scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vengrio stalling.
Vengrio lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blaylock's face.
Vengrio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaylock blocks it with crossed arms.
Vengrio controlling the action here for a moment.
Vengrio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaylock blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaylock misses with a body punch.
Blaylock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio stalling.
Blaylock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vengrio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vengrio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vengrio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Vengrio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaylock.
Vengrio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Blaylock lands a shoulder strike.
Blaylock blocks an elbow strike from Vengrio.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Blaylock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Blaylock managing to block the knees to the body from Vengrio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blaylock.

It looks like Arthur Vengrio has been cut.
Vengrio has Blaylock pressed against the cage.
Blaylock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vengrio pushes Blaylock back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vengrio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blaylock in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaylock drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dirk Blaylock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vengrio controlling the action here for a moment.
Blaylock wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio is working Blaylock over against the cage.
Blaylock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vengrio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vengrio lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaylock backwards.
Vengrio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blaylock blocks an elbow strike from Vengrio.
Vengrio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vengrio scores with a nice hook to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vengrio lands a nice knee to the body.
Vengrio connects with a knee to the head.

Dirk Blaylock's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vengrio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vengrio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vengrio lands a nice elbow.
Vengrio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blaylock's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Vengrio 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! This is the final round!

Vengrio throws a right hand that Blaylock ducks under and follows up with a left that Blaylock also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Vengrio.

Blaylock manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Vengrio on his heels. He'll look to pass Vengrio's guard now, I'm sure.
Blaylock with a nice head shot there.
Blaylock with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Blaylock trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vengrio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blaylock.
Blaylock 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.
Vengrio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blaylock is looking to work some ground and pound but Vengrio has wrist control.
Vengrio is controlling Blaylock's posture.
Blaylock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengrio keeping moving, preventing Blaylock from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Donk. Vengrio catches Blaylock right on the button with a cross.

Jeez, Dirk Blaylock's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Blaylock dives in and grabs Vengrio's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vengrio pushes down on Blaylock's head and hops out.
Vengrio slips under a jab from Blaylock.
Vengrio ducks under a wild hook from Blaylock.
Blaylock scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Vengrio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vengrio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaylock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio throws a leg kick which misses Blaylock's front leg but catches the back leg as Blaylock tries to avoid it.
Blaylock blocks a head kick by Vengrio.

Vengrio rushes Blaylock and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vengrio lands a right hand.
Vengrio lands a good knee to the midsection. Blaylock won't want to take too many of those.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaylock avoids it.
Vengrio lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Vengrio - that landed with a thud.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vengrio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vengrio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dirk Blaylock's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Arthur Vengrio!
Arthur Vengrio took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI for their support in the buildup to the fight.