PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandalay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnie Ironz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ironz has chosen Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Art Vandalay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vandalay
vs
Ironz

195 cm
34
240 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

188 cm
30
279 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Conquer

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Reaper Combatwear

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 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Art Vandalay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnie Ironz!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironz fails to land with a series of punches.
Vandalay has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vandalay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ironz's head backwards.
Ironz misses with a kick to the body.
Vandalay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vandalay looks to land a right hand but Ironz moved out of range.
Vandalay cracks the inside of Ironz's front leg.
Vandalay misses with a straight right.
Vandalay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ironz.
Vandalay misses with a looping right.
Vandalay moves in looking to clinch but Ironz pushes him off.
Ironz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vandalay on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Vandalay rushes Ironz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ironz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vandalay lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ironz blocking some punches.
Ironz scores with a hook to the body.
Vandalay throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vandalay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ironz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandalay taking a breather.
Ironz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ironz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vandalay's brow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vandalay misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ironz throws an elbow but misses.
Vandalay lands a shoulder strike.
Ironz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vandalay.
Ironz takes a shot to the head.
Ironz missing with knees to the body.
Ironz misses with an elbow strike.
Vandalay dodges an elbow strike from Ironz.
Ironz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vandalay's elbow.
Vandalay lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Arnie Ironz has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ironz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ironz tries a knee to the head but Vandalay blocks it.
Ironz lands a hook that snaps the head of Vandalay backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ironz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ironz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ironz lands a body shot.
Ironz crunches a lovely knee into Vandalay's ribcage.
Vandalay is breathing heavily.
Vandalay takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Art Vandalay has been cut.
Ironz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Ironz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vandalay backwards.
Ironz is leaning against Vandalay and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ironz works on Vandalay's body with a couple of short punches.
Ironz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ironz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ironz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Ironz on the inside.
Ironz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vandalay misses with a punch on the inside.
Ironz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ironz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Ironz.
Ironz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vandalay backwards.

Vandalay is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ironz lands a nice elbow.
Oh Vandalay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A bit of stalling here from Ironz.
Vandalay seems to have got his legs back now.
Vandalay swings wildly with an uppercut but Ironz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Ironz.
Ironz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vandalay backwards.
Ironz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ironz trying to land knees to the body.
Ironz missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ironz.
Ironz lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ironz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ironz throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vandalay takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ironz lands an elbow just above Vandalay 's eye.

Art Vandalay's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Vandalay.
Vandalay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vandalay.
A short right from Ironz on the inside.
Vandalay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ironzs head.
Ironz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ironz prevents a body shot from Vandalay.
Vandalay letting Ironz take a breather here.
Ironz lands with a short shot to the head.
Ironz misses with a knee strike.
Ironz throws a head punch that misses.
Vandalay managing to block the knees to the body from Ironz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ironz dodges an elbow strike from Vandalay.
Ironz lands a body punch.
Ironz prevents a body shot from Vandalay.
Ironz dodges an elbow strike from Vandalay.
Ironz lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnie Ironz dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vandalay moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ironz tries to clinch up.
Ironz thuds his shin into the meat of Vandalay's side.
Ironz feints and then cracks Vandalay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vandalay down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ironz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ironz cracks Vandalay with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Vandalay looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Ironz finish him?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ironz.
Ironz lands a slapping body shot.
Ironz tries to clinch but Vandalay is having none of it.
Ironz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Ironz lands a big right hand that sends Vandalay crashing to the mat! Ironz stays standing though and waves Vandalay back to his feet!
Ironz finds Vandalay's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Vandalay flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Ironz lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Vandalay will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arnie Ironz!
A very excited looking Arnie Ironz 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.