PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Vincento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grognak The Barbarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vincento
vs
The Barbarian

192 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Vincento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grognak The Barbarian!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Barbarian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vincento tries to land a leg kick but The Barbarian saw it coming and moves away.
The Barbarian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Barbarian! But no joy.
The Barbarian with a jab.
Vincento throws a head kick that misses.
Vincento drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vincento throws a low kick but The Barbarian moves out of range easily.
Vincento scoring well with a low kick there.
The Barbarian moves out of range of the body kick from Vincento.
The Barbarian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Barbarian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vincento avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Barbarian comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vincento turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincento misses with an uppercut.
The Barbarian lands an overhand right.
The Barbarian defending well as Vincento loads up on a big left hand.
The Barbarian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vincento does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick misses from Vincento.
Vincento tries to score with a low kick but The Barbarian moves his leg out of the way.
Nice uppercut lands for The Barbarian. That snapped Vincento's head back.
Vincento looks to land a left hand but The Barbarian moved out of range nicely.
Vincento misses with an uppercut.
Vincento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Barbarian throws a jab when Vincento was well out of range.
Vincento with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vincento, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincento throws a head kick but The Barbarian moves out of range.
The Barbarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vincento manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by The Barbarian.
A jab lands there for Vincento.
A jab from The Barbarian misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Vincento is predictable there

and The Barbarian moves into the clinch.
The Barbarian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Barbarian scores with a shoulder strike.
Vincento blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Barbarian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Barbarian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Barbarian lands a nice shot to the body.
The Barbarian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vincento is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Barbarian is keeping busy.
The Barbarian misses with a punch on the inside.
The Barbarian tries to work over Vincento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Barbarian tries to work over Vincento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vincento.
The Barbarian swings wildly with an uppercut but Vincento uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Barbarian gets through Vincento's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vincento backwards.
Vincento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Barbarian's elbow.
Vincento blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vincento misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Barbarian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vincento is looking to control The Barbarian's arms but The Barbarian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vincento has his back to the cage.
Vincento is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Barbarian lands a shoulder strike.
Vincento keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Barbarian's efforts to push away.
Vincento has a couple of punches blocked by The Barbarian.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Barbarian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vincento tries to circle away but The Barbarian has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grognak The Barbarian dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Barbarian digs a good hook to Vincento's body.
The Barbarian moves away from the strike by Vincento.
The Barbarian avoids a kick to the body.
The Barbarian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A low kick from Vincento is predictable there
and The Barbarian counters with a stiff right hand.
Vincento misses with a looping left.
The Barbarian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Vincento with a body shot.
Vincento takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vincento attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vincento pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Barbarian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Barbarian connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick from Vincento misses.
Carlos Vincento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vincento slips a straight right by The Barbarian.
Vincento throws a hook to the side of The Barbarian's head but The Barbarian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Barbarian doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vincento lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincento throws a head kick that The Barbarian semi-blocks.
Vincento thumps The Barbarian with a low kick.
The Barbarian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Barbarian lands with a right hand.
The Barbarian walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vincento is looking to chop away at The Barbarian's legs.
The Barbarian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vincento pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from The Barbarian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Barbarian scores with a jab.
The Barbarian checks a leg kick.
The Barbarian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vincento moves away.
Vincento throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Barbarian avoids the body shot from Vincento.
The fighters circling - Vincento throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vincento manages to avoid it.
Vincento throws a solid leg kick but The Barbarian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vincento.
Vincento misses with a right hand
enabling The Barbarian to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick by Vincento misses
and The Barbarian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincento tries to land a front kick but The Barbarian steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carlos Vincento is winning the standup battle so far.
Vincento just misses with a punch to the body.
Vincento connects with a leg kick. The Barbarian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big right from Vincento misses.
A little jabbing left from The Barbarian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Barbarian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vincento throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The Barbarian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vincento swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The Barbarian blocks a head kick by Vincento.
Vincento tries to land a leg kick but The Barbarian saw it coming and moves away.
The Barbarian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincento throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Barbarian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vincento pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Barbarian is out of range and Vincento settles back down.
The Barbarian appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A big left from The Barbarian misses.
Vincento misses with a low kick.
The Barbarian checks a low kick from Vincento.
The Barbarian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vincento throws a head kick but The Barbarian moves out of range.
Vincento jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vincento misses with a low kick as The Barbarian jumps back.
The Barbarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Barbarian checks the leg kick.
Vincento throws a nice head kick!
Vincento throws a leg kick

and The Barbarian counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Barbarian scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Barbarian presses Vincento against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The Barbarian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vincento backwards.
The Barbarian digs a right hand into Vincento's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vincento's gas tank.
The Barbarian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Barbarian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vincento's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from The Barbarian.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Barbarian misses with a punch on the inside.
The Barbarian tries a body shot but Vincento blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Grognak The Barbarian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vincento misses with a low kick.
A lazy body kick from Vincento
and The Barbarian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vincento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Barbarian throws a body shot but no joy.
Vincento throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vincento is looking to score with low kicks.
Vincento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Barbarian lands with an uppercut that bounces Vincento off the cage and back into range.
The Barbarian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Barbarian moves out of range of the body kick.
Vincento staying out of range there.
The Barbarian misses with a straight left.
Vincento moves out of range as The Barbarian strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincento tries to work over The Barbarian's front leg with a kick but The Barbarian checks it.
A good leg kick by Vincento.
An inside leg kick lands from Vincento.
Vincento throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vincento misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Barbarian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vincento with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Barbarian to score with a decent uppercut.
Vincento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vincento.
Vincento throws a chopping leg kick but The Barbarian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vincento throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Barbarian moves out of range as Vincento strikes.
The Barbarian checks a low kick from Vincento.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vincento has time to react.
The Barbarian looks to land a right hand but Vincento moved out of range.
The Barbarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vincento manages to avoid it.
Vincento looks to land a left hand but The Barbarian moved out of range nicely.
The Barbarian doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vincento throws a leg kick

and The Barbarian counters by clinching up.
The Barbarian scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Barbarian throws a head punch that misses.
The Barbarian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Barbarian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Barbarian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vincento looking to slow down the pace here.
The Barbarian misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian lands a right hand.
The Barbarian swings wildly with an uppercut but Vincento uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Barbarian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Barbarian.
A nice left hand lands by The Barbarian.
Vincento gets through The Barbarian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Barbarian scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Barbarian misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Barbarian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Barbarian scores with a shoulder strike.
Vincento is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Barbarian is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian is trying to break the clinch but Vincento is controlling him.
The Barbarian lands a body punch.
Good body shot from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian tries to throw a body punch but Vincento avoids it by throwing The Barbarian back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vincento.
Vincento keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Barbarian's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Barbarian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincento can't break the clinch.
Carlos Vincento has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vincento looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grognak The Barbarian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Barbarian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grognak The Barbarian!
A less than humble Grognak The Barbarian misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.