PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Albert Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fish
vs
Vasquez

195 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Conviction

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abel Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fish looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fish throws a hook but Vasquez avoids it easily.
Fish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vasquez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fish.
Fish connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vasquez's hands.

It looks like Abel Vasquez has been cut.
Vasquez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fish.
Fish misses with a hook. Vasquez ducked under it nicely.
Vasquez moves out of range of the strikes.
Fish scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez slips under a jab.
Fish takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fish on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquez was well out of range. Poor timing from Fish.
Vasquez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Albert Fish has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fish throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vasquez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from Fish lands.
Fish throws a body punch but Vasquez moves out of range.
Fish looks to land a right hand but Vasquez moved out of range.
Fish swings widly with a right hand
letting Vasquez counter with a right hand.
Fish throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vasquez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasquez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fish throws a good cross that connects.
Fish throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vasquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fish looks to throw the jab but Vasquez is out of range.
Fish connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fish clobbers Vasquez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That has opened up Abel Vasquez's cut even more.
Fish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vasquez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vasquez throws a one two combo.
The fighters circling - Fish throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vasquez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fish's head.
Fish misses with a wild body shot.
Fish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vasquez manages to avoid it.
Fish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquez was well out of range. Poor timing from Fish.
Vasquez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fish moves away.
Vasquez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fish throws a lazy right hand but Vasquez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vasquez throws a body punch but Fish moves out of range.
Fish connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Fish dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Vasquez cracks Fish with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fish lands a glancing blow to the side of Vasquez's head.
Albert Fish is winning the standup battle so far.
Vasquez throws out a loose jab but Fish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good shot there by Vasquez.

Albert Fish's cut is getting worse.

Fish connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Vasquez onto his butt! Vasquez bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

Vasquez is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish missing with a left hand there. Vasquez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fish throws an overhand right that lands on Vasquez's shoulder, as Vasquez tries to avoid the shot.
Fish throws out a loose jab but Vasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vasquez. Fish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vasquez throws a big shot that misses.
Fish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fish misses with a hook. Vasquez ducked under it nicely.
Vasquez ducks under a wild hook from Fish.
Fish throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasquez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Fish. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fish.

The cut above Abel Vasquez's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Vasquez defending well as Fish loads up on a big left hand.
Vasquez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fish moves out of range as Vasquez strikes.
Fish throws a body punch but Vasquez moves out of range.
A big left from Vasquez misses.
Vasquez moves out of range of the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vasquez, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vasquez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vasquez moves out of range as Fish strikes.
Fish throws out a loose jab but Vasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fish pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fish misses with a hook
and Vasquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fish looks to throw the jab but Vasquez is out of range.
Vasquez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fish.
Vasquez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fish.
Fish misses with a straight left.
Fish on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vasquez defending well as Fish loads up on a big left hand.
Vasquez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fish. Vasquez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fish looks to throw the jab but Vasquez is out of range.
Vasquez ducks under a wild hook from Fish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Fish will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abel Vasquez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fish missing with a left hand there. Vasquez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vasquez slips under a jab.
Fish misses with a wild body shot.
Vasquez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vasquez staying out of range there.
Fish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquez was well out of range. Poor timing from Fish.
Vasquez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fish.
Vasquez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fish looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fish throws a hook but Vasquez avoids it easily.
Fish throws out a loose jab but Vasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez lands a glancing blow to the side of Fish's head.
Vasquez tests Fish's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fish takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish throws a looping overhand right but Vasquez ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Fish misses.
A big left from Fish misses.
Vasquez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vasquez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vasquez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fish.
Vasquez cracks Fish with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Fish works the jab nicely.
Fish throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasquez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasquez misses with a looping right.
Albert Fish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fish bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vasquez's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vasquez digs a good body shot into Fish's ribs.
Fish on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Fish is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasquez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vasquez throws out a loose jab but Fish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez closes the distance and catches Fish with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Fish is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Fish is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Fish is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Vasquez takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Abel Vasquez!
A very excited looking Abel Vasquez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.