PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad The Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Impaler comes to the cage accompanied by What does the Fox Say. Joseph has chosen TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Impaler
vs
Joseph

178 cm
31
178 lbs
20 - 9 - 2

175 cm
34
169 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Vlad The Impaler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, William Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Impaler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joseph manages to avoid it.
The Impaler throws a jab when Joseph was well out of range.
The Impaler takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice takedown defense from The Impaler. No joy for Joseph on that attempt.
The Impaler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
The Impaler listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Impaler throws out a leg kick but Joseph moves out of range and The Impaler only half commits.
Joseph shoots for a double leg takedown but The Impaler sprawls well. He's pushed Joseph's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've been informed that Joseph has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The Impaler throws a leg kick
and Joseph counters with a two punch combo.
Joseph checks a low kick from The Impaler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Impaler connects with a single shot there.

Joseph clinches up with The Impaler and pushes him back against the cage.
The Impaler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph looking for a takedown.
Vlad The Impaler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Joseph.
The Impaler lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Impaler.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is working for takedown but The Impaler is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joseph prevents a body shot from The Impaler.
Joseph has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by The Impaler after a bit of a struggle.
The Impaler tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
The Impaler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by The Impaler.
The Impaler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Impaler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Impaler throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but The Impaler blocks with his arms.
Joseph tries a body shot but The Impaler blocks it.
The Impaler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Impaler misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Impaler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from The Impaler.
The Impaler avoiding damage as Joseph throws knees to the body.
The Impaler throws a head punch that misses.
The Impaler blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Impaler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joseph tries to score a body lock takedown but The Impaler shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from The Impaler on the inside.

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!
The Impaler is pressed up against the cage. Joseph has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Impaler down to the mat. The Impaler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Joseph tries to clinch there but The Impaler circles away.
The Impaler stuffs the takedown attempt from Joseph. Joseph gets slowly back to his feet.
Vlad The Impaler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Impaler jabs Joseph to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Impaler.
Joseph looks winded!
Joseph is looking to clinch.
A left lands for The Impaler.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Impaler.
The Impaler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Impaler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Impaler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Impaler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Impaler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Impaler throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joseph is trying desperately to land a takedown but The Impaler is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The Impaler connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joseph takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Joseph is rocked!
The Impaler scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Impaler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Impaler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joseph takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joseph is still on wobbly legs! Can The Impaler finish him?
Joseph shoots in and drives through. The Impaler sprawls well.
Joseph seems to have recovered his senses.
Joseph is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Impaler misses the shot to the body.
The Impaler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joseph is able to avoid easily.
The Impaler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joseph takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like William Joseph has been cut.
Joseph drops his hands momentarily and The Impaler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Impaler scores with a body shot.
Joseph takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Decent striking displayed by The Impaler there.

The Impaler cracks Joseph with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Joseph looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can The Impaler finish him?
The Impaler fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Joseph out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Vlad The Impaler!
A relieved looking Vlad The Impaler thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.