PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Viloria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Punch Man (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!

Viloria
vs
Man

168 cm
25
138 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
133 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Viloria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Punch Man!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viloria slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Man.

Viloria clinches up against the ropes.
Man is trying to push Viloria away but Viloria has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Man blocks a body shot from Viloria.
Viloria keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man wants to break free but Viloria has control.
Viloria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Viloria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Viloria avoids it by throwing Man back against the ropes.
Viloria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Viloria pushes Man back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Viloria wants a takedown.
Viloria lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viloria.
Viloria prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
Man is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Viloria.
Viloria misses with some punches.
Viloria is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Man is defending well.
Man can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man prevents a body shot from Viloria.
Viloria pushes Man back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Viloria has double underhooks.
Viloria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Man gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Viloria.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Viloria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viloria wants to take the fight to the mat but Man manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Man trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Viloria.
Viloria lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.
Man wants to break free but Viloria has control.
A hook to the body from Viloria.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man.
Man is pressed up against the ropes. Viloria has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Man down to the mat. Man avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Viloria clinches with his opponent.
Viloria fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viloria misses with the head strike.
Viloria drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Man gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viloria keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.

Viloria turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Viloria manages to end up in side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Viloria scoring with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Viloria seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Viloria creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Viloria fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Viloria scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Man to see if he's OK.
Viloria misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Man avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Viloria.
Viloria is working Man over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Man can't do much from the bottom here.
Man defending against the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viloria tries to score with some ground and pound. Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Viloria lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Man tries to escape but Viloria is in control.
Viloria misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Viloria lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Man down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Man can do anything to dispel that myth.
Viloria lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Viloria tries to score with some ground and pound. Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Viloria. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Man is trying to get back to half guard.
Viloria working the ground and pound but Man is defending the strikes.
Man is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Viloria has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Man tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Viloria connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Man some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man parries the strikes from Viloria easily there. Viloria is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Man to escape.
Man is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Man managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Viloria.
Viloria scores with punches from side control.
Viloria connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Man some visible discomfort.
Viloria 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.
Viloria working the head and body with strikes.
Man struggling a bit here.
Viloria lands a nice forearm strike.
Man is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Viloria asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Man wants to control but Viloria postures up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Viloria lands an elbow.
Viloria tries to advance to mount but Man instead regains half guard.
Viloria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Viloria lands strikes from half guard.
Man blocking the ground and pound attempt from Viloria.
Viloria sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Man trying to control here.
Man is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Viloria scores with a couple of nice shots.
Man looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Viloria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Man wants to get back to his feet.
Man has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Viloria is working away from the top position though.
Viloria prevents Man from improving his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man looks winded!
Viloria takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Viloria sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Viloria throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Viloria drops an elbow to the side of Man's head.
Viloria scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Viloria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Viloria not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Viloria scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Man is in trouble now - Viloria has advanced to mount!
Viloria lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
BOOM! Viloria connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Man is rocked!
Man in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Man is still in real trouble! Can Viloria finish him?
Man is trying to escape the mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Viloria! Man is hurt baaadly! Viloria is firing away with more strikes - Man is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Viloria!
Brian Viloria seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.